The men's
10,000 metres
The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ...
event at the
1948 Olympic Games took place July 30. The final was won by
Emil Zátopek
Emil Zátopek (; 19 September 1922 – 21 November 2000) was a Czech long-distance runner best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He won gold in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres runs, but his final m ...
of Czechoslovakia.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time
During British Summer Time (BST), civil time in the United Kingdom is advanced one hour forward of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), in effect changing the time zone from UTC±00:00 to UTC+01:00, so that mornings have one hour less daylight, and ev ...
( UTC+1).
Results
Final
Key: DNF = Did not finish, NP = Not placed, OR = Olympic record
References
Notes
*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.
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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
10,000 metres at the Olympics
Men's events at the 1948 Summer Olympics