Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place July 30. The final was won by Emil Zátopek of Czechoslovakia.[1]

Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
DatesJuly 30 (final)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alain Mimoun
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bertil Albertsson
 Sweden
← 1936
1952 →

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Viljo Heino (FIN) 29:35.4 Helsinki, Finland 25 August 1944
Olympic record   Janusz Kusociński (POL) 30:11.4 Los Angeles, United States 31 July 1932

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Date Event Athlete Time Notes
30 July Final   Emil Zátopek (TCH) 29:59.6 OR

Schedule

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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

Date Time
Friday, 30 July 1948 18:00 Final

Results

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Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes
  Emil Zátopek   Czechoslovakia 29:59.6 OR
  Alain Mimoun   France 30:47.4
  Bertil Albertsson   Sweden 30:53.6
4 Martin Stokken   Norway 30:58.6
5 Severt Dennolf   Sweden 31:05.0
6 Ben Saïd Abdallah   France 31:07.8
7 Stan Cox   Great Britain 31:08.0
8 Jim Peters   Great Britain 31:16.0
9 Salomon Könönen   Finland
10 Eddie O'Toole   United States
11 Fred Wilt   United States
Ricardo Bralo   Argentina NP
Eusebio Guiñez   Argentina NP
Jakob Kjersem   Norway NP
Jef Lataster   Netherlands NP
Lou Wen-ngau   Republic of China NP
Steve McCooke   Great Britain NP
Constantino Miranda   Spain NP
Harry Nelson   New Zealand NP
André Paris   France NP
Manny Ramjohn   Trinidad and Tobago NP
Gregorio Rojo   Spain NP
Paddy Fahey   Ireland DNF
Viljo Heino   Finland DNF
Evert Heinström   Finland DNF
Robert Everaert   Belgium DNF
Herman Goffberg   United States DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, NP = Not placed, OR = Olympic record

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1948 London Games: Men's 10,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

Notes

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