1920 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 10,000 m (men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 10,000 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 34 athletes from 17 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Antwerp Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 19, 1920 (preliminary round) August 20, 1920 (final) |
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The men's 10,000-meter run at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp was held on August 19 and 20, 1920 in the Antwerp Olympic Stadium. 34 athletes took part.
The Olympic champion was Paavo Nurmi from Finland, ahead of Joseph Guillemot from France and James Wilson from Britain .
Austrians and Germans were excluded from participating in these games.
Two Swiss athletes were represented and both reached the final. Oscar Garin finished ninth there, his team colleague Alfred Gaschen did not start in the final race.
Existing records
World record | Jean Bouin ( France ) | 30: 58.8 min | Colombes | November 6, 1911 |
Olympic record | Hannes Kolehmainen ( Grand Duchy of Finland ) | 31: 20.8 min | Stockholm | July 8, 1912 |
Conducting the competition
A total of three preliminary runs were carried out on August 19 (10:00 a.m. local time). The first five runners qualified for the final on August 20 at 4.30 p.m.
Note: The runners qualified for the next round are highlighted in light blue.
Prelims
The times are not completely handed down. Date: August 19, 1920, 10:00 a.m. local time
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | James Wilson | Great Britain | 33: 40.2 min | |
2 | Paavo Nurmi | Finland | 33: 46.3 min | |
3 | Augusto Maccario | Italy | 34: 06.8 min | |
4th | Jean-Baptiste Manhès | France | 34: 12.0 min | |
5 | Alfred Gaschen | Switzerland | 34: 38.4 min | |
6th | Werner Magnusson | Sweden | 34: 49.2 min | |
7th | Lucien Duquesne | France | 35: 06.6 min | |
8th | Pierre Deveaux | Belgium | 36: 38.3 min | |
DNF | Jüri Lossman | Estonia | ||
Phadeppa Dareppa Chaugule | British India | |||
Julius Ebert | Denmark | |||
Amisoli Patasoni | United States |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Joseph Guillemot | France | 32: 41.6 min | |
2 | Eric Backman | Sweden | 32: 48.5 min | |
3 | Albert Andersen | Denmark | 32: 58.4 min | |
4th | Fred Faller | United States | 33: 02.4 min | |
5 | Oscar Garin | Switzerland | 33: 04.4 min | |
6th | Edward Lawrence | Canada | 33: 08.5 min | |
7th | Teodoro Pons | Spain | k. A. | |
8th | Konosuke Sano | Japan | k. A. | |
9 | Aimé Proot | Belgium | k. A. | |
10 | Sinton Hewitt | Australia | k. A. |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Heikki Liimatainen | Finland | 32: 08.2 min | |
2 | Charles Clibbon | Great Britain | 32: 08.8 min | |
3 | Gaston Hay | France | 32: 11.1 min | |
4th | Carlo Speroni | Italy | 32: 13.1 min | |
5 | James Hatton | Great Britain | 32: 23.0 min | |
6th | Nils Bergström | Sweden | 33: 38.0 min | |
7th | Alexandros Kranis | Greece | k. A. | |
8th | Earl Johnson | United States | k. A. | |
9 | George Cornetta | United States | k. A. | |
10 | Costante Lussana | Italy | k. A. | |
11 | Karel Pacák | Czechoslovakia | k. A. | |
12 | Zensaku Motegi | Japan | k. A. |
final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Paavo Nurmi | Finland | 31: 45.8 min | |
2 | Joseph Guillemot | France | 31: 47.2 min | |
3 | James Wilson | Great Britain | 31: 50.8 min | |
4th | Augusto Maccario | Italy | 32: 02.0 min | |
5 | James Hatton | Great Britain | 32: 14.0 min | |
6th | Jean-Baptiste Manhès | France | 32: 26.0 min | |
7th | Heikki Liimatainen | Finland | 32: 28.0 min | |
8th | Fred Faller | United States | 32: 38.0 min | |
9 | Oscar Garin | Switzerland | k. A. | |
DNS | Charles Clibbon | Great Britain | ||
Alfred Gaschen | Switzerland | |||
Eric Backman | Sweden | |||
Albert Andersen | Denmark | |||
Carlo Speroni | Italy | |||
Gaston Hay | France |
Date: August 20, 1920 at 4:30 p.m. local time
Only nine of the 15 runners qualified from the previous day's heats entered the finals. The expected renewed duel between Joseph Guillemot and Paavo Nurmi did not take place in the initial phase. Guillemot pulled out together with the later third James Wilson and Nurmi was at times up to 20 meters behind. But the two leaders slowed down and Nurmi caught up again. Guillemot accelerated 2000 meters from the target, but could not get rid of his two opponents. At the beginning of the last lap, Nurmi started to sprint and Wilson lost touch. Guillemot and Nurmi were now running towards the goal with changing leadership. In the end, the Finn prevailed and reversed the order of the 5000 meter run . Three days after his victory over the 5000 meter distance, the Guillemot had to admit defeat to his opponent Nurmi this time.
For Paavo Nurmi it was the first of a total of nine Olympic victories in his career.
Web links
- SportsReference 10,000m , accessed August 30, 2017
- Official report French (PDF), accessed on August 30, 2017
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 138
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009, page 551 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Official report, page 98 (French) ( Memento of October 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 138