Day 6: M 5000

Höckert wins the 5000m

Gunnar Höckert, who fell in the Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland, achieved victory in the 5000 metres. However, the Finnish sweep in the 10,000 metres remained unattained, as Ilmari Salminen tumbled on the final lap. 

In the 3000 metres steeplechase, Volmari Iso-Hollo repeated his victory from the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. 

Footage

• Radio commentary (in Finnish, last lap missing) 

Results and reports

5000m

• Olympedia

• Wikipedia

3000m steeplechase

• Olympedia

• Wikipedia

Newspaper stories

• Helsingin Sanomat, August 8, 1936

• Uusi Suomi, August 8, 1936

• Hufvudstadsbladet, August 8, 1936