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Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Men's 10,000 metres; at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Dates	July 6
Competitors	33–36 from 16 nations
Medalists
	← 1920 1928 →

The men's 10,000 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, July 6, 1924.^[1]

Paavo Nurmi the greatest long-distance runner at that time did not compete in this race, as the Finnish officials asked him not to start in this event. They thought he was entered in too many competitions. Only a few weeks after the Olympics on August 31 Nurmi set a new world record with 30:06.2 in Kuopio.

As for all other races the track was 500 metres in circumference.

The exact number of starters is unknown, but photographs show around 35 competitors. At least 33 - maybe 36 - long-distance runners from 16 nations competed.

Records

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

World Record	30:35.4	Ville Ritola	Helsinki (FIN)	May 25, 1924
Olympic Record	31:20.8	Hannes Kolehmainen	Stockholm (SWE)	July 8, 1912

Ville Ritola set a new world record with 30:23.2 minutes.

Results

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Ville Ritola (FIN)	30:23.2 WR
2	Edvin Wide (SWE)	30:55.2
3	Eero Berg (FIN)	31:43.0
4	Väinö Sipilä (FIN)	31:50.2
5	Ernie Harper (GBR)	31:58.0
6	Halland Britton (GBR)	32:06.0
7	Guillaume Tell (FRA)	32:12.0
8	Earle Johnson (USA)	32:17.0
9	Robert Marchal (FRA)	32:33.0
10	Artūrs Motmillers (LAT)	32:44.0
11	Henri Lauvaux (FRA)	32:48.0
12	Gaston Heuet (FRA)	32:52.0
13	Sven Thuresson (SWE)	no time
14	Charles Clibbon (GBR)	no time
15	John Gray (USA)	no time
16	Sidon Ebeling (SWE)	no time
—	Eddie Webster (GBR)	DNF
	Gösta Bergström (SWE)	DNF
	Verne Booth (USA)	DNF
	Wayne Johnson (USA)	DNF
	Camiel Van de Velde (BEL)	DNF
	Anton Tsvetanov (BUL)	DNF
	Vasil Venkov (BUL)	DNF
	Pál Király (HUN)	DNF
	John Ryan (IRL)	DNF
	Pala Singh (IND)	DNF
	Carlo Speroni (ITA)	DNF
	Vilis Cimmermanis (LAT)	DNF
	Alberto Jarrín (ECU)	DNF
	Vyron Athanasiadis (GRE)	DNF
	Alexandros Kranis (GRE)	DNF
	Pedro Curiel (MEX)	DNF
	Gurbachan Singh (IND)	?
	Mareg Mangaschia (ITA)	?
	Tacle Redda (ITA)	?

It is unknown if Singh Randhawa, Mangaschia, and Redda actually competed.

References

^ "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Games: Men's 10,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2017.

External links

Olympic Report
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.