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.
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time.
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 | Notes |
| 1 | Erik Elmsäter | | 9:15.0 | Q |
| 2 | Alexandre Guyodo | | 9:17.2 | Q |
| 3 | Pentti Siltaloppi | | 9:22.4 | Q |
| 4 | Constantino Miranda | | 9:24.2 | Q |
| 5 | Đorđe Stefanović | | 9:39.6 | |
| 6 | John Doms | | 9:41.8 | |
| 7 | Peter Curry | | | |
| 8 | Bob McMillen | | | |
| 9 | Vasilios Mavrapostolos | | | |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Raphaël Pujazon | | 9:20.8 | Q |
| 2 | Göte Hagström | | 9:22.6 | Q |
| 3 | Petar Šegedin | | 9:25.0 | Q |
| 4 | Browning Ross | | 9:30.4 | Q |
| 5 | Alf Olesen | | 9:33.6 | |
| 6 | Lucien Theys | | 9:37.4 | |
| 7 | Mustafa Özcan | | | |
| 8 | Paavo Toivari | | | |
| 9 | Geoffrey Tudor | | | |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tore Sjöstrand | | 9:21.0 | Q |
| 2 | Aarne Kainlauri | | 9:25.8 | Q |
| 3 | Robert Everaert | | 9:26.4 | Q |
| 4 | Roger Chesneau | | 9:27.6 | Q |
| 5 | Cahit Önel | | 9:28.4 | |
| 6 | Whitey Overton | | 10:14.4 | |
| 7 | Rene Howell | | | |
| 8 | Paul Frieden | | | |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Tore Sjöstrand | | 9:04.6 | |
| Erik Elmsäter | | 9:08.2 | |
| Göte Hagström | | 9:11.8 | |
| 4 | Alexandre Guyodo | | 9:13.6 | |
| 5 | Pentti Siltaloppi | | 9:19.6 | |
| 6 | Petar Šegedin | | 9:20.4 | |
| 7 | Browning Ross | | 9:24.1 | |
| 8 | Constantino Miranda | | 9:26.6 | |
| 9 | Robert Everaert | | 9:28.2 | |
| 10 | Aarne Kainlauri | | 9:29.0 | |
| 11 | Roger Chesneau | | 9:30.2 | |
| Raphaël Pujazon | | | DNF |
Key: DNF = Did not finish
