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

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

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+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	Jim 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	Ronald West	Great Britain	45:44.4
4	Gianni Corsaro	Italy	46:25.8
5	Werner Hardmo	Sweden	46:44.2
6	Louis Courron	France	46:48.6
-	Henry Laskau	United States	DSQ
-	Louis Chevalier	France	DSQ
-	Sadhu Singh	India	DSQ

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	Jim Morris	Great Britain	46:04.0
5	Harry Churcher	Great Britain	47:28.0
6	Émile Maggi	France	47:02.8
7	Ronald West	Great Britain
8	Gianni Corsaro	Italy
9	Pino Dordoni	Italy
	Werner Hardmo	Sweden		DSQ

Key: DSQ = Disqualified

• 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.