| Venue: Empire Stadium, Wembley. |
| Final Ranking | time | Y | | 1. John Ljunggren |  SWE | 4:41:52 | 28 | | 2. Gaston Godel |  SUI | 4:48:17 | 33 | | 3. Lloyd Johnson |  GBR | 4:48:31 | 48 | | 4. Edgar Bruun |  NOR | 4:53:18 | 42 | | 5. Bert Martineau | GBR | 4:53:58 | 33 | | 6. Rune Bjurström | SWE | 4:56:43 | 35 | | 7. Pierre Mazille |  FRA | 5:01:40 | 26 | | 8. Claude Hubert | FRA | 5:03:12 | 34 | | 9. Enrique Villaplana |  ESP | 5:03:31 | 34 | | 10.Tage Jönsson | SWE | 5:05:08 | 28 | | 11.Henri Caron | FRA | 5:08:15 | 24 | | 12.Ernie Crosbie |  USA | 5:15:16 | 38 | | 13.Sándor László |  HUN | 5:16:30 | 23 | | 14.Salvatore Cascino |  ITA | 5:20:03 | 30 | | 15.John Deni | USA | 5:28:33 | 45 | | 16.Adolf Weinacker | USA | 5:30:14 | 19 | | -. Francesco Pretti | ITA | DNF | 44 | | -. Rex Whitlock | GBR | DNF | 37 | | -. Gerhard Winther | NOR | DNF | 35 | | -. Per Olav Baarnaas | NOR | DNF | 28 | | -. Sadhu Singh |  IND | DNF | | | -. Sixto Ibáñez |  ARG | DNF | 39 | | -. Valentino Bertolini | ITA | DNF | 31 |
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