Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games:

Sweden’s [Arne Åhman] had placed third at the 1946 European Championships, trailing Finland’s [Valle Rautio], who won the title. Australia’s [George Avery] led the qualifiers and jumped 15.36 (50-4¾) in round one. But Åhman had jumped first in the final, and his 15.40 (50-6¼) led from the start, and was eventually the gold medal winning mark. Rautio would finish only sixth. The bronze went to Turkey’s [Ruhi Sarialp], the only Olympic athletics medal won by a Turkish athlete in the 20th century.