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Not held in other editions
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10 miles Race Walk, Men

Date16 – 17 July 1908
StatusOlympic
LocationWhite City Stadium, London
Participants25 from 8 countries

Five of the finalists from the 3,500 metre walk (held two days earlier) also qualified for the final of the 10 mile walk. Over the longer distance, the British walkers George Larner and Ernie Webb repeated their first and second places from the shorter event, with Larner setting a new world record of 1-15:57.4. En route to his victory, Larner also broke the 9-mile world record. Webb (1-17:31.0) was also inside the old world record of 1-17:38.8, which had been set by W. J. Sturgess at Stamford Bridge, and had stood since 3 October 1896.

PosCompetitorNOCR1Final
1George LarnerGBR1-18:19.0 (1 h2)1-15:57.4 (1)GoldWR
2Ernie WebbGBR1-20:18.8 (1 h1)1-17:31.0 (2)Silver
3Edward SpencerGBR1-21:25.4 (=2 h1)1-21:20.2 (3)Bronze
4Fred CarterGBR1-21:25.4 (=2 h1)1-21:20.2 (4)
5Ernest LarnerGBR1-21:25.4 (=2 h1)1-24:26.2 (5)
ACBill PalmerGBR1-19:04.0 (4 h2)– (DNF)
DNS r2/2Ralph HarrisonGBR1-18:21.2 (2 h2)– (DNS)
DNS r2/2Harry KerrANZ1-18:40.2 (3 h2)– (DNS)
5 h1 r1/2Albert RowlandANZ1-21:57.6 (5 h1)
5 h2 r1/2Godwin WithersGBR1-19:22.4 (5 h2)
6 h1 r1/2Tommy HammondGBR1-23:44.0 (6 h1)
6 h2 r1/2Sidney SchofieldGBR1-21:07.4 (6 h2)
7 h1 r1/2Paul GuniaGER1-26:09.4 (7 h1)
7 h2 r1/2Piet RuimersNED1-27:38.8 (7 h2)
8 h2 r1/2Emmerich RathAUT1-30:33.8 (8 h2)
AC h1 r1/2Arne HøjmeDEN– (DNF h1)
AC h1 r1/2Alfred YeoumansGBR– (DQ h1)
AC h1 r1/2Jo GoetzeeNED– (DNF h1)
AC h1 r1/2Willem WinkelmanNED– (DNF h1)
AC h1 r1/2Piet SoudynNED– (DNF h1)
AC h2 r1/2George GouldingCAN– (DNF h2)
AC h2 r1/2Charles VestergaardDEN– (DNF h2)
AC h2 r1/2Jack ButlerGBR– (DNF h2)
AC h2 r1/2Jan HuijgenNED– (DNF h2)
AC h2 r1/2Einar RothmanSWE– (DNF h2)
DNSFritz PreissGER
DNSAngelo ClaroITA
DNSFerenc ManglitzHUN
DNSLajos TumbáczHUN
DNSVictor AitkenANZ
DNSRichard WilhelmGER
DNSIstván DrubinaHUN
DNSAntal LovasHUN
DNSGeorge BonhagUSA
DNSEugen SpieglerAUT
DNSHermann MüllerGER
DNSGyörgy SztanticsHUN

Round One

Date16 July 1908 — 10:00
FormatTop four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

PosCompetitorNOCTime
1Ernie WebbGBR1-20:18.8Q
=2Fred CarterGBR1-21:25.4Q
=2Edward SpencerGBR1-21:25.4Q
=2Ernest LarnerGBR1-21:25.4Q
5Albert RowlandANZ1-21:57.61
6Tommy HammondGBR1-23:44.0
7Paul GuniaGER1-26:09.4
DNFJo GoetzeeNED
DNFWillem WinkelmanNED
DNFPiet SoudynNED
DNFArne HøjmeDEN
DQAlfred YeoumansGBR

Heat #2

PosCompetitorNOCTime
1George LarnerGBR1-18:19.0Q
2Ralph HarrisonGBR1-18:21.2Q
3Harry KerrANZ1-18:40.2Q2
4Bill PalmerGBR1-19:04.0Q
5Godwin WithersGBR1-19:22.4
6Sidney SchofieldGBR1-21:07.4
7Piet RuimersNED1-27:38.8
8Emmerich RathAUT1-30:33.8
DNFJan HuijgenNED
DNFJack ButlerGBR
DNFGeorge GouldingCAN
DNFEinar RothmanSWE
DNFCharles VestergaardDEN

Final Round

Date17 July 1908 — 14:30
PosCompetitorNOCTime
1George LarnerGBR1-15:57.4WR
2Ernie WebbGBR1-17:31.0
3Edward SpencerGBR1-21:20.2
4Fred CarterGBR1-21:20.2
5Ernest LarnerGBR1-24:26.2
DNFBill PalmerGBR
DNSRalph HarrisonGBR
DNSHarry KerrANZ