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XIV Olympic Game, London 1948
Men, Track
100 m
1 Harrison Dillard USA 10.3 OR
2 Norwood Ewell USA 10.4  
3 Lloyd LaBeach PAN 10.4  
4 Alastair McCorquodale GBR 10.4  
5 Melvin Patton USA 10.5  
6 Emmanuel McDonald Bailey GBR 10.6  
200 m
1 Melvin Patton USA 21.1  
2 Norwood Ewell USA 21.1  
3 Lloyd LaBeach PAN 21.2  
4 Herbert McKenley JAM 21.2  
5 Cliff Bourland USA 21.3  
6 Leslie Laing JAM 21.6  
400 m
1 Arthur Wint JAM 46.2 OR
2 Herbert McKenley JAM 46.4  
3 Malvin Whitfield USA 46.9  
4 Dave Bolen USA 47.2  
5 Morris Curotta AUS 47.9  
6 George Guida USA 50.2  
800 m
1 Malvin Whitfield USA 1.49.2 OR
2 Arthur Wint JAM 1.49.5  
3 Marcel Hansenne FRA 1.49.8  
4 Herb Barten USA 1.50.1  
5 Ingvar Bengtsson SWE 1.50.5  
6 Bob Chambers USA 1.52.1  
7 Robert Chefd'hotel FRA 1.53.0  
8 Niels Holst Sörensen DEN 1.53.4  
1500 m
1 Henry Eriksson SWE 3.49.8  
2 Lennart Strand SWE 3.50.4  
3 Willem Slijkhuis NED 3.50.4  
4 Václav Cevona TCH 3.51.2  
5 Gösta Bergkvist SWE 3.52.2  
6 William Nankeville GBR 3.52.6  
7 Sándor Garay HUN 3.52.8  
8 Erik Jørgensen DEN 3.52.8  
5000 m
1 Gaston Reiff BEL 14.17.6 OR
2 Emil Zátopek TCH 14.17.8  
3 Willem Slijkhuis NED 14.26.8  
4 Erik Ahldén SWE 14.28.6  
5 Bertil Albertsson SWE 14.39.0  
6 Curtis Stone USA 14.39.4  
7 Väinö Koskela FIN 14.41.0  
8 Väinö Mäkelä FIN 14.43.0  
10000 m
1 Emil Zátopek TCH 29.59.6 OR
2 Alain Mimoun FRA 30.47.4  
3 Bertil Albertsson SWE 30.53.6  
4 Martin Stokken NOR 30.58.6  
5 Severt Dennolf SWE 31.05.0  
6 Ben Said Abdallah FRA 31.07.8  
7 Stanley Cox GBR 31.08.0  
8 James Peters GBR 31.16.0  
Marathon (42.195 km.)
1 Delfo Cabrera ARG 2.34.51  
2 Thomas Richards GBR 2.35.07  
3 Etienne Gailly BEL 2.35.33  
4 Johannes Coleman RSA 2.36.06  
5 Eusebio Guinez ARG 2.36.36  
6 Sydney Luyt RSA 2.38.11  
7 Gustav Östling SWE 2.38.40  
8 John Systad NOR 2.38.41  
110 m Hurdles
1 Bill Porter USA 13.9 OR
2 Clyde Scott USA 14.1  
3 Craig Dixon USA 14.1  
4 Alberto Triulzi ARG 14.6  
5 Peter Gardner AUS 14.7  
6 Håkan Lidman SWE 14.9  
400 m Hurdles
1 Roy Cochran USA 51.1 OR
2 Duncan White SRI 51.8  
3 Rune Larsson SWE 52.2  
4 Dick Ault USA 52.4  
5 Yves Cros FRA 53.3  
6 Ottavio Missoni GRE 54.2  
3000 m Steeplechase
1 Tore Sjöstrand SWE 9.04.6  
2 Erik Elmsäter SWE 9.08.2  
3 Göte Hagström SWE 9.11.8  
4 Alexandre Guyodo FRA 9.13.6  
5 Pentti Siltaloppi FIN 9.19.6  
6 Petar Segedin YUG 9.20.4  
7 Browning Ross USA 9.23.2  
8 Constantino Miranda Justo ESP 9.25.0  
10 km Track Walk
1 John Mikaelsson SWE 45.13.2  
2 Ingemar Johansson SWE 45.43.8  
3 Fritz Schwab SUI 46.00.2  
4 Charles Morris GBR 46.04.0  
5 Harry Churcher GBR 46.28.0  
6 Emile Maggi FRA 47.02.8  
7 Richard West GBR N/A  
8 Gianni Corsaro ITA N/A  
50 km Road Walk
1 John Ljunggren SWE 4.41.52  
2 Gaston Godel SUI 4.48.17  
3 T.Lloyd Johnson GBR 4.48.31  
4 Edgar Bruun NOR 4.53.18  
5 Henry Martineau GBR 4.53.58  
6 Rune Bjurström SWE 4.56.43  
7 Paul Mazille FRA 5.01.40  
8 Claude Hubert FRA 5.03.12  
Relays
4 x 100 m
1 United States 40.6  
  Ewell, Wright, Dillard, Patton  
2 Great Britain 41.3  
  Archer, Gregory, McCorquodale, Jones  
3 Italy 41.5  
  Tito, Perucconi, Siddi, Monti  
4 Hungary 41.6  
5 Canada 41.9  
6 Netherlands 41.9  
4 x 400 m
1 United States 3.10.2  
  Harnden, Bourland, Cochran, Whitfield  
2 France 3.14.8  
  Kerebel, Schewetta, Chefd’hotel, Linis  
3 Sweden 3.16.0  
  Lundkvist, Wolfbrandt, Alnevik, Larsson  
4 Finland 3.24.8  
Jamaica DNF  
Italy DNF