Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10000 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, July 29, 1928.

Twenty-four long-distance runners from twelve nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Paavo Nurmi  Finnland	Ville Ritola  Finnland	Edvin Wide  Schweden

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	30:06.2	Paavo Nurmi	Kuopio (FIN)	August 31, 1924
Olympic Record	30:23.2	Ville Ritola	Paris (FRA)	July 6, 1924

Paavo Nurmi set a new Olympic record with 30:18.8 minutes.

Results

Only a final race was held.

Place	Athlete	Zeit
1	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	30:18.8 OR
2	Ville Ritola (FIN)	30:19.4
3	Edvin Wide (SWE)	31:00.8
4	Jean-Gunnar Lindgren (SWE)	31:26.0
5	Arthur Muggridge (GBR)	31:31.8
6	Ragnar Magnusson (SWE)	31:37.2
7	Toivo Loukola (FIN)	31:39.0
8	Kalle Matilainen (FIN)	31:45.0
9	Wally Beavers (GBR)	31:48.0
10	Suttie Smith (GBR)	31:50.0
11	Robert Marchal (FRA)
12	George Constable (GBR)
13	Arturo Peña (ESP)	32:21.8
14	Joie Ray (USA)
15	Staņislavs Petkēvičs (LAT)
16	Seghir Beddari (FRA)
17	Karel Nedobitý (TCH)
18	Julien Serwy (BEL)
19	Juichi Nagatani (JPN)
20	Danie Jacobs (RSA)
—	Henri Lauvaux (FRA)	DNF
	Macauley Smith (USA)	DNF
	John Romig (USA)	DNF
	Chavan Singh (IND)	DNF

References

• sports-reference.com
• Official Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich". Retrieved February 14, 2009. Template:Pl icon