Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump
Appearance
Men's long jump at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Dates | July 31 (qualifying and final) | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 long jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on July 31, 1948. The final was won by American Willie Steele.[1]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Jesse Owens (USA) | 8.13 m | Ann Arbor, United States | 25 May 1935 |
Olympic record | 8.06 m | Berlin, Germany | 4 August 1936 |
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Date | Time | Round |
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Friday, 31 July 1948 | 11:00 | Qualifications |
Friday, 31 July 1948 | 16:45 | Finals |
Results
Qualifying Round
Qual. rule: qualification standard 7.20m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
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1 | B | Willie Steele | United States | 7.780 | – | – | 7.780 | Q |
2 | B | Lorenzo Wright | United States | 7.530 | – | – | 7.530 | Q |
3 | A | Herb Douglas | United States | 7.240 | – | – | 7.240 | Q |
4 | A | Theo Bruce | Australia | 7.200 | – | – | 7.200 | Q |
5 | A | Enrique Kistenmacher | Argentina | 7.180 | x | 7.100 | 7.180 | q |
6 | A | Harry Askew | Great Britain | 7.140 | 6.810 | 7.070 | 7.140 | q |
7 | A | Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin | Great Britain | 7.130 | 7.030 | 6.960 | 7.130 | q |
8 | B | Felix Würth | Austria | 7.080 | 6.980 | 6.950 | 7.080 | q |
9 | A | Edward Adamczyk | Poland | 5.070 | 7.030 | 7.030 | 7.030 | q |
10 | B | Harry Whittle | Great Britain | 6.560 | 7.030 | 6.930 | 7.030 | q |
11 | B | Baldev Singh | India | x | 7.000 | 6.780 | 7.000 | q |
12 | A | Georges Damitio | France | 6.980 | 6.770 | 6.610 | 6.980 | q |
13 | B | Jean Studer | Switzerland | 6.820 | 6.880 | 6.940 | 6.940 | |
14 | B | Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson | Iceland | x | x | 6.860 | 6.860 | |
15 | A | Jaroslav Fikejz | Czechoslovakia | 6.560 | 6.860 | 6.790 | 6.860 | |
16 | B | Álvaro Dias | Portugal | 6.460 | 6.780 | 6.860 | 6.860 | |
17 | A | Kyros Marinis | Greece | x | x | 6.750 | 6.750 | |
18 | A | Kim Won-kwon | South Korea | 6.710 | x | x | 6.710 | |
19 | B | Charles Thompson | Guyana | 6.580 | – | – | 6.580 | |
20 | A | Jorge Aguirre | Mexico | 5.910 | x | x | 5.910 | |
– | B | Gallage Peiris | Ceylon | x | x | x | NM |
Final standings
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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Willie Steele | United States | 7.825 | ||
Theo Bruce | Australia | 7.555 | ||
Herb Douglas | United States | 7.545 | ||
4 | Lorenzo Wright | United States | 7.450 | |
5 | Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin | Great Britain | 7.270 | |
6 | Georges Damitio | France | 7.070 | |
7 | Harry Whittle | Great Britain | 7.030 | |
8 | Felix Würth | Austria | 7.000 | |
9 | Harry Askew | Great Britain | 6.935 | |
10 | Enrique Kistenmacher | Argentina | 6.800 | |
11 | Edward Adamczyk | Poland | 6.735 |
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2017.