Men 1500m Athletics XI Olympic Games Berlin, Germany 1936 - Thursday, 06 August - Gold Medal: Jack Lovelock, New Zealand
Final 16:15time
1. Jack LovelockNZL New Zealand3:47.8 WR
2. Glenn CunninghamUSA United States3:48.4
3. Luigi BeccaliITA Italy3:49.2
4. Archie San RomaniUSA United States3:50.0
5. Phil EdwardsCAn Canada3:50.4
6. Jerry CornesGBR Great Britain3:51.4
7. Miklós SzabóHUN Hungary3:53.0
8. Robert GoixFRA France3:53.8
9. Gene VenzkeUSA United States3:55.0
10.Fritz SchaumburgGEr Germany3:56.2
11.Eric NySWE Sweden3:57.6
12.Werner BöttcherGEr Germany4:04.2

world Men 1500m History

Venue: Olympiastadion, Charlottenburg, Berlin. Capp.: 100,000.
43 competitors from 27 nations.
RoundHAthldate
Heats44305.08
Splits 400m 800m 1200m
Lovelock 61.7 2:05.6 3:05.4
Cunningham 61.5 2:05.2 3:05.2
Beccali 61.9 2:05.5 3:05.7
Before the event there were five highly regarded possible winners – Cunningham and San Romani who had both run 3:49.9 in the US Trials, Beccali the reigning champion, Lovelock the Empire Champion, and Wooderson the AAA Champion. Wooderson broke a bone in his ankle just before the Games, and was a shadow of himself in his heat. While the other four made the final without difficulty, lesser lights were the fastest qualifiers, with Goix running 3:54.0 and Erik Ny 3:54.8. In the final Cunningham led through 400m in 61.5 with Lovelock on his shoulder. The pace slowed in the second lap, and Cunningham passed 800m in 2:05.2 with Ny just ahead of him. The American pushed hard over the next 200m, passing 1000m in 2:35.2, but Ny slipped past him just before the bell (2:50.2). Cunningham was on the inside with Lovelock next to him and Beccali 2m back in fourth place. With 300m to go, just as the field was contemplating the finish, Lovelock struck, taking a 4m lead seemingly in 20m. Cunningham powered through the last 300m himself, but could never regain any of the initial yardage obtained by the Kiwi. Indeed Lovelock extended his lead by 2m in the finishing straight, easing off in the last 10m to win by 5m. Lovelock’s time beat the world record of Bill Bonthron by a full second, and was the first time the 1500m record had been broken offi- cially in the Olympic Games.

Heats - Wednesday 05.08 17:00

First 3 from each of 4 Heats advanced to Final.
Heat 1time
1. Eric NySWE Sweden3:54.8Q
2. Glenn CunninghamUSA United States3:54.8Q
3. Werner BöttcherGEr Germany3:55.0Q
4. Ossi TeileriFIN Finland3:55.6
5. Mihály IglóiHUN Hungary3:56.0
6. Grigorios GeorgakopoulosGRe Greece4:01.4
7. René GeeraertBEL BelgiumUnknown
8. Larsen BørgeDEN DenmarkUnknown
9. Pierre HemmerLUX LuxembourgUnknown
10.Paul MartinSUI SwitzerlandUnknown
-. Kumao AochiJPN JapanDNS
Heat 2time
1. Gene VenzkeUSA United States4:00.4Q
2. Jerry CornesGBR Great Britain4:00.6Q
3. Jack LovelockNZL New Zealand4:00.6Q
4. Pierre LeichtnamFRA France4:01.0
5. Clarke ScholtzZAF South Africa4:02.0
6. Kiyoshi NakamuraJPN Japan4:04.8
7. Emil GoršekYUG Yugoslavia4:13.0
8. Emil HübscherAUT AustriaUnknown
9. Jack LiddleCAn CanadaUnknown
10.Miguel CastroCHI ChileUnknown
-. Martti MatilainenFIN FinlandDNF
-. Pat BootNZL New ZealandDNS
-. Stavros VelkopoulosGRe GreeceDNS
Heat 3time
1. Luigi BeccaliITA Italy3:55.6Q
2. Miklós SzabóHUN Hungary3:55.6Q
3. Phil EdwardsCAn Canada3:56.2Q
4. Bobby GrahamGBR Great Britain3:56.6
5. Bedřich HošekTCH Czechoslovakia3:59.4
6. André GlatignyFRA France3:59.6
7. Gerald BackhouseAUS AustraliaUnknown
8. Harry MehlhoseGEr GermanyUnknown
9. Reginald UbaEST Estonia4:26.2
10.Jia LianrenCHn Rep. ChinaUnknown
11.Emilio TorresCOL ColombiaUnknown
-. Ivan KrevsYUG YugoslaviaDNS
Heat 4time
1. Robert GoixFRA France3:54.0Q
2. Archie San RomaniUSA United States3:55.0Q
3. Fritz SchaumburgGEr Germany3:55.2Q
4. Joseph MostertBEL Belgium3:56.6
5. Niilo HartikkaFIN Finland3:59.0
6. Franz EichbergerAUT Austria3:59.2
7. Ragnar EkholdtNOR NorwayUnknown
8. Sydney WoodersonGBR Great BritainUnknown
9. Hugh ThompsonCAn CanadaUnknown
10.Charles SteinLUX LuxembourgUnknown
11.Francisco VáldezPER PeruUnknown
-. Toshinao TomieJPN JapanDNS
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