| Date | 3 August 1932 — 14:30 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California |
| Participants | 15 from 10 countries |
This was the first time the 50 kilometre walk was contested at the Olympic Games. Tommy Green won the event by seven minutes, although a pack of three had been together at the 40 km mark. Ugo Frigerio added a bronze medal to his shorter walk gold medals from the 1920 and 1924 Olympics.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 198 | Tommy Green |  GBR | 4-50:10 | Gold | ||
| 2 | 317 | Jānis Dāliņš |  LAT | 4-57:20 | Silver | ||
| 3 | 262 | Ugo Frigerio |  ITA | 4-59:06 | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 165 | Karl Hähnel |  GER | 5-06:06 | |||
| 5 | 269 | Ettore Rivolta | ITA | 5-07:39 | |||
| 6 | 176 | Paul Sievert | GER | 5-16:41 | |||
| 7 | 153 | Henri Quintric |  FRA | 5-27:25 | |||
| 8 | 414 | Ernie Crosbie |  USA | 5-28:02 | |||
| 9 | 410 | Bill Chisholm | USA | 5-51:00 | |||
| 10 | 115 | Alfred Maasik |  EST | 6-19:00 | |||
| 65 | Henry Cieman |  CAN | – | ||||
| 221 | John Moralis |  GRE | – | ||||
| 268 | Francesco Pretti | ITA | – | ||||
| 393 | Arthur Tell Schwab |  SUI | – | ||||
| 434 | Harry Hinkel | USA | – | ||||
| 121 | Yrjö Korholin-Koski |  FIN | – |
