Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Alfred Dompert, Volmari Iso-Hollo and Kaarlo Tuominen after the final race
Venue	Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
Dates	August 3 (heats) August 8 (final)
Competitors	28 from 13 nations
Medalists
Volmari Iso-Hollo Finland   Kaarlo Tuominen Finland   Alfred Dompert Germany

Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games took place August 3 and August 8. The final was won by Finn Volmari Iso-Hollo.

Results

Heats

The fastest four runners in each of the three heats advanced to the final round.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alfred Dompert	Germany	9:27.2
2	Martti Matilainen	Finland	9:28.4
3	Voldemārs Vītols	Latvia	9:28.8
4	Glen Dawson	United States	9:29.2
5	Tom Evenson	Great Britain	9:41.2
6	Harry Ekman	Sweden	9:43.2
7	Bedřich Hošek	Czechoslovakia
8	Giuseppe Lippi	Italy
9	Roger Cuzol	France

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Volmari Iso-Hollo	Finland	9:34.0
2	Harold Manning	United States	9:34.8
3	Willi Heyn	Germany	9:41.2
4	Harry Holmqvist	Sweden	9:44.4
5	Jenő Szilágyi	Hungary	9:53.4
6	Oscar Van Rumst	Belgium	10:05.0
7	René Desroches	France
8	Václav Hošek	Czechoslovakia
9	Tetsuo Imai	Japan

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kaarlo Tuominen	Finland	9:40.4
2	Joe McCluskey	United States	9:45.2
3	Roger Rérolle	France	9:50.6
4	Lars Larsson	Sweden	9:52.4
5	James Ginty	Great Britain	9:56.6
6	Hideo Tanaka	Japan	10:00.4
7	Bruno Betti	Italy
8	Josef Hušek	Czechoslovakia
9	Ladislaus Simacek	Austria
	Hans Raff	Germany		DNF

Final

Volmari Iso-Hollo, 3000 m steeplechase, 1936 Summer Olympics

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Volmari Iso-Hollo	Finland	9:03.8	WR
	Kaarlo Tuominen	Finland	9:06.8
	Alfred Dompert	Germany	9:07.2
4	Martti Matilainen	Finland	9:09.0
5	Harold Manning	United States	9:11.2
6	Lars Larsson	Sweden	9:16.6
7	Voldemārs Vītols	Latvia	9:18.8
8	Glen Dawson	United States	9:21.1
9	Willi Heyn	Germany	9:26.4
10	Joe McCluskey	United States	9:29.4
11	Roger Rérolle	France	9:40.8
	Harry Holmqvist	Sweden		DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, WR = World record

References

• 1936 Summer Olympics results: Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-04-30.