| Event: | Men's 18 kilometre |
| Games: | 1948 Winter |
| Dates: | 31 January 1948 |
| Competitors: | 84 |
| Nations: | 15 |
| Win Value: | 1:13:50 |
| Gold: | Martin Lundström |
| Goldnoc: | SWE |
| Silver: | Nils Östensson |
| Silvernoc: | SWE |
| Bronze: | Gunnar Eriksson |
| Bronzenoc: | SWE |
| Prev: | 1936 |
| Next: | 1952 |
The 18 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held on Saturday, 31 January 1948. Eighty-four cross-country skiers from 15 nations competed.[1]
| Place | Competitor | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1'13:50 | ||
| 2 | 1'14:22 | ||
| 3 | 1'16:06 | ||
| 4 | 1'16:43 | ||
| 5 | 1'16:54 | ||
| 6 | 1'18:10 | ||
| 7 | 1'18:25 | ||
| 8 | 1'18:51 | ||
| 9 | 1'19:05 | ||
| 10 | 1'19:28 | ||
| 11 | 1'20:03 | ||
| 12 | 1'20:18 | ||
| 13 | 1'20:37 | ||
| 14 | 1'21:35 | ||
| 15 | 1'21:40 | ||
| 16 | 1'21:44 | ||
| 17 | 1'21:47 | ||
| 18 | 1'21:50 | ||
| 19 | 1'22:12 | ||
| 20 | 1'22:15 | ||
| 1'22:15 | |||
| 22 | 1'22:21 | ||
| 23 | 1'22:26 | ||
| 24 | 1'22:28 | ||
| 25 | 1'22:40 | ||
| 26 | 1'22:51 | ||
| 27 | 1'22:52 | ||
| 28 | 1'23:19 | ||
| 29 | 1'23:26 | ||
| 30 | 1'24:12 | ||
| 1'24:12 | |||
| 32 | 1'24:20 | ||
| 33 | 1'24:21 | ||
| 34 | 1'24:29 | ||
| 35 | 1'24:34 | ||
| 36 | 1'25:04 | ||
| 37 | 1'25:06 | ||
| 38 | 1'25:33 | ||
| 39 | 1'25:41 | ||
| 40 | 1'25:44 | ||
| 41 | 1'25:47 | ||
| 42 | 1'25:57 | ||
| 43 | 1'26:27 | ||
| 44 | 1'27:18 | ||
| 45 | 1'27:34 | ||
| 46 | 1'27:43 | ||
| 47 | 1'27:55 | ||
| 48 | 1'28:07 | ||
| 49 | 1'28:10 | ||
| 50 | 1'28:16 | ||
| 51 | 1'28:24 | ||
| 52 | 1'28:36 | ||
| 53 | 1'28:37 | ||
| 54 | 1'28:50 | ||
| 55 | 1'29:01 | ||
| 56 | 1'29:08 | ||
| 57 | 1'29:24 | ||
| 58 | 1'29:37 | ||
| 59 | 1'29:37 | ||
| 60 | 1'29:44 | ||
| 61 | 1'31:00 | ||
| 62 | 1'31:05 | ||
| 63 | 1'31:06 | ||
| 64 | 1'31:19 | ||
| 65 | 1'31:40 | ||
| 66 | 1'32:03 | ||
| 67 | 1'32:47 | ||
| 68 | 1'32:47 | ||
| 69 | 1'33:02 | ||
| 70 | 1'34:17 | ||
| 71 | 1'34:19 | ||
| 72 | 1'35:21 | ||
| 73 | 1'35:41 | ||
| 74 | 1'37:12 | ||
| 75 | 1'37:24 | ||
| 76 | 1'38:45 | ||
| 77 | 1'40:12 | ||
| 78 | 1'41:00 | ||
| 79 | 1'42:35 | ||
| 80 | 1'43:29 | ||
| 81 | 1'44:43 | ||
| 82 | 1'48:41 | ||
| 83 | 1'49:26 | ||
| – | DNF |