Venue: Empire Stadium, Wembley. |
Final | time | Y | 1. John Mikaelsson | SWE | 45:13.2 | 34 | 2. Ingemar Johansson | SWE | 45:43.8 | 24 | 3. Fritz Schwab | SUI | 46:00.2 | 28 | 4. Jim Morris | GBR | 46:04.0 | 33 | 5. Harry Churcher | GBR | 47:28.0 | 37 | 6. Maggi Émile | FRA | 47:02.8 | 40 | 7. Ron West | GBR | | 34 | 8. Gianni Corsaro | ITA | | 23 | 9. Pino Dordoni | ITA | | 22 | -. Werner Hardmo | SWE | DQ | 31 |
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Heats - Tuesday 03.08 | First 5 progressed to Final. |
Heat 1 | time | Y | 1. John Mikaelsson | SWE | 45.03.0 | 34 | 2. Jim Morris | GBR | 45:10.4 | 33 | 3. Maggi Émile | FRA | 45:44.4 | 40 | 4. Pino Dordoni | ITA | 46:25.8 | 22 | 5. Ingemar Johansson | SWE | 46:44.2 | 24 | 6. Kaare Hammer | NOR | 46:48.6 | 30 | 7. George Knott | AUS | | 37 | -. Ernest Weber | USA | DQ | 40 | -. Kallie Reyneke | RSA | DQ | 26 | -. Fred Sharaga | USA | DQ | 38 |
Heat 2 | time | Y | 1. Harry Churcher | GBR | 46:26.4 | 37 | 2. Fritz Schwab | SUI | 46:38.0 | 28 | 3. Ron West | GBR | 47:11.6 | 34 | 4. Gianni Corsaro | ITA | 47:26.8 | 23 | 5. Werner Hardmo | SWE | 47:34.8 | 31 | 6. Louis Courron | FRA | 48:13.0 | 34 | -. Henry Laskau | USA | DQ | 31 | -. Louis Chevalier | FRA | DQ | 27 | -. Sadhu Singh | IND | DQ | |
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