Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
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
Heat Two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jack Lovelock | | 3:58.0 | |
| 2 | Norwood Hallowell | | 3:58.1 | |
| 3 | Eddie King | | 3:58.6 | |
| 4 | Harri Larva | | 3:58.8 | |
| 5 | Paul Martin | | 3:59.1 | |
| 6 | Folke Skoog | | 3:59.6 | |
| 7 | Bill Barwick | | 4:03.5 | |
| - | Armando Bréa | | | DNF |
Heat Three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Luigi Beccali | | 3:59.6 | |
| 2 | Eino Purje | | 3:59.7 | |
| 3 | Eric Ny | | 3:59.9 | |
| 4 | Frank Crowley | | 4:00.0 | |
| 5 | Les Wade | | 4:00.5 | |
| 6 | Pedro Ortíz | | 4:18.0 | |
| - | Nestor Gomes | | | DNF |
| - | Reg Thomas | | | DNF |
| - | Otto Peltzer | | | DNF |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Luigi Beccali | | 3:51.2 | OR |
| Jerry Cornes | | 3:52.6 | |
| Phil Edwards | | 3:52.8 | |
| 4 | Glenn Cunningham | | 3:53.4 | |
| 5 | Eric Ny | | 3:54.6 | |
| 6 | Norwood Hallowell | | 3:55.0 | |
| 7 | Jack Lovelock | | 3:57.8 | |
| 8 | Frank Crowley | | 3:58.1 | |
| 9 | Martti Luomanen | | 3:58.4 | |
| 10 | Harri Larva | | 3:58.4 | |
| - | Eino Purje | | | DNF |
| - | Eddie King | | | DNS |
Key: OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish; DNS = did not start
