Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1932 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, August 2, 1932, and on Friday, August 5, 1932.[1]

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the X Olympiad
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
DatesAugust 2 and August 5
Competitors18 from 11 nations
Medalists
Lauri Lehtinen
 Finland
Ralph Hill
 United States
Lasse Virtanen
 Finland
Athletics at the
1932 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
80 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
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

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.

World Record 14:17.0 Lauri Lehtinen Helsinki (FIN) June 19, 1932
Olympic Record 14:31.2 Paavo Nurmi Paris (FRA) July 10, 1924

In the final Lauri Lehtinen set a new Olympic record with 14:30.0 minutes.

Results

Semifinals

Both semi-finals were held on Tuesday, August 2, 1932, and started at 4:45 p.m.

The best seven finishers of every heat qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Ralph Hill (USA)14:59.6Q
2 Lauri Lehtinen (FIN)15:05.5Q
3 Jean-Gunnar Lindgren (SWE)15:06.0Q
4 Lauri Virtanen (FIN)15:06.4Q
5 Billy Savidan (NZL)15:08.2Q
6 Alex Hillhouse (AUS)15:14.0Q
7 Daniel Dean (USA)15:19.6Q
8 George Bailey (GBR)
9 Masamichi Kitamoto (JPN)
10 Juan Morales (MEX)DNF

Semifinal 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Alec Burns (GBR)15:25.8Q
2 Paul Rekers (USA)15:34.6Q
3 Erik Pettersson (SWE)15:36.4Q
4 Roger Rochard (FRA)15:37.8Q
5 Scotty Rankine (CAN)15:39.6Q
6 Max Syring (GER)15:48.5Q
7 Shoichiro Takenaka (JPN)15:56.0Q
8 Valentín González (MEX)16:00.0

Final

The final was held on Friday, August 5, 1932, and started at 3:15 p.m.

In a controversial move Lehtinen blocked Hill when he tried to pass Lehtinen on the final straight. Both runners broke the Olympic record but Lehtinen finished 30 cm in front.

PlaceAthleteTime
 Lauri Lehtinen (FIN)14:30.0 OR
 Ralph Hill (USA)14:30.0
 Lauri Virtanen (FIN)14:44.0
4 Billy Savidan (NZL)14:49.6
5 Jean-Gunnar Lindgren (SWE)14:54:7
6 Max Syring (GER)14:59.0
7 Alec Burns (GBR)15:04.4
8 Daniel Dean (USA)15:08.5
9 Erik Pettersson (SWE)15:13.4
10 Alex Hillhouse (AUS)15:15.0
11 Scotty Rankine (CAN)15:24.0
12 Shoichiro Takenaka (JPN)17:20.0
— Paul Rekers (USA)DNF
 Roger Rochard (FRA)DNF

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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