1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, on 4 September 1938.

Men's 50 kilometres walk at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Harold Whitlock Great Britain
Silver	Herbert Dill Germany
Bronze	Edgar Bruun Norway

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Harold Whitlock	Great Britain	4:41:51	CR
	Herbert Dill	Germany	4:43:54
	Edgar Bruun	Norway	4:44:35
4	Fritz Bleiweiss	Germany	4:45:24
5	Antonio De Maestri	Italy	4:53:56
6	Evald Segerström	Sweden	4:54:06
7	Giuseppe Gobbato	Italy	4:56:20
8	Anton Toscani	Netherlands	4:58:36
9	Vasile Firea	Romania	5:22:31
	Jaroslav Štork	Czechoslovakia	DNF
	Frank Bentley	Great Britain	DNF
	Sune Carlsson	Sweden	DNF
	Jānis Daliņš	Latvia	DNF
	Thierry Mathot	Belgium	DNF
	Louis Cambrai	France	DQ
	Pierre Bussières	France	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• France (2)
• Germany (2)
• Italy (2)
• Latvia (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Norway (1)
• Romania (1)
• Sweden (2)
• Great Britain (2)