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The men's 5000 metres event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place August 4 and August 7. The final was won by Finn Gunnar Höckert in Olympic record time. [ 1 ]
200 metres details: Jesse Owens United States: 20.7 Mack Robinson United States: 21.1 Tinus Osendarp Netherlands: 21.3 400 metres details: Archie Williams United States: 46.5 Godfrey Brown Great Britain: 46.7 Jimmy LuValle United States: 46.8 800 metres details: John Woodruff United States: 1:52.9 Mario Lanzi Italy: 1:53.3 Phil Edwards Canada ...
The 1936 United States Olympic trials for track and field were held in July 1936 and decided the United States team for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.The trials for men and women were held separately; men's events were held at Randall's Island Stadium in New York City on July 11 and July 12, while women competed at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island on July 4.
The 5000 m final at the Berlin Olympics started in a good pace. The tempo was dictated by American Donald Lash , but he was overtaken by three Finns after 2,000 m. Soon the race turned into a battle between Höckert and defending Olympic Champion and world record holder Lauri Lehtinen .
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: Spiele der XI. Olympiade ) and officially branded as Berlin 1936 , was an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin , then part of Nazi Germany .
Louis Silvie Zamperini (January 26, 1917 – July 2, 2014) was an American World War II veteran, an Olympic distance runner and a Christian evangelist.He took up running in high school and qualified for the United States in the 5,000 m race for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, finishing 8th while setting a new lap record in the process.
Great Britain runner George Mills has been reinstated in the men's 5,000-meter final at the Paris Olympics, after falling during the qualifying heat and blaming French runner Hugo Hay.. Mills, the ...
5000 metres details: Gunnar Höckert Finland: 14:22.2 Lauri Lehtinen Finland: 14:25.8 Henry Jonsson Sweden: 14:29.0 10,000 metres details: Ilmari Salminen Finland: 30:15.4 Arvo Askola Finland: 30:15.6 Volmari Iso-Hollo Finland: 30:20.2 110 metres hurdles details: Forrest Towns United States: 14.2 Don Finlay Great Britain: 14.4 Fritz Pollard ...