Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates August 3 and August 4
Competitors 24 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Luigi Beccali
 Italy
2nd, silver medalist(s) Jerry Cornes
 Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Phil Edwards
 Canada

The men's 1500 metres middle distance event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 3 and August 4 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.[1]

Results

Heats

Three heats were held; the fastest four runners from each heat advanced to the final round.

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Glenn Cunningham United States3:55.8
2Jerry Cornes Great Britain4:01.0
3Martti Luomanen Finland4:01.5
4Phil Edwards Canada4:03.5
5Hermenegildo del Rosso Argentina4:06.0
6Christian Markersen Denmark4:06.5
7Amilio Rodríguez Mexico

Heat Two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Jack Lovelock New Zealand3:58.0
2Norwood Hallowell United States3:58.1
3Eddie King Canada3:58.6
4Harri Larva Finland3:58.8
5Paul Martin Switzerland3:59.1
6Folke Skoog Sweden3:59.6
7Bill Barwick Australia4:03.5
-Armando Bréa BrazilDNF

Heat Three

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Luigi Beccali Italy3:59.6
2Eino Purje Finland3:59.7
3Eric Ny Sweden3:59.9
4Frank Crowley United States4:00.0
5Les Wade Canada4:00.5
6Pedro Ortíz Mexico4:18.0
-Nestor Gomes BrazilDNF
-Reg Thomas Great BritainDNF
-Otto Peltzer GermanyDNF

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Luigi Beccali Italy3:51.2OR
2nd, silver medalist(s)Jerry Cornes Great Britain3:52.6
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Phil Edwards Canada3:52.8
4Glenn Cunningham United States3:53.4
5Eric Ny Sweden3:54.6
6Norwood Hallowell United States3:55.0
7Jack Lovelock New Zealand3:57.8
8Frank Crowley United States3:58.1
9Martti Luomanen Finland3:58.4
10Harri Larva Finland3:58.4
-Eino Purje FinlandDNF
-Eddie King CanadaDNS

Key: OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish; DNS = did not start

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Games: Men's 1500 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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