Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres
| Men's 10,000 metres at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | July 29 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 30:18.8 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
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[]
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 30:06.2 |  Paavo Nurmi
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Kuopio (FIN) | August 31, 1924 |
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| Olympic Record | 30:23.2 | Ville Ritola
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Paris (FRA) | July 6, 1924 |
Paavo Nurmi set a new Olympic record with 30:18.8 minutes.
Results[]
Only a final race was held.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Paavo Nurmi |  Finland |
30:18.8 | OR |
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Ville Ritola | Finland |
30:19.4 | |
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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 |
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| John Romig | United States |
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| D. B. Chavan |  India |
References[]
- ^ "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.
External links[]
- Official Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
Categories:
- Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- 10,000 metres at the Olympics
- Men's events at the 1928 Summer Olympics