Men's 10,000 metres at the Games of the XI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany | |||||||||
Dates | August 2 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 30 from 18 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeple | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place August 2. The final was won by Ilmari Salminen of Finland. [1]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Ilmari Salminen | ![]() | 30:15.4 | |
![]() | Arvo Askola | ![]() | 30:15.6 | |
![]() | Volmari Iso-Hollo | ![]() | 30:20.2 | |
4 | Kohei Murakoso | ![]() | 30:25.0 | |
5 | Alec Burns | ![]() | 30:58.2 | |
6 | Juan Carlos Zabala | ![]() | 31:22.0 | |
7 | Max Gebhardt | ![]() | 31:29.6 | |
8 | Don Lash | ![]() | 31:39.4 | |
9 | Odd Rasdal | ![]() | 31:40.4 | |
10 | Harry Siefert | ![]() | 31:52.6 | |
11 | Giuseppe Beviacqua | ![]() | 31:57.0 | |
12 | János Kelen | ![]() | 32:01.0 | |
13 | Henning Sundesson | ![]() | 32:11.8 | |
14 | Józef Noji | ![]() | 32:13.0 | |
15 | Rudolf Wöber | ![]() | 32:22.0 | |
16 | Eino Pentti | ![]() | 32:23.0 | |
17 | Ludvík Bombík | ![]() | 32:24.0 | |
18 | Lucien Tostain | ![]() | 32:24.2 | |
19 | André Sicard | ![]() | 32:25.0 | |
20 | André Lonlas | ![]() | 32:58.0 | |
21 | Walter Schönrock | ![]() | 32:59.0 | |
22 | Josef Siegers | ![]() | ||
Pierre Bajart | ![]() | |||
Scotty Rankine | ![]() | |||
Milton Wallace | ![]() | |||
William Eaton | ![]() | |||
Stanley Wudyka | ![]() | |||
Fusashige Suzuki | ![]() | |||
Raunaq Singh Gill | ![]() | DNF | ||
John Potts | ![]() | DNF |
Key: DNF = Did not finish
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