| Host City: London, Great Britain |
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final. |
| Date Started: August 3, 1948 |
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| Date Finished: August 5, 1948 |
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| (Competitors: 26; Countries: 12; Finalists: 12) |
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Venue(s): Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| Elmsäter, the first to run under nine minutes (8:59.6 in 1944), Sjöstrand the fastest man of 1948 (9:02.0), and European champion Raphaël Pujazon were the heat winners and favourites, with Elmsäter the quickest at 9:15.0. Pujazon dropped out in the final just before halfway with stomach problems, and Sjöstrand and Elmsäter pushed the pace, with only Siltaloppi in touch. The Finn was dropped just after the bell, and Sjöstrand proved too strong for his teammate in the last lap. Behind them Hagström moved from fifth to third in the last lap with a powerful finish, to give Sweden its only clean sweep on the track in Olympic athletics history. |
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| Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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| Erik Elmsäter (SWE) had set world bests in 1943 and 1944, becoming the first man to better nine minutes in 1944, running 8:59.6 in Stockholm. He had finished second at the 1946 European Championships to France’s Raphaël Pujazon, with Swedish teammate Tore Sjöstrand in third place. In 1948, Sjöstrand led the year list going into the Olympics with 9:02.0. In the final, Pujazon dropped out early, as Elmsäter, Sjöstrand, and their teammate Göte Hagström ran a team race early. Elmsäter and Sjöstrand were too strong for Hagström, however, who dropped off the pace. He would have to finish strongly to get the bronze medal for the Swedish sweep. Sjöstrand won the gold medal by outkicking Elmsäter over the last lap. |
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| 3000 m steeple |
Men |
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Final |
5 August |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
9.04.6 |
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Tore Sjöstrand |
Sweden |
SWE |
26 |
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9.04.6 h |
| 2 |
9.08.2 |
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Erik Elmsäter |
Sweden |
SWE |
28 |
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at 3.81 |
| 3 |
9.11.8 |
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Göte Hagström |
Sweden |
SWE |
29 |
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at 7.54 |
| 4 |
9.13.6 |
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Alexis Guyodo |
France |
FRA |
26 |
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at 8.92 |
| 5 |
9.19.6 |
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Pentti Siltaloppi |
Finland |
FIN |
30 |
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at 15.39 |
| 6 |
9.20.4 |
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Petar Šegedin |
Yugoslavia |
YUG |
21 |
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at 16.08 |
| 7 |
9.24.1 |
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Browning Ross |
United States |
USA |
24 |
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at 19.42 |
| 8 |
9.26.6 |
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Constantino Miranda |
Spain |
ESP |
23 |
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at 22.00 |
| 9 |
9.28.2 |
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Robert Everaert |
Belgium |
BEL |
24 |
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at 24.04 |
| 10 |
9.29.0 |
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Aarne Kainlauri |
Finland |
FIN |
33 |
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at 26.89 |
| 11 |
9.30.2 |
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Roger Chesneau |
France |
FRA |
23 |
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at 27.45 |
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DNF |
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Raphaël Pujazon |
France |
FRA |
30 |
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| 3000 m steeple |
Men |
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Round One Heat One |
3 August |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
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9.14.6 |
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Erik Elmsäter |
Sweden |
SWE |
28 |
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9.15.0 h |
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9.17.2 |
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Alexis Guyodo |
France |
FRA |
26 |
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9.22.4 |
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Pentti Siltaloppi |
Finland |
FIN |
30 |
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9.24.2 |
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Constantino Miranda |
Spain |
ESP |
23 |
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9.39.6 |
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Đorđe Stefanović |
Yugoslavia |
YUG |
26 |
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9.41.8 |
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John Doms |
Belgium |
BEL |
23 |
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Peter Curry |
Great Britain |
GBR |
27 |
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Bob McMillen |
United States |
USA |
20 |
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Vasilios Mavrapostolos |
Greece |
GRE |
32 |
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| 3000 m steeple |
Men |
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Round One Heat Two |
3 August |
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Athlete |
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NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
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9.20.8 |
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Raphaël Pujazon |
France |
FRA |
30 |
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9.20.8 h |
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9.22.6 |
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Göte Hagström |
Sweden |
SWE |
29 |
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9.25.0 |
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Petar Šegedin |
Yugoslavia |
YUG |
21 |
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9.30.4 |
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Browning Ross |
United States |
USA |
24 |
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9.33.6 |
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Alf Olesen |
Denmark |
DEN |
27 |
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9.37.4 |
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Lucien Theys |
Belgium |
BEL |
21 |
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9.38.4 |
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Mustafa Özcan |
Turkey |
TUR |
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9.38.4est |
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Paavo Toivari |
Finland |
FIN |
31 |
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Geoffrey Tudor |
Great Britain |
GBR |
24 |
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| 3000 m steeple |
Men |
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Round One Heat Three |
3 August |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
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9.21.1 |
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Tore Sjöstrand |
Sweden |
SWE |
26 |
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9.21.0 h |
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9.25.8 |
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Aarne Kainlauri |
Finland |
FIN |
33 |
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9.26.4 |
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Robert Everaert |
Belgium |
BEL |
24 |
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9.27.6 |
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Roger Chesneau |
France |
FRA |
23 |
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9.28.4 |
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Cahit Önel |
Turkey |
TUR |
20 |
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10.14.4 |
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Whitey Overton |
United States |
USA |
19 |
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Rene Howell |
Great Britain |
GBR |
31 |
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Paul Frieden |
Luxembourg |
LUX |
23 |
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