Olympic Games 1920 - Antwerp
MEN MARATHON - 2:32:36 Hannes KOLEHMAINEN (fin)
The marathon was held on Sunday, August 22, 1920 and 48 runners from 17 nations competed. The lenght of the race was 42.750 kilometers (26.56 miles). The Finnish athlete Hannes Kolehmainen set a new world record with 2:32:35.8, (the existing record was 2:36:07, set by Alexis Ahlgren in London on May 31, 1913).
Results: 1. Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) 2:32:35.8; 2. Jüri Lossmann (EST) 2:32:48.6; 3. Valerio Arri (ITA) 2:36:32.8; 4. Auguste Broos (BEL) 2:39:25.8; 5. Juho Tuomikoski (FIN) 2:40:18.8; 6. Sofus Rose (DEN) 2:41:18.0; 7. Joseph Organ (USA) 2:41:30.0; 8. Rudolf Hansen (DEN) 2:41:39.4; 9. Urho Tallgren (FIN) 2:42:40.0; 10. Tatu Kolehmainen (FIN) 2:44:02.3; 11. Carl Linder (USA) 2:44:21.2; 12. Charles Mellor (USA) 2:45:30.0; 13. James Dellow (CAN) 2:46:47.0; 14. Arthur Mills (GBR) 2:48:05.0; 15. Arthur Scholes (CAN) 2:48:30.0; 16. Shizo Kanakuri (JPN) 2:48:45.4; 17. Gustav Kinn (SWE) 2:49:10.4; 18. Albert Moché (FRA) 2:50:00.2; 19. Phadeppa Chaugle (IND) 2:50:45.4; 20. Zensaku Motegi (JPN) 2:51:09.4; 21. Kenzo Yashima (JPN) 2:57:02.0; 22. Georges Norman (CAN) 2:58:01.0; 23. Rudolf Wåhlin (SWE) 2:59:23.0; 24. Yahei Miura (JPN) 2:59:37.0; 25. Henri Teyssedou (FRA) 3:00:04.0; 26. Hendricus Wessel (NED) 3:00:17.0; 27. Charles Melis (BEL) 3:00:51.0; 28. William Grüner (SWE) 3:01:48.0; 29. George Piper (GBR) 3:02:10.0; 30. Sinton Hewitt (AUS) 3:03:27.0; 31. Leslie Housden (GBR) 3:14:25.0; 32. Iraklis Sakellaropoulos (GRE) 3:14:25.0; 33. Juan Bascunan (CHI) 3:17:47.0; 34. Oscar Blansaer (BEL) 3:20:00.0; 35. Eric Robertson (GBR) 3:55:00.0 ♦ Did not finish: Ettore Blasi (ITA), Louis Ichard (FRA), Antonio Persico (ITA), Albert Smoke (CAN), Axel Jensen (DEN), Panagiotis Trivoulidas (GRE), Christiaan Huijgens (NED), Désiré Van Remortel (BEL), Hans Schuster (SWE), Amédée Trichard (FRA), Sadashir Datar (IND), Christian Gitsham (RSA), Frank Roth (USA).
