| 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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| Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 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 50 kilometres walk event at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games took place July 31. The final was won by Swede John Ljunggren.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing Olympic record was as follows.
| Olympic record |  Harold Whitlock (GBR) | 4:30:41.4 | Berlin, Germany | 5 August 1936 |
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 31 July 1948 | 13:15 | Final |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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