Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
# Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The Men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on July 21 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Italian athlete Giuseppe Dordoni earned the gold medal and set a new Olympic Record.

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Giuseppe Dordoni | Italy | 4:28:07.8 | OR |
| | Josef Doležal | Czechoslovakia | 4:30:17.8 | |
| | Antal Róka | Hungary | 4:31:27.2 | |
| 4 | Rex Whitlock | Great Britain | 4:32:21.0 | |
| 5 | Sergey Lobastov | Soviet Union | 4:32:34.2 | |
| 6 | Vladimir Ukhov | Soviet Union | 4:32:51.6 | |
| 7 | Dumitru Paraschivescu | Romania | 4:41:05.2 | |
| 8 | Ion Baboie | Romania | 4:41:52.8 | |
| 9 | John Ljunggren | Sweden | 4:43:45.2 | |
| 10 | Giuseppe Kressevich | Italy | 4:44:30.2 | |
| 11 | Harold Whitlock | Great Britain | 4:45:12.6 | |
| 12 | Sándor László | Hungary | 4:45:55.8 | |
| 13 | Rudi Lüttge | Germany | 4:47:28.6 | |
| 14 | Pekka Viljanen | Finland | 4:49:16.4 | |
| 15 | Donald Tunbridge | Great Britain | 4:50:40.4 | |
| 16 | Raymond Lesage | France | 4:52:37.8 | |
| 17 | Edgar Bruun | Norway | 4:52:48.4 | |
| 18 | Claude Hubert | France | 4:55:28.2 | |
| 19 | Salvatore Cascino | Italy | 4:56:46.0 | |
| 20 | Harry Kristensen | Denmark | 4:57:35.8 | |
| 21 | Jean Strunc | France | 4:59:08.2 | |
| 22 | Adolf Weinacker | United States | 5:01:00.4 | |
| 23 | Pavel Kazankov | Soviet Union | 5:02:37.8 | |
| 24 | Gilbert Marquis | Switzerland | 5:02:56.2 | |
| 25 | Ferd Hayward | Canada | 5:04:40.4 | |
| 26 | René Charrière | Switzerland | 5:08:59.0 | |
| 27 | Gerhard Winther | Norway | 5:11:40.2 | |
| 28 | Åke Söderlund | Sweden | 5:30:56.6 | |
| | Guillermo Weller | Argentina | DNF | |
| | John Deni | United States | DNF | |
| | Leo Sjogren | United States | DNF | |
