Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres
# Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place July 30. The final was won by Emil Zátopek of Czechoslovakia.

## Records

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

| World record | Viljo Heino (FIN) | 29:35.4 | Helsinki, Finland | 25 August 1944 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Janusz Kusociński (POL) | 30:11.4 | Los Angeles, United States | 31 July 1932 |

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

| Date | Event | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 July | Final | Emil Zátopek (TCH) | 29:59.6 | OR |

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

| Date | Time | |
| - | - | - |
| Friday, 30 July 1948 | 18:00 | Final |

## Results

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Emil Zátopek | Czechoslovakia | 29:59.6 | OR |
| | Alain Mimoun | France | 30:47.4 | |
| | Bertil Albertsson | Sweden | 30:53.6 | |
| 4 | Martin Stokken | Norway | 30:58.6 | |
| 5 | Severt Dennolf | Sweden | 31:05.0 | |
| 6 | Ben Saïd Abdallah | France | 31:07.8 | |
| 7 | Stan Cox | Great Britain | 31:08.0 | |
| 8 | Jim Peters | Great Britain | 31:16.0 | |
| 9 | Salomon Könönen | Finland | | |
| 10 | Eddie O'Toole | United States | | |
| 11 | Fred Wilt | United States | | |
| | Ricardo Bralo | Argentina | | NP |
| | Eusebio Guiñez | Argentina | | NP |
| | Jakob Kjersem | Norway | | NP |
| | Jef Lataster | Netherlands | | NP |
| | Lou Wen-ngau | Republic of China | | NP |
| | Steve McCooke | Great Britain | | NP |
| | Constantino Miranda | Spain | | NP |
| | Harry Nelson | New Zealand | | NP |
| | André Paris | France | | NP |
| | Manny Ramjohn | Trinidad and Tobago | | NP |
| | Gregorio Rojo | Spain | | NP |
| | Paddy Fahey | Ireland | | DNF |
| | Viljo Heino | Finland | | DNF |
| | Evert Heinström | Finland | | DNF |
| | Robert Everaert | Belgium | | DNF |
| | Herman Goffberg | United States | | DNF |

Key: DNF = Did not finish, NP = Not placed, OR = Olympic record

