| Host City: Paris, France |
Format: Top five in each heat advanced to the final. |
| Date Started: July 9, 1924 |
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| Date Finished: July 13, 1924 |
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| (Competitors: 22; Countries: 13; Finalists: 10) |
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Venue(s): Colombes Olympic Stadium, Colombes
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| Goodwin (49:04.0) and Pavesi (49:09.0) were faster than Frigerio (49:16.5) in the heats, but the status quo was maintained in the final. Pavesi led at the start, but Goodwin soon took over the lead, and Frigerio made the decisive break after 400m. He passed halfway in 23:18.2, and he went on to win by almost 200m. |
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| Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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| Ugo Frigerio defended his gold medal in this event. His heat time of 49:16.5 placed him behind Gordon Goodwin and Donato Pavesi, but in the final he won by 200 metres, Goodwin second, and South African Cecil McMaster getting in for the bronze medal over Pavesi. |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.
| World Record |
45:26.4 |
 Aage Rasmussen |
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1918 |
| Olympic Record |
46:28.4 |
 George Goulding |
Stockholm (SWE) |
August 11, 1912 |
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Results |
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| 10 km Walk |
Men |
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Final |
13 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
47.49.0 |
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Ugo Frigerio |
Italy |
ITA |
22 |
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| 2 |
48.37.9 |
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Gordon Goodwin |
Great Britain |
GBR |
28 |
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| 3 |
49.08.0 |
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Cecil McMaster |
South Africa |
RSA |
28 |
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| 4 |
49.17.0 |
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Donato Pavesi |
Italy |
ITA |
34 |
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| 5 |
49.50.0 |
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Arthur Tell Schwab |
Switzerland |
SUI |
27 |
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| 6 |
49.59.2 |
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Ernie Clark |
Great Britain |
GBR |
26 |
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| 7 |
50.07.0 |
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Armando Valente |
Italy |
ITA |
21 |
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| 8 |
50.09.0 |
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Luigi Bosatra |
Italy |
ITA |
18 |
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| 9 |
50.16.8 |
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Harry Hinkel |
United States |
USA |
20 |
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| 10 |
51.41.6 |
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Henri Clermont |
France |
FRA |
22 |
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| 10 km Walk |
Men |
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Round One Heat One |
11 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
49.04.0 |
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Gordon Goodwin |
Great Britain |
GBR |
28 |
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| 2 |
49.09.0 |
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Donato Pavesi |
Italy |
ITA |
34 |
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| 3 |
at 250 m to 2nd |
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Harry Hinkel |
United States |
USA |
20 |
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| 4 |
at 450 m to 3rd |
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Luigi Bosatra |
Italy |
ITA |
18 |
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| 5 |
at 2 m to 4th |
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Henri Clermont |
France |
FRA |
22 |
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| 6 |
DQ |
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Eversleigh Freeman |
Canada |
CAN |
31 |
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| 7 |
DQ |
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Ernie Austen |
Australia |
AUS |
32 |
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| 8 |
DQ |
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Henk Keemink |
Netherlands |
NED |
21 |
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| 9 |
DQ |
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Arvīds Ķibilds |
Latvia |
LAT |
28 |
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| 10 |
DQ |
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Alfrēds Ruks |
Latvia |
LAT |
33 |
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| 11 |
DQ |
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Daniel Eslava |
Mexico |
MEX |
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| AC |
DQ |
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Rudolf Kühnel |
Austria |
AUT |
28 |
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| 10 km Walk |
Men |
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Round One Heat Two |
11 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
49.15.6 |
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Ugo Frigerio |
Italy |
ITA |
22 |
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| 2 |
at 100 m+ |
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Cecil McMaster |
South Africa |
RSA |
28 |
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| 3 |
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Arthur Tell Schwab |
Switzerland |
SUI |
27 |
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| 4 |
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Armando Valente |
Italy |
ITA |
21 |
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| 5 |
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Ernie Clark |
Great Britain |
GBR |
26 |
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| 6 |
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François Decrombecque |
France |
FRA |
39 |
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| 7 |
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Alfrēds Kalniņš |
Latvia |
LAT |
29 |
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| 8 |
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Phil Granville |
Canada |
CAN |
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| 9 |
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Charles H. Foster |
United States |
USA |
30 |
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| AC |
DQ |
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Gordon Watts |
Great Britain |
GBR |
30 |
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| AC |
DQ |
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Mihály Fekete |
Hungary |
HUN |
29 |
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DQ (4.000 m) |
| AC |
DQ |
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Rudolf Kühnel |
Austria |
AUT |
28 |
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DQ (6.000 m) |
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