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

Men's 10 kilometres walk at the Games of the V Olympiad
The final with George Goulding in the middle.
Venue	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Dates	July 8 (semifinals) July 11 (final)
Competitors	22 from 12 nations
Medalists
George Goulding   Canada   Ernest Webb   Great Britain   Fernando Altimani   Italy

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
4×100 m relay		men
4×400 m relay		men
3000 m team race		men
10 km walk		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Standing long jump	men
Standing high jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
2-hand shot put	men
2-hand discus	men
2-hand javelin	men
Combined events
Pentathlon	men
Decathlon	men
Cross-country events
Individual	men
Team	men

The winner George Goulding.

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-two racewalkers from twelve nations competed.

Records

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

Results

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	George Goulding (CAN)	47:14.5	QF
2	Ernest Webb (GBR)	47:25.4	QF
3	Aage Rasmussen (DEN)	48:15.8	QF
4	Fernando Altimani (ITA)	48:54.2	QF
5	William Palmer (GBR)	51:21.0	QF
6	Samuel Schwartz (USA)	53:30.8
7	Edward Renz (USA)	53:30.8
—	Kaarel Lukk (RUS)	Did not finish
	Rudolf Richter (BOH)	Did not finish
	Eduard Hermann[1] (RUS)	Disqualified

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	William Yates (GBR)	49:43.6	QF
2	Arthur St. Norman (RSA)	50:17.9	QF
3	Thomas Dumbill (GBR)	50:57.6	QF
4	Vilhelm Gylche (DEN)	51:13.8	QF
5	Frederick Kaiser (USA)	51:31.8	QF
6	Alfred Voellmeke (USA)	52:29.0
7	Rolando Salinas (CHI)	55:02.0
8	Henrik Ripszám (HUN)	55:20.6
9	Aleksis Aide (RUS)	59:24.4
—	István Drubina (HUN)	Did not finish
	Robert Bridge (GBR)	Disqualified
	William Murray (ANZ)	Disqualified
	Niels Petersen (DEN)	Disqualified

Final

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

Place	Athlete	Time
1	George Goulding (CAN)	46:28.4
2	Ernest Webb (GBR)	46:50.4
3	Fernando Altimani (ITA)	47:37.6
4	Aage Rasmussen (DEN)	48:00.0
—	Vilhelm Gylche (DEN)	Did not finish
	Frederick Kaiser (USA)	Did not finish
	William Palmer (GBR)	Did not finish
	Thomas Dumbill (GBR)	Disqualified
	Arthur St. Norman (RSA)	Disqualified
	William Yates (GBR)	Disqualified

References

• Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.)., ed. The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. 
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 January 2007.