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50 kilometres Race Walk, Men

Date31 July 1948
StatusOlympic
LocationEmpire Stadium, Wembley, London
Participants23 from 11 countries

John Ljunggren, the 1946 European Champion, led from start to finish, having opened up 40 seconds after only five kilometers. He completely dominated the event winning by almost seven minutes. He was so far ahead that the second-place finisher, Gaston Godel of Switzerland, thought he had won when he finished the race, not realizing Ljunggren was up ahead. As he walked his last lap, he was waving his hands and clapping them together and was almost tearful at the though is his “gold” medal.

PosNrWalkerNOCTimeWarnings
1398John LjunggrenSWE4-41:52Gold
2400Gaston GodelSUI4-48:17Silver
3388Lloyd JohnsonGBR4-48:31Bronze
4394Edgar BruunNOR4-53:18
5387Bert MartineauGBR4-53:58
6397Rune BjurströmSWE4-56:43
7385Pierre MazilleFRA5-01:40
8384Claude HubertFRA5-03:12
9396Enrique VillaplanaESP5-03:31
10399Tage JönssonSWE5-05:08
11383Henri CaronFRA5-08:15
12401Ernie CrosbieUSA5-15:16
13389Sándor LászlóHUN5-16:30
14391Salvatore CascinoITA5-20:03
15402John DeniUSA5-28:33
16403Adolf WeinackerUSA5-30:14
DNF395Gerhard WintherNOR
DNF388Rex WhitlockGBR
DNF392Francesco PrettiITA
DNF393Per Olav BaarnaasNOR
DNF390Valentino BertoliniITA
DNF370Sadhu SinghIND
DNF382Sixto IbáñezARG