Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place July 30. The final was won by Emil Zátopek of Czechoslovakia.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record29:35.4Helsinki, Finland25 August 1944Olympic record30:11.4Los Angeles, United States31 July 1932

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Date Event Athlete Time Notes 30 July Final 29:59.6 OR

Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1). Date TimeFriday, 30 July 1948 18:00Final

Results Final

Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes Emil Zátopek 29:59.6 OR Alain Mimoun 30:47.4 Bertil Albertsson 30:53.6 4 Martin Stokken 30:58.6 5 Severt Dennolf 31:05.0 6 Ben Saïd Abdallah 31:07.8 7 Stan Cox 31:08.0 8 Jim Peters 31:16.0 9 Salomon Könönen 10 Eddie O'Toole 11 Fred Wilt Ricardo Bralo NP Eusebio Guiñez NP Jakob Kjersem NP Jef Lataster NP Lou Wen-ngau NP Steve McCooke NP Constantino Miranda NP Harry Nelson NP André Paris NP Manny Ramjohn NP Gregorio Rojo NP Paddy Fahey DNF Viljo Heino DNF Evert Heinström DNF Robert Everaert DNF Herman Goffberg DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, NP = Not placed, OR = Olympic record

References

Notes Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2016.