Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon
| Men's marathon at the Games of the V Olympiad | ||||||||||
 Ken McArthur winning the race. | ||||||||||
| Venue | Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm | |||||||||
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| Dates | July 14 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 68 from 19 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:36:54.8 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics  | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| 3000 m team race | men | |
| 10 km walk | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Standing long jump | men | |
| Standing high jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | |
| 2-hand shot put | men | |
| 2-hand discus | men | |
| 2-hand javelin | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | men | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Cross-country events | ||
| Individual | men | |
| Team | men | |
The turningpoint of the marathon.
The start
The runners leaving the stadium.
Ken McArthur at the entrance of the stadium.
Christian Gitsham finishing in second place.
Gaston Strobino finishing in third place.
Sigfrid Jacobsson finishing in sixth place.
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 Sunday, July 14, 1912.
Sixty-eight runners from 19 nations competed.
With conditions described as "very hot", only half of the competitors finished.[1]
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 |
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| Olympic Record | 2:55:18.4 |  Johnny Hayes |
London (GBR) | July 24, 1908 |
The distance was nearly two kilometres shorter;[2] nevertheless, Ken McArthur's winning time is registered as an Olympic record.
Results
| Place | Athlete | Time | Notes |
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| 1 |  Ken 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 |  Renon Boissière (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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 Reimann (RUS) | Unknown | |
| — | Alexis Ahlgren (SWE) | DNF | |
| Henry Barrett (GBR) | DNF | ||
| James Beale (GBR) | DNF | ||
| Thure Bergvall (SWE) | DNF | ||
| James Corkery (CAN) | DNF | ||
| Oscar Fonbæk (NOR) | DNF | ||
| Septimus Francom (GBR) | DNF | ||
| William Grüner (SWE) | DNF | ||
| David Guttman (SWE) | DNF | ||
| Karl Hack (AUT) | DNF | ||
.png){kind=small} Bohumil Honzátko (BOH) | DNF | ||
| Aarne Kallberg (FIN) | DNF | ||
.svg.png){kind=small} Shizo Kanaguri (JPN) | DNF | ||
| Andrejs Kapmals (RUS) | DNF | ||
| Tim Kellaway (GBR) | DNF | ||
| Tatu Kolehmainen (FIN) | DNF | ||
| Andrejs Krūkliņš (RUS) | DNF | ||
 Francisco Lázaro (POR) | DNF | Died of Electrolyte imbalance | |
| Ivan Lönnberg (SWE) | DNF | ||
| Louis Pauteux (FRA) | DNF | ||
| Vladimír Penc (BOH) | DNF | ||
 Stuart Poulter (ANZ) | DNF | ||
| Nikolajs Rasso (RUS) | DNF | ||
| John Reynolds (USA) | DNF | ||
| Henrik Ripszám (HUN) | DNF | ||
.svg.png){kind=small} Francesco Ruggero (ITA) | DNF | ||
| Michael J. Ryan (USA) | DNF | ||
| František Slavík (BOH) | DNF | ||
| Carlo Speroni (ITA) | DNF | ||
| Arthur St. Norman (RSA) | DNF | ||
.svg.png){kind=small} Dragutin Tomašević (SRB) | DNF | ||
| Gustaf Törnros (SWE) | DNF | ||
| Aleksandrs Upmals (RUS) | DNF | ||
| — | Ben Allel (FRA) | DNS | |
| Jean Capelle (FRA) | DNS | ||
| Mathias de Carvalho (POR) | DNS | ||
| Nino Cazzaniga (ITA) | DNS | ||
| Orlando Cesaroni (ITA) | DNS | ||
| Nikolay Khorkov (RUS) | DNS | ||
| Paul Coulond (FRA) | DNS | ||
| Charles Davenport (GBR) | DNS | ||
| George Day (GBR) | DNS | ||
| Alex Decoteau (CAN) | DNS | ||
| Ahmed Djebelia (FRA) | DNS | ||
| George Goulding (CAN) | DNS | ||
| Gaston Heuet (FRA) | DNS | ||
| Joseph Keeper (CAN) | DNS | ||
| Alexandre Kracheninin (RUS) | DNS | ||
| Jean Lespielle (FRA) | DNS | ||
| Henry Lewis (GBR) | DNS | ||
| Henry Lorgnat (FRA) | DNS | ||
| Edmond Neyrinck (FRA) | DNS | ||
| Mikhail Nikolsky (RUS) | DNS | ||
| Alfred Nilsen (NOR) | DNS | ||
| Ole Olsen (NOR) | DNS | ||
| Jacob Pedersen (NOR) | DNS | ||
| Samuel Raynes (GBR) | DNS | ||
| Leonard Richardson (RSA) | DNS | ||
| Joseph Zaitsev (RUS) | DNS | ||
 Alphonso Sanchez (CHI) | DNS | ||
| John Tait (CAN) | DNS | ||
| Živko Vastić (SRB) | DNS | ||
| René Wilde (RUS) | DNS |
References
- Specific
- ↑ USA Track & Field (2004). "2004 USA Olympic Team Trials: Men’s Marathon Media Guide Supplement" (pdf). Santa Barbara, California: USA Track & Field. p. 11. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
- ↑ "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Marathon". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
- General
- Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.)., ed. The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved January 3, 2007.
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