Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
The Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games marked the IX Olympiad and were held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from 28 July to 12 August 1928. The athletics competition took place at the newly built Olympic Stadium and introduced a major milestone in track and field history, as women competed in Olympic athletics for the first time. A total of 706 athletes from 40 nations took part in 27 athletics events, while the 400-metre track configuration used in Amsterdam later became the global standard for athletics stadiums.
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Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games, women’s 400m race. See page for author , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Briton David Burghley, winner of 400m hurdles in Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games. See page for author , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games, women’s 800m final. See page for author , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Amsterdam 1928 became a landmark edition for athletics with the historic inclusion of women’s track and field events. Women competed in the 100 metres, 800 metres, high jump, discus throw and 4×100 metres relay, opening a new chapter in Olympic athletics history. American sprinter Betty Robinson won the inaugural women’s Olympic 100m title at just 16 years old, while Germany’s Lina Radke claimed victory in the first women’s Olympic 800m in a world record performance.
The Games also featured outstanding performances from established stars. Finland’s Paavo Nurmi secured the final Olympic gold medal of his legendary career by winning the 10,000 metres, while fellow Finn Ville Ritola triumphed in the 5,000 metres. Canada’s Percy Williams completed a sprint double by winning both the 100m and 200m titles, and five world records were broken during the athletics competition. Amsterdam 1928 ultimately became one of the most transformative Olympic athletics editions, combining elite performances with historic progress for women in sport.
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Men’s 100m final – Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 Percy Williams CAN 10.8 2 Jack London GBR 10.9e 3 George Lammers GER 10.9e 4 Frank Wykoff USA 11.0e 5 Wilfred Legg RSA 11.0e 6 Robert McAllister USA 11.0e
Men’s 200m final – Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 Percy Williams USA 21.8 2 Walter Rangeley GBR 21.9e 3 Helmut König GER 21.9e 4 Jackson Scholz USA 21.9e 5 John Fitzpatrick CAN 22.1e 6 Jacob Schüller GER 22.2e
Men’s 400m final – Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 Ray Barbuti USA 47.8 The only individual track gold for US in 1928 2 James Ball CAN 49.9e / 48.2 3 Joachim Buchner GER 48.1e / 48.4 4 John RInkel GBR 48.4e 5 Harry Storz GER 48.8e Hermon Phillips USA 49.0
Men’s 800m final – Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 Douglas Lowe GBR 1:51.8 OR 2 Erik Byléhn SWE 1:52.8e 3 Herman Engelhard GER 1:53.2e 4 Phil Edwards CAN 1:53.4e 5 Lloyd Hahn USA 1:53.5e 6 Sera Martin FRA 1:53.6e 7 Earl Fuller USA 1:55.0e 8 Ray Watson USA 1:56.5e
Men’s 1500m final- Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 Harri Larva FIN 3:53.2 OR 2 Jule Ladoumègue FRA 3:53.8e 3 Eimo Purje FIN 3:56.4e 4 Hans Wichmann GER 3:56.8e 5 Cyril Ellis GBR 3:57.6e 6 Paul Martin SUI 3:58.4e 7 Helmut Krause GER 3:59.0e 8 Adolf Kittel TCH 4:00.4e
5000m. final – Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 Ville Ritola FIN 14:38.0 2 Paavo Nurmi FIN 14:41.0e 3 Edwin Wide SWE 14:41.2e 4 Leo Lermond USA 14:50.0e 5 Ragnar Magnusson SWE 14:59.6e 6 Armas Kinnunen FIN 15:02.0e 7 Stanislavs Petkevics LAT 8 Herbert Johnston GRB
10,000 m. final – Amsterdam 1924 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 Paavo Nurmi FIN 30:18.8 OR 2 Ville Ritola FIN 30:19.4 3 Edvin Wide SWE 31:00.8 4 Jean-Gunnar Lindgren SWE 31:26.0e 5 Athur Muggride GBR 31:31.8e 6 Ragnar Magnusson SWE 31:37.2e 7 Toivo Loukola FIN 31:39.0e 8 Kalle Matilainen FIN 31:45.0e
Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games, The German 4x100m relay women team.See page for author , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The American 4x400m relay men team. Ray Barbuti, Emerson Spencer, Fred Alderman, George Baird1 ], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Men’s Marathon – Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 Boughera El Ouafi FRA 2:32:57 OR 2 Manuel Plaza CHI 2:33:23 3 Martti Marttelin FIN 2:35.02 4 Knematsu Yamada JPN 2:35.29 5 Joie Ray USA 2:36.04 6 Seiichiro Tsuda JPN 2:36:20 7 Yrjö Korholin – Koski FIN 2:36:37 8 Sam Ferris GBR 2:17:41
Men’s 3000m steeplechase final – Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 Toivo Loukola FIN 9:21.8 WR 2 Paavo Nurmi FIN 9:31.2e 3 Ove Andersen FIN 9:35.6e 4 Nils Eklöf SWE 9:38.0e 5 Henri Dartigues FRA 9:40:0e 6 Lucien Duquesne FRA 9:58.0e 7 Melvin Dalton USA preformance not registered 8 William Spencer USA preformance not registered
Men’s 110m hurdles final – Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 Sydney Atkinson RSA 14.8 2 Stephen Anderson USA 14.8e 3 John Coller USA 14.9e 4 Leighton Dye USA 15.0e 5 George Weightman – Smith RSA 15.0e 6 Fred Gaby GBR 15.2e
Men’s 400m hurldes final – Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 Lord Burghley GBR 53.4 =OR (Lord David George Brownlow Cecil Burghley , later President of World Athletics and Vice-President of the IOV, World Athletics 2020) 2 Frank Cuhel USA 53.6e 3 Morgan Taylor USA 53.6e 53.4 OR in the semifinal 4 Sten Pattersson SWE 53.8e 5 Tom Livingstone – Learnmonth GBR 54.2e 6 Luigi Facelli ITA 55.8e
Men’s High Jump final – Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 Bob King USA 1.94 2 Benjamin Hedges USA 1.91 Places two to five were decided in a jump-off with the bar raised and lowered five times 3 Claude Ménard FRA 1.91 4 Simeon Toribio PHI 1.91 5 Harold Osborn USA 1.91 6 Kazua Kimura JPN 1.88 7 André Cherrier FRA 1.88 7 Pierre Lewden FRA 1.88 7 Charles McGinnis USA 1.88 7 Mikio Oda JPN 1.88
Men’s Pole Vault final – Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 Sabin Carr USA 4.20 OR 2 William Droegemuller USA 4.10 3 Charls McGinnis USA 3.95 Third to fifth were decided by a jump-oo 4 Victor Pickard CAN 3.95 5 Lee Barnes USA 3.95 6 Yonataro Nakazawa JPN 3.90 7 Henry Lindblad SWE 3.90 8 János Karlovits HUN 3.80
Men’s Long Jump final – Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 Ed Hamm USA 7.73 2 Silvio Cator HAI 7.58 3 Al Bates USA 7.40 4 Willi Meier GER 7.39 5 Erich Kochermann GER 7.35 6 Hannes de Boer NED 7.32 7 Ed Gordon USA 7.32 8 Eric Svensson SWE 7.29
Men’s Triple Jump final – Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 Mikio Oda JPN 15.21 2 Levi Casey USA 15.17 3 Vilho Tuulos FIN 15.11 4 Chuhei Nambu JPN 15.01 5 Toimi Tulikoura FIN 14.70 6 Erkki Jarvinen FIN 14.65 7 William Peters NED 14.55 8 Väinö Rainio FIN 14.41
Men’s Shot Put final – Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 John Kuck USA 15.87 WR 2 Herman Brix USA 15.75 3 Emil Hirschgeld GER 15.72 4 Eric Krenz USA 14.99 5 Armas Wahlstedt FIN 14.69 6 Wilhelm Uebler GER 14.69 7 Harlow Rothert USA 14.68 8 József Darányi HUN 14.35
Men’s Discus Throw final – Amsterdam 1928 Olymic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 “Bud” Houser USA 47.32 OR 2 Antero Kivi FIN 47.23 3 James Corson USA 47.10 4 Harald Stenerud NOR 45.80 5 John Anderson USA 44.87 6 Eino Kenttä FIN 44.17 7 Ernst Paulus GER 44.15 8 Johan Trandem NOR 43.97
Men’s Hammer Throw final – Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 Pat O’ Callaghan IRL 51.39 2 Ossian Skiöld SWE 51:29 3 Edmund Black USA 49.03 4 Armando Poggioli ITA 48.37 5 Donald Gwinn USA 47.15 6 Frank Connor USA 46.75 7 Federico Kleger ARG 46.60 8 Ricardo Bayer CHI 46.34
Men’s Javelin Throw final – Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 Erik Lundqvist SWE 66.60 OR 2 Bela Szepes HUN 65.26 3 Olav Sunde NOR 63.97 4 Paavo Liettu FIN 63.86 5 Bruno Schlokat GER 63.40 6 Eino Pentila FIN 63.20 7 Stanley Lay NZL 62.89 8 Johan Meimer EST 61.46
Decathlon – Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country 1920 Notes 1 Paavo Yrjölä FIN 8053.290 WR 1 100m 11.8 / LJ 6.72 / SP 14.11 / HJ 1.87 / 400m 53.2 / 110mH 16.6 / DT 42.09 / PV 3.30 / JT 55.70 / 1500m 4:44.0 2 Akilles Järvinen FIN 7931.500 11.2 – 6.87 – 13.64 – 1.75 – 51.4 – 15.6 – 36.95 – 3.30 – 55.58 – 4:52.4 3 Ken Doherty USA 7706.650 11.6 – 6.61 – 11.85 – 1.80 – 52.0 – 15.8 – 38.72 – 3.30 – 56.56 – 4:54.0 4 James Stewart USA 7624.135 11.2 – 6.61 – 13.04 – 1.87 – 52.8 – 16.6 – 40.90 – 3.30 – 48.07 – 5:17.0 5 Thomas Churchill USA 7417.115 11.6 – 6.32 – 12.28 – 1.70 – 52.2 – 16.8 – 38.82 – 3.60 – 50.93 – 4:55.0 6 Helge Jansson SWE 7286.285 11.4 – 6.85 – 13.59 – 1.87 – 53.2 – 16.6 – 36.83 – 3.30 – 41.73 – 5:27.0 7 Ludwig Vessely AUT 7274.850 11.6 – 5.73 – 12.58 -1.70 – 52.2 – 15.8 – 35.46 – 3.20 – 47.44 – 4:47.0 8 Albert AnderssonFrieda SWE 7108.435 12.0 – 6.30 – 12.19 – 1.75- 54.0 – 15.8 – 36.64 – 3.30 – 45.81 – 4:44.2
1 All marks have been re-scored on 1984/1998 tables, which take account the “odd” centimeter measurement for long throws.
4X100m. relay – Paris 1924 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 United States USA 41.0 =WR Frank Wykoff, James Quinn, Charles Borah, Henry Russell 2 Germany GER 41.2e Georg Lammers, Richard Corts, Hubert Houben, Helmut Körnig 3 Great Britain & NI GBR 41.8e Cyril Gill, Edward Smouha, Walter Rangeley, Jack London 4 France FRA 42.0e André Cerbonney, Gilbert Auverge, André Dufau, André Mourlon 5 Switzerland SUI 42.6e Emmanuel Goldsmith, Willy Weibel, Adolf Meier, Alfred Sutter Canada CAN DQ Ralph Adams, John Fitzpatrick, George Hester, Percy Williams (dropped baton)
4x400m relay, Paris 1924 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 United States USA 3:14.2 WR George Baird 48.2, Emmerson Spencer 47.8, Fred Alderman 49.4, Ray Barbuti 48.8 2 Germany GER 3:14.8e Otto Naumann 48.8, Richard Krebs 49.2, Harry Storz 48.2, Herman Engelhard 48.6 3 Canada CAN 3:15.4e Alex Wilson 49.2, Phil Edwards 48.6, Stanley Glover 50.0, James Ball 47.6 4 Sweden SWE 3:15.8e Bjorn Kugelberg 51.0, Bertil von Wachenfeldt 49.4, Erik Byléhn 47.4, Sten – Pelle Petterson 48.0 5 Great Britain & NI GBR 3:16.4e Roger Laigh – Wood 48.9, William Craner 51.4, John Rinkel 48.5, Douglas Lowe 47.6 6 France FRA 3:19.4e George Krotoff, Joseph Jackson, Georges Dupont, René Féger
Women’s 100m final, Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Points Notes 1 Betty Robinson USA 12.2 =WR 2 Fanny Rosenfeld CAN 12.2e 3 Ethel Smith CAN 12.3e 4 Erna Steinberg GER 12.4e Myrtle Cook CAN DQ (TR n12.8) Leni Schmidt GER DQ (TR n12.8)
Women’s 800m final, Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 Lina Radke GER 2:16.8 OR 2 Kinue Hitomi JPN 2:17.6e 3 Inga Gentzel SWE 2:18.8e / 2:17.8 4 Jenny Thompson CAN 2:21.4e 5 Fanny Rosenfeld CAN 2:22.4e 6 Florence McDonald USA 2:22.6e 7 Marie Dollinger GER 2:23.0e 8 Gertuda Kilos POL
Women’s Hgh Jump final, Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Points Notes 1 Ethel Catherwood CAN 1.595 OR Unratifies WR 1.60 at the beginning of July before the Games 2 Carolina Gisolf NED 1.56 3 Mildred Wiley USA 1.56 4 Jean Shiley USA 1.51 5 Marjorie Clark RSA 1.48 6 Helma Notte GER 1.48 7 Inge Braumuller GER 1.48 8 Catherine Maguire USA 1.48
Women’s Discus Throw final, Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games
Position Athlete Country Places (1912 tables) Notes 1 Halina Konopacka POL 39.62 WR between 1925 and 1927 she had set five world records 2 Lillian Copeland USA 37.08 3 Ruth Svedberg SWE 35.92 4 Milly Reuter GER 35.86 5 Grete Heublein GER 35.56 6 liesl Perkaus AUT 33.54 7 Maybelle Reichardt USA 33.52 8 Genowefa Kobielska POL 32.72
Women’s 4x100m Relay final, Amsterdam 1928
Position Athlete Country Performance Notes 1 Canada CAN 48.4 WR 2 United States USA 48.8 3 Germany GER 49.0 4 France FRA 49.6 5 Netherlands NED 49.8 6 Italy ITA 53.6
References
International Olympic Committee , Amesterdam 1924 Olympic GamesWorld Athletics ATFS , edited by Mark ButllerWorld Athletics ATFS , edited by Mark Butller.World Athletics
See also:[Stockholm 1912 Olympic Games ] [Antwerp 1920 Olympic Games
