| Men's 5000 metres at the Games of the XI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympiastadion:Berlin, Germany | |||||||||
| Dates | August 4, 1936 (heats) August 7, 1936 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 41 from 23 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Themen's5000 metres event at the1936 Olympic Games took place August 4 and August 7. The final was won byFinn Gunnar Höckert in Olympic record time.[1]
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 |  Italy | 15:01.0 | |
| 2 | Harry Siefert |  Denmark | 15:02.8 | |
| 3 | Don Lash |  United States | 15:04.4 | |
| 4 | Ilmari Salminen |  Finland | 15:06.6 | |
| 5 | Aubrey Reeve |  Great Britain | 15:06.8 | |
| 6 | Åke Jansson |  Sweden | 15:10.0 | |
| 7 | Raymond Lefebvre |  France | 15:15.4 | |
| 8 | Edmund Stadler |  Germany | 15:17.0 | |
| 9 | István Simon |  Hungary | 15:25.0 | |
| 10 | Scotty Rankine |  Canada | ||
| 11 | Friedrich Fischer |  Austria | ||
| 12 | Ivan Krevs |  Yugoslavia | 15:40.0 | |
| 13 | Mohamed Ahmed Abu Sobea |  Egypt | ||
| 14 | Gottfried Utiger |  Switzerland | ||
| 15 | Raunaq Singh Gill |  India |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunnar Höckert | Finland | 15:10.2 | |
| 2 | Frank Close | Great Britain | 15:10.6 | |
| 3 | Józef Noji |  Poland | 15:11.2 | |
| 4 | Bror Hellström | Sweden | 15:12.0 | |
| 5 | Rolf Hansen |  Norway | 15:12.6 | |
| 6 | René Lécuron | France | 15:14.2 | |
| 7 | Henry Nielsen | Denmark | 15:25.0 | |
| 8 | Karl-Heinz Becker | Germany | 15:27.0 | |
| 9 | Tom Deckard | United States | ||
| 10 | János Kelen | Hungary | 15:35.0 | |
| 11 | Hideo Tanaka |  Japan | ||
| 12 | Oscar Van Rumst |  Belgium | ||
| 13 | Valentín González |  Mexico |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry Jonsson | Sweden | 14:54.0 | |
| 2 | Kohei Murakoso | Japan | 14:56.6 | |
| 3 | Peter Ward | Great Britain | 14:59.0 | |
| 4 | Lauri Lehtinen | Finland | 15:00.0 | |
| 5 | Louis Zamperini | United States | 15:02.2 | |
| 6 | Salvatore Mastroieni | Italy | 15:02.2 | |
| 7 | Roger Rochard | France | 15:12.2 | |
| 8 | Cecil Matthews |  New Zealand | ||
| 9 | Jenő Szilágyi | Hungary | 15:20.6 | |
| 10 | Max Syring | Germany | ||
| 11 | Milton Wallace | Canada | ||
| 12 | Hernando Navarrete |  Colombia | ||
| 13 | Michel Medinger Sr. |  Luxembourg |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Gunnar Höckert | Finland | 14:22.2 | OR |
 | Lauri Lehtinen | Finland | 14:25.8 | |
 | Henry Jonsson | Sweden | 14:29.0 | |
| 4 | Kohei Murakoso | Japan | 14:30.0 | |
| 5 | Józef Noji | Poland | 14:33.4 | |
| 6 | Ilmari Salminen | Finland | 14:39.8 | |
| 7 | Umberto Cerati | Italy | 14:44.4 | |
| 8 | Louis Zamperini | United States | 14:46.8 | |
| 9 | Rolf Hansen | Norway | 14:48.0 | |
| 10 | Harry Siefert | Denmark | 14:48.4 | |
| 11 | Peter Ward | Great Britain | 14:57.2 | |
| 12 | Frank Close | Great Britain | ||
| 13 | Don Lash | United States | ||
| 14 | Bror Hellström | Sweden | ||
| Aubrey Reeve | Great Britain | DNF |
Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record
