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3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men

Date	3 – 8 August 1936
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiastadion, Reichssportfeld, Berlin
Participants	28 from 13 countries

The defending champion, Volmari Iso-Hollo, was back and was favored. In 1933 he had bettered the world best with a time of 9:09.4 in a Finnish meet. But at the 1936 US Olympic Trials, Harold Manning had run 9:08.2 and was expected to challenge. Iso-Hollo took the lead at the end of the first lap and built up a big lead. This was gradually eroded slightly but he won by over 20 metres. Manning was in second place for much of the race but could not maintain the pace and fell out of the medals on the last lap.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	Final
1	167	Volmari Iso-Hollo	FIN	9:34.0 (1 h2)	9:03.8 (1)	Gold	WR
2	171	Kalle Tuominen	FIN	9:40.4 (1 h3)	9:06.8 (2)	Silver
3	841	Alfred Dompert	GER	9:27.2 (1 h1)	9:07.2 (3)	Bronze
4	162	Martti Matilainen	FIN	9:28.4 (2 h1)	9:09.0 (4)
5	758	Hal Manning	USA	9:34.8 (2 h2)	9:11.2 (5)
6	585	Lars Larsson	SWE	9:52.4 (4 h3)	9:16.6 (6)
7	446	Voldemārs Vītols	LAT	9:28.8 (3 h1)	9:18.8 (7)
8	757	Glen Dawson	USA	9:29.2 (4 h1)	9:21.1 (8)
9	842	Willi Heyn	GER	9:41.2 (3 h2)	9:26.4 (9)
10	759	Joe McCluskey	USA	9:45.2 (2 h3)	9:29.4 (10)
11	215	Roger Rérolle	FRA	9:50.6 (3 h3)	9:40.8 (11)
AC	584	Harry Holmqvist	SWE	9:44.4 (4 h2)	– (DNF)
5 h1 r1/2	268	Tom Evenson	GBR	9:41.2 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r1/2	713	Jenő Szilágyi	HUN	9:53.4 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r1/2	269	James Ginty	GBR	9:56.6 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r1/2	583	Harry Ekman	SWE	9:43.2 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r1/2	45	Oscar Van Rumst	BEL	10:05.0 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r1/2	378	Hideo Tanaka	JPN	10:00.4 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r1/2	665	Bedřich Hošek	TCH	– (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r1/2	214	René Desroches	FRA	– (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r1/2	332	Bruno Betti	ITA	– (7 h3)	–
8 h1 r1/2	339	Giuseppe Lippi	ITA	– (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r1/2	670	Václav Hošek	TCH	– (8 h2)	–
8 h3 r1/2	671	Josef Hušek	TCH	– (8 h3)	–
9 h1 r1/2	213	Roger Cuzol	FRA	– (9 h1)	–
9 h2 r1/2	383	Tetsuo Imai	JPN	– (9 h2)	–
9 h3 r1/2	493	Ladislaus Simacek	AUT	– (9 h3)	–
AC h3 r1/2	843	Hans Raff	GER	– (DNF h3)	–
DNS	499	Ferdinand Friebe	AUT	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	43	René Geeraert	BEL	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	6	Konstantin Ghoutis	GRE	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	5	Stavros Velkopoulos	GRE	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	320	Raunaq Singh Gill	IND	– (DNS h3)	–

Round One (3 August 1936 — 18:00)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	841	Alfred Dompert	GER	9:27.2	Q
2	162	Martti Matilainen	FIN	9:28.4	Q
3	446	Voldemārs Vītols	LAT	9:28.8	Q
4	757	Glen Dawson	USA	9:29.2	Q
5	268	Tom Evenson	GBR	9:41.2
6	583	Harry Ekman	SWE	9:43.2
7	665	Bedřich Hošek	TCH	–
8	339	Giuseppe Lippi	ITA	–
9	213	Roger Cuzol	FRA	–
DNS	43	René Geeraert	BEL	–
DNS	6	Konstantin Ghoutis	GRE	–

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	167	Volmari Iso-Hollo	FIN	9:34.0	Q
2	758	Hal Manning	USA	9:34.8	Q
3	842	Willi Heyn	GER	9:41.2	Q
4	584	Harry Holmqvist	SWE	9:44.4	Q
5	713	Jenő Szilágyi	HUN	9:53.4
6	45	Oscar Van Rumst	BEL	10:05.0
7	214	René Desroches	FRA	–
8	670	Václav Hošek	TCH	–
9	383	Tetsuo Imai	JPN	–
DNS	499	Ferdinand Friebe	AUT	–
DNS	5	Stavros Velkopoulos	GRE	–

Heat Three

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	171	Kalle Tuominen	FIN	9:40.4	Q
2	759	Joe McCluskey	USA	9:45.2	Q
3	215	Roger Rérolle	FRA	9:50.6	Q
4	585	Lars Larsson	SWE	9:52.4	Q
5	269	James Ginty	GBR	9:56.6
6	378	Hideo Tanaka	JPN	10:00.4
7	332	Bruno Betti	ITA	–
8	671	Josef Hušek	TCH	–
9	493	Ladislaus Simacek	AUT	–
DNF	843	Hans Raff	GER	–
DNS	320	Raunaq Singh Gill	IND	–

Final (8 August 1936 — 16:00)

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	167	Volmari Iso-Hollo	FIN	9:03.8	WR
2	171	Kalle Tuominen	FIN	9:06.8
3	841	Alfred Dompert	GER	9:07.2
4	162	Martti Matilainen	FIN	9:09.0
5	758	Hal Manning	USA	9:11.2
6	585	Lars Larsson	SWE	9:16.6
7	446	Voldemārs Vītols	LAT	9:18.8
8	757	Glen Dawson	USA	9:21.1
9	842	Willi Heyn	GER	9:26.4
10	759	Joe McCluskey	USA	9:29.4
11	215	Roger Rérolle	FRA	9:40.8
DNF	584	Harry Holmqvist	SWE	–