Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The men's 50 kilometres walk event at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games took place July 31. The final was won by Swede John Ljunggren.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing Olympic record was as follows.

Olympic record4:30:41.4Berlin, Germany5 August 1936

Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Date Time RoundSaturday, 31 July 1948 13:15Final

Results

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes John Ljunggren 4:41:52 Gaston Godel 4:48:17 Tebbs Lloyd Johnson 4:48:31 4 Edgar Bruun 4:53:18 5 Herbert Martineau 4:53:58 6 Rune Bjurström 4:56:43 7 Pierre Mazille 5:01:40 8 Claude Hubert 5:03:12 9 Enrique Villaplana 5:03:31 10 Tage Jönsson 5:05:08 11 Henri Caron 5:08:15 12 Ernest Crosbie 5:15:16 13 Sándor László 5:16:30 14 Salvatore Cascino 5:20:03 15 John Deni 5:28:33 16 Adolf Weinacker 5:30:14 Francesco Pretti DNF Rex Whitlock DNF Gerhard Winther DNF Per Olav Baarnaas DNF Sadhu Singh DNF Sixto Ibánez DNF Valentino Bertolini DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish

References

Sources 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.