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Host City: London, Great Britain
Venue(s): Henley Royal Regatta Course, Henley-on-Thames
Date Started: August 11, 1948
Date Finished: August 11, 1948
Format: Final only.
| Gold: | Gert Fredriksson |
| Silver: | Kurt Wires |
| Bronze: | Eivind Skabo |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gert Fredriksson | 28 | Sweden | SWE | Gold | 50:47.7 | |
| 2 | Kurt Wires | 29 | Finland | FIN | Silver | 51:18.2 | |
| 3 | Eivind Skabo | 31 | Norway | NOR | Bronze | 51:35.4 | |
| 4 | Knud Ditlevsen | 23 | Denmark | DEN | 51:54.2 | ||
| 5 | Henri Eberhardt | 34 | France | FRA | 52:09.0 | ||
| 6 | Jochem Bobeldijk | 28 | Netherlands | NED | 52:13.2 | ||
| 7 | Czesław Sobieraj | 34 | Poland | POL | 52:51.0 | ||
| 8 | Alfred Corbiaux | 28 | Belgium | BEL | 53:23.5 | ||
| 9 | Jan Matocha | 25 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 53:51.0 | ||
| 10 | Herbert Klepp | 25 | Austria | AUT | 55:11.7 | ||
| 11 | Emil Bottlang | 35 | Switzerland | SUI | 55:33.7 | ||
| 12 | Ernie Riedel | 47 | United States | USA | 56:34.5 | ||
| 13 | Marcel Lentz | 19 | Luxembourg | LUX | 59:58.2 |