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

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Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
DatesAugust 4 (heats)
August 7 (final)
Competitors41 from 23 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Gunnar Höckert
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Silver medal icon.svg Lauri Lehtinen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg Henry Jonsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  1932
1948  

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

Results

Heats

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

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Umberto Cerati Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 15:01.0
2 Harry Siefert Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 15:02.8
3 Don Lash US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 15:04.4
4 Ilmari Salminen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 15:06.6
5 Aubrey Reeve Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 15:06.8
6 Åke Jansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 15:10.0
7 Raymond Lefebvre Flag of France.svg  France 15:15.4
8 Edmund Stadler Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany 15:17.0
9 István Simon Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 15:25.0
10 Scotty Rankine Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 (with disc).svg  Canada
11 Friedrich Fischer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
12 Ivan Krevs Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 15:40.0
13 Mohamed Ahmed Abu Sobea Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt
14 Gottfried Utiger Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
15 Raunaq Singh Gill Flag of the Governor-General of India (1885-1947).svg  India

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Gunnar Höckert Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 15:10.2
2 Frank Close Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 15:10.6
3 Józef Noji Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 15:11.2
4 Bror Hellström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 15:12.0
5 Rolf Hansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 15:12.6
6 René Lécuron Flag of France.svg  France 15:14.2
7 Henry Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 15:25.0
8 Karl-Heinz Becker Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany 15:27.0
9 Tom Deckard US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
10 János Kelen Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 15:35.0
11 Hideo Tanaka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
12 Oscar Van Rumst Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
13 Valentín González Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico

Heat three

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Henry Jonsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 14:54.0
2 Kohei Murakoso Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 14:56.6
3 Peter Ward Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 14:59.0
4 Lauri Lehtinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 15:00.0
5 Louis Zamperini US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 15:02.2
6 Salvatore Mastroieni Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 15:02.2
7 Roger Rochard Flag of France.svg  France 15:12.2
8 Cecil Matthews Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
9 Jenő Szilágyi Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 15:20.6
10 Max Syring Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany
11 Milton Wallace Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 (with disc).svg  Canada
12 Hernando Navarrete Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
13 Michel Medinger Sr. Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Gunnar Höckert Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 14:22.2 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Lauri Lehtinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 14:25.8
Bronze medal icon.svg Henry Jonsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 14:29.0
4 Kohei Murakoso Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 14:30.0
5 Józef Noji Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 14:33.4
6 Ilmari Salminen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 14:39.8
7 Umberto Cerati Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 14:44.4
8 Louis Zamperini US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 14:46.8
9 Rolf Hansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 14:48.0
10 Harry Siefert Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 14:48.4
11 Peter Ward Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 14:57.2
12 Frank Close Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
13 Don Lash US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
14 Bror Hellström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Aubrey Reeve Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain DNF

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

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