Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
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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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![]() John Ljunggren 1948 | ||||||||||
Venue | Empire Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | July 31 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 23 from 11 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 4:41:52 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editPrior 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
editAll times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Date | Time | Round |
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Saturday, 31 July 1948 | 13:15 | Final |
Results
editRank | 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 | 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
edit- ^ "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
edit- 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.