1908 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 3500 m walking (men)
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sport | athletics |
discipline | 3500 meter walking |
gender | Men |
place | White City Stadium |
Attendees | 23 athletes from 7 countries |
Competition phase | July 14, 1908 |
Medalist | |
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George Larner ( GBR )
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Ernest Webb ( GBR )
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Harry Kerr ( ANZ )
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The men's 3,500 meter walk at the 1908 London Olympics was decided on July 14, 1908 at the White City Stadium .
The competition was held on the circular track in the stadium, so it was a matter of a track. After a preview two years earlier at the Athens Intermediate Games , it was the first ever walking competition at the Olympic Games.
The first Olympic champion in walking was the Briton George Larner . He won ahead of his compatriot Ernest Webb and Harry Kerr , who started for Australasia .
Records
The existing unofficial world record was set in a race over 2 miles , which corresponds to 3218.69 meters. There was still no Olympic record , because this discipline was Olympic for the first time.
World record | 13: 11.4 min |
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George Larner | 1904 |
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The following records were set or set in the 3500 m walking at these Olympic Games:
OR | 15: 32.0 min |
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George Larner | 1. Preliminary round |
15: 17.2 min |
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Ernest Webb | 2. Preliminary round | |
14: 55.0 min |
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George Larner | final |
Results
Preliminary rounds (July 14th)
From three preliminary rounds, the first three qualified for the final, which was held on the same day.
1. Preliminary round
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | George Larner |
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15: 32.0 OR |
2 | Harry Kerr |
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16: 02.2 |
3 | William Palmer |
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16: 33.0 |
4th | Paul Gunia |
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16: 38.0 |
5 | Sydney Sarel |
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17: 06.0 |
6th | Arne Højme |
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17: 23.4 |
7th | Jo Goetzee |
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17: 37.8 |
Bill Brown |
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DSQ | |
Alfred Yeoumans |
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Piet Soudyn |
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k. A. |
The last three walkers mentioned in this list can only be found at Sports-Reference ,
2. Preliminary round
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Ernest Webb |
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15: 17.2 OR |
2 | Charles Vestergaard |
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17: 07.0 |
3 | Einar Rothman |
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17: 40.2 |
4th | Willem Winkelman |
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17: 57.6 |
5 | Istvan Drubina |
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18: 44.6 |
6th | Piet Ruimers |
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18: 44.8 |
Richard Quinn |
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DSQ | |
John J. Reid |
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The two walkers listed here as disqualified are listed in the literature mentioned below by zur Megede as participants who gave up.
3. Preliminary round
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | George Goulding |
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15: 54.0 |
2 | Ralph Harrison |
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16: 04.4 |
3 | Albert Rowland |
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16: 08.6 |
4th | Ernest Larner |
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16: 10.0 |
5 | John Butler |
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16: 17.0 |
6th | Richard Wilhelm |
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17: 33.8 |
7th | Jan Huijgen |
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17: 43.0 |
Final (July 14th)
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | George Larner |
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14: 55.0 OR |
2 | Ernest Webb |
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15: 07.4 |
3 | Harry Kerr |
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15: 43.4 |
4th | George Goulding |
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15: 49.8 |
5 | Albert Rowland |
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16: 07.0 |
6th | Charles Vestergaard |
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17: 21.8 |
7th | Einar Rothman |
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17: 50.0 |
William Palmer |
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DNF | |
Ralph Harrison |
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Ernest Webb led during the first round and was overtaken by George Larner on round two. Both moved away from the field. After about a mile, Larner slowly pulled away and won by about 45 yards . Harry Kerr, who started for Australasia, came in third. Fourth-placed Canadian George Goulding took part in the 10-mile walk, where he gave up, and the marathon , in which he finished 22nd.
Three days later, George Larner won his second walking gold medal over the ten mile distance.
Ralph Harrison listed above as disqualified is listed in the literature below by zur Megede as a participant who gave up.
The Canadian George Goulding - here in 1912, also 22nd in the marathon , was fourth and four years later Olympic champion in 10,000 meter track walking
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 3,500 meters Walk , English, accessed August 29, 2018
- Olympic Games London 1908, Athletics , IOC page on athletics at the 1908 Olympic Games at olympic.org, English, accessed 29 August 2018