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

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.

| 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

