The men's 10,000 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics

At the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, 29 athletics events were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from August 15, 1920 to August 23, 1920.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...

 at the 1920 Summer Olympics

1920 Summer Olympics

The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....

. The competition was held on Thursday, August 19, 1920 and on Friday, August 20, 1920.

Thirty-four runners from 17 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record	30:58.8	Jean Bouin Jean Bouin Jean Bouin was a French athlete and rugby union footballer. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm....	Colombes Colombes Colombes is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-History:On 13 March 1896, 17% of the territory of Colombes was detached and became the commune of Bois-Colombes ....  (FRA France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... )	November 16, 1911
Olympic Record	31:20.8	Hannes Kolehmainen Hannes Kolehmainen Juho Pietari "Hannes" Kolehmainen was a Finnish long-distance runner. He is considered to be the first of a generation of great Finnish long distance runners, often named the "Flying Finns". Kolehmainen competed for a number of years in the United States, wearing the Winged Fist of the Irish...	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...  (SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... )	July 8, 1912

Semifinals

All semi-finals were held on Thursday, August 19, 1920.

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		33:40.2	Q
2		33:46.3	Q
3		34:06.8	Q
4		34:12.0	Q
5		34:38.4	Q
6		34:49.2
7		35:06.6
8		36:38.3
—		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		32:41.6	Q
2		32:48.5	Q
3		32:58.4	Q
4		33:02.4	Q
5		33:04.4	Q
6		33:08.5
7
8
9
10

Semifinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		32:08.2	Q
2		32:08.8	Q
3		32:11.1	Q
4		32:13.1	Q
5		32:23.0	Q
6		33:38.0
7
8
9
10
11
12

Final

The final was held on Friday, August 20, 1920.

Place	Athlete	Time
1		31:45.8
2		31:47.2
3		31:50.8
4		32:02.0
5		32:14.0
6		32:26.0
7		32:28.0
8		32:38.0
9
—		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF