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Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesJuly 29
Competitors24 from 12 nations
Winning time30:18.8
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paavo Nurmi  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ville Ritola  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Edvin Wide  Sweden
← 1924
1932 →

The men's 10,000 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, July 29, 1928. Twenty-four long-distance runners from twelve nations competed.[1]

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record 30:06.2 Finland Paavo Nurmi Kuopio (FIN) August 31, 1924
Olympic Record 30:23.2 Finland Ville Ritola Paris (FRA) July 6, 1924

Paavo Nurmi set a new Olympic record with 30:18.8 minutes.

Results

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Only a final race was held.

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paavo Nurmi  Finland 30:18.8 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ville Ritola  Finland 30:19.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Edvin Wide  Sweden 31:00.8
4 Jean-Gunnar Lindgren  Sweden 31:26.0
5 Arthur Muggridge  Great Britain 31:31.8
6 Ragnar Magnusson  Sweden 31:37.2
7 Toivo Loukola  Finland 31:39.0
8 Kalle Matilainen  Finland 31:45.0
9 Wally Beavers  Great Britain 31:48.0
10 John Suttie Smith  Great Britain 31:50.0
11 Robert Marchal  France Unknown
12 George Constable  Great Britain Unknown
13 Arturo Peña  Spain 32:21.8
14 Joie Ray  United States Unknown
15 Staņislavs Petkēvičs  Latvia Unknown
16 Seghir Beddari  France Unknown
17 Karel Nedobitý  Czechoslovakia Unknown
18 Julien Serwy  Belgium Unknown
19 Juichi Nagatani  Japan Unknown
20 Danie Jacobs  South Africa Unknown
Henri Lauvaux  France DNF
Macauley Smith  United States
John Romig  United States
D. B. Chavan  India

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Games: Men's 10,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
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