Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres walk

The men's 10 kilometres walk event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, August 17, 1920, and on Wednesday, August 18, 1920. Twenty-three race walkers from 13 nations competed.[1]

Men's 10 kilometres walk
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 17–18
Competitors23 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ugo Frigerio  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joseph Pearman  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Charles Gunn  Great Britain
← 1912
1924 →

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World record   Gunnar Rasmussen (DEN)[2] 45:26.4 Denmark 18 August 1918 [3]
Olympic record   George Goulding (CAN) 46:28.4 Stockholm (SWE) 11 August 1912

Results

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Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on Tuesday, August 17, 1920.

Semifinal 1

This heat was one lap short, so the distance of this race was only 9600 metres.

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1   Ugo Frigerio (ITA) 47:06.4 Q
2   Joseph Pearman (USA) 47:30.0 Q
3   George Parker (AUS) 47:31.0 Q
4   Donato Pavesi (ITA) 48:12.0 Q
5   Charles Gunn (GBR) 48:22.0 Q
6   Jean Seghers (BEL) 48:29.0 Q
7   Winfred Rolker (USA)
  Josef Šlehofer (TCH) DNF
  Charles Dowson (GBR) DNF
  Paul Verlaeckt (BEL) DQ
  Eduard Hermann (EST) DQ
  Martial Simon (FRA) DQ
  Gunnar Rasmussen (DEN) DQ

Semifinal 2

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1   William Hehir (GBR) 51:33.8 Q
2   Cecil McMaster (RSA) 51:39.0 Q
3   Thomas Maroney (USA) (51:54.6) Q
4   William Plant (USA) (52:18.3) Q
5   Luis Meléndez (ESP) (53:56.6) Q
6   Antoine Doyen (BEL) Q
  Stanislas Anselmetti (SUI) DNF
  Charles Wiggers (BEL) DQ
  Niels Pedersen (DEN) DQ
  Eversleigh Freeman (CAN) DQ

Final

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The final was held on Wednesday, August 18, 1920.

Before the race started Frigerio handed the conductor of the mid-field band several sheets of music, which he requested to be played during the race. He won so easily that he stopped once to show the band the correct tempo...[4]

Place Athlete Time
1   Ugo Frigerio (ITA) 48:06.2
2   Joseph Pearman (USA) (49:40.2)
3   Charles Gunn (GBR) (49:43.9)
4   Cecil McMaster (RSA) (50:04.0)
5   William Hehir (GBR) (50:11.8)
6   Thomas Maroney (USA) (50:24.4)
7   Jean Seghers (BEL) (50:32.4)
8   Antoine Doyen (BEL) (56:30.0)
  Luis Meléndez (ESP) DNF
  George Parker (AUS) DQ
  Donato Pavesi (ITA) DQ
  William Plant (USA) DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's 10 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Tim - Olympic Racewalking History". studylib.net. p. 10. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  3. ^ "1923 Spalding Almanac" (PDF). p. 15. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  4. ^ eRaceWalk / Other Resources / Archived November 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

Sources

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  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 23 August 2007.