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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 | |||||||||||||
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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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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 |
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Olympic Record | 30:23.2 | Ville Ritola | Paris (FRA) | July 6, 1924 |
Paavo Nurmi set a new Olympic record with 30:18.8 minutes.
Only a final race was held.
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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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 |
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