Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place August 4 and August 6. The final was won by Kiwi Jack Lovelock in world record time.Results
Heats
The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Eric Ny | | 3:54.8 | |
| 2 | Glenn Cunningham | | 3:54.8 | |
| 3 | Werner Böttcher | | 3:55.0 | |
| 4 | Ossi Teileri | | 3:55.6 | |
| 5 | Mihály Iglói | | 3:56.0 | |
| 6 | Grigorios Georgakopoulos | | 4:01.4 | |
| 7 | René Geeraert | | | |
| 8 | Børge Larsen | | | |
| 9 | Pierre Hemmer | | | |
| 10 | Paul Martin | | | |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gene Venzke | | 4:00.4 | |
| 2 | Jerry Cornes | | 4:00.6 | |
| 3 | Jack Lovelock | | 4:00.6 | |
| 4 | Pierre Leichtnam | | 4:01.0 | |
| 5 | Clarke Scholtz | | 4:02.0 | |
| 6 | Kiyoshi Nakamura | | 4:04.8 | |
| 7 | Emil Goršek | | 4:13.0 | |
| 8 | Emil Hübscher | | | |
| 9 | Jack Liddle | | | |
| 10 | Miguel Castro | | | |
| Martti Matilainen | | | DNF |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Luigi Beccali | | 3:55.6 | |
| 2 | Miklós Szabó | | 3:55.6 | |
| 3 | Phil Edwards | | 3:56.2 | |
| 4 | Bobby Graham | | 3:56.6 | |
| 5 | Bedřich Hošek | | 3:59.4 | |
| 6 | André Glatigny | | 3:59.6 | |
| 7 | Gerald Backhouse | | | |
| 8 | Harry Mehlhose | | | |
| 9 | Reginald Uba | | 4:26.2 | |
| 10 | Jia Lianren | | | |
| 11 | Emilio Torres | | | |
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Robert Goix | | 3:54.0 | |
| 2 | Archie San Romani | | 3:55.0 | |
| 3 | Fritz Schaumburg | | 3:55.2 | |
| 4 | Joseph Mostert | | 3:56.6 | |
| 5 | Niilo Hartikka | | 3:59.0 | |
| 6 | Franz Eichberger | | 3:59.2 | |
| 7 | Ragnar Ekholdt | | | |
| 8 | Hugh Thompson | | | |
| 9 | Charles Stein | | 4:26.2 | |
| 10 | Francisco Váldez | | | |
| Sydney Wooderson | | | DNF |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Jack Lovelock | | 3:47.8 | WR |
| Glenn Cunningham | | 3:48.4 | |
| Luigi Beccali | | 3:49.2 | |
| 4 | Archie San Romani | | 3:50.0 | |
| 5 | Phil Edwards | | 3:50.4 | |
| 6 | Jerry Cornes | | 3:51.4 | |
| 7 | Miklós Szabó | | 3:53.0 | |
| 8 | Robert Goix | | 3:53.8 | |
| 9 | Gene Venzke | | 3:55.0 | |
| 10 | Fritz Schaumburg | | 3:56.2 | |
| 11 | Eric Ny | | 3:57.6 | |
| 12 | Werner Böttcher | | 4:04.2 | |
Key: WR = World record
