Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon
| Men's marathon at the Games of the VII Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp | |||||||||
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| Dates | 22 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 48 from 17 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:32:35.8 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics  | ||
|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| 3000 m team race | men | |
| 3 km walk | men | |
| 10 km walk | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | |
| 56 lb weight throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | men | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Cross-country events | ||
| Individual | men | |
| Team | men | |
The men's marathon event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The distance of this race was 42.75 kilometres. The competition was held on Sunday, 22 August 1920.[1]
48 runners from 17 nations competed.
The weather during the race has been described as "cool".[2] An Associated Press report described the weather as "cold and showery", but "fine running weather for the marathoners".[3]
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in hours) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 2:36:07 |  Alexis Ahlgren |
London (GBR) | 31 May 1913 |
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| Olympic Record | 2:36:54.8(*) | .svg.png){kind=small} Ken McArthur |
Stockholm (SWE) | 14 July 1912 |
(*) Distance was 40.2 kilometres
Hannes Kolehmainen is recognized as having set a new world best with a time of 2:32:35.8 hours.[4] Although the course distance was officially reported to be 42,750 meters/26.56 miles,[5] the Association of Road Racing Statisticians estimated the course to be only 40 km.[6]
Results
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References
- Specific
- ↑ "Athletics at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games: Men's Marathon". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
- ↑ USA Track & Field (2004). "2004 USA Olympic Team Trials: Men's Marathon Media Guide Supplement" (pdf). Santa Barbara, California: USA Track & Field. p. 11. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
- ↑ "Kolehmainen, Finn Marvel, Winner of Marathon Race: Olympic Star of 1912 Established New Record for 26 Mile Course – Esthonian Runner Presses Finn Hard – Joe Organ, First American to Finish, Comes in Seventh – American Relay Team Hangs Up New Record". The Lewiston Daily Sun. AP. 23 August 1920. p. 6. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ↑ "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009." (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. 546, 563, 565, 651, and 653. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
- ↑ "Olympic Games Official Report 1920" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-03-17.
- ↑ http://www.arrs.net/HP_OlyMa.htm
- General
- Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 12 August 2007.