Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
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]
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 | |
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing Olympic record was as follows.
Olympic record | 4:30:41.4 | Berlin, Germany | 5 August 1936 |
Results
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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John Ljunggren | 4:41:52 | |||
Gaston Godel | 4:48:17 | |||
Tebbs Lloyd Johnson | 4:48:31 | |||
4 | Edgar Bruun | 4:53:18 | ||
5 | Herbert Martineau | 4:53:58 | ||
6 | Rune Bjurström | 4:56:43 | ||
7 | Pierre Mazille | 5:01:40 | ||
8 | Claude Hubert | 5:03:12 | ||
9 | Enrique Villaplana | 5:03:31 | ||
10 | Tage Jönsson | 5:05:08 | ||
11 | Henri Caron | 5:08:15 | ||
12 | Ernest Crosbie | 5:15:16 | ||
13 | Sándor László | 5:16:30 | ||
14 | Salvatore Cascino | 5:20:03 | ||
15 | John Deni | 5:28:33 | ||
16 | Adolf Weinacker | 5:30:14 | ||
Francesco Pretti | DNF | |||
Rex Whitlock | DNF | |||
Gerhard Winther | DNF | |||
Per Olav Baarnaas | DNF | |||
Sadhu Singh | DNF | |||
Sixto Ibánez | DNF | |||
Valentino Bertolini | DNF |
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References
- "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.
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.
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