The Men's 3000 Metres Steeplechase event at the 1932 Summer Olympics was 3460 metres due to an error in lap counting – the runners did an extra lap of the track.
Results
Round One The fastest five athletes in each of the two heats advanced to the Final Round.
Heat One Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Tom Evenson 9:18.8OR, Q 2 Walter Pritchard 9:19.2 Q 3 Verner Toivonen 9:41.0 Q 4 Giuseppe Lippi 9:42.0Q 5 Nello Bartolini 9:49.0Q 6 Roger Vigneron 9:57.0 - Luis Oliva DNF
Heat Two Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Volmari Iso-Hollo 9:14.6OR, Q 2 Joe McCluskey 9:14.8 Q 3 Glen Dawson 9:15.0 Q 4 George Bailey 9:16.0Q 5 Martti Matilainen 9:43.0Q 6 Alfredo Furia 10:11.0 - Harold Gallop DNF - Sonny Murphy DNF
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Volmari Iso-Hollo 10:33.4 Tom Evenson 10:46.0 Joe McCluskey 10:46.2 4 Martti Matilainen 10:52.4 5 George Bailey 10:53.2 6 Glen Dawson 10:58.0 7 Giuseppe Lippi 11:04.0 8 Walter Pritchard 11:04.5 9 Verner Toivonen 11:10.2 10 Nello Bartolini 11:29.0
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