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

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Tore Sjöstrand
Dates	3 August 1948 (heats) 5 August 1948 (final)
Medalists
Tore Sjöstrand   Sweden Erik Elmsäter   Sweden Göte Hagström   Sweden
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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]

Records

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

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

Round 1

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

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

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.

External links

• Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation . Retrieved 4 September 2016.