1920 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 10,000 m walking (men)

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Olympic rings
1920 olympics poster.jpg
sport athletics
discipline 10,000-meter walk
gender Men
Attendees 23 athletes from 13 countries
Competition location Antwerp Olympic Stadium
Competition phase August 17, 1920 (preliminary round)
August 18, 1920 (final)
Medalist
gold medal Ugo Frigerio ( ITA ) Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) 
Silver medal Joseph Pearman ( USA ) United States 48United States 
Bronze medal Charles Gunn ( GBR ) United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 

The men's 10,000 meter walk at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp was held on August 17 and 18, 1920 in the Antwerp Olympic Stadium. 23 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was the Italian Ugo Frigerio ahead of the American Joseph Pearman . The Briton Charles Gunn won the bronze medal.

The Swiss Stanislas Anselmetti could not finish his competition in the preliminary round. German and Austrian athletes were excluded from participating in these games.

Existing records

World record - - - -
Olympic record George Goulding ( Canada ) Canada 1868Canada  45: 26.4 min Stockholm July 11, 1912

Conducting the competition

A total of two preliminary rounds were held on August 17th from 9:30 a.m. Athletes in the first six places qualified for the finals, which took place on August 18 at 11.00 a.m.

Note: The walkers qualified for the next round are highlighted in light blue.

Preliminary round

Date: August 17, 1920, from 9.30 a.m.

Round 1

space Surname nation time annotation
1 Ugo Frigerio Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 47: 06.4 min
2 Joseph Pearman United States 48United States United States 47: 30.0 min
3 George Parker AustraliaAustralia Australia 47: 31.0 min
4th Donato Pavesi Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 48: 12.0 min
5 Charles Gunn United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain 48: 22.0 min
6th Jean Seghers BelgiumBelgium Belgium 48: 29.0 min
7th Winfred Rolker United States 48United States United States k. A.
DNF Charles Dowson United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain
Josef Šlehofer Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
DSQ Eduard Hermann EstoniaEstonia Estonia
Gunnar Rasmussen DenmarkDenmark Denmark
Martial Simon Third French RepublicThird French Republic France
Paul Verlaeckt BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Olympic victory for Ugo Frigerio (ITA)

round 2

space Surname nation time annotation
1 William Hehir United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain 51: 33.8 min
2 Cecil McMaster South Africa 1910South African Union South African Union 51: 39.0 min
3 Thomas Maroney United States 48United States United States 51: 54.6 min
4th William Plant United States 48United States United States 52: 18.3 min
5 Luis Meléndez Spain 1875Spain Spain 53: 56.6 min
6th Antoine Doyen BelgiumBelgium Belgium k. A.
DNF Stanislas Anselmetti SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
DSQ Eversleigh Freeman Canada 1868Canada Canada
Niels Pedersen DenmarkDenmark Denmark
Charles Wiggers BelgiumBelgium Belgium

final

space Surname nation time annotation
1 Ugo Frigerio Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 48: 06.2 min
2 Joseph Pearman United States 48United States United States 49: 40.2 min
3 Charles Gunn United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain 49: 43.9 min
4th Cecil McMaster South Africa 1910South African Union South African Union 50: 04.0 min
5 William Hehir United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain 50: 11.8 min
6th Thomas Maroney United States 48United States United States 50: 24.4 min
7th Jean Seghers BelgiumBelgium Belgium 50: 32.4 min
8th Antoine Doyen BelgiumBelgium Belgium 56: 30.0 min
DNF Luis Meléndez Spain 1875Spain Spain
DSQ Donato Pavesi Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy
William Plant United States 48United States United States
DNS George Parker AustraliaAustralia Australia

Date: August 18, 1920, 11 a.m.

The US-American Joseph Pearman led the field until halfway through the race, after which Ugo Frigerio took over the lead and quickly developed a lead that he continued to expand until the finish line. He won by over half a lap over Pearman and the British Charles Gunn. The Olympic record from 1912 was not touched here, whereby the poor track conditions played a major role.

For Frigerio it was the first of three gold medals in his career. In the competition over 3000 meters three days later, he achieved his second Olympic victory in 1920.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official report ( Memento of October 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) p. 101, French. (PDF)
  2. Information at SportsReference (Eng.)