The men's
5000 metres
The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...
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.
Results
Heats
The fastest five runners in each of the three heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
Heat two
Heat three
Final
Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record
References
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Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics
5000 metres at the Olympics
Men's events at the 1936 Summer Olympics