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.[1]

Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
DatesJuly 31 (final)
Medalists
John Ljunggren
 Sweden
Gaston Godel
 Switzerland
Tebbs Lloyd Johnson
 Great Britain

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
John Ljunggren Sweden4:41:52
Gaston Godel Switzerland4:48:17
Tebbs Lloyd Johnson Great Britain4:48:31
4Edgar Bruun Norway4:53:18
5Herbert 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
12Ernest 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. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

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