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

Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the V Olympiad
Men's 10,000 metres; at the Games of the V Olympiad
	Kolehmainen winning the final.
Venue	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Dates	July 7 (semifinals) ; July 8 (final)
Competitors	30 from 13 nations
Medalists
	1920 →

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]

Records

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

World Record	30:58.8	Jean Bouin	Colombes (FRA)	November 16, 1911
Olympic Record	-	none	-	-

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

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	33:49.0 OR	QF
2	Joe Keeper (CAN)	33:58.8	QF
3	Gaston Heuet (FRA)	34:50.0	QF
4	John Eke (SWE)	34:55.8	QF
5	Ernest Glover (GBR)	35:12.2	QF
6	Albert Öberg (SWE)	35:45.0
—	Harry Hellawell (USA)	Did not finish
	William Kramer (USA)	Did not finish
	George Lee (GBR)	Did not finish
	Mikhail Nikolsky (RUS)	Did not finish
	Vladimír Penc (BOH)	Did not finish
	Charles Ruffell (GBR)	Did not finish

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Len Richardson (RSA)	32:30.3 OR	QF
2	Lewis Tewanima (USA)	32:31.4	QF
3	Mauritz Carlsson (SWE)	33:06.2	QF
4	Albin Stenroos (FIN)	33:28.4	QF
5	Alfonso Orlando (ITA)	33:44.6	QF
6	Alfonso Sánchez (CHI)
7	Brynolf Larsson (SWE)
—	Bror Fock (SWE)	Did not finish
	Frederick Hibbins (GBR)	Did not finish
	Thomas Humphreys (GBR)	Did not finish
	Gregor Vietz (GER)	Did not finish

Semifinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Tatu Kolehmainen (FIN)	32:47.8	QF
2	William Scott (GBR)	32:55.2	QF
3	Louis Scott (USA)	34:14.2	QF
4	Martin Persson (SWE)	34:18.6	QF
5	Hugh Maguire (USA)	34:32.0	QF
—	George Hill (ANZ)	Did not finish
—	George Wallach (GBR)	Did not finish

Final

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

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	31:20.8 OR
2	Lewis Tewanima (USA)	32:06.6
3	Albin Stenroos (FIN)	32:21.8
4	Joe Keeper (CAN)	32:36.2
5	Alfonso Orlando (ITA)	33:31.2
—	Mauritz Carlsson (SWE)	Did not finish
	Tatu Kolehmainen (FIN)	Did not finish
	Hugh Maguire (USA)	Did not finish
	Len Richardson (RSA)	Did not finish
	Louis Scott (USA)	Did not finish
	William Scott (GBR)	Did not finish
	John Eke (SWE)	Did not start
	Ernest Glover (GBR)	Did not start
	Gaston Heuet (FRA)	Did not start
	Martin Persson (SWE)	Did not start

References

^ "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.
^ 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.

[SR-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.

[OR61-2] Official report, p. 61.

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