The men's 10 kilometres walk 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 second appearance of racewalking, which had debuted at the previous games with the 10 mile and 3500 metre walks. The 10 kilometre was the only racewalking event in 1912. The competition was held on Monday, July 8, 1912 and on Thursday, July 11, 1912.

Twenty-two racewalkers from twelve nations competed.

Records

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

World Record		?
Olympic Record	-	none	-	-

Semifinals

Both semi-finals were held on Monday, July 8, 1912.

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		47:14.5	QF
2		47:25.4	QF
3		48:15.8	QF
4		48:54.2	QF
5		51:21.0	QF
6		53:30.8
7		53:30.8
—		Did not finish
		Did not finish
		Disqualified

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		49:43.6	QF
2		50:17.9	QF
3		50:57.6	QF
4		51:13.8	QF
5		51:31.8	QF
6		52:29.0
7		55:02.0
8		55:20.6
9		59:24.4
—		Did not finish
		Disqualified
		Disqualified
		Disqualified

Final

The final was held on Thursday, July 11, 1912.

Place	Athlete	Time
1		46:28.4
2		46:50.4
3		47:37.6
4		48:00.0
—		Did not finish
		Did not finish
		Did not finish
		Disqualified
		Disqualified
		Disqualified