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.

Results

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.