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5,000 metres, Men

Date	4 – 7 August 1936
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiastadion, Reichssportfeld, Berlin
Participants	41 from 23 countries

As always in this era, the Finns were favored, led by Gunnar Höckert and Ilmari Salminen. Salminen had already won the 10K in Berlin. The 1934 European Champion was France’s Roger Rochard but he did not get out of the heats. The final was led primarily by Japan’s Kohei Murakoso, with Salminen and Lehtinen close behind. Höckert took the lead just before 4,000 metres with only the other Finns, Murakoso and Sweden’s Henry Jonsson in contact. With two laps to go, Salminen tripped over Lehtinen’s heels and fell, losing contact, although he would manage to finish sixth. At that point, Höckert surged with only Lehtinen staying on his back. But on the final lap, Höckert pulled away from Lehtinen and won the gold medal quite easily.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	Final
1	163	Gunnar Höckert	FIN	15:10.2 (1 h2)	14:22.2 (1)	Gold	OR
2	163	Lauri Lehtinen	FIN	15:00.0 (4 h3)	14:25.8 (2)	Silver
3	578	Henry Jonsson	SWE	14:54.0 (1 h3)	14:29.0 (3)	Bronze
4	377	Kohei Murakoso	JPN	14:56.6 (2 h3)	14:30.0 (4)
5	542	Józef Noji	POL	15:11.2 (3 h2)	14:33.4 (5)
6	164	Ilmari Salminen	FIN	15:06.6 (4 h1)	14:39.8 (6)
7	333	Umberto Cerati	ITA	15:01.0 (1 h1)	14:44.4 (7)
8	751	Lou Zamperini	USA	15:02.2 (5 h3)	14:46.8 (8)
9	472	Rolf Hansen	NOR	15:12.6 (5 h2)	14:48.0 (9)
10	137	Harry Siefert	DEN	15:02.8 (2 h1)	14:48.4 (10)
11	261	Peter Ward	GBR	14:59.0 (3 h3)	14:57.2 (11)
12	259	Frank Close	GBR	15:10.6 (2 h2)	– (12)
13	750	Don Lash	USA	15:04.4 (3 h1)	– (13)
14	576	Bror Hellström	SWE	15:12.0 (4 h2)	– (14)
AC	260	Aubrey Reeve	GBR	15:06.8 (5 h1)	– (DNF)
6 h1 r1/2	577	Åke Jansson	SWE	15:10.0 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r1/2	204	René Lécuron	FRA	15:14.2 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r1/2	334	Salvatore Mastroieni	ITA	15:02.2 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r1/2	205	Raymond Lefebvre	FRA	15:15.4 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r1/2	136	Henry Nielsen	DEN	15:25.0 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r1/2	206	Roger Rochard	FRA	15:12.2 (7 h3)	–
8 h1 r1/2	833	Edmund Stadler	GER	15:17.0 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r1/2	832	Karl-Heinz Becker	GER	15:27.0 (8 h2)	–
8 h3 r1/2	468	Cecil Matthews	NZL	– (8 h3)	–
9 h1 r1/2	712	István Simon	HUN	15:25.0 (9 h1)	–
9 h2 r1/2	749	Tom Deckard	USA	– (9 h2)	–
9 h3 r1/2	713	Jenő Szilágyi	HUN	15:20.6 (9 h3)	–
10 h1 r1/2	77	Scotty Rankine	CAN	– (10 h1)	–
10 h2 r1/2	711	János Kelen	HUN	15:35.0 (10 h2)	–
10 h3 r1/2	834	Max Syring	GER	– (10 h3)	–
11 h1 r1/2	492	Friedrich Fischer	AUT	– (11 h1)	–
11 h2 r1/2	378	Hideo Tanaka	JPN	– (11 h2)	–
11 h3 r1/2	78	Milton Wallace	CAN	– (11 h3)	–
12 h1 r1/2	421	Ivan Krevs	YUG	15:40.0 (12 h1)	–
12 h2 r1/2	45	Oscar Van Rumst	BEL	– (12 h2)	–
12 h3 r1/2	130	Hernando Navarrete	COL	– (12 h3)	–
13 h1 r1/2	23	Mohamed Abu Sobea	EGY	– (13 h1)	–
13 h2 r1/2	464	Valentín González	MEX	– (13 h2)	–
13 h3 r1/2	458	Michel Medinger, Sr.	LUX	– (13 h3)	–
14 h1 r1/2	618	Godi Utiger	SUI	– (14 h1)	–
15 h1 r1/2	320	Raunaq Singh Gill	IND	– (15 h1)	–
DNS	32	Luis Oliva	ARG	– (DNS h3)	–
DNS	493	Ladislaus Simacek	AUT	– (DNS h3)	–
DNS	129	Hugo Acosta	COL	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	128	Emilio Torres	COL	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	641	Isidoro Unzueta	ESP	–	–
DNS	6	Konstantin Ghoutis	GRE	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	332	Bruno Betti	ITA	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	467	Jack Lovelock	NZL	– (DNS h1)	–

Round One (4 August 1936 — 18:00)

Top five in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	333	Umberto Cerati	ITA	15:01.0	Q
2	137	Harry Siefert	DEN	15:02.8	Q
3	750	Don Lash	USA	15:04.4	Q
4	164	Ilmari Salminen	FIN	15:06.6	Q
5	260	Aubrey Reeve	GBR	15:06.8	Q
6	577	Åke Jansson	SWE	15:10.0
7	205	Raymond Lefebvre	FRA	15:15.4
8	833	Edmund Stadler	GER	15:17.0
9	712	István Simon	HUN	15:25.0
10	77	Scotty Rankine	CAN	–
11	492	Friedrich Fischer	AUT	–
12	421	Ivan Krevs	YUG	15:40.0
13	23	Mohamed Abu Sobea	EGY	–
14	618	Godi Utiger	SUI	–
15	320	Raunaq Singh Gill	IND	–
DNS	129	Hugo Acosta	COL	–
DNS	467	Jack Lovelock	NZL	–

Splits

3000 m	9:00.7	–

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	163	Gunnar Höckert	FIN	15:10.2	Q
2	259	Frank Close	GBR	15:10.6	Q
3	542	Józef Noji	POL	15:11.2	Q
4	576	Bror Hellström	SWE	15:12.0	Q
5	472	Rolf Hansen	NOR	15:12.6	Q
6	204	René Lécuron	FRA	15:14.2
7	136	Henry Nielsen	DEN	15:25.0
8	832	Karl-Heinz Becker	GER	15:27.0
9	749	Tom Deckard	USA	–
10	711	János Kelen	HUN	15:35.0
11	378	Hideo Tanaka	JPN	–
12	45	Oscar Van Rumst	BEL	–
13	464	Valentín González	MEX	–
DNS	128	Emilio Torres	COL	–
DNS	6	Konstantin Ghoutis	GRE	–
DNS	332	Bruno Betti	ITA	–

Splits

3000 m	9:14.6	–

Heat Three

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	578	Henry Jonsson	SWE	14:54.0	Q
2	377	Kohei Murakoso	JPN	14:56.6	Q
3	261	Peter Ward	GBR	14:59.0	Q
4	163	Lauri Lehtinen	FIN	15:00.0	Q
5	751	Lou Zamperini	USA	15:02.2	Q
6	334	Salvatore Mastroieni	ITA	15:02.2
7	206	Roger Rochard	FRA	15:12.2
8	468	Cecil Matthews	NZL	–
9	713	Jenő Szilágyi	HUN	15:20.6
10	834	Max Syring	GER	–
11	78	Milton Wallace	CAN	–
12	130	Hernando Navarrete	COL	–
13	458	Michel Medinger, Sr.	LUX	–
DNS	32	Luis Oliva	ARG	–
DNS	493	Ladislaus Simacek	AUT	–

Splits

3000 m	9:26.2	–

Final (7 August 1936 — 15:15)

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	163	Gunnar Höckert	FIN	14:22.2	OR
2	163	Lauri Lehtinen	FIN	14:25.8
3	578	Henry Jonsson	SWE	14:29.0
4	377	Kohei Murakoso	JPN	14:30.0
5	542	Józef Noji	POL	14:33.4
6	164	Ilmari Salminen	FIN	14:39.8
7	333	Umberto Cerati	ITA	14:44.4
8	751	Lou Zamperini	USA	14:46.8
9	472	Rolf Hansen	NOR	14:48.0
10	137	Harry Siefert	DEN	14:48.4
11	261	Peter Ward	GBR	14:57.2
12	259	Frank Close	GBR	–
13	750	Don Lash	USA	–
14	576	Bror Hellström	SWE	–
DNF	260	Aubrey Reeve	GBR	–

Splits

400 m	1:07.5	–
800 m	2:15.6	–
1000 m	2:49.0	–
1500 m	4:16.0	–
2000 m	5:45.6	–
3000 m	8:40.0	–
4000 m	11:37.5	–