Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres walk
| Men's 10 kilometres walk at the Games of the V Olympiad
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The final with George Goulding in the middle.
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| Dates | July 8 (semifinals) July 11 (final) |
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| Competitors | 22 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
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George Goulding |
 Canada
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Ernest Webb |
 Great Britain
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Fernando Altimani |
 Italy
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The men's 10 kilometres walk was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of racewalking, which had debuted at the previous games with the 10 mile and 3500 metre walks. The 10 kilometre was the only racewalking event in 1912. The competition was held on Monday, July 8, 1912 and on Thursday, July 11, 1912.
Twenty-two racewalkers from twelve nations competed.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in hours) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Both semi-finals were held on Monday, July 8, 1912.
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
The final was held on Thursday, July 11, 1912.
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