| | Event type

50 kilometres Race Walk, Men

Date	31 July 1948
Status	Olympic
Location	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
Participants	23 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.

Pos	Nr	Walker	NOC	Time	Warnings	Loss of Contact	Bent Knee	10 km (Pos)	20 km (Pos)	25 km (Pos)	35 km (Pos)	40 km (Pos)	45 km (Pos)
1	398	John Ljunggren	SWE	4-41:52	–	–	–	52:36 (1)	1-45:05 (1)	2-12:17 (1)	3-10:49 (1)	3-42:35 (1)	4-12:45 (1)	Gold
2	400	Gaston Godel	SUI	4-48:17	–	–	–	56:18 (11)	1-53:11 (9)	2-22:26 (8)	3-20:24 (4)	3-49:52 (3)	4-18:31 (3)	Silver
3	388	Lloyd Johnson	GBR	4-48:31	–	–	–	56:32 (13)	1-52:40 (8)	2-21:12 (5)	3-19:15 (3)	3-49:07 (2)	4-17:59 (2)	Bronze
4	394	Edgar Bruun	NOR	4-53:18	–	–	–	54:04 (2)	1-50:16 (4)	2-20:24 (4)	3-21:10 (6)	3-53:06 (5)	4-23:02 (5)
5	387	Bert Martineau	GBR	4-53:58	–	–	–	54:21 (4)	1-50:04 (3)	2-19:35 (3)	3-20:54 (5)	3-53:04 (4)	4-23:01 (4)
6	397	Rune Bjurström	SWE	4-56:43	–	–	–	55:12 (8)	1-51:16 (7)	2-22:16 (7)	3-24:57 (7)	3-53:27 (6)	4-27:25 (6)
7	385	Pierre Mazille	FRA	5-01:40	–	–	–	56:16 (10)	1-53:39 (10)	2-24:21 (9)	3-25:26 (9)	3-58:15 (7)	4-30:16 (7)
8	384	Claude Hubert	FRA	5-03:12	–	–	–	56:21 (12)	1-53:41 (11)	2-24:21 (10)	3-27:32 (11)	4-00:47 (10)	4-32:25 (9)
9	396	Enrique Villaplana	ESP	5-03:31	–	–	–	56:47 (15)	1-55:08 (12)	2-25:16 (11)	3-27:09 (10)	3-59:29 (9)	4-30:27 (8)
10	399	Tage Jönsson	SWE	5-05:08	–	–	–	55:03 (7)	1-51:16 (6)	2-21:28 (6)	3-24:57 (8)	3-58:28 (8)	4-32:27 (10)
11	383	Henri Caron	FRA	5-08:15	–	–	–	56:50 (16)	1-55:25 (14)	2-26:38 (12)	3-32:05 (12)	4-05:43 (11)	4-36:29 (11)
12	401	Ernie Crosbie	USA	5-15:16	–	–	–	1-03:12 (20)	2-05:47 (19)	2-38:45 (19)	3-41:31 (16)	4-12:15 (12)	4-43:38 (12)
13	389	Sándor László	HUN	5-16:30	–	–	–	55:01 (6)	1-55:25 (13)	2-28:26 (14)	3-36:53 (13)	4-14:08 (14)	4-45:26 (13)
14	391	Salvatore Cascino	ITA	5-20:03	–	–	–	56:40 (14)	1-58:34 (16)	2-29:55 (16)	3-38:59 (14)	4-13:43 (13)	4-46:08 (14)
15	402	John Deni	USA	5-28:33	–	–	–	1-03:07 (19)	2-05:47 (20)	2-38:32 (18)	3-47:22 (17)	4-22:54 (16)	4-55:39 (15)
16	403	Adolf Weinacker	USA	5-30:14	–	–	–	1-04:48 (21)	2-12:05 (21)	2-47:55 (20)	3-54 :35 (18)	4-28:09 (17)	4-59:31 (16)
DNF	395	Gerhard Winther	NOR	–	–	–	–	57:46 (17)	1-58:35 (17)	2-29:57 (17)	3-41:05 (15)	4-21:45 (15)	– (–)
DNF	388	Rex Whitlock	GBR	–	–	–	–	54:21 (3)	1-48:41 (2)	2-17:02 (2)	3-18:56 (2)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	392	Francesco Pretti	ITA	–	–	–	–	54:27 (5)	1-50:35 (5)	2-27:11 (13)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	393	Per Olav Baarnaas	NOR	–	–	–	–	58:27 (18)	1-59:19 (18)	2-29:44 (15)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	390	Valentino Bertolini	ITA	–	–	–	–	56:03 (9)	1-55:41 (15)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	370	Sadhu Singh	IND	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	382	Sixto Ibáñez	ARG	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)