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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	Nr	Athlete	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 (31 July 1948 — 11:00)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 7.20 metres advanced to the final.

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

Qualifying Round, Group A (31 July 1948 — 11:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	8	Herb Douglas	USA	7.240	7.240	-	-
2	6	Bill Bruce	AUS	7.200	7.200	-	-
3	12	Enrique Kistenmacher	ARG	7.180	7.180	×	7.100
4	4	Harry Askew	GBR	7.140	7.140	6.810	7.070
5	2	Adegboyega, Omoba Adedoyin	GBR	7.130	7.130	7.030	6.960	7
6	1	Edward Adamczyk	POL	7.030	5.070	7.030	7.030
7	7	Georges Damitio	FRA	6.980	6.980	6.770	6.610
8	9	Jaroslav Fikejz	TCH	6.860	6.560	6.860	6.790
9	13	Kyros Marinis	GRE	6.750	×	×	6.750
10	11	Kim Won-Gwon	KOR	6.710	6.710	×	×
11	3	Jorge Aguirre	MEX	5.910	5.910	×	×
DNS	5	George Avery	AUS	–	–	–	–
DNS	10	Lionel Fournier	CAN	–	–	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group B (31 July 1948)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	7	Willie Steele	USA	7.780	7.780	-	-
2	13	Lorenzo Wright	USA	7.530	7.530	-	-
3	14	Felix Würth	AUT	7.080	6.980	6.950	7.080
4	12	Harry Whittle	GBR	7.030	6.560	7.030	6.930	8
5	6	Baldev Singh	IND	7.000	×	7.000	6.780
6	8	Jean Studer	SUI	6.940	6.820	6.880	6.940
7	10	Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson	ISL	6.890	×	×	6.890
8	5	Álvaro Dias	POR	6.860	6.460	6.780	6.860
9	9	Charles Thompson	GUY	6.580	6.580	-	-	9
NM	4	Gallage Peiris	SRI	–	×	×	×
DNS	3	Jack Parry	CAN	–	–	–	–
DNS	1	Peter Mullins	AUS	–	–	–	–
DNS	2	Geraldo de Oliveira	BRA	–	–	–	–
DNS	11	René Valmy	FRA	–	–	–	–

Final Round (31 July 1948 — 16:45)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	9	Willie Steele	USA	7.825	7.825	7.680	-	-	-	-	OR
2	4	Bill Bruce	AUS	7.555	–	–	–	–	–	–
3	6	Herb Douglas	USA	7.545	–	–	–	–	–	–
4	11	Lorenzo Wright	USA	7.450	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	2	Adegboyega, Omoba Adedoyin	GBR	7.270	–	–	–	–	–	–		10
6	5	Georges Damitio	FRA	7.070	–	–	–	–	–	–
7	10	Harry Whittle	GBR	7.030	–	–	–	–	–	–		11
8	12	Felix Würth	AUT	7.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
9	3	Harry Askew	GBR	6.935	–	–	–	–	–	–
10	7	Enrique Kistenmacher	ARG	6.800	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	1	Edward Adamczyk	POL	6.735	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	8	Baldev Singh	IND	–	–	–	–	–	–	–