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

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]

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 →

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   Paavo Nurmi Kuopio (FIN) August 31, 1924
Olympic Record 30:23.2   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
  Paavo Nurmi   Finland 30:18.8 OR
  Ville Ritola   Finland 30:19.4
  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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