Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
# Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The men's 50 kilometres walk event at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games took place July 31. The final was won by Swede John Ljunggren.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing Olympic record was as follows.

| Olympic record | Harold Whitlock (GBR) | 4:30:41.4 | Berlin, Germany | 5 August 1936 |
| - | - | - | - | - |

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Saturday, 31 July 1948 | 13:15 | Final |

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | John Ljunggren | Sweden | 4:41:52 | |
| | Gaston Godel | Switzerland | 4:48:17 | |
| | Tebbs Lloyd Johnson | Great Britain | 4:48:31 | |
| 4 | Edgar Bruun | Norway | 4:53:18 | |
| 5 | Herbert Martineau | Great Britain | 4:53:58 | |
| 6 | Rune Bjurström | Sweden | 4:56:43 | |
| 7 | Pierre Mazille | France | 5:01:40 | |
| 8 | Claude Hubert | France | 5:03:12 | |
| 9 | Enrique Villaplana | Spain | 5:03:31 | |
| 10 | Tage Jönsson | Sweden | 5:05:08 | |
| 11 | Henri Caron | France | 5:08:15 | |
| 12 | Ernest Crosbie | United States | 5:15:16 | |
| 13 | Sándor László | Hungary | 5:16:30 | |
| 14 | Salvatore Cascino | Italy | 5:20:03 | |
| 15 | John Deni | United States | 5:28:33 | |
| 16 | Adolf Weinacker | United States | 5:30:14 | |
| | Francesco Pretti | Italy | | DNF |
| | Rex Whitlock | Great Britain | | DNF |
| | Gerhard Winther | Norway | | DNF |
| | Per Olav Baarnaas | Norway | | DNF |
| | Sadhu Singh | India | | DNF |
| | Sixto Ibánez | Argentina | | DNF |
| | Valentino Bertolini | Italy | | DNF |

Key: DNF = Did not finish

