Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia a.new,#quickbar a.new{color:#ba0000} /* cache key: enwiki:resourceloader:filter:minify-css:4:f2a9127573a22335c2a9102b208c73e7 */ if ( window.mediaWiki ) { mw.config.set({"wgCanonicalNamespace": "", "wgCanonicalSpecialPageName": false, "wgNamespaceNumber": 0, "wgPageName": "Athletics_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics", "wgTitle": "Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics", "wgCurRevisionId": 456760411, "wgArticleId": 3604199, "wgIsArticle": true, "wgAction": "view", "wgUserName": null, "wgUserGroups": ["*"], "wgCategories": ["1928 Summer Olympics events", "Athletics at the Olympics", "Athletics competitions in the Netherlands"], "wgBreakFrames": false, "wgRestrictionEdit": [], "wgRestrictionMove": [], "wgSearchNamespaces": [0], "wgFlaggedRevsParams": {"tags": {"status": {"levels": 1, "quality": 2, "pristine": 3}}}, "wgStableRevisionId": null, "wgVectorEnabledModules": {"collapsiblenav": true, "collapsibletabs": true, "editwarning": true, "expandablesearch": false, "footercleanup": false, "sectioneditlinks": false, "simplesearch": true, "experiments": true}, "wgWikiEditorEnabledModules": {"toolbar": true, "dialogs": true, "hidesig": true, "templateEditor": false, "templates": false, "preview": false, "previewDialog": false, "publish": false, "toc": false}, "wgTrackingToken": "bb8551fbe489c7a220ee37d699edc339", "wikilove-recipient": "", "wikilove-edittoken": "+\\", "wikilove-anon": 0, "mbEditToken": "+\\", "Geo": {"city": "", "country": ""}, "wgNoticeProject": "wikipedia"}); } if ( window.mediaWiki ) { mw.loader.load(["mediawiki.page.startup"]); } Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics Track events 100 m   men   women 200 m men 400 m men 800 m men women 1500 m men 5000 m men 10,000 m men 110 m hurdles men 400 m hurdles men 3000 m steeplechase men 4×100 m relay men women 4×400 m relay men Road events Marathon men Field events Long jump men Triple jump men High jump men women Pole vault men Shot put men Discus throw men women Javelin throw men Hammer throw men Combined events Decathlon men At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, 27 athletics events were contested. The competition was held on a 400 meter track and would become the standard for athletics tracks in the future. For the first time, women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program. There was a total of 706 participants from 40 countries competing. Contents 1 Medal table 2 Medal summary 2.1 Men's events 2.2 Women's events 3 References Medal table  Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  United States (USA) 9 8 8 25 2  Finland (FIN) 5 5 4 14 3  Canada (CAN) 4 2 2 8 4  Great Britain (GBR) 2 2 1 5 5  Germany (GER) 1 2 6 9 6 Sweden 1 2 4 7 7  France (FRA) 1 1 1 3 8  Japan (JPN) 1 1 0 2 9  Ireland (IRL) 1 0 0 1  Poland (POL) 1 0 0 1  South Africa (RSA) 1 0 0 1 12  Chile (CHI) 0 1 0 1  Haiti (HAI) 0 1 0 1  Hungary (HUN) 0 1 0 1  Netherlands (NED) 0 1 0 1 16  Norway (NOR) 0 0 1 1 Medal summary Men's events Event Gold Silver Bronze 100 metres details  Percy Williams Canada (CAN)  Jack London Great Britain (GBR)  Georg Lammers Germany (GER) 200 metres details  Percy Williams Canada (CAN)  Walter Rangeley Great Britain (GBR)  Helmut Körnig Germany (GER) 400 metres details  Ray Barbuti United States (USA)  James Ball Canada (CAN)  Joachim Büchner Germany (GER) 800 metres details  Douglas Lowe Great Britain (GBR)  Erik Byléhn Sweden (SWE)  Hermann Engelhard Germany (GER) 1500 metres details  Harri Larva Finland (FIN)  Jules Ladoumegue France (FRA)  Eino Purje Finland (FIN) 5000 metres details  Ville Ritola Finland (FIN)  Paavo Nurmi Finland (FIN)  Edvin Wide Sweden (SWE) 10,000 metres details  Paavo Nurmi Finland (FIN)  Ville Ritola Finland (FIN)  Edvin Wide Sweden (SWE) 110 metres hurdles details  Sydney Atkinson South Africa (RSA)  Steve Anderson United States (USA)  John Collier United States (USA) 400 metres hurdles details  David Burghley Great Britain (GBR)  Frank Cuhel United States (USA)  Morgan Taylor United States (USA) 3000 metres steeplechase details  Toivo Loukola Finland (FIN)  Paavo Nurmi Finland (FIN)  Ove Andersen Finland (FIN) 4 × 100 metres relay details  United States (USA) Frank Wykoff James Quinn Charles Borah Henry Russell  Germany (GER) Georg Lammers Richard Corts Hubert Houben Helmut Körnig  Great Britain (GBR) Cyril Gill Edward Smouha Walter Rangeley Jack London 4 × 400 metres relay details  United States (USA) George Baird Fred Alderman Emerson Spencer Ray Barbuti  Germany (GER) Otto Neumann Harry Werner Storz Richard Krebs Hermann Engelhard  Canada (CAN) James Ball Stanley Glover Phil Edwards Alex Wilson Marathon details  Boughera El Ouafi France (FRA)  Manuel Plaza Chile (CHI)  Martti Marttelin Finland (FIN) Long jump details  Edward Hamm United States (USA)  Silvio Cator Haiti (HAI)  Alfred Bates United States (USA) Triple jump details  Mikio Oda Japan (JPN)  Levi Casey United States (USA)  Vilho Tuulos Finland (FIN) High jump details  Bob King United States (USA)  Benjamin Hedges United States (USA)  Claude Ménard France (FRA) Pole vault details  Sabin Carr United States (USA)  William Droegemuller United States (USA)  Charles McGinnis United States (USA) Shot put details  John Kuck United States (USA)  Herman Brix United States (USA)  Emil Hirschfeld Germany (GER) Discus throw details  Bud Houser United States (USA)  Antero Kivi Finland (FIN)  James Corson United States (USA) Javelin throw details  Erik Lundqvist Sweden (SWE)  Béla Szepes Hungary (HUN)  Olav Sunde Norway (NOR) Hammer throw details  Pat O'Callaghan Ireland (IRL)  Ossian Skiöld Sweden (SWE)  Edmund Black United States (USA) Decathlon details  Paavo Yrjölä Finland (FIN)  Akilles Järvinen Finland (FIN)  Ken Doherty United States (USA) Women's events Event Gold Silver Bronze 100 metres details  Betty Robinson United States (USA)  Bobbie Rosenfeld Canada (CAN)  Ethel Smith Canada (CAN) 800 metres details  Lina Radke Germany (GER)  Kinue Hitomi Japan (JPN)  Inga Gentzel Sweden (SWE) 4 × 100 metres relay details  Canada (CAN) Myrtle Cook Ethel Smith Bobbie Rosenfeld Jane Bell  United States (USA) Jessie Cross Loretta McNeil Betty Robinson Mary Washburn  Germany (GER) Anni Holdmann Leni Junker Rosa Kellner Leni Schmidt High jump details  Ethel Catherwood Canada (CAN)  Lien Gisolf Netherlands (NED)  Mildred Wiley United States (USA) Discus throw details  Halina Konopacka Poland (POL)  Lillian Copeland United States (USA)  Ruth Svedberg Sweden (SWE) References 1928 Summer Olympics results: athletics, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-03-01. v · d · eEvents at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam Athletics • Boxing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Lacrosse (demonstration) • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Swimming • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling • Art competitions (unofficial) v · d · eAthletics at the Summer Olympics 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 List of medalists (men, women) • List of Olympic records • List of venues