Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon

Infobox Olympic event
event = Men's marathon
games = 1912 Summer


caption = The turningpoint of the marathon
venue = Stockholm
dates = July 14
competitors = 68
nations = 19
gold = Kenneth McArthur
goldNOC = RSA
silver = Charles Hefferon
silverNOC = RSA
bronze = Gaston Strobino
bronzeNOC = USA
prev=1908
next=1920

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 July 14, 1912.

68 runners from 19 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in hours) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

The distance was nearly two kilometres shorter nevertheless Kenneth McArthur's winning time is registered as Olympic record.

Results

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