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

Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates July 31 (final)
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) John Ljunggren
 Sweden
2nd, silver medalist(s) Gaston Godel
 Switzerland
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Tebbs Lloyd Johnson
 Great Britain

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.[1]

Records

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

Olympic record  Harold Whitlock (GBR) 4:30:41.4 Berlin, Germany 5 August 1936

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 31 July 194813:15Final

Results

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)John Ljunggren Sweden4:41:52
2nd, silver medalist(s)Gaston Godel Switzerland4:48:17
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Tebbs Lloyd Johnson Great Britain4:48:31
4Edgar Bruun Norway4:53:18
5Bert Martineau Great Britain4:53:58
6Rune Bjurström Sweden4:56:43
7Pierre Mazille France5:01:40
8Claude Hubert France5:03:12
9Enrique Villaplana Spain5:03:31
10Tage Jönsson Sweden5:05:08
11Henri Caron France5:08:15
12Ernie Crosbie United States5:15:16
13Sándor László Hungary5:16:30
14Salvatore Cascino Italy5:20:03
15John Deni United States5:28:33
16Adolf Weinacker United States5:30:14
Francesco Pretti ItalyDNF
Rex Whitlock Great BritainDNF
Gerhard Winther NorwayDNF
Per Olav Baarnaas NorwayDNF
Sadhu Singh IndiaDNF
Sixto Ibánez ArgentinaDNF
Valentino Bertolini ItalyDNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

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