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

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Competitors
  
22 from 12 nations

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

Venue
  
Stockholm Olympic Stadium

Dates
  
July 8 (semifinals) July 11 (final)

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.

Contents

Twenty-two racewalkers from twelve nations competed.

Records

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

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final

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

References

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