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

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]

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the X Olympiad
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
DatesAugust 1 and August 2, 1932
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
 1928
1936 

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

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Tom Evenson Great Britain9:18.8OR, Q
2Walter Pritchard United States9:19.2Q
3Verner Toivonen Finland9:41.0Q
4Giuseppe Lippi Italy9:42.0Q
5Nello Bartolini Italy9:49.0Q
6Roger Vigneron France9:57.0
-Luis Oliva ArgentinaDNF

Heat Two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Volmari Iso-Hollo Finland9:14.6OR, Q
2Joe McCluskey United States9:14.8Q
3Glen Dawson United States9:15.0Q
4George Bailey Great Britain9:16.0Q
5Martti Matilainen Finland9:43.0Q
6Alfredo Furia Italy10:11.0
-Harold Gallop CanadaDNF
-Sonny Murphy IrelandDNF

Final

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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.