Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
DatesJuly 30 (final)
Medalists
File:Gold medal icon.svg Emil Zátopek
File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia
File:Silver medal icon.svg Alain Mimoun
File:Flag of France.svg France
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bertil Albertsson
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
← 1936
1952 →

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]

Records

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

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

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Date Event Athlete Time Notes
30 July Final File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Emil Zátopek (TCH) 29:59.6 OR

Schedule

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

Date Time
Friday, 30 July 1948 18:00 Final

Results

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes
File:Gold medal icon.svg Emil Zátopek File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia 29:59.6 OR
File:Silver medal icon.svg Alain Mimoun File:Flag of France.svg France 30:47.4
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bertil Albertsson File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 30:53.6
4 Martin Stokken File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 30:58.6
5 Severt Dennolf File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 31:05.0
6 Ben Saïd Abdallah File:Flag of France.svg France 31:07.8
7 Stan Cox File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain 31:08.0
8 Jim Peters File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain 31:16.0
9 Salomon Könönen File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
10 Eddie O'Toole File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States
11 Fred Wilt File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States
Ricardo Bralo File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina NP
Eusebio Guiñez File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina NP
Jakob Kjersem File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway NP
Jef Lataster File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands NP
Lou Wen-ngau File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China NP
Steve McCooke File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain NP
Constantino Miranda File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Spain NP
Harry Nelson File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand NP
André Paris File:Flag of France.svg France NP
Manny Ramjohn File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago (1889–1958).svg Trinidad and Tobago NP
Gregorio Rojo File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Spain NP
Paddy Fahey File:Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg Ireland DNF
Viljo Heino File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland DNF
Evert Heinström File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland DNF
Robert Everaert File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium DNF
Herman Goffberg File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States DNF

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.

Notes