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

Event:	Men's 50 kilometres walk
Games:	1948 Summer
Venue:	Empire Stadium
Dates:	July 31 (final)
Competitors:	23
Nations:	11
Win Value:	4:41:52
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	John Ljunggren
Goldnoc:	SWE
Silver:	Gaston Godel
Silvernoc:	SUI
Bronze:	Tebbs Lloyd Johnson
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	1936
Next:	1952

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]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing Olympic record was as follows.

Olympic record

4:30:41.4

Berlin, Germany

5 August 1936

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			4:41:52
			4:48:17
			4:48:31
4			4:53:18
5			4:53:58
6			4:56:43
7			5:01:40
8			5:03:12
9			5:03:31
10			5:05:08
11			5:08:15
12			5:15:16
13			5:16:30
14			5:20:03
15			5:28:33
16			5:30:14
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173424/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/ATH/mens-50-kilometres-walk.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 5 December 2017 . sports-reference.com.