Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon
May 02, 2024
The men's marathon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. The distance used was 40.2 kilometres, nearly 2 full kilometres shorter than that used in 1908 and since 1924. The competition was held on Sunday, July 14, 1912. 95 runners entered, but only 68 runners (from 19 nations) competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[1] With conditions described as "very hot", only 36 of the 68 competitors finished.[2] The event was won by Ken McArthur of South Africa, the nation's first Olympic marathon victory.
Official VideoThe turning-point of the marathonThe startThe runners leaving the stadiumKen McArthur at the entrance of the stadiumChristian Gitsham finishing in second placeGaston Strobino finishing in third placeSigfrid Jacobsson finishing in sixth place
This event also saw the first Olympic fatality, as Francisco Lázaro collapsed during the race, and died in hospital the next morning, while another runner, Shizo Kanakuri, went missing: Kanakuri had dropped out of the race and returned home to Japan without notifying race officials.
This was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The field was strong. Sweden and the United States each entered full 12-man teams; the American team included 1911 Boston Marathon winner Clarence DeMar, 1912 Boston winner Michael J. Ryan, and 1908 Olympic bronze medalist Joseph Forshaw. Great Britain had 1909 Polytechnic winner Henry Barrett and 6 of the 8 finishers in the 1912 Polytechnic. Canada sent the winner of that 1912 Polytechnic, James Corkery. South Africa had the runner-up, Christian Gitsham, as well as Ken McArthur, who had won three marathons in South Africa.[3]
Japan, Norway, Portugal, and Serbia each made their first appearance in Olympic marathons. The United States made its fifth appearance, the only nation to have competed in each Olympic marathon to that point.
Competition formatedit
As all marathons, the competition was a single race. The course for the race was 40.2 kilometres long, which was more akin to the 1896 (40 km), 1900 (40.26 km), and 1904 (40 km) courses than the previous 1908 course (42.195 km) which would become standard.
It was "the first time the Olympic marathon was conducted as an out-and-back race." The course started at the stadium, went to the town of Sollentuna, and came back.[3]
Recordsedit
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in hours) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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^Rick Maese (August 6, 2021). "Lost and found: How Japan's 'father of the marathon' vanished mid-race". Washington Post.
General
Bergvall, Erik, ed. (1913). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Translated by Adams-Ray, Edward. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved January 3, 2007.
May 02, 2024
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The men s marathon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme The distance used was 40 2 kilometres nearly 2 full kilometres shorter than that used in 1908 and since 1924 The competition was held on Sunday July 14 1912 95 runners entered but only 68 runners from 19 nations competed NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes 1 With conditions described as very hot only 36 of the 68 competitors finished 2 The event was won by Ken McArthur of South Africa the nation s first Olympic marathon victory Men s marathonat the Games of the V OlympiadKen McArthur winning the race VenueStockholms Olympiastadion StockholmDatesJuly 14Competitors68 from 19 nationsWinning time2 36 54 8 ORMedalistsKen McArthur South AfricaChristian Gitsham South AfricaGaston Strobino United States 19081920 Official Video The turning point of the marathon The start The runners leaving the stadium Ken McArthur at the entrance of the stadium Christian Gitsham finishing in second place Gaston Strobino finishing in third place Sigfrid Jacobsson finishing in sixth place This event also saw the first Olympic fatality as Francisco Lazaro collapsed during the race and died in hospital the next morning while another runner Shizo Kanakuri went missing Kanakuri had dropped out of the race and returned home to Japan without notifying race officials Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Records 4 Schedule 5 Results 6 ReferencesBackground editThis was the fifth appearance of the event which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics The field was strong Sweden and the United States each entered full 12 man teams the American team included 1911 Boston Marathon winner Clarence DeMar 1912 Boston winner Michael J Ryan and 1908 Olympic bronze medalist Joseph Forshaw Great Britain had 1909 Polytechnic winner Henry Barrett and 6 of the 8 finishers in the 1912 Polytechnic Canada sent the winner of that 1912 Polytechnic James Corkery South Africa had the runner up Christian Gitsham as well as Ken McArthur who had won three marathons in South Africa 3 Japan Norway Portugal and Serbia each made their first appearance in Olympic marathons The United States made its fifth appearance the only nation to have competed in each Olympic marathon to that point Competition format editAs all marathons the competition was a single race The course for the race was 40 2 kilometres long which was more akin to the 1896 40 km 1900 40 26 km and 1904 40 km courses than the previous 1908 course 42 195 km which would become standard It was the first time the Olympic marathon was conducted as an out and back race The course started at the stadium went to the town of Sollentuna and came back 3 Records editThese were the standing world and Olympic records in hours prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics World record nbsp Thure Johansson SWE 2 51 23 6 Stockholm Sweden 31 August 1909 Olympic record nbsp Johnny Hayes USA 2 55 18 4 London United Kingdom 24 July 1908 The distance was nearly two kilometres shorter 4 nevertheless Ken McArthur s winning time is registered as an Olympic record Schedule editDate Time Round Sunday 14 July 1912 13 48 FinalResults editRank Athlete Nation Time Notes nbsp Ken McArthur nbsp South Africa 2 36 54 8 OR nbsp Christian Gitsham nbsp South Africa 2 37 52 0 nbsp Gaston Strobino nbsp United States 2 38 42 4 4 Andrew Sockalexis nbsp United States 2 42 07 9 5 James Duffy nbsp Canada 2 42 18 8 6 Sigfrid Jacobsson nbsp Sweden 2 43 24 9 7 John Gallagher nbsp United States 2 44 19 4 8 Joseph Erxleben nbsp United States 2 45 47 2 9 Richard Piggott nbsp United States 2 46 40 7 10 Joseph Forshaw nbsp United States 2 49 49 4 11 Edouard Fabre nbsp Canada 2 50 36 2 12 Clarence DeMar nbsp United States 2 50 46 6 13 Renon Boissiere nbsp France 2 51 06 6 14 Henry Green nbsp Great Britain 2 52 11 4 15 William Forsyth nbsp Canada 2 52 23 0 16 Lewis Tewanima nbsp United States 2 52 41 4 17 Harry Smith nbsp United States 2 52 53 8 18 Thomas Lilley nbsp United States 2 59 35 4 19 Arthur Townsend nbsp Great Britain 3 00 05 0 20 Felix Kwieton nbsp Austria 3 00 48 0 21 Frederick Lord nbsp Great Britain 3 01 39 2 22 Jacob Westberg nbsp Sweden 3 02 05 2 23 Axel Simonsen nbsp Norway 3 04 59 4 24 Carl Andersson nbsp Sweden 3 06 13 0 25 Edgar Lloyd nbsp Great Britain 3 09 25 0 26 Iraklis Sakellaropoulos nbsp Greece 3 11 37 0 27 Hjalmar Dahlberg nbsp Sweden 3 13 32 2 28 Ivar Lundberg nbsp Sweden 3 16 35 2 29 Johannes Christensen nbsp Denmark 3 21 57 4 30 Olaf Lodal nbsp Denmark 3 21 57 6 31 Odon Karpati nbsp Hungary 3 25 21 6 32 Carl Nilsson nbsp Sweden 3 26 56 4 33 Emmerich Rath nbsp Austria 3 27 03 8 34 Otto Osen nbsp Norway 3 36 35 2 35 Elmar Reimann nbsp Russia Unknown 36 Shizo Kanakuri nbsp Japan 54 08 06 05 32 20 3 Finished 54 years later 5 Alexis Ahlgren nbsp Sweden DNF Henry Barrett nbsp Great Britain DNF James Beale nbsp Great Britain DNF Thure Bergvall nbsp Sweden DNF James Corkery nbsp Canada DNF Oscar Fonbaek nbsp Norway DNF Septimus Francom nbsp Great Britain DNF William Gruner nbsp Sweden DNF David Guttman nbsp Sweden DNF Karl Hack nbsp Austria DNF Bohumil Honzatko nbsp Bohemia DNF Aarne Kallberg nbsp Finland DNF Andrejs Kapmals nbsp Russia DNF Tim Kellaway nbsp Great Britain DNF Tatu Kolehmainen nbsp Finland DNF Andrejs Kruklins nbsp Russia DNF Francisco Lazaro nbsp Portugal DNF Died of electrolyte imbalance Ivan Lonnberg nbsp Sweden DNF Louis Pauteux nbsp France DNF Vladimir Penc nbsp Bohemia DNF Stuart Poulter nbsp Australasia DNF Nikolajs Rasso nbsp Russia DNF John Reynolds nbsp United States DNF Henrik Ripszam nbsp Hungary DNF Francesco Ruggero nbsp Italy DNF Michael J Ryan nbsp United States DNF Frantisek Slavik nbsp Bohemia DNF Carlo Speroni nbsp Italy DNF Arthur St Norman nbsp South Africa DNF Dragutin Tomasevic nbsp Serbia DNF Gustaf Tornros nbsp Sweden DNF Aleksandrs Upmals nbsp Russia DNF Ben Allel nbsp France DNS Jean Capelle nbsp France DNS Mathias de Carvalho nbsp Portugal DNS Nino Cazzaniga nbsp Italy DNS Orlando Cesaroni nbsp Italy DNS Nikolay Khorkov nbsp Russia DNS Paul Coulond nbsp France DNS Charles Davenport nbsp Great Britain DNS George Day nbsp Great Britain DNS Alex Decoteau nbsp Canada DNS Ahmed Djebelia nbsp France DNS George Goulding nbsp Canada DNS Gaston Heuet nbsp France DNS Joseph Keeper nbsp Canada DNS Alexandre Kracheninin nbsp Russia DNS Jean Lespielle nbsp France DNS Henry Lewis nbsp Great Britain DNS Henry Lorgnat nbsp France DNS Edmond Neyrinck nbsp France DNS Mikhail Nikolsky nbsp Russia DNS Alfred Nilsen nbsp Norway DNS Ole Olsen nbsp Norway DNS Jacob Pedersen nbsp Norway DNS Samuel Raynes nbsp Great Britain DNS Leonard Richardson nbsp South Africa DNS Joseph Zaitsev nbsp Russia DNS Alphonso Sanchez nbsp Chile DNS John Tait nbsp Canada DNS Zivko Nastic nbsp Serbia DNS Rene Wilde nbsp Russia DNSReferences editSpecific Official report p 61 USA Track amp Field 2004 2004 USA Olympic Team Trials Men s Marathon Media Guide Supplement PDF Santa Barbara California USA Track amp Field p 11 Retrieved February 21 2011 a b Marathon Men Olympedia Retrieved August 24 2020 Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games Men s Marathon sports reference com Archived from the original on April 17 2020 Retrieved October 5 2012 Rick Maese August 6 2021 Lost and found How Japan s father of the marathon vanished mid race Washington Post General Bergvall Erik ed 1913 The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 Translated by Adams Ray Edward Stockholm Wahlstrom amp Widstrand Wudarski Pawel 1999 Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich in Polish Retrieved January 3 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics Men 27s marathon amp oldid 1217070895, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
