| Event: | Men's 5000 metres |
| Games: | 1936 Summer |
| Venue: | Olympiastadion Berlin, Germany |
| Dates: | August 4 (heats) August 7 (final) |
| Competitors: | 41 |
| Nations: | 23 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Gunnar Höckert |
| Goldnoc: | FIN |
| Silver: | Lauri Lehtinen |
| Silvernoc: | FIN |
| Bronze: | Henry Jonsson |
| Bronzenoc: | SWE |
| Prev: | 1932 |
| Next: | 1948 |
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]
The fastest five runners in each of the three heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15:01.0 | |||
| 2 | Harry Siefert | 15:02.8 | ||
| 3 | Don Lash | 15:04.4 | ||
| 4 | Ilmari Salminen | 15:06.6 | ||
| 5 | Aubrey Reeve | 15:06.8 | ||
| 6 | Åke Jansson | 15:10.0 | ||
| 7 | Raymond Lefebvre | 15:15.4 | ||
| 8 | Edmund Stadler | 15:17.0 | ||
| 9 | István Simon | 15:25.0 | ||
| 10 | Scotty Rankine | |||
| 11 | Friedrich Fischer | |||
| 12 | Ivan Krevs | 15:40.0 | ||
| 13 | Mohamed Ahmed Abu Sobea | |||
| 14 | Gottfried Utiger | |||
| 15 | Raunaq Singh Gill | |||
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15:10.2 | |||
| 2 | Frank Close | 15:10.6 | ||
| 3 | Józef Noji | 15:11.2 | ||
| 4 | Bror Hellström | 15:12.0 | ||
| 5 | Rolf Hansen | 15:12.6 | ||
| 6 | René Lécuron | 15:14.2 | ||
| 7 | Henry Nielsen | 15:25.0 | ||
| 8 | Karl-Heinz Becker | 15:27.0 | ||
| 9 | Tom Deckard | |||
| 10 | János Kelen | 15:35.0 | ||
| 11 | Hideo Tanaka | |||
| 12 | Oscar Van Rumst | |||
| 13 | Valentín González | |||
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14:54.0 | |||
| 2 | Kohei Murakoso | 14:56.6 | ||
| 3 | Peter Ward | 14:59.0 | ||
| 4 | Lauri Lehtinen | 15:00.0 | ||
| 5 | Louis Zamperini | 15:02.2 | ||
| 6 | Salvatore Mastroieni | 15:02.2 | ||
| 7 | Roger Rochard | 15:12.2 | ||
| 8 | Cecil Matthews | |||
| 9 | Jenő Szilágyi | 15:20.6 | ||
| 10 | Max Syring | |||
| 11 | Milton Wallace | |||
| 12 | Hernando Navarrete | |||
| 13 | Michel Medinger Sr. | |||
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:22.2 | OR | ||||
| 14:25.8 | |||||
| 14:29.0 | |||||
| 4 | 14:30.0 | ||||
| 5 | 14:33.4 | ||||
| 6 | 14:39.8 | ||||
| 7 | 14:44.4 | ||||
| 8 | 14:46.8 | ||||
| 9 | 14:48.0 | ||||
| 10 | 14:48.4 | ||||
| 11 | 14:57.2 | ||||
| 12 | |||||
| 13 | |||||
| 14 | |||||
| DNF |
Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record