| Final | time | | 1. Norman Read | NZL | 4:30:42.8 | | 2. Yevgeny Maskinskov | URS | 4:32:57.0 | | 3. John Lunggren | SWE | 4:35:02.0 | | 4. Abdon Pamich | ITA | 4:39:00.0 | | 5. Antal Roka | HUN | 4:50:09.0 | | 6. Raymond Smith | AUS | 4:56:08.0 | | 7. Adolf Weinacker | USA | 5:00:16.0 | | 8. Albert Johnson | GBR | 5:02:19.0 | | 9. Eric Hall | GBR | 5:03:59.0 | | 10.Ion Barbu | ROM | 5:08:33.6 | | 11.Elliott Denman | USA | 5:12:14.0 | | 12.Leo Sjogren | USA | 5:12:34.0 | | 13.Ronald Crawford | AUS | 5:22:36.0 | | -. Milan Skront | TCH | DNF | | -. Josef Dolezal | TCH | DNF | | -. Grigory Klimov | URS | DNF | | -. Janos Somogyi | HUN | DNF | | -. Dumitru Paraschivescu | ROM | DNF | | -. Donald Thomson | GBR | DNF | | -. Edward Allsopp | AUS | DQ | | -. Mikhail Lavrov | URS | DQ |
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| | | Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground 120,000. | | -- competitors from -- nations. |
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