The men's 10,000 metres was a track and field athletics

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

These are the results of athletics competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. 30 events were contested, all for men only.The athletics programme grew by 4 events since the 1908 Summer Olympics. The 5000 and 10000 metre races were introduced for the first time, as the 5 mile event was eliminated...

 programme. It was the debut of the event, which along with the 5000 metres

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the debut of the event, which along with the 10000 metre event replaced the 5 mile race held at the 1908 Summer Olympics...

 replaced the 5 mile race

Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 5 miles

The men's 5 miles race was held at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. It was discontinued after that in favour of the metric races of 5,000 and 10,000 metres. The competition was held on July 15, 1908 and July 18, 1908...

 held at the 1908 Summer Olympics

1908 Summer Olympics

The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England, United Kingdom. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games...

. The competition was held on Sunday, July 7, 1912 and on Monday, July 8, 1912.

Thirty runners from 13 nations competed.

Records

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

World Record	30:58.8	Jean Bouin Jean Bouin Jean Bouin was a French athlete and rugby union footballer. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm....	Colombes Colombes Colombes is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-History:On 13 March 1896, 17% of the territory of Colombes was detached and became the commune of Bois-Colombes ....  (FRA France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... )	November 16, 1911
Olympic Record	-	none	-	-

Hannes Kolehmainen

Hannes Kolehmainen

Juho Pietari "Hannes" Kolehmainen was a Finnish long-distance runner. He is considered to be the first of a generation of great Finnish long distance runners, often named the "Flying Finns". Kolehmainen competed for a number of years in the United States, wearing the Winged Fist of the Irish...

, in winning the first semifinal, set the Olympic record at 33:49.0. It lasted until the next race, in which the time was beat by Len Richardson. Kolehmainen took back the record with a time of 31:20.8 in the final.

Semifinals

All semi-finals were held on Sunday, July 7, 1912.

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		33:49.0 OR	QF
2		33:58.8	QF
3		34:50.0	QF
4		34:55.8	QF
5		35:12.2	QF
6		35:45.0
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Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		32:30.3 OR	QF
2		32:31.4	QF
3		33:06.2	QF
4		33:28.4	QF
5		33:44.6	QF
—		Did not finish
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Semifinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		32:47.8	QF
2		32:55.2	QF
3		34:14.2	QF
4		34:18.6	QF
5		34:32.0	QF
—		Did not finish
		Did not finish

Final

The final was held on Monday, July 8, 1912.

Place	Athlete	Time
1		31:20.8 OR
2		32:06.6
3		32:21.8
4		32:36.2
5		33:31.2
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