Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
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The men's 1500 metres
middle distance event at the 1932 Summer Olympics
took place on August 3 and August 4 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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Heat one
Heat Two
Heat Three
Key: OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish
1500 metres
The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...
middle distance event at the 1932 Summer Olympics
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...
took place on August 3 and August 4 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, at Exposition Park, that is home to the Pacific-12 Conference's University of Southern California Trojans football team...
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Heats
Three heats were held; the fastest four runners from each heat advanced to the final round.Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glenn Cunningham | 3:55.8 | ||
| 2 | Jerry Cornes Jerry Cornes John Frederick "Jerry" Cornes was an English middle distance runner, colonial officer, and schoolmaster.He was born in Darjeeling, British Raj.-Early life:... |
4:01.0 | ||
| 3 | Martti Luomanen | 4:01.5 | ||
| 4 | Phil Edwards | 4:03.5 | ||
| 5 | Hermenegildo del Rosso | 4:06.0 | ||
| 6 | Christian Markersen | 4:06.5 | ||
| 7 | Amilio Rodríguez | |||
Heat Two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Lovelock Jack Lovelock John Edward Lovelock was a New Zealand athlete, and the 1936 Olympic champion in the 1500 metres.... |
3:58.0 | ||
| 2 | Norwood Hallowell | 3:58.1 | ||
| 3 | Eddie King | 3:58.6 | ||
| 4 | Harri Larva | 3:58.8 | ||
| 5 | Paul Martin Paul Martin (athlete) Paul Martin was a Swiss athlete who competed mainly in the 800 metres. He was the first Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics, which he did from 1920 to 1936.... |
3:59.1 | ||
| 6 | Folke Skoog | 3:59.6 | ||
| 7 | Bill Barwick | 4:03.5 | ||
| - | Armando Brea | DNF | ||
Heat Three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Luigi Beccali Luigi Beccali Luigi Beccali was an Italian athlete, winner of 1500 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics.Born in Milan, Luigi Beccali, as a youth, was fascinated by cycling and track and field athletics, but choose the latter, when he met the coach Dino Nai.Luigi Beccali, an Italian champion in 1500 m from 1928 to... |
3:59.6 | ||
| 2 | Eino Purje Eino Purje Eino Alfred Purje was a middle-distance runner from Finland, who won the bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands.... |
3:59.7 | ||
| 3 | Eric Ny | 3:59.9 | ||
| 4 | Frank Crowley | 4:00.0 | ||
| 5 | Les Wade | 4:00.5 | ||
| 6 | Pedro Ortíz | 4:18.0 | ||
| - | Nestor Gomes | DNF | ||
| - | Reg Thomas Reg Thomas (athlete) Reginald "Reg" Heber Thomas was a Welsh athlete who competed in several Olympic and Empire Games in the 1930s, but suffered various injuries.He was born in Pembroke and died in Brownshill.... |
DNF | ||
| - | Otto Peltzer Otto Peltzer Otto Paul Eberhard Peltzer was a German middle distance runner who set world records in the 1920s. Over the 800 m Peltzer improved Ted Meredith's long-standing record by 0.3 seconds to 1:51.6 min in London in July 1926... |
DNF | ||
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luigi Beccali Luigi Beccali Luigi Beccali was an Italian athlete, winner of 1500 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics.Born in Milan, Luigi Beccali, as a youth, was fascinated by cycling and track and field athletics, but choose the latter, when he met the coach Dino Nai.Luigi Beccali, an Italian champion in 1500 m from 1928 to... |
3:51.2 | OR | ||
| Jerry Cornes Jerry Cornes John Frederick "Jerry" Cornes was an English middle distance runner, colonial officer, and schoolmaster.He was born in Darjeeling, British Raj.-Early life:... |
3:52.6 | |||
| Phil Edwards | 3:52.8 | |||
| 4 | Glenn Cunningham | 3:53.4 | ||
| 5 | Eric Ny | 3:54.6 | ||
| 6 | Norwood Hallowell | 3:55.0 | ||
| 7 | Jack Lovelock Jack Lovelock John Edward Lovelock was a New Zealand athlete, and the 1936 Olympic champion in the 1500 metres.... |
3:57.8 | ||
| 8 | Frank Crowley | 3:58.1 | ||
| 9 | Martti Luomanen | 3:58.4 | ||
| 10 | Harri Larva | 3:58.4 | ||
| - | Eino Purje Eino Purje Eino Alfred Purje was a middle-distance runner from Finland, who won the bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands.... |
DNF | ||
Key: OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish