Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

men's 5000 metres events at the Olympics

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1936 Olympic Games was on August 4 and August 7. The final was won by Finn Gunnar Höckert. He beat the Olympic record in Olympic record time.[1]

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueOlympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
DatesAugust 4 (heats)
August 7 (final)
Competitors41 from 23 nations
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
«19321948»

Results

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The 5 fastest runners in each heat went to the finals.

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Umberto Cerati   Italy 15:01.0
2 Harry Siefert   Denmark 15:02.8
3 Don Lash   United States 15:04.4
4 Ilmari Salminen   Finland 15:06.6
5 Aubrey Reeve   Great Britain 15:06.8
6 Åke Jansson   Sweden 15:10.0
7 Raymond Lefebvre   France 15:15.4
8 Edmund Stadler   Germany 15:17.0
9 István Simon   Hungary 15:25.0
10 Scotty Rankine   Canada
11 Friedrich Fischer   Austria
12 Ivan Krevs   Yugoslavia 15:40.0
13 Mohamed Ahmed Abu Sobea   Egypt
14 Gottfried Utiger   Switzerland
15 Raunaq Singh Gill   India

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Gunnar Höckert   Finland 15:10.2
2 Frank Close   Great Britain 15:10.6
3 Józef Noji   Poland 15:11.2
4 Bror Hellström   Sweden 15:12.0
5 Rolf Hansen   Norway 15:12.6
6 René Lécuron   France 15:14.2
7 Henry Nielsen   Denmark 15:25.0
8 Karl-Heinz Becker   Germany 15:27.0
9 Tom Deckard   United States
10 János Kelen   Hungary 15:35.0
11 Hideo Tanaka   Japan
12 Oscar Van Rumst   Belgium
13 Valentín González   Mexico

Heat three

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Henry Jonsson   Sweden 14:54.0
2 Kohei Murakoso   Japan 14:56.6
3 Peter Ward   Great Britain 14:59.0
4 Lauri Lehtinen   Finland 15:00.0
5 Louis Zamperini   United States 15:02.2
6 Salvatore Mastroieni   Italy 15:02.2
7 Roger Rochard   France 15:12.2
8 Cecil Matthews   New Zealand
9 Jenő Szilágyi   Hungary 15:20.6
10 Max Syring   Germany
11 Milton Wallace   Canada
12 Hernando Navarrete   Colombia
13 Michel Medinger Sr.   Luxembourg
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Gunnar Höckert   Finland 14:22.2 OR
  Lauri Lehtinen   Finland 14:25.8
  Henry Jonsson   Sweden 14:29.0
4 Kohei Murakoso   Japan 14:30.0
5 Józef Noji   Poland 14:33.4
6 Ilmari Salminen   Finland 14:39.8
7 Umberto Cerati   Italy 14:44.4
8 Louis Zamperini   United States 14:46.8
9 Rolf Hansen   Norway 14:48.0
10 Harry Siefert   Denmark 14:48.4
11 Peter Ward   Great Britain 14:57.2
12 Frank Close   Great Britain
13 Don Lash   United States
14 Bror Hellström   Sweden
Aubrey Reeve   Great Britain DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record

References

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  1. "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2017.