1936 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 1500 m (men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 1500 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 43 athletes from 27 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympiastadion Berlin | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 5, 1936 (preliminary) August 6, 1936 (final) |
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Winning time | 3: 47.8 min | ||||||||
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The men's 1500 meter run at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin was held on August 5th and 6th, 1936 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. 43 athletes took part.
New Zealander Jack Lovelock was Olympic champion in a new world record time ahead of US American Glenn Cunningham . Bronze won Luigi Beccali from Italy.
Existing records
- World record : 3: 48.8 min - Bill Bonthron ( USA ), Milwaukee , June 30, 1934
- Olympic record : 3: 51.2 min - Luigi Beccali ( Italy ), Los Angeles final , August 4, 1932
Conducting the competition
The runners competed in four heats on August 5th. The three best athletes each qualified for the final on August 6th.
Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.
Prelims
August 5, 1936, 5 p.m.
Weather conditions: overcast, 14.6 ° C, wind speeds of approx. 2.8 m / s. Wind from diagonally in front on the back straight, from diagonally behind on the home straight.
Not all times have been passed down.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Eric Ny | Sweden | 3: 54.8 min | |
2 | Glenn Cunningham | United States | 3: 54.8 min | |
3 | Werner Bottcher | German Empire | 3: 55.0 min | |
4th | Ossi Teileri | Finland | 3: 55.6 min | |
5 | Mihály Iglói | Hungary | 3: 56.0 min | |
6th | Grigorios Georgakopoulos | Greece | 4: 01.4 min | |
7th | René Geeraert | Belgium | k. A. | |
8th | Børge Larsen | Denmark | ||
9 | Pierre Hemmer | Luxembourg | ||
10 | Paul Martin | Switzerland |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Gene Venzke | United States | 4: 00.4 min | |
2 | Jerry Cornes | Great Britain | 4: 00.6 min | |
3 | Jack Lovelock | New Zealand | 4: 00.6 min | |
4th | Pierre Leichtnam | France | 4: 01.0 min | |
5 | Clarke Scholtz | South African Union | 4: 02.0 min | |
6th | Kiyoshi Nakamura | Japan | 4: 04.8 min | |
7th | Emil Goršek | Yugoslavia | 4: 13.0 min | |
8th | Emil Huebscher | Austria | k. A. | |
9 | Jack Liddle | Canada | ||
10 | Miguel Castro | Chile | ||
DNF | Martti Matilainen | Finland |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Luigi Beccali | Italy | 3: 55.6 min | |
2 | Miklós Szabó | Hungary | 3: 55.6 min | |
3 | Phil Edwards | Canada | 3: 56.2 min | |
4th | Bobby Graham | Great Britain | 3: 56.6 min | |
5 | Bedřich Hošek | Czechoslovakia | 3: 59.4 min | |
6th | André Glatigny | France | 3: 59.6 min | |
7th | Gerald Blackhouse | Australia | k. A. | |
8th | Harry flour pants | German Empire | ||
9 | Reginald Uba | Estonia | 4: 26.2 min | |
10 | Jia Lianren | China | k. A. | |
11 | Emilio Torres | Colombia |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Robert Goix | France | 3: 54.0 min | |
2 | Archie San Romani | United States | 3: 55.0 min | |
3 | Fritz Schaumburg | German Empire | 3: 55.2 min | |
4th | Joseph Mostert | Belgium | 3: 56.6 min | |
5 | Niilo Hartikka | Finland | 3: 59.0 min | |
6th | Franz Eichberger | Austria | 3: 59.2 min | |
7th | Ragnar Ekholdt | Norway | k. A. | |
8th | Hugh Thompson | Canada | ||
9 | Charles stone | Luxembourg | 4: 26.2 min | |
10 | Francisco Váldez | Peru | k. A. | |
DNF | Sydney Wooderson | Great Britain |
final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jack Lovelock | New Zealand | 3: 47.8 min | WR |
2 | Glenn Cunningham | United States | 3: 48.4 min | |
3 | Luigi Beccali | Italy | 3: 49.2 min | |
4th | Archie San Romani | United States | 3: 50.0 min | |
5 | Phil Edwards | Canada | 3: 50.4 min | |
6th | Jerry Cornes | Great Britain | 3: 51.4 min | |
7th | Miklós Szabó | Hungary | 3: 53.0 min | |
8th | Robert Goix | France | 3: 53.8 min | |
9 | Gene Venzke | United States | 3: 55.0 min | |
10 | Fritz Schaumburg | German Empire | 3: 56.2 min | |
11 | Eric Ny | Sweden | 3: 57.6 min | |
12 | Werner Bottcher | German Empire | 4: 04.2 min |
August 6, 1936, 4.15 p.m.
Weather conditions: overcast, 17.8 ° C, wind speed of 1.4 m / s. Cross wind on the straights.
There was a smaller group of favorites for this competition. These included the Italian Olympic champion from 1932 , Luigi Beccali, the American Glenn Cunningham, the New Zealander Jack Lovelock - Cunningham and Lovelock were also in the final at the 1932 Games - and the British Sydney Charles Wooderson . The Brit started injured at the prelim and was eliminated there. In the final, a race developed at high speed. Above all, the Briton Jerry Cornes did the lead work at the beginning, with 400 meters - passage time 61.5. s - took over first Cunningham and then the Swede Eric Ny , who ran the 800 meters in 2: 05.0 min. after 1000 meters, Cunningham pulled on a long sprint that only Lovelock could follow. At 1200 meters - through time 3: 05.0 min - Lovelock was already in front and ran towards the Olympic victory with a new world record . He had mastered the final lap in a very strong 56.8 seconds. Beccali was third behind Cunningham.
Jack Lovelock's success was all the more astonishing since he could only contest a very few races each year. He suffered from insomnia and claustrophobia, repeatedly accompanied by severe dizziness, which cost him his life in 1949 when he fell under a subway in a fit of dizziness.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 274-276
Web links
- SportsReference 1500 m , accessed September 19, 2017
- Official report p. 632f, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 19, 2017
- 1936, 1500m, Men, Olympic Games, Berlin , published on July 28, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed on September 19, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 549 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Official report ( Memento of the original dated January 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 632, engl. (PDF)
- ↑ Official report ( Memento of the original dated January 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 633, engl. (PDF)
- ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 274-276