Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

Men's long jump at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	July 31 (qualifying and final)
Medalists
Willie Steele  United States Theo Bruce  Australia Herb Douglas  United States

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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.

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
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
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	G. D. Peiris	Ceylon	x	x	x	NM

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	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

• 1948 Summer Olympics results: Men's long jump, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-07-04.