Athletics_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_10000_metres
Quick Facts Men's 10,000 metres at the Games of the XIV Olympiad, Dates ...
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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.[1]
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:
More information Date, Event ...
| Date | Event | Athlete | Time | Notes |
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| 30 July | Final |  Emil Zátopek (TCH) | 29:59.6 | OR |
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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).
More information Date, Time ...
| Date | Time | |
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| Friday, 30 July 1948 | 18:00 | Final |
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Final
More information Rank, Name ...
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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 | 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 |
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Key: DNF = Did not finish, NP = Not placed, OR = Olympic record
- "Athletics at the 1948 London Games: Men's 10,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2016.