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

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]

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Alfred Dompert, Volmari Iso-Hollo and Kaarlo Tuominen after the final race
VenueOlympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
DatesAugust 3 (heats)
August 8 (final)
Competitors28 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Volmari Iso-Hollo
 Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kaarlo Tuominen
 Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alfred Dompert
 Germany
← 1932
1948 →

Results edit

Heats edit

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

Heat 1 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

 
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 edit

  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.