Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump
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| Men's long jump at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
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| Dates | July 31 (qualifying and final) | |||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics  |
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| 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
Qualifying
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Final standings
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Distance | Notes |
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Willie Steele |  United States |
7.825 | |
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Theo Bruce |  Australia |
7.555 | |
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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.
