| Final 14:00 | time | | 1. Giuseppe Dordoni |  ITA | 4:28:07.8 | | 2. Josef Dolezal |  TCH | 4:30:17.8 | | 3. Antal RÓka |  HUN | 4:31:27.2 | | 4. Rex Whitlock |  GBR | 4:32:21.0 | | 5. Sergey Lobastov |  URS | 4:32:34.2 | | 6. Vladimir Uhov | URS | 4:32:51.6 | | 7. Dumitru Paraschivescu |  ROM | 4:41:05.2 | | 8. Ionescu Baboie | ROM | 4:41:52.8 | | 9. John Ljunggren |  SWE | 4:43:45.2 | | 10.Giuseppe Kressevich | ITA | 4:44:30.2 | | 11.Harold Whitlock | GBR | 4:45:12.6 | | 12.Sandor László | HUN | 4:45:55.8 | | 13.Rudi Lüttge |  GER | 4:47:28.6 | | 14.Pekka Viljanen |  FIN | 4:49:16.4 | | 15.Donald Tunbridge | GBR | 4:50:40.4 | | 16.Raymond Lesage |  FRA | 4:52:37.8 | | 17.Edgar Bruun |  NOR | 4:52:48.4 | | 18.Claude Hubert | FRA | 4:55:28.2 | | 19.Salvatore Cascino | ITA | 4:56:46.2 | | 20.Harry Kristensen |  DEN | 4:57:35.8 | | 21.Jean Strunc | FRA | 4:59:08.2 | | 22.Adolf Weinacker |  USA | 5:01:00.4 | | 23.Pavel Kazankov | URS | 5:02:37.8 | | 24.Gilbert Marquis |  SUI | 5:02:56.2 | | 25.Harry Hayward |  CAN | 5:04:40.4 | | 26.Rene Charričre | SUI | 5:08:59.0 | | 27.Gerhard Winther | NOR | 5:11:40.2 | | 28.Ĺke Soderlund | SWE | 5:30:56.6 | | -. Guillermo Weller |  ARG | DNF | | -. John Deni | USA | DNF | | -. Leo Sjogren | USA | DNF |
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| | Venue: Helsingin Olympiastadion. Capp.: 70,000. | | 31 competitors from -- nations. |
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