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Long Jump, Men

Date	31 July 1948
Status	Olympic
Location	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
Participants	21 from 17 countries

Willie Steele was the best long jumper of the post-War years and was favored in 1948. He had won the 1946-47 AAU title and the 1948 Olympic Trials. At the trials he had a near foul on a jump of 8.17 (26-9¾), which would have bettered Jesse Owens’ world record. In London, Steele had an injured ankle and took only two jumps. But both were good enough to win the gold medal. The fifth-place finisher was Adegboyega, Prince Adedoyin who was Nigerian, but represented Great Britain as Nigeria did not yet have a recognized National Olympic Committee.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	449	Willie Steele	USA	7.780 (1)	7.825 (1)	Gold	OR
2	404	Bill Bruce	AUS	7.200 (4)	7.555 (2)	Silver
3	448	Herb Douglas	USA	7.240 (3)	7.545 (3)	Bronze
4	450	Lorenzo Wright	USA	7.530 (2)	7.450 (4)
5	440	Adegboyega, Omoba Adedoyin	GBR	7.130 (7)	7.270 (5)			1
6	412	Georges Damitio	FRA	6.980 (12)	7.070 (6)
7	442	Harry Whittle	GBR	7.030 (10)	7.030 (7)			2
8	434	Felix Würth	AUT	7.080 (8)	7.000 (8)
9	441	Harry Askew	GBR	7.140 (6)	6.935 (9)
10	432	Enrique Kistenmacher	ARG	7.180 (5)	6.800 (10)
11	445	Edward Adamczyk	POL	7.030 (9)	6.735 (11)
11 r1/2	443	Baldev Singh	IND	7.000 (11)	– (DNS)
13 r1/2	447	Jean Studer	SUI	6.940 (13)	–
14 r1/2	47	Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson	ISL	6.890 (14)	–
15 r1/2	439	Jaroslav Fikejz	TCH	6.860 (15)	–
16 r1/2	446	Álvaro Dias	POR	6.860 (16)	–
17 r1/2	37	Kyros Marinis	GRE	6.750 (17)	–
18 r1/2	444	Kim Won-Gwon	KOR	6.710 (18)	–
19 r1/2	16	Charles Thompson	GUY	6.580 (19)	–			3
20 r1/2	418	Jorge Aguirre	MEX	5.910 (20)	–
AC r1/2	438	Gallage Peiris	SRI	– (NM)	–
DNS	20	Jack Parry	CAN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	433	George Avery	AUS	– (DNS)	–
DNS	405	Peter Mullins	AUS	– (DNS)	–
DNS	435	Geraldo de Oliveira	BRA	– (DNS)	–
DNS	437	Lionel Fournier	CAN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	32	René Valmy	FRA	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	31 July 1948 — 11:00
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 7.20 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	449	Willie Steele	USA	7.780	Q
2	450	Lorenzo Wright	USA	7.530	Q
3	448	Herb Douglas	USA	7.240	Q
4	404	Bill Bruce	AUS	7.200	Q
5	432	Enrique Kistenmacher	ARG	7.180	q
6	441	Harry Askew	GBR	7.140	q
7	440	Adegboyega, Omoba Adedoyin	GBR	7.130	q	4
8	434	Felix Würth	AUT	7.080	q
9	445	Edward Adamczyk	POL	7.030	q
10	442	Harry Whittle	GBR	7.030	q	5
11	443	Baldev Singh	IND	7.000	q
12	412	Georges Damitio	FRA	6.980	q
13	447	Jean Studer	SUI	6.940
14	47	Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson	ISL	6.890
15	439	Jaroslav Fikejz	TCH	6.860
16	446	Álvaro Dias	POR	6.860
17	37	Kyros Marinis	GRE	6.750
18	444	Kim Won-Gwon	KOR	6.710
19	16	Charles Thompson	GUY	6.580		6
20	418	Jorge Aguirre	MEX	5.910
NM	438	Gallage Peiris	SRI	–
DNS	433	George Avery	AUS	–
DNS	437	Lionel Fournier	CAN	–
DNS	20	Jack Parry	CAN	–
DNS	405	Peter Mullins	AUS	–
DNS	435	Geraldo de Oliveira	BRA	–
DNS	32	René Valmy	FRA	–

Group A

Date	31 July 1948 — 11:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	448	Herb Douglas	USA	7.240
2	404	Bill Bruce	AUS	7.200
3	432	Enrique Kistenmacher	ARG	7.180
4	441	Harry Askew	GBR	7.140
5	440	Adegboyega, Omoba Adedoyin	GBR	7.130	7
6	445	Edward Adamczyk	POL	7.030
7	412	Georges Damitio	FRA	6.980
8	439	Jaroslav Fikejz	TCH	6.860
9	37	Kyros Marinis	GRE	6.750
10	444	Kim Won-Gwon	KOR	6.710
11	418	Jorge Aguirre	MEX	5.910
DNS	433	George Avery	AUS	–
DNS	437	Lionel Fournier	CAN	–

Group B

Date	31 July 1948

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	449	Willie Steele	USA	7.780
2	450	Lorenzo Wright	USA	7.530
3	434	Felix Würth	AUT	7.080
4	442	Harry Whittle	GBR	7.030	8
5	443	Baldev Singh	IND	7.000
6	447	Jean Studer	SUI	6.940
7	47	Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson	ISL	6.890
8	446	Álvaro Dias	POR	6.860
9	16	Charles Thompson	GUY	6.580	9
NM	438	Gallage Peiris	SRI	–
DNS	20	Jack Parry	CAN	–
DNS	405	Peter Mullins	AUS	–
DNS	435	Geraldo de Oliveira	BRA	–
DNS	32	René Valmy	FRA	–

Final Round

Date	31 July 1948 — 16:45

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	449	Willie Steele	USA	7.825	7.825	7.680	-	-	-	-	OR
2	404	Bill Bruce	AUS	7.555	–	–	–	–	–	–
3	448	Herb Douglas	USA	7.545	–	–	–	–	–	–
4	450	Lorenzo Wright	USA	7.450	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	440	Adegboyega, Omoba Adedoyin	GBR	7.270	–	–	–	–	–	–		10
6	412	Georges Damitio	FRA	7.070	–	–	–	–	–	–
7	442	Harry Whittle	GBR	7.030	–	–	–	–	–	–		11
8	434	Felix Würth	AUT	7.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
9	441	Harry Askew	GBR	6.935	–	–	–	–	–	–
10	432	Enrique Kistenmacher	ARG	6.800	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	445	Edward Adamczyk	POL	6.735	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	443	Baldev Singh	IND	–	–	–	–	–	–	–