Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
| Men's 1500 metres at the Games of the XI Olympiad | |||||||
| Venue | Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany | ||||||
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| Dates | August 4 (heats) August 6 (final) | ||||||
| Competitors | 43 from 27 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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| Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics  | ||||
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | |||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 80 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeple | men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | |||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | |||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | |||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The men's 1500 metres event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place August 4 and August 6. The final was won by Kiwi Jack Lovelock in world record time.
Results
Heats
The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Ny |  Sweden | 3:54.8 | |
| 2 | Glenn Cunningham |  United States | 3:54.8 | |
| 3 | Werner Böttcher | .svg.png){kind=small} Germany | 3:55.0 | |
| 4 | Ossi Teileri |  Finland | 3:55.6 | |
| 5 | Mihály Iglói |  Hungary | 3:56.0 | |
| 6 | Grigorios Georgakopoulos | .svg.png){kind=small} Greece | 4:01.4 | |
| 7 | René Geeraert | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | ||
| 8 | Børge Larsen |  Denmark | ||
| 9 | Pierre Hemmer |  Luxembourg | ||
| 10 | Paul Martin |  Switzerland | ||
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gene Venzke | United States | 4:00.4 | |
| 2 | Jerry Cornes |  Great Britain | 4:00.6 | |
| 3 | Jack Lovelock |  New Zealand | 4:00.6 | |
| 4 | Pierre Leichtnam |  France | 4:01.0 | |
| 5 | Clarke Scholtz | .svg.png){kind=small} South Africa | 4:02.0 | |
| 6 | Kiyoshi Nakamura | .svg.png){kind=small} Japan | 4:04.8 | |
| 7 | Emil Goršek |  Yugoslavia | 4:13.0 | |
| 8 | Emil Hübscher |  Austria | ||
| 9 | Jack Liddle |  Canada | ||
| 10 | Miguel Castro |  Chile | ||
| Martti Matilainen | Finland | DNF | ||
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luigi Beccali | .svg.png){kind=small} Italy | 3:55.6 | |
| 2 | Miklós Szabó | Hungary | 3:55.6 | |
| 3 | Phil Edwards | Canada | 3:56.2 | |
| 4 | Bobby Graham | Great Britain | 3:56.6 | |
| 5 | Bedřich Hošek |  Czechoslovakia | 3:59.4 | |
| 6 | André Glatigny | France | 3:59.6 | |
| 7 | Gerald Backhouse |  Australia | ||
| 8 | Harry Mehlhose | Germany | ||
| 9 | Reginald Uba |  Estonia | 4:26.2 | |
| 10 | Jia Lianren |  China | ||
| 11 | Emilio Torres |  Colombia | ||
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Goix | France | 3:54.0 | |
| 2 | Archie San Romani | United States | 3:55.0 | |
| 3 | Fritz Schaumburg | Germany | 3:55.2 | |
| 4 | Joseph Mostert | Belgium | 3:56.6 | |
| 5 | Niilo Hartikka | Finland | 3:59.0 | |
| 6 | Franz Eichberger | Austria | 3:59.2 | |
| 7 | Ragnar Ekholdt |  Norway | ||
| 8 | Hugh Thompson | Canada | ||
| 9 | Charles Stein | Luxembourg | 4:26.2 | |
| 10 | Francisco Váldez | .svg.png){kind=small} Peru | ||
| Sydney Wooderson | Great Britain | DNF | ||
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Jack Lovelock | New Zealand | 3:47.8 | WR |
 | Glenn Cunningham | United States | 3:48.4 | |
 | Luigi Beccali | Italy | 3:49.2 | |
| 4 | Archie San Romani | United States | 3:50.0 | |
| 5 | Phil Edwards | Canada | 3:50.4 | |
| 6 | Jerry Cornes | Great Britain | 3:51.4 | |
| 7 | Miklós Szabó | Hungary | 3:53.0 | |
| 8 | Robert Goix | France | 3:53.8 | |
| 9 | Gene Venzke | United States | 3:55.0 | |
| 10 | Fritz Schaumburg | Germany | 3:56.2 | |
| 11 | Eric Ny | Sweden | 3:57.6 | |
| 12 | Werner Böttcher | Germany | 4:04.2 |
Key: WR = World record
References
- 1936 Summer Olympics results: Men's 1500 metres, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-04-28.
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