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10 kilometres Race Walk, Men

Date	17 – 18 August 1920
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen
Participants	23 from 13 countries

The United States’ Joe Pearman led for the first half of the race. At that point, Ugo Frigerio picked up the pace and won by over half of a lap. Heat one in the first round ended up being only 9,600 metres as they did not finish the last lap, for reasons uncertain.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	479	Ugo Frigerio	ITA	47:06.4 (1 h1)	48:06.2 (1)	Gold
2	219	Joe Pearman	USA	47:30.0 (2 h1)	49:20.0est / at 200 metres (2)	Silver
3	394	Charlie Gunn	GBR	48:22.0 (5 h1)	49:23.0est / at 12 metres (3)	Bronze
4	557	Cecil McMaster	RSA	51:39.0 (2 h2)	50:04.0est / at 130 metres (4)
5	397	William Hehir	GBR	51:33.8 (1 h2)	50:25.0est / at 70 metres (5)
6	206	Thomas Maroney	USA	51:54.6est / at 50 metres (3 h2)	50:37.0est / at 40 metres (6)
7	51	Jean Segers	BEL	48:29.0 (6 h1)	50:45.0est / at 25 metres (7)
8	19	Antoine Doyen	BEL	59:00est (6 h2)	57:30.0est / at 1000 metres (8)
AC	5	George Parker	AUS	47:31.0 (3 h1)	– (DNF)
AC	121	Luis Meléndez	ESP	54:38.0est / at 430 metres (5 h2)	– (DNF)
AC	494	Donato Pavesi	ITA	48:12.0 (4 h1)	– (DQ)
4 h2 r1/2	218	William Plant	USA	52:18.3est / at 75 metres (4 h2)	– (DNS)
7 h1 r1/2	227	Winfred Rolker	USA	– (7 h1)	–
AC h1 r1/2	64	Paul Verlaeckt	BEL	– (DQ h1)	–
AC h1 r1/2	105	Gunnar Rasmussen	DEN	– (DQ h1)	–
AC h1 r1/2	681	Eduard Hermann	EST	– (DQ h1)	–
AC h1 r1/2	353	Martial Simon	FRA	– (DNF h1)	–
AC h1 r1/2	388	Charles Dowson	GBR	– (DQ h1)	–
AC h1 r1/2	670	Josef Šlehofer	TCH	– (DNF h1)	–
AC h2 r1/2	67	Charles Wiggers	BEL	– (DQ h2)	–
AC h2 r1/2	75	Eversleigh Freeman	CAN	– (DQ h2)	–
AC h2 r1/2	104	Niels Pedersen	DEN	– (DQ h2)	–
AC h2 r1/2	632	Stanislas Anselmetti	SUI	– (DNF h2)	–
DNS	655	Karel Jelínek	TCH	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	666	Jan Plichta	TCH	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	462	Nando Altimani	ITA	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	228	Richard Remer	USA	–	–
DNS	666	Jan Plichta	TCH	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	462	Nando Altimani	ITA	– (DNS h2)	–

Round One

Date	17 August 1920 — 9:30
Format	Top six in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Time	9:30

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	479	Ugo Frigerio	ITA	47:06.4	Q
2	219	Joe Pearman	USA	47:30.0	Q
3	5	George Parker	AUS	47:31.0	Q
4	494	Donato Pavesi	ITA	48:12.0	Q
5	394	Charlie Gunn	GBR	48:22.0	Q
6	51	Jean Segers	BEL	48:29.0	Q
7	227	Winfred Rolker	USA	–
DNF	670	Josef Šlehofer	TCH	–
DNF	353	Martial Simon	FRA	–
DQ	388	Charles Dowson	GBR	–
DQ	64	Paul Verlaeckt	BEL	–
DQ	681	Eduard Hermann	EST	–
DQ	105	Gunnar Rasmussen	DEN	–

Heat #2

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	397	William Hehir	GBR	51:33.8	Q
2	557	Cecil McMaster	RSA	51:39.0	Q
3	206	Thomas Maroney	USA	51:54.6est / at 50 metres	Q
4	218	William Plant	USA	52:18.3est / at 75 metres	Q
5	121	Luis Meléndez	ESP	54:38.0est / at 430 metres	Q
6	19	Antoine Doyen	BEL	59:00est	Q
DNF	632	Stanislas Anselmetti	SUI	–
DQ	67	Charles Wiggers	BEL	–
DQ	104	Niels Pedersen	DEN	–
DQ	75	Eversleigh Freeman	CAN	–
DNS	666	Jan Plichta	TCH	–
DNS	655	Karel Jelínek	TCH	–
DNS	462	Nando Altimani	ITA	–

Final Round

Date	18 August 1920 — 11:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	479	Ugo Frigerio	ITA	48:06.2
2	219	Joe Pearman	USA	49:20.0est / at 200 metres
3	394	Charlie Gunn	GBR	49:23.0est / at 12 metres
4	557	Cecil McMaster	RSA	50:04.0est / at 130 metres
5	397	William Hehir	GBR	50:25.0est / at 70 metres
6	206	Thomas Maroney	USA	50:37.0est / at 40 metres
7	51	Jean Segers	BEL	50:45.0est / at 25 metres
8	19	Antoine Doyen	BEL	57:30.0est / at 1000 metres
DNF	121	Luis Meléndez	ESP	–
DNF	5	George Parker	AUS	–
DQ	494	Donato Pavesi	ITA	–
DNS	218	William Plant	USA	–