1936 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 5000 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	5000 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	41 athletes from 23 countries
Competition location	Olympiastadion Berlin
Competition phase	August 4, 1936 (preliminary) August 7, 1936 (final)
Winning time	14: 22.2 min
Medalist Gunnar Höckert ( FIN ) Lauri Lehtinen ( FIN ) Henry Jonsson ( SWE )
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The men's 5000 meter run at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin was held on August 4th and 7th, 1936 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. 41 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was the Finn Gunnar Höckert ahead of his compatriot Lauri Lehtinen . Henry Jonsson from Sweden won bronze .

Existing records

• World record : 14: 17.0 min - Lauri Lehtinen ( Finland ), Helsinki , June 19, 1932
• Olympic record : 14: 30.0 min - Lauri Lehtinen ( Finland ), Los Angeles final , August 5, 1932

Conducting the competition

The runners started three heats on August 4th. The five best athletes each qualified for the final on August 7th.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

Prelims

The Pole Józef Noji finished fifth in the final.

August 4, 1936, 6 p.m.

Weather conditions: sunny, 15 ° C, wind speeds of approx. 3.2 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
1	Umberto Cerati	Italy	15:01.0 min
2	Harry Siefert	Denmark	15: 02.8 min
3	Donald Lash	United States	15:04.4 min
4th	Ilmari salt mines	Finland	15: 06.6 min
5	Aubrey Reeve	Great Britain	15: 06.8 min
6th	Åke Jansson	Sweden	15: 10.0 min
7th	Raymond Lefebvre	France	15: 15.4 min
8th	Edmund Stadler	German Empire	15: 17.0 min
9	Istvan Simon	Hungary	15: 25.0 min
10	Scotty Rankine	Canada	k. A.
11	Fritz Fischer	Austria
12	Ivan Krevs	Yugoslavia	15: 40.0 min
13	Mohamed Ahmed Abu Sobea	Egypt	k. A.
14th	Gottfried Utiger	Switzerland
15th	Raunaq Singh Gill	British India

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Gunnar Höckert	Finland	15: 10.2 min
2	Frank Close	Great Britain	15: 10.6 min
3	Jozef Noji	Poland	15: 11.2 min
4th	Bror Hellström	Sweden	15: 12.0 min
5	Rolf Hansen	Norway	15: 12.6 min
6th	René Lécuron	France	15: 14.2 min
7th	Henry Nielsen	Denmark	15: 15.0 min
8th	Karl-Heinz Becker	German Empire	15: 27.0 min
9	Tom Deckard	United States	k. A.
10	János Kelen	Hungary	15: 35.0 min
11	Hideo Tanaka	Japan	k. A.
12	Oscar van Rumst	Belgium
13	Valentín González	Mexico

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Henry Jonsson	Sweden	14: 54.0 min
2	Kōhei Murakoso	Japan	14: 56.6 min
3	Peter Ward	Great Britain	14: 59.0 min
4th	Lauri Lehtinen	Finland	15: 00.0 min
5	Louis Zamperini	United States	15:02.2 min
6th	Salvatore Mastroieni	Italy	15:02.2 min
7th	Roger Rochard	France	15: 12.2 min
8th	Cecil Matthews	New Zealand	k. A.
9	Jenő Szilágyi	Hungary	15: 20.6 min
10	Max Syring	German Empire	k. A.
11	Milton Wallace	Canada
12	Hernando Navarrete	Colombia
13	Michel Medinger	Luxembourg

Scene from the final: Ilmari Salminen (164), Lauri Lehtinen (165), Gunnar Höckert (163), Józef Noji (black pants), Henry Jonsson (578), Louis Zamperini (751)

final

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Gunnar Höckert	Finland	14: 22.2 min	OR
2	Lauri Lehtinen	Finland	14: 25.8 min
3	Henry Jonsson	Sweden	14: 29.0 min
4th	Kōhei Murakoso	Japan	14: 30.0 min
5	Jozef Noji	Poland	14: 33.4 min
6th	Ilmari salt mines	Finland	14: 39.8 min
7th	Umberto Cerati	Italy	14: 44.4 min
8th	Louis Zamperini	United States	14: 46.8 min
9	Rolf Hansen	Norway	14: 48.0 min
10	Harry Siefert	Denmark	14: 48.4 min
11	Peter Ward	Great Britain	14: 57.2 min
12	Frank Close	Great Britain	k. A.
13	Donald Lash	United States
14th	Bror Hellström	Sweden
DNF	Aubrey Reeve	Great Britain

August 7, 1936, 3:15 p.m.

Weather conditions: overcast, 20.8 ° C, wind speed of 1.2 m / s.

The Finnish long distance runners were the favorites again . One of their main opponents was the American Donald Lash , who had improved Paavo Nurmi's world record over 3000 meters in June . But Lash had gained six kilograms overweight when he arrived on the ship, which he tried to force off again at short notice. Then it was all about its form.

In the final, the two Finns Lauri Lehtinen and the 10,000 meter Olympic champion Ilmari Salminen led first - 1000 meters in 2: 49.0 minutes. Lash replaced it, but had to tear it off at 2000 meters - 5: 45.6 min. Now, like over 10,000 meters, the Japanese Kōhei Murakoso, who led a top group of six, appeared - 3000 meters in 8: 40.0 min and 4000 meters in 11: 37.5 min. Here the Finn Gunnar Höckert tightened as if unleashed. His two compatriots Lehtinen and Salminen collided while trying to keep up with them immediately and a gap quickly opened up between Höckert and the rest of the leading group. Salminen had even fallen and lost a lot of time, the decision had been made. With a new Olympic record, Höckert became Olympic champion in 14: 22.2 minutes before Lehtinen. The Swede Henry Jonsson secured the bronze medal in the sprint, Murakoso finished fourth like over 10,000 meters.

In the sixth Olympic final over 5000 meters, Gunnar Höckert won the fifth Finnish gold medal, the fourth in a row.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 276-278

Web links

• SportsReference 5000 m , accessed September 19, 2017
• Official report pp. 634–636, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 19, 2017
• Berlin 1936 Olympics Men 1500m final Berlín 1936 Juegos Olímpicos Final 1500m hombres , published on September 13, 2011 on youtube.com, accessed on September 19, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009, page 551 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ^{a b} 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. 634, (PDF) 
3. ↑ 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. S. 606, (English) (PDF)