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

Event:	Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Games:	1932 Summer
Venue:	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates:	August 1 and August 2
Competitors:	15
Nations:	8
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Volmari Iso-Hollo
Goldnoc:	FIN
Silver:	Tom Evenson
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Joe McCluskey
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1928
Next:	1936

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]}

Results

Round One

The fastest five athletes in each of the two heats advanced to the Final Round.

Heat One

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			9:18.8	OR, Q
2			9:19.2	Q
3			9:41.0	Q
4			9:42.0	Q
5			9:49.0	Q
6			9:57.0
-			DNF

Heat Two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			9:14.6	OR, Q
2			9:14.8	Q
3			9:15.0	Q
4			9:16.0	Q
5			9:43.0	Q
6			10:11.0
-			DNF
-			DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			10:33.4
			10:46.0
			10:46.2
4			10:52.4
5			10:53.2
6			10:58.0
7			11:04.0
8			11:04.5
9			11:10.2
10			11:29.0

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lynch. Steven. What was unusual about the 3000-metre steeplechase final at the 1932 Olympics?. www.espn.co.uk. June 25, 2012.
2. Web site: Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174426/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1932/ATH/mens-3000-metres-steeplechase.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 19 November 2017 . sports-reference.com.