Athletics_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_10_kilometres_walk

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres walk

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres walk

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The men's 10 kilometres walk was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of racewalking, which had debuted at the previous games with the 10 mile and 3500 metre walks. The 10 kilometre was the only racewalking event in 1912. The competition was held on Monday, July 8, 1912, and on Thursday, July 11, 1912. Twenty-three racewalkers from twelve nations competed.[1] NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[2]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in hours) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World record E. E. Merrill (USA)45:28 (6 miles)
54:07 (7 miles) 		Boston5 October 1880[3]
Olympic recordN/A

Results

Semifinals

Both semi-finals were held on Monday, July 8, 1912.

Semifinal 1

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Semifinal 2

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Final

The final was held on Thursday, July 11, 1912.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's 10 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. [2]
    Official report, p. 61.
  3. [3]
    "Spalding's official athletic almanac, 1912" (PDF). p. 17. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  4. [4]
    Mens Kilometres Walk Round One at Sports Reference

Sources

  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 January 2007.
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