Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon
| Men's marathon at the Games of the V Olympiad
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Ken McArthur winning the race.
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| Dates | July 14 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 68 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:36:54.8 | ||||||||||||
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Ken McArthur |
 South Africa
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Christian Gitsham |
South Africa
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Gaston Strobino |
 United States
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The men's marathon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The distance used was 40.2 kilometres, nearly 2 full kilometres shorter than that used in 1908 and since 1924. The competition was held on Sunday, July 14, 1912.
Sixty-eight runners from 19 nations competed.
With conditions described as "very hot", only half of the competitors finished.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in hours) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
The distance was nearly two kilometres shorter; nevertheless, Ken McArthur's winning time is registered as an Olympic record.
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