10,000 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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The 10,000 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics was a long-distance track event held in London as part of the athletics program, featuring top runners of the era competing over 25 laps of the track.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Olympic athletics event
athletics competition
bronzeMedalist Gunnar Eriksson
bronzeMedalistCountry Sweden
category Men's 10,000 metres at the Olympics
city London
linked to: London, England
competitionFormat final only
competitionLevel international
date 30 July 1948
discipline 10,000 metres
distance 10000 metres
era post-World War II Olympics
eventType long-distance running
games 1948 Summer Olympics
gender men's event
goldMedalist Emil Zátopek
goldMedalistCountry Czechoslovakia
hostCountry United Kingdom
laps 25
medalEvent yes
nextEvent 10,000 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics
notableFor first Olympic gold medal of Emil Zátopek
numberOfCompetitors 29
numberOfNations 16
olympicRecordStatus no Olympic record set
organisedBy Amateur Athletic Association
International Olympic Committee
partOf 1948 Summer Olympics
athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
previousEvent 10,000 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics
recordStatus no world record set
resultDetermination fastest time wins
rounds 1
scoring time-based ranking
season summer
silverMedalist Alain Mimoun
silverMedalistCountry France
sport athletics
surface cinder track
timekeepingMethod hand timing
timingUnit 1/10 second
trackLength 400 metres
venue Wembley Stadium
winner Emil Zátopek
winningTime 29:59.6

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Alain Mimoun wonSilverMedalIn 10,000 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics
10,000 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics category Men's 10,000 metres at the Olympics
linked to: 10,000 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Emil Zátopek olympicGoldMedal 1948 Summer Olympics 10000 metres
subject linked to: Czech Locomotive
linked to: 10,000 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics