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
John Ljunggren 1948
VenueEmpire Stadium
DatesJuly 31 (final)
Competitors23 from 11 nations
Winning time4:41:52
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Ljunggren
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gaston Godel
 Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tebbs Lloyd Johnson
 Great Britain
← 1936
1952 →

Records

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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

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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 31 July 1948 13:15 Final

Results

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

Key: DNF = Did not finish

References

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  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.

Sources

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