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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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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.

Results

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	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

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

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