1908 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Walk 10 Mile (Men)
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sport | athletics |
discipline | 10 mile walk |
gender | Men |
place | White City Stadium |
Attendees | 25 athletes from 8 countries |
Competition phase | 16./17. July 1908 |
Medalist | |
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George Larner ( GBR )
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Ernest Webb ( GBR )
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Edward Spencer ( GBR )
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The men's ten-mile walk in the 1908 London Olympics was decided on July 17, 1908 at the White City Stadium . Like the competition over the 3500 meter distance, the discipline was held in the form of lane walking.
In an all-British final, George Larner won the gold medal. Silver went to Ernest Webb , bronze went to Edward Spencer .
Records
The world record was still unofficial back then, there was one record for professionals and one for amateurs. There was still no Olympic record , because this discipline was Olympic for the first time.
World record (professionals) | 1:14: 45.0 h | JW Raby | 1883 |
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World record (amateurs) | 1: 17: 38.8 h | WJ Sturgess | 1896 |
The following records were set or set at the 1908 Olympic Games in this discipline:
OR | 1:20:18.8 h |
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Ernest Webb | 1. Preliminary round |
1: 18: 19.0 h |
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George Larner | 2. Preliminary round | |
WR | 1: 15: 57.4 h | final |
Results
Qualifications (July 16)
From two preliminary rounds, four walkers each qualified for the final.
1. Preliminary round
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
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1 | Ernest Webb |
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1: 20: 18.8 OR |
2 | Frank Carter |
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1: 21: 25.4 |
Edward Spencer |
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1: 21: 25.4 | |
Ernest Larner |
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1: 21: 25.4 | |
5 | Albert Rowland |
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1: 21: 57.6 |
6th | Thomas Hammond |
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1: 23: 44.0 |
7th | Paul Gunia |
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1: 26: 09.4 |
Jo Goetzee |
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DNF | |
Willem Winkelman |
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Piet Soudyn |
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Arne Højme |
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Alfred Yeoumans |
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DSQ |
Alfred Yeoumans, listed here as disqualified, is not listed in the literature mentioned below at zur Megede .
2. Preliminary round
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
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1 | George Larner |
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1: 18: 19.0 OR |
2 | Ralph Harrison |
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1: 18: 21.2 |
3 | Harry Kerr |
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1: 18: 40.2 |
4th | William Palmer |
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1: 19: 04.0 |
5 | Godwin Withers |
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1: 19: 22.4 |
6th | Sydney Schofield |
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1: 21: 07.4 |
7th | Piet Ruimers |
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1: 27: 38.8 |
8th | Emmerich Rath |
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1: 30: 33.8 |
Jan Huijgen |
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DNF | |
George Goulding |
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John Butler |
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Einar Rothman |
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Charles Vestergaard |
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Final (July 17th)
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
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1 | George Larner |
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1: 15: 57.4 WR |
2 | Ernest Webb |
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1: 17: 31.0 |
3 | Edward Spencer |
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1: 21: 20.2 |
4th | Frank Carter |
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1: 21: 20.4 |
5 | Ernest Larner |
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1: 24: 26.2 |
William Palmer |
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DNF | |
Ralph Harrison |
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DNS | |
Harry Kerr |
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The Briton Ralph Harrison and the Australasia starter Harry Kerr - third in the 3500 meter walk - did not start. Only six walkers entered the final, and it was all British.
Like walking over the 3500 meter distance, George Larner won this competition. He was even better than three days before and won by more than a minute and a half. In doing so, he set a new world record . Only J. W. Raby had been faster before. But he was a professional and his performance was so out of mark. Ernest Webb won his second silver medal here. His lead over bronze medalist Edward Spencer was nearly four minutes.
literature
- Volker Kluge , Olympic Summer Games - The Chronicle I, Berlin 1997 ( ISBN 3-328-00715-6 )
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The history of Olympic athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970
Web links
- Sports-Reference, Athletics at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's 10 mile Walk , English, accessed August 29, 2018
- Olympic Games London 1908, Athletics, 10miles walk 1609m men , IOC page on athletics at the 1908 Olympic Games from olympic.org, English, accessed on 29 August 2018
annotation
- ↑ World record for amateurs