The final took place on August 11.
width=30 style="background:gold;" | align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Gert Fredriksson|SWE|1948 Summer}} | 50:47.7 |
style="background:silver;" | align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Kurt Wires|FIN|1948 Summer}} | 51:18.2 |
style="background:#cc9966;" | align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Elvind Skabo|NOR|1948 Summer}} | 51:35.4 |
4. | {{flagIOCathlete|Knud Ditlevsen|DEN|1948 Summer}} | 51:54.2 |
5. | {{flagIOCathlete|Henri Eberhardt|FRA|1948 Summer}} | 52:09.0 |
6. | {{flagIOCathlete|Jochem Bobeldijk|NED|1948 Summer}} | 52:13.2 |
7. | {{flagIOCathlete|Czesław Sobieraj|POL|1948 Summer}} | 52:51.0 |
8. | {{flagIOCathlete|Alfred Corbiaux|BEL|1948 Summer}} | 53:23.5 |
9. | {{flagIOCathlete|Jan Matocha|TCH|1948 Summer}} | 53:51.0 |
10. | {{flagIOCathlete|Herbert Klepp|AUT|1948 Summer}} | 55:11.7 |
11. | {{flagIOCathlete|Emil Bottlang|SUI|1948 Summer}} | 55:33.7 |
12. | {{flagIOCathlete|Ernest Riedel|USA|1948 Summer}} | 56:34.5 |
13. | {{flagIOCathlete|Marcel Lentz|LUX|1948 Summer}} | 59:58.2 |