| Date | 31 July 1948 — 15:30 |
|---|---|
| Location | Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
| Olympic Record | 55.04 / Erwin Blask  GER / 3 August 1936 / Details |
| Pos | Start Order | Competitor | NOC | Distance | Round #1 Distance | Round #2 Distance | Round #3 Distance | Round #4 Distance | Round #5 Distance | Round #6 Distance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Imre Németh |  HUN | 56.07 | 53.59 | 55.44 | 54.94 | 50.05 | x | 56.07 | |||
| 2 | 8 | Ivan Gubijan |  YUG | 54.27 | x | x | 54.27 | 51.76 | 54.22 | x | |||
| 3 | 1 | Bob Bennett |  USA | 53.73 | 52.53 | 51.11 | 52.08 | 53.73 | 51.21 | 49.81 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Sam Felton | USA | 53.66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 5 | 13 | Lauri Tamminen |  FIN | 53.08 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 6 | 4 | Bo Ericsson |  SWE | 52.98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 7 | 12 | Teseo Taddia |  ITA | 51.74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 8 | 11 | Einar Söderqvist | SWE | 51.48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 9 | 3 | Henry Dreyer | USA | 51.37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 10 | 6 | Svend Aage Frederiksen |  DEN | 50.07 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 11 | 2 | Duncan Clark |  GBR | 48.35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 12 | 9 | Hans Houtzager |  NED | 45.69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 13 | 7 | In Gang-Hwan |  KOR | 43.93 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
