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

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

Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
10 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

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

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).

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	Alexis 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
01 !	Tore Sjöstrand	Sweden	9:04.6
02 !	Erik Elmsäter	Sweden	9:08.2
03 !	Göte Hagström	Sweden	9:11.8
4	Alexis 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

External links

• 1948 Summer Olympics results: Men's 3000 metre steeplechase, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-06-20.
• 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.