Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates	August 3 and August 4
Competitors	24 from 14 nations
Medalists
Luigi Beccali  Italy Jerry Cornes  Great Britain Phil Edwards  Canada

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.

Results

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	United States	3:55.8
2	Jerry Cornes	Great Britain	4:01.0
3	Martti Luomanen	Finland	4:01.5
4	Phil Edwards	Canada	4:03.5
5	Hermenegildo del Rosso	Argentina	4:06.0
6	Christian Markersen	Denmark	4:06.5
7	Amilio Rodríguez	Mexico

Heat Two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jack Lovelock	New Zealand	3:58.0
2	Norwood Hallowell	United States	3:58.1
3	Eddie King	Canada	3:58.6
4	Harri Larva	Finland	3:58.8
5	Paul Martin	Switzerland	3:59.1
6	Folke Skoog	Sweden	3:59.6
7	Bill Barwick	Australia	4:03.5
-	Armando Bréa	Brazil		DNF

Heat Three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Luigi Beccali	Italy	3:59.6
2	Eino Purje	Finland	3:59.7
3	Eric Ny	Sweden	3:59.9
4	Frank Crowley	United States	4:00.0
5	Les Wade	Canada	4:00.5
6	Pedro Ortíz	Mexico	4:18.0
-	Nestor Gomes	Brazil		DNF
-	Reg Thomas	Great Britain		DNF
-	Otto Peltzer	Germany		DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Luigi Beccali	Italy	3:51.2	OR
	Jerry Cornes	Great Britain	3:52.6
	Phil Edwards	Canada	3:52.8
4	Glenn Cunningham	United States	3:53.4
5	Eric Ny	Sweden	3:54.6
6	Norwood Hallowell	United States	3:55.0
7	Jack Lovelock	New Zealand	3:57.8
8	Frank Crowley	United States	3:58.1
9	Martti Luomanen	Finland	3:58.4
10	Harri Larva	Finland	3:58.4
-	Eino Purje	Finland		DNF
-	Eddie King	Canada		DNS

Key: OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish; DNS = did not start