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Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games:

Men's 10,000 metres

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Host City: Berlin, Germany
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Imperial Sports Field, Berlin
Date Started: August 2, 1936
Date Finished: August 2, 1936
Format: Final only.

Gold: FIN Ilmari Salminen
Silver: FIN Arvo Askola
Bronze: FIN Volmari Iso-Hollo

Summary

The three Finns in the race, Ilmari Salminen, Arvo Askola, and Volmari Iso-Hollo, ran a team race. The only runner to stay with them was Japan’s Kohei Murakoso, who led the year lists going into the Olympics. At the bell, Murakoso was dropped and the Finns contested the medals amongst themselves, with Salminen winning the gold. It remains thru 2004 the only medal sweep in this event. In 1937 Ilmari Saminen ran a world record 30:05.6, removing from the record books the final world record set by the legendary Paavo Nurmi.

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal T(H)
1 Ilmari Salminen 33 Finland FIN Gold 30:15.4
2 Arvo Askola 26 Finland FIN Silver 30:15.6
3 Volmari Iso-Hollo 29 Finland FIN Bronze 30:20.2
4 Kohei Murakoso 30 Japan JPN 30:25.0
5 Alec Burns 28 Great Britain GBR 30:58.2
6 Juan Carlos Zabala 24 Argentina ARG 31:22.0
7 Max Gebhardt 32 Germany GER 31:29.6
8 Don Lash 23 United States USA 31:39.4
9 Odd Rasdal 25 Norway NOR 31:40.4
10 Harry Siefert 25 Denmark DEN 31:52.6
11 Giuseppe Beviacqua 21 Italy ITA 31:57.0
12 János Kelen 25 Hungary HUN 32:01.0
13 Henning Sundesson 27 Sweden SWE 32:11.8
14 Józef Noji 26 Poland POL 32:13.0
15 Rudolf Wöber 24 Austria AUT 32:22.0
16 Eino Pentti 29 United States USA 32:23.0
17 Ludvík Bombík 23 Czechoslovakia TCH 32:24,0
18 Lucien Tostain 26 France FRA 32:24,2
19 André Sicard 21 France FRA 32:25,0
20 André Lonlas 26 France FRA 32:58.0
21 Walter Schönrock 24 Germany GER 32:59.0
22 Josef Siegers 28 Germany GER no time
AC Pierre Bajart 22 Belgium BEL
AC Scotty Rankine 27 Canada CAN
AC Milton Wallace Canada CAN
AC William Eaton 27 Great Britain GBR
AC Stanley Wudyka 26 United States USA
AC Fusashige Suzuki 22 Japan JPN
AC Raunaq Singh Gill 26 India IND DNF
AC Jack Potts 29 Great Britain GBR DNF