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10,000 metres, Men

Date	7 – 8 July 1912
Status	Olympic
Location	Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm
Participants	30 from 13 countries

Two of the three heats were won by Finland’s Kolehmainen brothers - Hannes and Tatu. The final was held on a very hot day and four of the 15 qualifiers did not start. Hannes Kolehmainen took the lead on the second lap and eventually dropped the field by the sixth lap. He eventually ran uncontested to win by over 45 seconds. The silver medal went to Lewis Tewanima, a Hopi Indian and Jim Thorpe’s teammate at the Carlisle Indian School.

Hannes Kolehmainen’s winning time was “somewhat” of a world record. At the beginning of 1912 there was no official world record, as the IAAF did not start recognizing marks until 1913. Until 1911, the best mark on record by an amateur was 31:40.0 by Walter George (GBR), set in London on 28 July 1884 during a 12-mile handicap race. The professional best had been set by Alfred Shrubb (GBR) in Glasgow on 5 November 1904 during a one-hour race. But on 16 November 1911, Jean Bouin ran 30:58.8 at Colombes, France. Bouin did not run the 10K at Stockholm but finished a very close second to Hannes Kolehmainen in the 5K.

When the IAAF began to recognize world records, they thought that Bouin had run his mark in 1913. They recognized only Kolehmainen’s winning Stockholm time as the initial IAAF-approved world record. Bouin’s mark did not receive official recognition until 1926.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	Final
1	–	Hannes Kolehmainen	FIN	33:49.0 (1 h1)	31:20.8 (1)	Gold	WR
2	–	Lewis Tewanima	USA	32:31.4 (2 h2)	32:06.6 (2)	Silver
3	–	Albin Stenroos	FIN	33:28.4 (4 h2)	32:21.8 (3)	Bronze
4	–	Joe Keeper	CAN	33:58.8 (2 h1)	32:36.2 (4)
5	–	Alfonso Orlando	ITA	33:44.6 (5 h2)	33:31.2 (5)
AC	–	Tatu Kolehmainen	FIN	32:47.8 (1 h3)	– (DNF)
AC	–	William Scott	GBR	32:55.2 (2 h3)	– (DNF)
AC	–	Len Richardson	RSA	32:30.3 (1 h2)	– (DNF)
AC	–	Mauritz Carlsson	SWE	33:06.2 (3 h2)	– (DNF)
AC	–	Louis Scott	USA	34:14.2 (3 h3)	– (DNF)
AC	–	Hugh Maguire	USA	34:32.0 (5 h3)	– (DNF)
3 h1 r1/2	–	Gaston Heuet	FRA	34:50.0 (3 h1)	–
4 h1 r1/2	–	John Eke	SWE	34:55.8 (4 h1)	–
4 h3 r1/2	–	Martin Persson	SWE	34:18.6 (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r1/2	–	Ernest Glover	GBR	35:12.2 (5 h1)	–
6 h1 r1/2	–	Albert Öberg	SWE	35:45.0 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r1/2	–	Alfonso Sánchez	CHI	– (6 h2)	–
7 h2 r1/2	–	Brynolf Larsson	SWE	– (7 h2)	–
AC h1 r1/2	–	Vladimír Penc	BOH	– (DNF h1)	–
AC h1 r1/2	–	George Lee	GBR	– (DNF h1)	–
AC h1 r1/2	–	Charles Ruffell	GBR	– (DNF h1)	–
AC h1 r1/2	–	Mikhail Nikolsky	RUS	– (DNF h1)	–
AC h1 r1/2	–	William Kramer	USA	– (DNF h1)	–
AC h1 r1/2	–	Harry Hellawell	USA	– (DNF h1)	–
AC h2 r1/2	–	Thomas Humphreys	GBR	– (DNF h2)	–
AC h2 r1/2	–	Frederick Hibbins	GBR	– (DNF h2)	–
AC h2 r1/2	–	Gregor Vietz	GER	– (DNF h2)	–
AC h2 r1/2	–	Bror Fock	SWE	– (DNF h2)	–
AC h3 r1/2	–	George Hill	ANZ	– (DNF h3)	–
AC h3 r1/2	–	George Wallach	GBR	– (DNF h3)	–
DNS	–	Marcel Radigue	FRA	–	–
DNS	–	Filip Löwendahl	SWE	–	–
DNS	–	Carl Holmberg	DEN	–	–
DNS	–	Frank O'Neill	GBR	–	–
DNS	–	Grigory Voronkov	RUS	–	–
DNS	–	Sándor Kertész	HUN	–	–
DNS	–	Lucien Fremont	FRA	–	–
DNS	–	Pyotr Timofeyev	RUS	–	–
DNS	–	Clovis Cambon	FRA	–	–
DNS	–	Mihály Váradi	HUN	–	–
DNS	–	Iosif Zaytsev	RUS	–	–
DNS	–	Jan Mrzygłodzki	AUT	–	–
DNS	–	Georges Dumonteil	FRA	–	–
DNS	–	William Murray	ANZ	–	–
DNS	–	Karl Hack	AUT	–	–
DNS	–	Felix Kwieton	AUT	–	–
DNS	–	François Delloye	BEL	–	–
DNS	–	František Slavík	BOH	–	–
DNS	–	Alex Decouteau	CAN	–	–
DNS	–	Ed Fabre	CAN	–	–
DNS	–	Holger Baden	DEN	–	–
DNS	–	Viggo Pedersen	DEN	–	–
DNS	–	Jean Bouin	FRA	–	–
DNS	–	Gustave Lauvaux	FRA	–	–
DNS	–	Louis Pautex	FRA	–	–
DNS	–	Henri Teyssedou	FRA	–	–
DNS	–	Tom Jack	GBR	–	–
DNS	–	Iraklis Sakellaropoulos	GRE	–	–
DNS	–	Ödön Kárpáti	HUN	–	–
DNS	–	Antal Lovas	HUN	–	–
DNS	–	Carlo Speroni	ITA	–	–
DNS	–	Chris Gitsham	RSA	–	–
DNS	–	Nikolay Khorkov	RUS	–	–
DNS	–	Dragutin Tomašević	SRB	–	–
DNS	–	Hjalmar Andersson	SWE	–	–
DNS	–	John Klintberg	SWE	–	–
DNS	–	Klas Lundström	SWE	–	–
DNS	–	Bror Modigh	SWE	–	–
DNS	–	Henrik Nordström	SWE	–	–
DNS	–	George Bonhag	USA	–	–
DNS	–	Joseph Erxleben	USA	–	–
DNS	–	John Gallagher	USA	–	–
DNS	–	Mike Ryan	USA	–	–
DNS	–	Harry Smith	USA	–	–
DNS	–	Garnett Wikoff	USA	–	–

Round One (7 July 1912)

Top five in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One (9:00)

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Hannes Kolehmainen	FIN	33:49.0	QOR
2	–	Joe Keeper	CAN	33:58.8	Q
3	–	Gaston Heuet	FRA	34:50.0	Q
4	–	John Eke	SWE	34:55.8	Q
5	–	Ernest Glover	GBR	35:12.2	Q
6	–	Albert Öberg	SWE	35:45.0
DNF	–	George Lee	GBR	–
DNF	–	Charles Ruffell	GBR	–
DNF	–	Vladimír Penc	BOH	–
DNF	–	William Kramer	USA	–
DNF	–	Mikhail Nikolsky	RUS	–
DNF	–	Harry Hellawell	USA	–

Heat Two (9:45)

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Len Richardson	RSA	32:30.3	QOR
2	–	Lewis Tewanima	USA	32:31.4	Q
3	–	Mauritz Carlsson	SWE	33:06.2	Q
4	–	Albin Stenroos	FIN	33:28.4	Q
5	–	Alfonso Orlando	ITA	33:44.6	Q
6	–	Alfonso Sánchez	CHI	–
7	–	Brynolf Larsson	SWE	–
DNF	–	Bror Fock	SWE	–
DNF	–	Thomas Humphreys	GBR	–
DNF	–	Frederick Hibbins	GBR	–
DNF	–	Gregor Vietz	GER	–

Heat Three (13:30)

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Tatu Kolehmainen	FIN	32:47.8	Q
2	–	William Scott	GBR	32:55.2	Q
3	–	Louis Scott	USA	34:14.2	Q
4	–	Martin Persson	SWE	34:18.6	Q
5	–	Hugh Maguire	USA	34:32.0	Q
DNF	–	George Wallach	GBR	–
DNF	–	George Hill	ANZ	–

Final (8 July 1912 — 16:15)

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Hannes Kolehmainen	FIN	31:20.8	WR
2	–	Lewis Tewanima	USA	32:06.6
3	–	Albin Stenroos	FIN	32:21.8
4	–	Joe Keeper	CAN	32:36.2
5	–	Alfonso Orlando	ITA	33:31.2
DNF	–	Mauritz Carlsson	SWE	–
DNF	–	Tatu Kolehmainen	FIN	–
DNF	–	Louis Scott	USA	–
DNF	–	William Scott	GBR	–
DNF	–	Hugh Maguire	USA	–
DNF	–	Len Richardson	RSA	–

Splits

1500 m	4:13	Hannes Kolehmainen
3000 m	8:52	Hannes Kolehmainen
5000 m	15:11.4	Hannes Kolehmainen