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

Men's 50 kilometres walk at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
File:John Ljunggren 1948.jpg John Ljunggren 1948
Venue	Empire Stadium
Dates	July 31 (final)
Competitors	23 from 11 nations
Winning time	4:41:52
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Ljunggren File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gaston Godel File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tebbs Lloyd Johnson File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg 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.

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 1948	13:15	Final

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	John Ljunggren	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	4:41:52
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Gaston Godel	File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	4:48:17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Tebbs Lloyd Johnson	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	4:48:31
4	Edgar Bruun	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway	4:53:18
5	Herbert Martineau	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	4:53:58
6	Rune Bjurström	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	4:56:43
7	Pierre Mazille	File:Flag of France.svg France	5:01:40
8	Claude Hubert	File:Flag of France.svg France	5:03:12
9	Enrique Villaplana	File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Spain	5:03:31
10	Tage Jönsson	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	5:05:08
11	Henri Caron	File:Flag of France.svg France	5:08:15
12	Ernest Crosbie	File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States	5:15:16
13	Sándor László	File:Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg Hungary	5:16:30
14	Salvatore Cascino	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	5:20:03
15	John Deni	File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States	5:28:33
16	Adolf Weinacker	File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States	5:30:14
	Francesco Pretti	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy		DNF
	Rex Whitlock	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain		DNF
	Gerhard Winther	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway		DNF
	Per Olav Baarnaas	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway		DNF
	Sadhu Singh	File:Flag of India.svg India		DNF
	Sixto Ibánez	File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina		DNF
	Valentino Bertolini	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy		DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish

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.