| Event: | Men's 3000 metres steeplechase |
| Games: | 1948 Summer |
| Dates: | 3 August (heats) 5 August (final) |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Tore Sjöstrand |
| Goldnoc: | SWE |
| Silver: | Erik Elmsäter |
| Silvernoc: | SWE |
| Bronze: | Göte Hagström |
| Bronzenoc: | SWE |
| Prev: | 1936 |
| Next: | 1952 |
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.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing Olympic records was as follows.
| Olympic record | 9:03.8 | Berlin, Germany | 8 August 1936 |
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).
| Date | Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 3 August 1948 | 16:15 | Round 1 | ||||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Thursday 5 August 1948 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 16:15 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final |
Round 1 was held on 3 August. The first four runners from each heat advanced to the final.
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9:15.0 | Q | ||
| 2 | 9:17.2 | Q | ||
| 3 | 9:22.4 | Q | ||
| 4 | 9:24.2 | Q | ||
| 5 | 9:39.6 | |||
| 6 | 9:41.8 | |||
| 7 | ||||
| 8 | ||||
| 9 | ||||
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9:20.8 | Q | ||
| 2 | 9:22.6 | Q | ||
| 3 | 9:25.0 | Q | ||
| 4 | 9:30.4 | Q | ||
| 5 | 9:33.6 | |||
| 6 | 9:37.4 | |||
| 7 | (9:38.4est) | |||
| 8 | ||||
| 9 | ||||
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9:21.0 | Q | ||
| 2 | 9:25.8 | Q | ||
| 3 | 9:26.4 | Q | ||
| 4 | 9:27.6 | Q | ||
| 5 | 9:28.4 | |||
| 6 | 10:14.4 | |||
| 7 | ||||
| 8 | ||||
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:04.6 | |||||
| 9:08.2 | |||||
| 9:11.8 | |||||
| 4 | 9:13.6 | ||||
| 5 | 9:19.6 | ||||
| 6 | 9:20.4 | ||||
| 7 | 9:24.1 | ||||
| 8 | 9:26.6 | ||||
| 9 | 9:28.2 | ||||
| 10 | 9:29.0 | ||||
| 11 | 9:30.2 | ||||
| DNF |
Key: DNF = Did not finish