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

The men's 10,000 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.^[1]

Men's 10,000 metres at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	July 29, 1928
Competitors	24 from 12 nations
Winning time	30:18.8
Medalists
Paavo Nurmi  Finland Ville Ritola  Finland Edvin Wide  Sweden
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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.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Paavo Nurmi	Finland	30:18.8	OR
	Ville Ritola	Finland	30:19.4
	Edvin Wide	Sweden	31:00.8
4	Jean-Gunnar Lindgren	Sweden	31:26.0
5	Arthur Muggridge	Great Britain	31:31.8
6	Ragnar Magnusson	Sweden	31:37.2
7	Toivo Loukola	Finland	31:39.0
8	Kalle Matilainen	Finland	31:45.0
9	Wally Beavers	Great Britain	31:48.0
10	John Suttie Smith	Great Britain	31:50.0
11	Robert Marchal	France	Unknown
12	George Constable	Great Britain	Unknown
13	Arturo Peña	Spain	32:21.8
14	Joie Ray	United States	Unknown
15	Staņislavs Petkēvičs	Latvia	Unknown
16	Seghir Beddari	France	Unknown
17	Karel Nedobitý	Czechoslovakia	Unknown
18	Julien Serwy	Belgium	Unknown
19	Juichi Nagatani	Japan	Unknown
20	Danie Jacobs	South Africa	Unknown
—	Henri Lauvaux	France	DNF
	Macauley Smith	United States
	John Romig	United States
	D. B. Chavan	India