1948 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 3000 m obstacle (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	3000 meter obstacle course
gender	Men
Attendees	26 athletes from 12 countries
Competition location	Wembley Stadium
Competition phase	August 3, 1948 (preliminary) August 5, 1948 (final)
Medalist Tore Sjöstrand ( SWE )   Erik Elmsäter ( SWE )   Göte Hagström ( SWE )

The men's 3,000-meter obstacle course at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held at Wembley Stadium on August 3rd and 5th, 1948 . 26 athletes took part.

The Swedish team celebrated a triple success. Tore Sjöstrand won the final ahead of Erik Elmsäter and Göte Hagström .

Existing records

• Unofficial world record : 8: 59.6 min - Erik Elmsäter ( Sweden ), Stockholm , August 4, 1944. Official world records were not yet set because the standardization of the obstacle setups was just beginning.
• Olympic record : 9: 03.8 min - Volmari Iso-Hollo ( Finland ), Berlin final , August 8, 1936

Conducting the competition

The runners started three preliminary runs on August 3rd, from which the four best runners qualified for the final on August 5th.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

Prelims

August 3, 1948, 4.15 p.m.
Not all times are known.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Erik Elmsäter	Sweden	9: 15.0 min
2	Alexandre Guyodo	France	9: 17.2 min
3	Pentti Siltaloppi	Finland	9: 22.4 min
4th	Constantino Miranda	Spain	9: 24.2 min
5	Đorđe Stefanović	Yugoslavia	9: 39.6 min
6th	John Doms	Belgium	9: 41.8 min
7th	Peter Curry	Great Britain	k. A.
8th	Bob McMillen	United States	k. A.
9	Vasilios Mavrapostolos	Greece	k. A.

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Raphaël Pujazon	France	9: 20.8 min
2	God Hagstrom	Sweden	9: 22.6 min
3	Petar Šegedin	Yugoslavia	9: 25.0 min
4th	Browning Ross	United States	9: 30.4 min
5	Alf Olesen	Denmark	9: 33.6 min
6th	Lucien Theys	Belgium	9: 37.4 min
7th	Mustafa Ozcan	Turkey	k. A.
8th	Paavo Toivari	Finland	k. A.
9	Geoffrey Tudor	Great Britain	k. A.

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Tore Sjöstrand	Sweden	9: 21.0 min
2	Aarne Kainlauri	Finland	9: 25.8 min
3	Robert Everaert	Belgium	9: 26.4 min
4th	Roger Chesneau	France	9: 27.6 min
5	Cahit oil	Turkey	9: 28.4 min
6th	Whitey Overton	United States	10: 14.4 min
7th	Rene Howell	Great Britain	k. A.
8th	Paul Peace	Luxembourg	k. A.

final

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Tore Sjöstrand	Sweden	9: 04.6 min
2	Erik Elmsäter	Sweden	9: 08.2 min
3	God Hagstrom	Sweden	9: 11.8 min
4th	Alexandre Guyodo	France	9: 13.6 min
5	Pentti Siltaloppi	Finland	9: 19.6 min
6th	Petar Šegedin	Yugoslavia	9: 20.4 min
7th	Browning Ross	United States	9: 24.1 min
8th	Constantino Miranda	Spain	9: 26.6 min
9	Robert Everaert	Belgium	9: 28.2 min
10	Aarne Kainlauri	Finland	9: 29.0 min
11	Roger Chesneau	France	9: 30.2 min
DNF	Raphaël Pujazon	France

August 5, 1948, 4.15 p.m.

The favorites for the final were the reigning European champion and unofficial world record holder Erik Elmsäter together with his teammate Tore Sjöstrand and the vice-European champion Raphaël Pujazon. In the final, Pujazon, plagued by stomach cramps, had to give up early. Elmsäter, Sjöstrand and the third Swede in the final, Hagström, controlled the action at high speed. With two laps to go, Sjöstrand forced the field apart. With 400 meters to go, Sjöstrand was two meters from Elmsäter and four meters from Pentti Siltaloppi and Alexandre Guyodo. Hagström's backlog was actually hopeless. But while Sjöstrand could not be deprived of the gold medal and Elmsäter ran for silver, the third Swede sprinted past Siltaloppi and Guyodo into third place.

Sjöstrand, Elmsäter and Hagström won the first Swedish medals in this discipline.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 30f

Web links

• SportsReference 3000 m obstacle , accessed August 20, 2017
• Official report p. 257, engl. (PDF), accessed on August 20, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 31
2. ^ Official report "Athletic Timetable" page 240, engl. (PDF)
3. ^ Official report "Athletic Timetable" page 241, engl. (PDF)
4. ^ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 30f
5. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)