Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon
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The men's marathon
event at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games took place August 7. The final was won by Delfo Cabrera.
Key: DNF = Did not finish
Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...
event at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games took place August 7. The final was won by Delfo Cabrera.
Results
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delfo Cabrera Delfo Cabrera Delfo Cabrera Gómez was an Argentine athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1948 Summer Olympics in one of the most dramatic finishes in athletics history.-Biography:... |
2:34:51.6 | |||
| Tom Richards | align=left | |2:35:07.6 | ||
| Etienne Gailly Etienne Gailly Etienne Gailly was a Belgian athlete who competed mainly in the Marathon.Etienne Gailly was a Belgian who served as a paratrooper during WW2. Towards the end of the War, as he participated in the liberation of his home country in late 1944, Gailly was profoundly moved by the devastation to his home... |
2:35:33.6 | |||
| 4 | Johannes Coleman Johannes Coleman Johannes Lodewyk Meyer Coleman was a South African athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics.He was born in Oudtshoorn and died in Johannesburg.... |
2:36:06.0 | ||
| 5 | Eusebio Guiñez | 2:36:36.0 | ||
| 6 | Syd Luyt | 2:38:11.0 | ||
| 7 | Gustav Östling | 2:38:40.6 | ||
| 8 | John Systad John Systad John Systad was a Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race. He represented TIF Viking in Bergen.... |
2:38:41.0 | ||
| 9 | Alberto Sensini | 2:39:30.0 | ||
| 10 | Henning Larsen | 2:41:22.0 | ||
| 11 | Viljo Heino Viljo Heino Viljo Akseli Heino was a Finnish athlete who held the world record for the 10,000 metres event from August 25, 1944 to June 11, 1949 and again from September 1, 1949 to October 22, 1949... |
2:41:32.0 | ||
| 12 | Anders Melin | 2:42:20.0 | ||
| 13 | Jussi Kurikkala Jussi Kurikkala Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930's. He won three medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in the 4 x 10 km in 1937, a gold in the same event in 1938, and a gold in the 18 km in 1939.-References:* *... |
2:42:48.0 | ||
| 14 | Ted Vogel | 2:45:27.0 | ||
| 15 | Enrique Inostroza | 2:47:48.0 | ||
| 16 | Lloyd Evans | 2:48:07.0 | ||
| 17 | Gérard Côté Gérard Côté Gérard Côté, was a Canadian marathon runner and a four-time winner of the Boston Marathon.Born in Saint-Barnabé-Sud, Quebec, Côté was training to be a boxer when he switched to running marathons. He competed in his first Boston Marathon in 1936 and won the race in 1940, 1942, 1943, and 1948... |
2:48:31.0 | ||
| 18 | Stylianos Kyriakidis | 2:49:00.0 | ||
| 19 | József Kiss | 2:50:20.0 | ||
| 20 | Şevki Koru | 2:51:07.0 | ||
| 21 | Johnny Kelley Johnny Kelley John Adelbert "Johnny" Kelley was an American long-distance runner who twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics, in 1936 and 1948.... |
2:51:56.0 | ||
| 22 | Kaspar Schiesser | 2:52:09.0 | ||
| 23 | Walter Fedorick | 2:52:12.0 | ||
| 24 | Ollie Manninen | 2:56:49.0 | ||
| 25 | Hong Jong-O | 2:56:54.0 | ||
| 26 | Paddy Mulvihill | 2:57:35.0 | ||
| 27 | Seo Yun-Bok | 2:59:36.0 | ||
| 28 | Sven Håkansson | 3:00:09.0 | ||
| 29 | Jakob Jutz | 3:03:55.0 | ||
| 30 | Stan Jones | 3:09:16.0 | ||
| Salvatore Constantino | DNF | |||
| Pierre Cousin | DNF | |||
| Hans Frischknecht | DNF | |||
| Mikko Hietanen Mikko Hietanen Mikko Hietanen was a Finnish long-distance runner, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1948.... |
DNF | |||
| Jack Holden Jack Holden (athlete) John Thomas Holden was a long-distance runner from England, who won four consecutive national titles in the men's marathon . He represented Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he did not finish... |
DNF | |||
| René Josset | DNF | |||
| Luo Wenao | DNF | |||
| Arsène Piesset | DNF | |||
| Athanasios Ragazos | DNF | |||
| Chhota Singh | DNF | |||
| Choi Yun-Chil Choi Yun-chil Choi Yun-chil is a former South Korean long-distance runner who was a two-time Olympian and a two-time national champion in the marathon.... |
DNF |
Key: DNF = Did not finish