1948 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 10,000 m walking (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	10,000-meter walk
gender	Men
Attendees	19 athletes from 10 countries
Competition location	Wembley Stadium
Competition phase	August 1, 1948 (preliminary) August 7, 1948 (final)
Medalist John Mikaelsson ( SWE )   Ingemar Johansson ( SWE )   Fritz Schwab ( SUI )

The men's 10,000-meter walk at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held at Wembley Stadium on August 3 and 7, 1948 . 19 athletes took part. This discipline was included in the Olympic program for the first time since 1924 .

The Olympic champion was the Swede John Mikaelsson ahead of his compatriot Ingemar Johansson . Fritz Schwab from Switzerland won bronze .

Existing records

• World record : 42: 39.6 min Werner Hardmo ( Sweden ), Kumla , September 9, 1945
• Olympic record : 46: 28.4 min - George Goulding ( Canada ), Stockholm final , August 11, 1912

Conducting the competition

The walkers completed two preliminary rounds on August 3rd, from which the five best walkers qualified for the final, which took place on August 7th.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

referee

The course of the race was controlled by ten referees under the British head referee FW Blackmore. Among them were the Briton William Palmer , who had reached the Olympic 10,000 meter walking final in Stockholm in 1912 , Gordon Goodwin , the Olympic champion of 1924 in Paris , also British and the Italian Giorgio Oberweger , who won the bronze medal in the discus throw in 1936 would have.

Preliminary round

August 3, 1948, 10:30 a.m.

Not all times have been passed down.

Preliminary round 1

Louis Chevalier (FRA) shortly after his disqualification

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	John Mikaelsson	Sweden	45: 03.0 min	OR
2	Charles Morris	Italy	45: 10.4 min
3	Émile Maggi	France	45: 44.4 min
4th	Giuseppe Dordoni	Italy	46: 25.8 min
5	Ingemar Johansson	Sweden	46: 44.2 min
6th	Kaare hammer	Norway	46: 48.6 min
7th	George Knott	Australia	k. A.
DSQ	Kallie Reyneke	South African Union
	Fred Sharaga	United States
	Ernest Weber	United States

Preliminary round 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Harry Churcher	Great Britain	46: 26.4 min
2	Fritz Schwab	Switzerland	46: 38.0 min
3	Ronald West	Great Britain	47: 11.6 min
4th	Gianni Corsaro	Italy	47: 26.8 min
5	Werner Hardmo	Sweden	47: 34.8 min
6th	Louis Courron	France	48: 13.0 min
DSQ	Louis Chevalier	France
	Henry Laskau	United States
	Sadhu Singh	India

Olympic Champion John Mikaelsson (SWE)

final

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	John Mikaelsson	Sweden	45: 13.2 min
2	Ingemar Johansson	Sweden	45: 43.8 min
3	Fritz Schwab	Switzerland	46: 00.2 min
4th	Charles Morris	Great Britain	46: 04.0 min
5	Harry Churcher	Great Britain	47: 28.0 min
6th	Émile Maggi	France	47: 02.8 min
7th	Ronald West	Great Britain	k. A.
8th	Gianni Corsaro	Italy
9	Giuseppe Dordoni	Italy
DSQ	Werner Hardmo	Sweden

August 7, 1948, 3:45 p.m.

The clear favorite for gold was the Swede Werner Hardmo, who had set a total of 25 unofficial world records on various walking distances in the previous years . However, Hardmo was disqualified in the final. His compatriot John Mikaelsson, who had already set a new Olympic record in the preliminary round , won the final by over half a minute.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 31

Web links

• SportsReference 10k Walk , accessed August 21, 2017
• Official report , page 260, engl. (PDF), accessed on August 21, 2017
• Londres 1948 - 10.000m marcha , published March 6, 2008 on youtube.com, accessed August 21, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official Report S. 240 (English)
2. ^ Official report p. 241, engl. (PDF)
3. ↑ SportsReference (English)