Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Olympisch Stadion
Dates	August 19–20
Competitors	34 from 17 nations
Medalists
Paavo Nurmi  Finland Joseph Guillemot  France James Wilson  Great Britain

The men's 10,000 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Thursday, August 19, 1920, and on Friday, August 20, 1920. Thirty-four runners from 17 nations competed.

Records

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

World Record	30:58.8	Jean Bouin	Colombes (FRA)	November 16, 1911
Olympic Record	31:20.8	Hannes Kolehmainen	Stockholm (SWE)	July 8, 1912

Results

Semifinals

All semi-finals were held on Thursday, August 19, 1920.

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	James Wilson (GBR)	33:40.2	Q
2	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	33:46.3	Q
3	Augusto Maccario (ITA)	34:06.8	Q
4	Jean-Baptiste Manhès (FRA)	34:12.0	Q
5	Alfred Gaschen (SUI)	34:38.4	Q
6	Verner Magnusson (SWE)	34:49.2
7	Lucien Duquesne (FRA)	35:06.6
8	Pierre Devaux (BEL)	36:38.3
—	Jüri Lossman (EST)	DNF
	Phadeppa Chaugle (IND)	DNF
	Julius Ebert (DEN)	DNF
	Amisoli Patasoni (USA)	DNF

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Joseph Guillemot (FRA)	32:41.6	Q
2	Eric Backman (SWE)	32:48.5	Q
3	Albert Andersen (DEN)	32:58.4	Q
4	Fred Faller (USA)	33:02.4	Q
5	Oscar Garin (SUI)	33:04.4	Q
6	Edward Lawrence (CAN)	33:08.5
7	Teodoro Pons (ESP)
8	Konosuke Sano (JPN)
9	Aimé Proot (BEL)
10	Sinton Hewitt (AUS)

Semifinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Heikki Liimatainen (FIN)	32:08.2	Q
2	Charles Clibbon (GBR)	32:08.8	Q
3	Gaston Heuet (FRA)	32:11.1	Q
4	Carlo Speroni (ITA)	32:13.1	Q
5	James Hatton (GBR)	32:23.0	Q
6	Nils Bergström (SWE)	33:38.0
7	Alexandros Kranis (GRE)
8	Earl Johnson (USA)
9	George Cornetta (USA)
10	Constantino Lussana (ITA)
11	Karel Pacák (TCH)
12	Zensaku Motegi (JPN)

Final

The final was held on Friday, August 20, 1920.

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	31:45.8
2	Joseph Guillemot (FRA)	31:47.2
3	James Wilson (GBR)	31:50.8
4	Augusto Maccario (ITA)	32:02.0
5	James Hatton (GBR)	32:14.0
6	Jean-Baptiste Manhès (FRA)	32:26.0
7	Heikki Liimatainen (FIN)	32:28.0
8	Fred Faller (USA)	32:38.0
9	Oscar Garin (SUI)
—	Charles Clibbon (GBR)	DNF
	Alfred Gaschen (SUI)	DNF
	Eric Backman (SWE)	DNF
	Albert Andersen (DEN)	DNF
	Carlo Speroni (ITA)	DNF
	Gaston Heuet (FRA)	DNF

Sources

• Belgian Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 12 August 2007.