Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon

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The turningpoint of the marathon.

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 July 14, 1912.

68 runners from 19 nations competed.

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kenneth McArthur South Africa (RSA)	Christian Gitsham South Africa (RSA)	Gaston Strobino United States (USA)

[edit] Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in hours) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World Record	2'40:35	Thure Johansson	Stockholm (SWE)	August 31, 1909
Olympic Record	2'55:18.4	Johnny Hayes	London (GBR)	July 24, 1908

The distance was nearly two kilometres shorter nevertheless Kenneth McArthur's winning time is registered as Olympic record.

[edit] Results

Place	Athlete	Time
Final
1	Kenneth McArthur (RSA)	2'36:54.8 OR
2	Christian Gitsham (RSA)	2'37:52.0
3	Gaston Strobino (USA)	2'38:42.4
4	Andrew Sockalexis (USA)	2'42:07.9
5	James Duffy (CAN)	2'42:18.8
6	Sigfrid Jacobsson (SWE)	2'43:24.9
7	John Gallagher (USA)	2'44:19.4
8	Joseph Erxleben (USA)	2'45:47.2
9	Richard Piggott (USA)	2'46:40.7
10	Joseph Forshaw (USA)	2'49:49.4
11	Édouard Fabre (CAN)	2'50:36.2
12	Clarence DeMar (USA)	2'50:46.6
13	Jean Boussière (FRA)	2'51:06.6
14	Henry Green (GBR)	2'52:11.4
15	William Forsyth (CAN)	2'52:23.0
16	Lewis Tewanima (USA)	2'52:41.4
17	Harry Smith (USA)	2'52:53.8
18	Thomas Lilley (USA)	2'59:35.4
19	Arthur Townsend (GBR)	3'00:05.0
20	Felix Kwieton (AUT)	3'00:48.0
21	Frederick Lord (GBR)	3'01:39.2
22	Jacob Westberg (SWE)	3'02:05.2
23	Axel Simonsen (NOR)	3'04:59.4
24	Carl Andersson (SWE)	3'06:13.0
25	Edgar Lloyd (GBR)	3'09:25.0
26	Iraklis Sakellaropoulos (GRE)	3'11:37.0
27	Hjalmar Dahlberg (SWE)	3'13:32.2
28	Ivar Lundberg (SWE)	3'16:35.2
29	Johannes Christensen (DEN)	3'21:57.4
30	Olaf Lodal (DEN)	3'21:57.6
31	Ödön Kárpáti (HUN)	3'25:21.6
32	Calle Nilsson (SWE)	3'26:56.4
33	Emmerich Rath (AUT)	3'27:03.8
34	Otto Osen (NOR)	3'36:35.2
35	Elmar Reiman (RUS)	finished
—	Alexis Ahlgren (SWE)	Did not finish
	Henry Barrett (GBR)	Did not finish
	James Beale (GBR)	Did not finish
	Thure Bergvall (SWE)	Did not finish
	James Corkery (CAN)	Did not finish
	Oscar Fonbæk (NOR)	Did not finish
	Septimus Francom (GBR)	Did not finish
	William Grüner (SWE)	Did not finish
	David Guttman (SWE)	Did not finish
	Karl Hack (AUT)	Did not finish
	Bohumil Honzátko (BOH)	Did not finish
	Aarne Kallberg (FIN)	Did not finish
	Shizo Kanaguri (JPN)	Did not finish
	Andrejs Kapmals (RUS)	Did not finish
	Tim Kellaway (GBR)	Did not finish
	Tatu Kolehmainen (FIN)	Did not finish
	Andrejs Krūkliņš (RUS)	Did not finish
	Francisco Lázaro (POR)	Did not finish
	Ivan Lönnberg (SWE)	Did not finish
	Louis Pauteux (FRA)	Did not finish
	Vladimir Pénc (BOH)	Did not finish
	Stuart Poulter (ANZ)	Did not finish
	Nikolajs Rasso (RUS)	Did not finish
	John Reynolds (USA)	Did not finish
	Henrik Ripszám (HUN)	Did not finish
	Francesco Ruggero (ITA)	Did not finish
	Michael J. Ryan (USA)	Did not finish
	František Slavík (BOH)	Did not finish
	Carlo Speroni (ITA)	Did not finish
	Arthur St. Norman (RSA)	Did not finish
	Dragutin Tomašević (SRB)	Did not finish
	Gustaf Törnros (SWE)	Did not finish
	Aleksandrs Upmals (RUS)	Did not finish
—	Ben Allel (FRA)	Did not start
	Jean Capelle (FRA)	Did not start
	Mathias de Carvalho (POR)	Did not start
	Nino Cazzaniga (ITA)	Did not start
	Orlando Cesaroni (ITA)	Did not start
	Nikolay Khorkov (RUS)	Did not start
	Paul Coulond (FRA)	Did not start
	Charles Davenport (GBR)	Did not start
	George Day (GBR)	Did not start
	Alexander Decoteau (CAN)	Did not start
	Ahmed Djebelia (FRA)	Did not start
	George Goulding (CAN)	Did not start
	Gaston Heuet (FRA)	Did not start
	Joseph Keeper (CAN)	Did not start
	Alexandre Kracheninin (RUS)	Did not start
	Jean Lespielle (FRA)	Did not start
	Henry Lewis (GBR)	Did not start
	Henry Lorgnat (FRA)	Did not start
	Edmond Neyrinck (FRA)	Did not start
	Mikhail Nikolsky (RUS)	Did not start
	Alfred Nilsen (NOR)	Did not start
	Ole Olsen (NOR)	Did not start
	J. Pedersen (NOR)	Did not start
	Samuel Raynes (GBR)	Did not start
	Leonard Richardson (RSA)	Did not start
	Joseph Zaitsev (RUS)	Did not start
	Alphonso Sanchez (CHI)	Did not start
	John Tait (CAN)	Did not start
	Zivko Vastitsch (SRB)	Did not start
	René Wilde (RUS)	Did not start

[edit] References

• Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). in Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.).: The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. 
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich. Retrieved on 3 January 2007. (Polish)