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.^[1]

Men's 10,000 metres at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	July 30, 1948 (final)
Medalists
Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia Alain Mimoun  France Bertil Albertsson  Sweden
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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