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Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Athletics at the Olympics

The men's 10,000 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the debut of the event, which along with the 5000 metres replaced the 5 mile race held at the 1908 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, July 7, 1912, and on Monday, July 8, 1912. Thirty runners from 13 nations competed.[1] NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[2]

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Records

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

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Hannes Kolehmainen, in winning the first semifinal, set the Olympic record at 33:49.0. It lasted until the next race, in which the time was beat by Len Richardson. Kolehmainen took back the record with a time of 31:20.8 in the final.

Results

Semifinals

All semi-finals were held on Sunday, July 7, 1912.

Semifinal 1

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Semifinal 2

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Semifinal 3

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Final

The final was held on Monday, July 8, 1912.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Games: Men's 10,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  2. [2]
    Official report, p. 61.

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 1 January 2007.
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