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Men's 10 kilometres walk at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Dates	July 9 & 11 (semifinals) July 13 (final)
Competitors	25 from 13 nations
Medalists
Ugo Frigerio  Italy Gordon Goodwin  Great Britain Cecil McMaster  South Africa
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Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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The men's 10 kilometres walk event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was the only racewalking event at this Games. After 1924, the 10 kilometre walk would not be held again until 1948. The competition was held from Wednesday, July 9, 1924, to Sunday, July 13, 1924. The races were held on the track which was as for all other events of 500 metres in circumference. Twenty-five race walkers from 13 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record	45:26.4	Aage Rasmussen	?	1918
Olympic Record	46:28.4	George Goulding	Stockholm (SWE)	August 11, 1912

Results

Semifinals

The first semi-final was held on Wednesday, July 9, 1924. The best five finishers qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Gordon Goodwin (GBR)	49:04.0	Q
2	Donato Pavesi (ITA)	49:09.0	Q
3	Harry Hinkel (USA)		Q
4	Luigi Bosatra (ITA)		Q
5	Henri Clermont (FRA)		Q
—	Edward Freeman (CAN)	DSQ
	Ernie Austen (AUS)	DSQ
	Henk Keemink (NED)	DSQ
	Arvīds Ķibilds (LAT)	DSQ
	Alfrēds Ruks (LAT)	DSQ
	Daniel Eslava (MEX)	DSQ
	Rudolf Kühnel (AUT)	DSQ

Semifinal 2

The second semi-final was held on Friday, July 11, 1924. After a protest against his disqualification Rudolf Kühnel was allowed to start also in this race - he was disqualified again. The best five finishers qualified for the final.

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Ugo Frigerio (ITA)	49:15.6	Q
2	Cecil McMaster (RSA)		Q
3	Arthur Tell Schwab (SUI)		Q
4	Armando Valente (ITA)		Q
5	Ernest Clark (GBR)		Q
—	François Decrombecque (FRA)	DSQ
	Alfrēds Kalniņš (LAT)	DSQ
	Philip Granville (CAN)	DSQ
	Charles Foster (USA)	DSQ
	Gordon Watts (GBR)	DSQ
	Mihály Fekete (HUN)	DSQ
	Rudolf Kühnel (AUT)	DSQ
	Jan Plichta (TCH)	DSQ

Final

The final was held on Sunday, July 13, 1924.

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Ugo Frigerio (ITA)	47:49.0
2	Gordon Goodwin (GBR)	48:37.9
3	Cecil McMaster (RSA)	49:08.0
4	Donato Pavesi (ITA)	49:17.0
5	Arthur Tell Schwab (SUI)	49:50.0
6	Ernest Clark (GBR)	49:59.2
7	Armando Valente (ITA)	50:07.0
8	Luigi Bosatra (ITA)	50:09.0
9	Harry Hinkel (USA)	50:16.8
10	Henri Clermont (FRA)	51:41.6

References

1. "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's 10 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2017.

External links

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.

• Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics
• Racewalking at the Olympics