| Event: | Men's 10 kilometres walk |
| Games: | 1948 Summer |
| Dates: | 3 August (heats) 7 August (final) |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | John Mikaelsson |
| Goldnoc: | SWE |
| Silver: | Ingemar Johansson |
| Silvernoc: | SWE |
| Bronze: | Fritz Schwab |
| Bronzenoc: | SUI |
| Prev: | 1924 |
| Next: | 1952 |
The men's 10 kilometres walk event at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games took place from 3 to 7 August. The final was won by Swede John Mikaelsson. This was the first time since 1924 the event took place.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | 42:39.6 | Kumla, Sweden | 1945 | ||
| Olympic record | 46:28.4 | Stockholm, Sweden | 11 July 1912 |
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 3 August 1948 | 10:30 | Round 1 | ||||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Saturday 7 August 1948 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 15:45 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final |
Round 1 took place on 3 August. The first five competitors from each heat advanced to the final.
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45:03.0 | OR | |||
| 2 | 45:10.4 | ||||
| 3 | 45:44.4 | ||||
| 4 | 46:25.8 | ||||
| 5 | 46:44.2 | ||||
| 6 | 46:48.6 | ||||
| 7 | |||||
| - | DSQ | ||||
| - | DSQ | ||||
| - | DSQ |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45:03.0 | ||||
| 2 | 45:10.4 | ||||
| 3 | 45:44.4 | ||||
| 4 | 46:25.8 | ||||
| 5 | 46:44.2 | ||||
| 6 | 46:48.6 | ||||
| - | DSQ | ||||
| - | DSQ | ||||
| - | DSQ |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45:13.2 | |||||
| 45:43.8 | |||||
| 46:00.2 | |||||
| 4 | 46:04.0 | ||||
| 5 | 47:28.0 | ||||
| 6 | 47:02.8 | ||||
| 7 | |||||
| 8 | |||||
| 9 | |||||
| DSQ |
Key: DSQ = Disqualified