Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres walk

Men's 10 kilometres walk at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
John Mikaelsson
Dates	3 August 1948 (heats) 7 August 1948 (final)
Medalists
John Mikaelsson  Sweden Ingemar Johansson  Sweden Fritz Schwab  Switzerland
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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
10 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Decathlon	men
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The men's 10 kilometres walk event at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games took place from 3 to 7 August. The final was won by Swede John Mikaelsson. This was the first time since 1924 the event took place.^[1]

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Werner Hardmo (SWE)	42:39.6	Kumla, Sweden	1945
Olympic record	George Goulding (CAN)	46:28.4	Stockholm, Sweden	11 July 1912

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Date	Event	Athlete	Time	Notes
3 August	Round 1	John Mikaelsson (SWE)	45:03.0	OR

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Round 1 took place on 3 August. The first five competitors from each heat advanced to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	John Mikaelsson	Sweden	45:03.0	OR
2	Jim Morris	Great Britain	45:10.4
3	Émile Maggi	France	45:44.4
4	Pino Dordoni	Italy	46:25.8
5	Ingemar Johansson	Sweden	46:44.2
6	Kaare Hammer	Norway	46:48.6
7	George Knott	Australia
-	Ernest Weber	United States	DSQ
-	Kallie Reyneke	South Africa	DSQ
-	Fred Sharaga	United States	DSQ

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Harry Churcher	Great Britain	45:03.0
2	Fritz Schwab	Switzerland	45:10.4
3	Ronald West	Great Britain	45:44.4
4	Gianni Corsaro	Italy	46:25.8
5	Werner Hardmo	Sweden	46:44.2
6	Louis Courron	France	46:48.6
-	Henry Laskau	United States	DSQ
-	Louis Chevalier	France	DSQ
-	Sadhu Singh	India	DSQ

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Notes
	John Mikaelsson	Sweden	45:13.2
	Ingemar Johansson	Sweden	45:43.8
	Fritz Schwab	Switzerland	46:00.2
4	Jim Morris	Great Britain	46:04.0
5	Harry Churcher	Great Britain	47:28.0
6	Émile Maggi	France	47:02.8
7	Ronald West	Great Britain
8	Gianni Corsaro	Italy
9	Pino Dordoni	Italy
	Werner Hardmo	Sweden		DSQ

Key: DSQ = Disqualified

• Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2016.