Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
Dates	August 4 (heats) August 7 (final)
Competitors	41 from 23 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gunnar Höckert File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lauri Lehtinen File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Henry Jonsson File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place August 4 and August 7. The final was won by Finn Gunnar Höckert in Olympic record time.

Results

Heats

The fastest five runners in each of the three heats advanced to the final round. Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Umberto Cerati	File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Italy	15:01.0
2	Harry Siefert	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	15:02.8
3	Don Lash	File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States	15:04.4
4	Ilmari Salminen	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	15:06.6
5	Aubrey Reeve	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	15:06.8
6	Åke Jansson	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	15:10.0
7	Raymond Lefebvre	File:Flag of France.svg France	15:15.4
8	Edmund Stadler	File:Flag of the German Reich (1935–1945).svg Germany	15:17.0
9	István Simon	File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg Hungary	15:25.0
10	Scotty Rankine	File:Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 (with disc).svg Canada
11	Friedrich Fischer	File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
12	Ivan Krevs	File:Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia	15:40.0
13	Mohamed Ahmed Abu Sobea	File:Flag of Egypt (1922–1953).svg Egypt
14	Gottfried Utiger	File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
15	Raunaq Singh Gill	File:Flag of the Governor-General of India (1885–1947).svg India

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gunnar Höckert	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	15:10.2
2	Frank Close	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	15:10.6
3	Józef Noji	File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland	15:11.2
4	Bror Hellström	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	15:12.0
5	Rolf Hansen	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway	15:12.6
6	René Lécuron	File:Flag of France.svg France	15:14.2
7	Henry Nielsen	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	15:25.0
8	Karl-Heinz Becker	File:Flag of the German Reich (1935–1945).svg Germany	15:27.0
9	Tom Deckard	File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States
10	János Kelen	File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg Hungary	15:35.0
11	Hideo Tanaka	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan
12	Oscar Van Rumst	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
13	Valentín González	File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Henry Jonsson	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	14:54.0
2	Kohei Murakoso	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	14:56.6
3	Peter Ward	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	14:59.0
4	Lauri Lehtinen	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	15:00.0
5	Louis Zamperini	File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States	15:02.2
6	Salvatore Mastroieni	File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Italy	15:02.2
7	Roger Rochard	File:Flag of France.svg France	15:12.2
8	Cecil Matthews	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
9	Jenő Szilágyi	File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg Hungary	15:20.6
10	Max Syring	File:Flag of the German Reich (1935–1945).svg Germany
11	Milton Wallace	File:Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 (with disc).svg Canada
12	Hernando Navarrete	File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
13	Michel Medinger Sr.	File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Gunnar Höckert	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	14:22.2	OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Lauri Lehtinen	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	14:25.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Henry Jonsson	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	14:29.0
4	Kohei Murakoso	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	14:30.0
5	Józef Noji	File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland	14:33.4
6	Ilmari Salminen	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	14:39.8
7	Umberto Cerati	File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Italy	14:44.4
8	Louis Zamperini	File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States	14:46.8
9	Rolf Hansen	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway	14:48.0
10	Harry Siefert	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	14:48.4
11	Peter Ward	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	14:57.2
12	Frank Close	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain
13	Don Lash	File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States
14	Bror Hellström	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
	Aubrey Reeve	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain		DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record