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

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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 →

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

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Heats

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

Heat 1

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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

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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

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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

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Volmari Iso-Hollo, 3000 m steeplechase, 1936 Summer Olympics
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Volmari Iso-Hollo  Finland 9:03.8 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kaarlo Tuominen  Finland 9:06.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  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.