Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the X Olympiad
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
DatesAugust 1 and August 2
Competitors15 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Volmari Iso-Hollo
 Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tom Evenson
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joe McCluskey
 United States
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Athletics at the
1932 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
Sprint hurdles (110m/80w)menwomen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m steeplemen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Decathlonmen

The Men's 3000 Metres Steeplechase event at the 1932 Summer Olympics was 3460 metres due to an error in lap counting – the runners did an extra lap of the track.[1][2]

Results

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Round One

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The fastest five athletes in each of the two heats advanced to the Final Round.

Heat One

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Tom Evenson  Great Britain 9:18.8 OR, Q
2 Walter Pritchard  United States 9:19.2 Q
3 Verner Toivonen  Finland 9:41.0 Q
4 Giuseppe Lippi  Italy 9:42.0 Q
5 Nello Bartolini  Italy 9:49.0 Q
6 Roger Vigneron  France 9:57.0
- Luis Oliva  Argentina DNF

Heat Two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Volmari Iso-Hollo  Finland 9:14.6 OR, Q
2 Joe McCluskey  United States 9:14.8 Q
3 Glen Dawson  United States 9:15.0 Q
4 George Bailey  Great Britain 9:16.0 Q
5 Martti Matilainen  Finland 9:43.0 Q
6 Alfredo Furia  Italy 10:11.0
- Harold Gallop  Canada DNF
- Sonny Murphy  Ireland DNF

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Volmari Iso-Hollo  Finland 10:33.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tom Evenson  Great Britain 10:46.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joe McCluskey  United States 10:46.2
4 Martti Matilainen  Finland 10:52.4
5 George Bailey  Great Britain 10:53.2
6 Glen Dawson  United States 10:58.0
7 Giuseppe Lippi  Italy 11:04.0
8 Walter Pritchard  United States 11:04.5
9 Verner Toivonen  Finland 11:10.2
10 Nello Bartolini  Italy 11:29.0

References

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  1. ^ Lynch, Steven. "What was unusual about the 3000-metre steeplechase final at the 1932 Olympics?". www.espn.co.uk. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  2. ^ "Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
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