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10 kilometres Race Walk, Men

Date3 – 7 August 1948
StatusOlympic
LocationEmpire Stadium, Wembley, London
Participants19 from 10 countries

The favorite was Werner Hardmo (SWE), who had set over 25 world walking records in the past few years, over various distances. But his countryman John Mikaelsson broke the Olympic record in the heats with 45:03.0. In the final, Hardmo was disqualified and Mikaelsson won easily.

PosNrWalkerNOC
1377John MikaelssonSWEGold
2376Ingemar JohanssonSWESilver
3378Fritz SchwabSUIBronze
4367Jim MorrisGBR
5369Harry ChurcherGBR
6366Émile MaggiFRA
7368Ron WestGBR
8371Gianni CorsaroITA
9372Pino DordoniITA
AC375Werner HardmoSWE
6 h1 r1/2373Kaare HammerNOR
6 h2 r1/2364Louis CourronFRA
7 h1 r1/2363George KnottAUS
AC h1 r1/2374Kallie ReynekeRSA
AC h1 r1/2381Ernest WeberUSA
AC h1 r1/2380Fred SharagaUSA
AC h2 r1/2365Louis ChevalierFRA
AC h2 r1/2370Sadhu SinghIND
AC h2 r1/2379Henry LaskauUSA

Round One (3 August 1948 — 10:30)

Top five in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

PosWalkerNOCTime
1John MikaelssonSWE45.03.0QOR
2Jim MorrisGBR45:10.4Q
3Émile MaggiFRA45:44.4Q
4Pino DordoniITA46:25.8Q
5Ingemar JohanssonSWE46:44.2Q
6Kaare HammerNOR46:48.6
7George KnottAUS
DQErnest WeberUSA
DQKallie ReynekeRSA
DQFred SharagaUSA

Heat Two

PosWalkerNOCTime
1Harry ChurcherGBR46:26.4Q
2Fritz SchwabSUI46:38.0Q
3Ron WestGBR47:11.6Q
4Gianni CorsaroITA47:26.8Q
5Werner HardmoSWE47:34.8Q
6Louis CourronFRA48:13.0
DQHenry LaskauUSA
DQLouis ChevalierFRA
DQSadhu SinghIND

Final (7 August 1948 — 15:45)

PosWalkerNOCTime
1John MikaelssonSWE45:13.2
2Ingemar JohanssonSWE45:43.8
3Fritz SchwabSUI46:00.2
4Jim MorrisGBR46:04.0
5Harry ChurcherGBR47:28.0
6Émile MaggiFRA47:02.8
7Ron WestGBR
8Gianni CorsaroITA
9Pino DordoniITA
DQWerner HardmoSWE