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.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing Olympic records was as follows.
Olympic record9:03.8 Berlin, Germany8 August 1936
Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1). Date TimeTuesday 3 August 1948 16:15Round 1Thursday 5 August 1948 16:15Final
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 9:15.0 Q 2 Alexandre Guyodo 9:17.2 Q 3 Pentti Siltaloppi 9:22.4 Q 4 Constantino Miranda 9:24.2 Q 5 Đorđe Stefanović 9:39.6 6 John Doms 9:41.8 7 Peter Curry 8 Bob McMillen 9 Vasilios Mavrapostolos
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes 1 Raphaël Pujazon 9:20.8 Q 2 Göte Hagström 9:22.6 Q 3 Petar Šegedin 9:25.0 Q 4 Browning Ross 9:30.4 Q 5 Alf Olesen 9:33.6 6 Lucien Theys 9:37.4 7 Mustafa Özcan (9:38.4est) 8 Paavo Toivari 9 Geoffrey Tudor
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes 1 Tore Sjöstrand 9:21.0 Q 2 Aarne Kainlauri 9:25.8 Q 3 Robert Everaert 9:26.4 Q 4 Roger Chesneau 9:27.6 Q 5 Cahit Önel 9:28.4 6 Whitey Overton 10:14.4 7 Rene Howell 8 Paul Frieden
Final
Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes Tore Sjöstrand 9:04.6 Erik Elmsäter 9:08.2 Göte Hagström 9:11.8 4 Alexandre Guyodo 9:13.6 5 Pentti Siltaloppi 9:19.6 6 Petar Šegedin 9:20.4 7 Browning Ross 9:24.1 8 Constantino Miranda 9:26.6 9 Robert Everaert 9:28.2 10 Aarne Kainlauri 9:29.0 11 Roger Chesneau 9:30.2 Raphaël Pujazon DNF
Key: DNF = Did not finish
References
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.