Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres walk

Men's 10 kilometres walk at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	August 3 (heats) August 7 (final)
Medalists
John Mikaelsson Sweden   Ingemar Johansson Sweden   Fritz Schwab Switzerland

Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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

The men's 10 kilometres walk event at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games took place August 3 and August 7. The final was won by Swede John Mikaelsson. This was the first time since 1924 the event took place.

Records

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

World record	Werner Hardmo (SWE)	42:39.6	Kumla, Sweden	1945
Olympic record	George Goulding (CAN)	46:28.4	Stockholm, Sweden	11 July 1912

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Date	Event	Athlete	Time	Notes
3 August	Round 1	John Mikaelsson (SWE)	45:03.0	OR

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday, 3 August 1948	10:30	Round 1
Saturday, 7 August 1948	15:45	Final

Results

Round 1

Round 1 took place on 3 August. The first five competitors from each heat advanced to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	John Mikaelsson	Sweden	45:03.0	OR
2	Charles Morris	Great Britain	45:10.4
3	Émile Maggi	France	45:44.4
4	Pino Dordoni	Italy	46:25.8
5	Ingemar Johansson	Sweden	46:44.2
6	Kaare Hammer	Norway	46:48.6
7	George Knott	Australia
-	Ernest Weber	United States	DSQ
-	Kallie Reyneke	South Africa	DSQ
-	Fred Sharaga	United States	DSQ

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Harry Churcher	Great Britain	45:03.0
2	Fritz Schwab	Switzerland	45:10.4
3	Ron West	Great Britain	45:44.4
4	Gianni Corsaro	Italy	46:25.8
5	Werner Hardmo	Sweden	46:44.2
6	Louis Corron	France	46:48.6
-	Henry Laskau	United States	DSQ
-	Louis Chevalier	France	DSQ
-	Sadhu Singh	India	DSQ

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Notes
	John Mikaelsson	Sweden	45:13.2
	Ingemar Johansson	Sweden	45:43.8
	Fritz Schwab	Switzerland	46:00.2
4	Charles Morris	Great Britain	46:04.0
5	Harry Churcher	Great Britain	47:28.0
6	Émile Maggi	France	47:02.8
7	Richard West	Great Britain
8	Gianni Corsaro	Italy
9	Pino Dordoni	Italy
	Werner Hardmo	Sweden		DSQ

Key: DSQ = Disqualified

References

• 1948 Summer Olympics results: Men's 10 kilometre hurdles, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-06-29.
• 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.