Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games took place on 3 and 5 August. The final was won by Swede Tore Sjöstrand. Sjöstrand's compatriots, Erik Elmsäter and Göte Hagström took 2nd and 3rd place.[1]

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Tore Sjöstrand
Dates3 August (heats)
5 August (final)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tore Sjöstrand
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Erik Elmsäter
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Göte Hagström
 Sweden
← 1936
1952 →

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing Olympic records was as follows.

  Volmari Iso-Hollo (FIN) Olympic record 9:03.8 Berlin, Germany 8 August 1936

Schedule

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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

Date Time
Tuesday 3 August 1948 16:15 Round 1
Thursday 5 August 1948 16:15 Final

Results

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Round 1

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Round 1 was held on 3 August. The first four runners from each heat advanced to the final.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes
1 Erik Elmsäter   Sweden 9:15.0 Q
2 Alexandre Guyodo   France 9:17.2 Q
3 Pentti Siltaloppi   Finland 9:22.4 Q
4 Constantino Miranda   Spain 9:24.2 Q
5 Đorđe Stefanović   Yugoslavia 9:39.6
6 John Doms   Belgium 9:41.8
7 Peter Curry   Great Britain
8 Bob McMillen   United States
9 Vasilios Mavrapostolos   Greece

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes
1 Raphaël Pujazon   France 9:20.8 Q
2 Göte Hagström   Sweden 9:22.6 Q
3 Petar Šegedin   Yugoslavia 9:25.0 Q
4 Browning Ross   United States 9:30.4 Q
5 Alf Olesen   Denmark 9:33.6
6 Lucien Theys   Belgium 9:37.4
7 Mustafa Özcan   Turkey (9:38.4est)
8 Paavo Toivari   Finland
9 Geoffrey Tudor   Great Britain

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes
1 Tore Sjöstrand   Sweden 9:21.0 Q
2 Aarne Kainlauri   Finland 9:25.8 Q
3 Robert Everaert   Belgium 9:26.4 Q
4 Roger Chesneau   France 9:27.6 Q
5 Cahit Önel   Turkey 9:28.4
6 Whitey Overton   United States 10:14.4
7 Rene Howell   Great Britain
8 Paul Frieden   Luxembourg

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes
  Tore Sjöstrand   Sweden 9:04.6
  Erik Elmsäter   Sweden 9:08.2
  Göte Hagström   Sweden 9:11.8
4 Alexandre Guyodo   France 9:13.6
5 Pentti Siltaloppi   Finland 9:19.6
6 Petar Šegedin   Yugoslavia 9:20.4
7 Browning Ross   United States 9:24.1
8 Constantino Miranda   Spain 9:26.6
9 Robert Everaert   Belgium 9:28.2
10 Aarne Kainlauri   Finland 9:29.0
11 Roger Chesneau   France 9:30.2
Raphaël Pujazon   France DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1948 London: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
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