The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games took place August 3 and August 8. The final was won by Volmari Iso-Hollo of Finland.
Results
Heats
The fastest four runners in each of the three heats advanced to the final round.
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Alfred Dompert 9:27.2 2 Martti Matilainen 9:28.4 3 Voldemārs Vītols 9:28.8 4 Glen Dawson 9:29.2 5 Tom Evenson 9:41.2 6 Harry Ekman 9:43.2 7 Bedřich Hošek 8 Giuseppe Lippi 9 Roger Cuzol
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Volmari Iso-Hollo 9:34.0 2 Harold Manning 9:34.8 3 Willi Heyn 9:41.2 4 Harry Holmqvist 9:44.4 5 Jenő Szilágyi 9:53.4 6 Oscar Van Rumst 10:05.0 7 René Desroches 8 Václav Hošek 9 Tetsuo Imai
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kaarlo Tuominen 9:40.4 2 Joe McCluskey 9:45.2 3 Roger Rérolle 9:50.6 4 Lars Larsson 9:52.4 5 James Ginty 9:56.6 6 Hideo Tanaka 10:00.4 7 Bruno Betti 8 Josef Hušek 9 Ladislaus Simacek Hans Raff DNF
Final
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Volmari Iso-Hollo 9:03.8 WR Kaarlo Tuominen 9:06.8 Alfred Dompert 9:07.2 4 Martti Matilainen 9:09.0 5 Harold Manning 9:11.2 6 Lars Larsson 9:16.6 7 Voldemārs Vītols 9:18.8 8 Glen Dawson 9:21.1 9 Willi Heyn 9:26.4 10 Joe McCluskey 9:29.4 11 Roger Rérolle 9:40.8 Harry Holmqvist DNF
Key: DNF = Did not finish, WR = World record
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