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

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Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
John Ljunggren 1948
VenueEmpire Stadium
DatesJuly 31 (final)
Competitors23 from 11 nations
Winning time4:41:52
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Ljunggren
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gaston Godel
 Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tebbs Lloyd Johnson
 Great Britain
← 1936
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

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

Olympic record  Harold Whitlock (GBR) 4:30:41.4 Berlin, Germany 5 August 1936

Schedule

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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 31 July 1948 13:15 Final

Results

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Ljunggren  Sweden 4:41:52
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gaston Godel  Switzerland 4:48:17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tebbs Lloyd Johnson  Great Britain 4:48:31
4 Edgar Bruun  Norway 4:53:18
5 Herbert 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 Ernest 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

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

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