Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon
| Men's marathon at the Games of the V Olympiad
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Ken McArthur winning the race.
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| Venue | Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm | ||||||||||||
| Dates | July 14 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 68 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:36:54.8 | ||||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics  |
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| 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 | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| 3000 m team race | men | |
| 10 km walk | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Standing long jump | men | |
| Standing high jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | |
| 2-hand shot put | men | |
| 2-hand discus | men | |
| 2-hand javelin | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | men | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Cross-country events | ||
| Individual | men | |
| Team | men | |
The men's marathon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. 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.
Sixty-eight runners from 19 nations competed.
With conditions described as "very hot", only half of the competitors finished.[1]
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in hours) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 2:40:35 |  Thure Johansson |
Stockholm (SWE) | August 31, 1909 |
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| Olympic Record | 2:55:18.4 |  Johnny Hayes |
London (GBR) | July 24, 1908 |
The distance was nearly two kilometres shorter;[2] nevertheless, Ken McArthur's winning time is registered as an Olympic record.
Results
References
- Specific
- General
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