| Host City: London, Great Britain |
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final. |
| Date Started: July 16, 1908 |
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| Date Finished: July 17, 1908 |
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| (Competitors: 25; Countries: 8; Finalists: 8) |
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Venue(s): White City Stadium, London
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| Two days after the 3500m event, Webb (1:20:18.8) and Larner (1:18:19.0) won the heats (!) of the 10 mile walk. Larner set off at a terrific pace in the final, with Webb on his heels for the first mile (7:01.6), and dropping back thereafter. Larner passed 10Km in approximately 45:33 with a lead of 30 seconds, and continued on to set world records for nine miles (1:07:37.8) as well as for the full distance. |
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| Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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| Five of the finalists from the 3,500 metre walk (held two days earlier) also qualified for the final of the 10 mile walk. Over the longer distance, the British walkers, George Larner and Ernie Webb, repeated their first and second places from the shorter event, with Larner setting a new world record of 1-15:57.4. En route to his victory, Larner also broke the 9-mile world record. Webb (1-17:31.0) was also inside the old world record of 1-17:38.8, which had been set by W. J. Sturgess at Stamford Bridge and had stood since 3 October 1896. |
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Results |
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| 10 mile Walk |
Men |
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Final |
17 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
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1-15.57.4 |
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George Larner |
Great Britain |
GBR |
33 |
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| 2 |
1-17.31.0 |
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Ernie Webb |
Great Britain |
GBR |
34 |
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| 3 |
1-21.20.2 |
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Edward Spencer |
Great Britain |
GBR |
26 |
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| 4 |
1-21.20.2 |
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Frank Carter |
Great Britain |
GBR |
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| 5 |
1-24.26.2 |
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Ernest Larner |
Great Britain |
GBR |
27 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Bill Palmer |
Great Britain |
GBR |
26 |
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| 10 mile Walk |
Men |
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Round One Heat One |
16 July |
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| Carter, Larner, and Spencer intentionally drew even to finish in a line. Carter had been in second place, followed by Spencer and then Larner before they did so. |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
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1-20.18.8 |
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Ernie Webb |
Great Britain |
GBR |
34 |
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| 2T |
1-21.25.4 |
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Frank Carter |
Great Britain |
GBR |
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| 2T |
1-21.25.4 |
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Edward Spencer |
Great Britain |
GBR |
26 |
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| 2T |
1-21.25.4 |
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Ernest Larner |
Great Britain |
GBR |
27 |
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| 5 |
1-21.57.6 |
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Albert Rowland |
Australasia |
ANZ |
22 |
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| 6 |
1-23.44.0 |
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Tommy Hammond |
Great Britain |
GBR |
29 |
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| 7 |
1-26.09.4 |
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Paul Gunia |
Germany |
GER |
23 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Jo Goetzee |
Netherlands |
NED |
24 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Willem Winkelman |
Netherlands |
NED |
20 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Piet Soudyn |
Netherlands |
NED |
28 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Arne Højme |
Denmark |
DEN |
23 |
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DQ |
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Alfred Yeoumans |
Great Britain |
GBR |
31 |
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| 10 mile Walk |
Men |
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Round One Heat Two |
16 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
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1-18.19.0 |
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George Larner |
Great Britain |
GBR |
33 |
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| 2 |
1-18.21.2 |
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Ralph Harrison |
Great Britain |
GBR |
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| 3 |
1-18.40.2 |
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Harry Kerr |
Australasia |
ANZ |
29 |
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| 4 |
1-19.40.4 |
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Bill Palmer |
Great Britain |
GBR |
26 |
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| 5 |
1-19.22.4 |
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Godwin Withers |
Great Britain |
GBR |
23 |
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| 6 |
1-21.07.4 |
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Sydney Schofield |
Great Britain |
GBR |
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| 7 |
1-27.38.8 |
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Piet Ruimers |
Netherlands |
NED |
23 |
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| 8 |
1-30.33.8 |
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Emmerich Rath |
Austria |
AUT |
24 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Jan Huijgen |
Netherlands |
NED |
19 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Jack Butler |
Great Britain |
GBR |
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| AC |
DNF |
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George Goulding |
Canada |
CAN |
22 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Einar Rothman |
Sweden |
SWE |
20 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Charles Vestergaard |
Denmark |
DEN |
24 |
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