Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Alfred Dompert, Volmari Iso-Hollo and Kaarlo Tuominen after the final race
Venue	Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
Dates	August 3, 1936 (heats) August 8, 1936 (final)
Competitors	28 from 13 nations
Medalists
Volmari Iso-Hollo   Finland Kaarlo Tuominen   Finland Alfred Dompert   Germany
←  1932 1948  →

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games took place August 3 and August 8. The final was won by Volmari Iso-Hollo of Finland. ^[1]

Results

Heats

The fastest four runners in each of the three heats advanced to the final round.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alfred Dompert	Germany	9:27.2
2	Martti Matilainen	Finland	9:28.4
3	Voldemārs Vītols	Latvia	9:28.8
4	Glen Dawson	United States	9:29.2
5	Tom Evenson	Great Britain	9:41.2
6	Harry Ekman	Sweden	9:43.2
7	Bedřich Hošek	Czechoslovakia
8	Giuseppe Lippi	Italy
9	Roger Cuzol	France

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Volmari Iso-Hollo	Finland	9:34.0
2	Harold Manning	United States	9:34.8
3	Willi Heyn	Germany	9:41.2
4	Harry Holmqvist	Sweden	9:44.4
5	Jenő Szilágyi	Hungary	9:53.4
6	Oscar Van Rumst	Belgium	10:05.0
7	René Desroches	France
8	Václav Hošek	Czechoslovakia
9	Tetsuo Imai	Japan

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kaarlo Tuominen	Finland	9:40.4
2	Joe McCluskey	United States	9:45.2
3	Roger Rérolle	France	9:50.6
4	Lars Larsson	Sweden	9:52.4
5	James Ginty	Great Britain	9:56.6
6	Hideo Tanaka	Japan	10:00.4
7	Bruno Betti	Italy
8	Josef Hušek	Czechoslovakia
9	Ladislaus Simacek	Austria
	Hans Raff	Germany		DNF

Final

Volmari Iso-Hollo, 3000 m steeplechase, 1936 Summer Olympics

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Volmari Iso-Hollo	Finland	9:03.8	WR
	Kaarlo Tuominen	Finland	9:06.8
	Alfred Dompert	Germany	9:07.2
4	Martti Matilainen	Finland	9:09.0
5	Harold Manning	United States	9:11.2
6	Lars Larsson	Sweden	9:16.6
7	Voldemārs Vītols	Latvia	9:18.8
8	Glen Dawson	United States	9:21.1
9	Willi Heyn	Germany	9:26.4
10	Joe McCluskey	United States	9:29.4
11	Roger Rérolle	France	9:40.8
	Harry Holmqvist	Sweden		DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, WR = World record

References

1. "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2017.