Olympedia – 10 kilometres Race Walk, Men

Date	3 – 7 August 1948
Status	Olympic
Location	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
Participants	19 from 10 countries

Date

3 – 7 August 1948

Status

Olympic

Location

Participants

19 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.

Pos	Nr	Walker	NOC
1	377	John Mikaelsson	SWE	Gold
2	376	Ingemar Johansson	SWE	Silver
3	378	Fritz Schwab	SUI	Bronze
4	367	Jim Morris	GBR
5	369	Harry Churcher	GBR
6	366	Émile Maggi	FRA
7	368	Ron West	GBR
8	371	Gianni Corsaro	ITA
9	372	Pino Dordoni	ITA
AC	375	Werner Hardmo	SWE
6 h1 r1/2	373	Kaare Hammer	NOR
6 h2 r1/2	364	Louis Courron	FRA
7 h1 r1/2	363	George Knott	AUS
AC h1 r1/2	374	Kallie Reyneke	RSA
AC h1 r1/2	381	Ernest Weber	USA
AC h1 r1/2	380	Fred Sharaga	USA
AC h2 r1/2	365	Louis Chevalier	FRA
AC h2 r1/2	370	Sadhu Singh	IND
AC h2 r1/2	379	Henry Laskau	USA

Pos	Walker	NOC	Time
1	John Mikaelsson	SWE	45.03.0	QOR
2	Jim Morris	GBR	45:10.4	Q
3	Émile Maggi	FRA	45:44.4	Q
4	Pino Dordoni	ITA	46:25.8	Q
5	Ingemar Johansson	SWE	46:44.2	Q
6	Kaare Hammer	NOR	46:48.6
7	George Knott	AUS	–
DQ	Ernest Weber	USA	–
DQ	Kallie Reyneke	RSA	–
DQ	Fred Sharaga	USA	–

Pos	Walker	NOC	Time
1	Harry Churcher	GBR	46:26.4	Q
2	Fritz Schwab	SUI	46:38.0	Q
3	Ron West	GBR	47:11.6	Q
4	Gianni Corsaro	ITA	47:26.8	Q
5	Werner Hardmo	SWE	47:34.8	Q
6	Louis Courron	FRA	48:13.0
DQ	Henry Laskau	USA	–
DQ	Louis Chevalier	FRA	–
DQ	Sadhu Singh	IND	–

Pos	Walker	NOC	Time
1	John Mikaelsson	SWE	45:13.2
2	Ingemar Johansson	SWE	45:43.8
3	Fritz Schwab	SUI	46:00.2
4	Jim Morris	GBR	46:04.0
5	Harry Churcher	GBR	47:28.0
6	Émile Maggi	FRA	47:02.8
7	Ron West	GBR	–
8	Gianni Corsaro	ITA	–
9	Pino Dordoni	ITA	–
DQ	Werner Hardmo	SWE	–

10 kilometres Race Walk, Men

Round One (3 August 1948 — 10:30)

Heat One

Heat Two

Final (7 August 1948 — 15:45)