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

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates July 30 (final)
Medalists
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1st Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia
2nd Alain Mimoun
 France
3rd Bertil Albertsson
 Sweden
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Athletics at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Athletics pictogram.svg
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

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

Results

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes
1st Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia 29:59.6 OR
2nd Alain Mimoun  France 30:47.4
3rd Bertil Albertsson  Sweden 30:53.6
4 Martin Stokken  Norway 30:58.6
5 Severt Dennolf  Sweden 31:05.0
6 Abdullah Ben Saïd  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
Luo Wenao  Republic of China NP
Steve McCooke  Great Britain NP
Constantino Miranda 23x15px Spain NP
Harry Nelson  New Zealand NP
André Paris  France NP
Manny Ramjohn 23x15px Trinidad and Tobago NP
Gregorio Rojo 23x15px Spain NP
Paddy Fahy  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

References