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Host City: Stockholm, Sweden

Format: Top five in each heat advanced to the final.

Date Started: July 8, 1912

Date Finished: July 11, 1912

(Competitors: 23; Countries: 11; Finalists: 10)

Venue(s): Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm

Overview by IAAF

Curious seeding put Goulding, Webb, Rasmussen and Altimani all in the first heat, with the Canadian winning in 47:14.5, and the three others under 49 minutes. The only other man under 50 minutes was William Yates (GBR), who won the other heat in 49:43.6. As in the heat, Webb was the closest man to Goulding, but had to give way in the later stages of the race. Three of the 10 men in the final failed to finish, and the remaining three were disqualified.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The 10 kilometre walk appeared on the Olympic program for the first time in 1912, although it would be an Olympic event in 1912-1924, and 1948-52. The pre-Olympic favorites were both British - George Larner who had won both walks at the 1908 Olympics, and had won the AAA 7-mile walk in 1911, and Ernie Webb who had won the AAA 7-mile walk in 1908-1910, and was the silver medalist in both walks at the 1908 Olympics. The world best in 1912 was 45:43.5 set by Paul Gunia (GER) in Berlin on 24 October 1908. For unknown reasons, neither Larner nor Gunia competed and in their absence, Webb was expected to win easily.

But Webb could not match Canada’s George Goulding, who had also competed at the 1908 Olympics. At London, Goulding had placed 4th in the 3,500 metre walk, did not finish in his heat of the 10 mile walk, and also ran the marathon, finishing 22nd. However, since 1908, Goulding had greatly improved and had beaten Webb at match races in Toronto in the summer of 1910. After winning the gold medal, Goulding’s first act was to send a telegram to his wife. It read only, “Won - George.”

But Goulding spoke more of the final, as given in Henry Roxborough’s Canada at the Olympics, “In the final, I took the lead right from the start. When I was about 40 yards ahead of Webb, I thought the judges were after me. One of them said something in Swedish which I didn’t understand; but when I turned toward him I saw a broad grin on his face and concluded he must have said something nice. Still, it was a ticklish moment, for the judges had the right to pull anyone off the track without previous warnings. With other judges, I could have improved my time; but during the last mile, when I had a lead of about 75 yards, I slowed considerably and took no chance of being disqualified. Besides, in the first heat, I had rubbed the skin off my toes, while wearing almost new shoes; and in the final my feet were really torturing. However, in winning, I soon forgot the pain and remembered only the pleasure.”

			Results

*10 km Walk*	Men		Final	11 July
The final of the 10 km walk at the 1912 Summer Olympics with George Goulding in the middle				The winner George Goulding.
Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	46.28.4		George Goulding	Canada	CAN	26	OR
2	46.50.4		Ernie Webb	Great Britain	GBR	38
3	47.37.6		Nando Altimani	Italy	ITA	18
4	48.00.0		Aage Rasmussen	Denmark	DEN	22
AC	DNF		Vilhelm Gylche	Denmark	DEN	24
AC	DNF		Bill Palmer	Great Britain	GBR	30
AC	DNF		Frederick Kaiser	United States	USA	22
AC	DQ		Arthur St. Norman	South Africa	RSA	33
AC	DQ		Thomas Dumbill	Great Britain	GBR	27
AC	DQ		William Yates	Great Britain	GBR	31
*10 km Walk*	Men		Round One Heat One	8 July

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	47.14.5	Q	George Goulding	Canada	CAN	26	OR
2	47.25.4	Q	Ernie Webb	Great Britain	GBR	38
3	48.15.8	Q	Aage Rasmussen	Denmark	DEN	22
4	48.54.2	Q	Nando Altimani	Italy	ITA	18
5	51.21.0	Q	Bill Palmer	Great Britain	GBR	30
6	53.30.8		Sam Schwartz	United States	USA	29
7	53.30.8		Edward Renz	United States	USA	20
AC	DNF		Rudolf Richter	Bohemia	BOH	29
AC	DNF		Karl Lukk	Russia	RUS	24
AC	DNF		Eduard Hermann	Russia	RUS	24
*10 km Walk*	Men		Round One Heat Two	8 July

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	49.43.6	Q	William Yates	Great Britain	GBR	31
2	50.17.9	Q	Arthur St. Norman	South Africa	RSA	33
3	50.57.6	Q	Thomas Dumbill	Great Britain	GBR	27
4	51.13.8	Q	Vilhelm Gylche	Denmark	DEN	24
5	51.31.8	Q	Frederick Kaiser	United States	USA	22
6	52.29.2		Alfred Voellmeke	United States	USA	37
7	55.02.0		Rolando Salinas	Chile	CHI	22
8	55.20.6		Henrik Ripszám, Jr.	Hungary	HUN	23
9	59.24.2		Aleksis Aide	Russia	RUS	24
AC	DQ		Niels Pedersen	Denmark	DEN	23
AC	DQ		Bobby Bridge	Great Britain	GBR	29
AC	DQ		William Murray	Australasia	ANZ	30
AC	DQ		István Drubina	Hungary	HUN	27