Final 15:15 | time | | 1. Gunnar Höckert | Finland | 14:22.2 | Or | 2. Lauri Lehtinen | Finland | 14:25.8 | | 3. Henry Jonsson | Sweden | 14:29.0 | | 4. Kohei Murakoso | Japan | 14:30.0 | | 5. Noji Józef | Poland | 14:33.4 | | 6. Ilmari Salminen | Finland | 14:39.8 | | 7. Umberto Cerati | Italy | 14:44.4 | | 8. Louis Zamperini | United States | 14:46.8 | | 9. Rolf Hansen | Norway | 14:48.0 | | 10.Harry Siefert | Denmark | 14:48.4 | | 11.Peter Ward | Great Britain | 14:57.2 | | 12.Frank Close | Great Britain | | | 13.Don Lash | United States | | | 14.Bror Hellström | Sweden | | | -. Aubrey Reeve | Great Britain | DNF | |
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| Venue: Olympiastadion, Charlottenburg, Berlin. Capp.: 100,000. | 41 competitors from 23 nations. | Heats |
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Heats - Tuesday 04.08 18:00 | First 5 from each Heat advanced to Final. |
Heat 1 | time | 1. Umberto Cerati | Italy | 15:01.0 | 2. Harry Siefert | Denmark | 15:02.8 | 3. Don Lash | United States | 15:04.4 | 4. Ilmari Salminen | Finland | 15:06.6 | 5. Aubrey Reeve | Great Britain | 15:06.8 | 6. Jansson Åke | Sweden | 15:10.0 | 7. Raymond Lefebvre | France | 15:15.4 | 8. Edmund Stadler | Germany | 15:17.0 | 9. István Simon | Hungary | 15:25.0 | 10.Scotty Rankine | Canada | | 11.Friedrich Fischer | Austria | | 12.Ivan Krevs | Yugoslavia | 15:40.0 | 13.Mohamed Ahmed Abu Sobea | Egypt | | 14.Gottfried Utiger | Switzerland | | 15.Raunaq Singh Gill | India | |
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Heat 1 | time | 1. Gunnar Höckert | Finland | 15:10.2 | 2. Frank Close | Great Britain | 15:10.6 | 3. Noji Józef | Poland | 15:11.2 | 4. Bror Hellström | Sweden | 15:12.0 | 5. Rolf Hansen | Norway | 15:12.6 | 6. René Lécuron | France | 15:14.2 | 7. Henry Nielsen | Denmark | 15:25.0 | 8. Karl-Heinz Becker | Germany | 15:27.0 | 9. Tom Deckard | United States | | 10.Kelen János | Hungary | 15:35.0 | 11.Hideo Tanaka | Japan | | 12.Oscar Van Rumst | Belgium | | 13.Valentín González | Mexico | |
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Heat 3 | time | 1. Henry Jonsson | Sweden | 14:54.0 | 2. Kohei Murakoso | Japan | 14:56.6 | 3. Peter Ward | Great Britain | 14:59.0 | 4. Lauri Lehtinen | Finland | 15:00.0 | 5. Louis Zamperini | United States | 15:02.2 | 6. Salvatore Mastroieni | Italy | 15:02.2 | 7. Roger Rochard | France | 15:12.2 | 8. Cecil Matthews | New Zealand | | 9. Jenő Szilágyi | Hungary | 15:20.6 | 10.Max Syring | Germany | | 11.Milton Wallace | Canada | | 12.Hernando Navarrete | Colombia | | 13.Michel Medinger Sr. | Luxembourg | |
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