Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
Appearance
Men's 50 kilometres walk at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Dates | July 31 (final) | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
10 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
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.
Results
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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John Ljunggren | Sweden | 4:41:52 | ||
Gaston Godel | Switzerland | 4:48:17 | ||
Tebbs Lloyd Johnson | Great Britain | 4:48:31 | ||
4 | Edgar Bruun | Norway | 4:53:18 | |
5 | Bert Martineau | Great Britain | 4:53:58 | |
6 | Rune Bjurström | Sweden | 4:56:43 | |
7 | Pierre Mazille | France | 5:01:40 | |
8 | Claude Hubert | France | 5:03:12 | |
9 | Enrique Villaplana | Spain | 5:03:31 | |
10 | Tage Jönsson | Sweden | 5:05:08 | |
11 | Henri Caron | France | 5:08:15 | |
12 | Ernie Crosbie | United States | 5:15:16 | |
13 | Sándor László | Hungary | 5:16:30 | |
14 | Salvatore Cascino | Italy | 5:20:03 | |
15 | John Deni | United States | 5:28:33 | |
16 | Adolf Weinacker | United States | 5:30:14 | |
Francesco Pretti | Italy | DNF | ||
Rex Whitlock | Great Britain | DNF | ||
Gerhard Winther | Norway | DNF | ||
Per Olav Baarnaas | Norway | DNF | ||
Sadhu Singh | India | DNF | ||
Sixto Ibánez | Argentina | DNF | ||
Valentino Bertolini | Italy | DNF |
Key: DNF = Did not finish
References
- 1948 Summer Olympics results: Men's 50 kilometre hurdles, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-07-03.