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.[1]

Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
DatesJuly 30 (final)
Medalists
Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia
Alain Mimoun
 France
Bertil Albertsson
 Sweden

Records

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

World record  Viljo Heino (FIN) 29:35.4 Helsinki, Finland 25 August 1944
Olympic record  Janusz Kusociński (POL) 30:11.4 Los Angeles, United States 31 July 1932

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

DateEventAthleteTimeNotes
30 JulyFinal Emil Zátopek (TCH)29:59.6OR

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

Date Time
Friday, 30 July 194818:00Final

Results

Final

RankNameNationalityTime (hand)Notes
Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia29:59.6OR
Alain Mimoun France30:47.4
Bertil Albertsson Sweden30:53.6
4Martin Stokken Norway30:58.6
5Severt Dennolf Sweden31:05.0
6Ben Saïd Abdallah France31:07.8
7Stan Cox Great Britain31:08.0
8Jim Peters Great Britain31:16.0
9Salomon Könönen Finland
10Eddie O'Toole United States
11Fred Wilt United States
Ricardo Bralo ArgentinaNP
Eusebio Guiñez ArgentinaNP
Jakob Kjersem NorwayNP
Jef Lataster NetherlandsNP
Lou Wen-ngau Republic of ChinaNP
Steve McCooke Great BritainNP
Constantino Miranda SpainNP
Harry Nelson New ZealandNP
André Paris FranceNP
Manny Ramjohn Trinidad and TobagoNP
Gregorio Rojo SpainNP
Paddy Fahey IrelandDNF
Viljo Heino FinlandDNF
Evert Heinström FinlandDNF
Robert Everaert BelgiumDNF
Herman Goffberg United StatesDNF

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

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1948 London Games: Men's 10,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

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