1928 Olympics: Track & Field
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Men
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Percy Williams, CAN | 10.8 | |
| Jack London, GBR | 10.9 | ||
| Georg Lammers, GER | 10.9 | ||
| 200m | Percy Williams, CAN | 21.8 | |
| Walter Placeeley, GBR | 21.9 | ||
| Helmut Körnig, GER | 21.9 | ||
| 400m | Ray Barbuti, USA | 47.8 | |
| James Ball, CAN | 48.0 | ||
| Joachim Büchner, GER | 48.2 | ||
| 800m | Douglas Lowe, GBR | 1:51.8 | OR |
| Erik Byléhn, SWE | 1:52.8 | ||
| Hermann Englehard, GER | 1:53.2 | ||
| 1500m | Harri Larva, FIN | 3:53.2 | OR |
| Jules Ladoumégue, FRA | 3:53.8 | ||
| Eino Purje, FIN | 3:56.4 | ||
| 5000m | Ville Ritola, FIN | 14:38.0 | |
| Paavo Nurmi, FIN | 14:40.0 | ||
| Edvin Wide, SWE | 14:41.2 | ||
| 10,000m | Paavo Nurmi, FIN | 30:18.8 | OR |
| Ville Ritola, FIN | 30:19.4 | ||
| Edvin Wide, SWE | 31:00.8 | ||
| Marathon | Mohamed El Quafi, FRA | 2:32:57.0 | |
| Miguel Plaza, CHI | 2:33:23 | ||
| Martti Marttelin, FIN | 2:35:02 | ||
| 110m H | Syd Atkinson, S. Afr. | 14.8 | |
| Stephen Anderson, USA | 14.8 | ||
| John Collier, USA | 14.9 | ||
| 400m H | David Burghley, GBR | 53.4 | OR |
| Frank Cuhel, USA | 53.6 | ||
| F.Morgan Taylor, USA | 53.6 | ||
| 3000m Steeple | Toivo Loukola, FIN | 9:21.8 | WR |
| Paavo Nurmi, FIN | 9:31.6 | ||
| Ove Andersen, FIN | 9:35.6 | ||
| 4x100m | USA (Frank Wykoff, Jimmy Quinn, Charley Borah, Hank Russell) | 41.0 | WR |
| Germany | 41.2 | ||
| Great Britain | 41.8 | ||
| 4x400m | USA (George Baird, Bud Spencer, Fred Alderman, Ray Barbuti) | 3:14.2 | WR |
| Germany | 3:14.8 | ||
| Canada | 3:15.4 |
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Bob King, USA | 6-41/2 | |
| Benjamin Hedges, USA | 6-31/4 | ||
| Claude Ménard, FRA | 6-31/4 | ||
| Pole Vault | Sabin Carr, USA | 13-91/4 | OR |
| William Droegemueller, USA | 13-51/4 | ||
| Charles McGinnis, USA | 12-111/2 | ||
| Long Jump | Ed Hamm, USA | 25- 41/2 | OR |
| Silvio Cator, HAI | 24-101/4 | ||
| Alfred Bates, USA | 24-31/4 | ||
| Triple Jump | Mikio Oda, JPN | 49-11 | |
| Levi Casey, USA | 49-9 | ||
| Vilho Tuulos, FIN | 49-63/4 | ||
| Shot Put | Johnny Kuck, USA | 52-03/4 | WR |
| Herman Brix, USA | 51-8 | ||
| Emil Hirschfeld, GER | 51-63/4 | ||
| Discus | Bud Houser, USA | 155- 3 | OR |
| Antero Kivi, FIN | 154-11 | ||
| James Corson, USA | 154-6 | ||
| Hammer | Pat O'Callaghan, IRE | 168- 7 | |
| Ossian Skiöld, SWE | 168-3 | ||
| Edmund Black, USA | 160-10 | ||
| Javelin | Erik Lundkvist, SWE | 218- 6 | OR |
| Béla Szepes, HUN | 214-1 | ||
| Olav Sunde, NOR | 209-101/2 | ||
| Decathlon | Paavo Yrjölä, FIN | 8053 pts | WR |
| Akilles Järvinen, FIN | 7931 | ||
| John Kenneth Doherty, USA | 7706 |
Women
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Betty Robinson, USA | 12.2 | =WR |
| Fanny Rosenfeld, CAN | 12.3 | ||
| Ethel Smith, CAN | 12.3 | ||
| 800m | Lina Radke, GER | 2:16.8 | WR |
| Kinue Hitomi, JPN | 2:17.6 | ||
| Inga Gentzel, SWE | 2:17.8 | ||
| 4x100m | Canada (Fanny Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith, Florence Bell, Myrtle Cook) | 48.4 | WR |
| USA | 48.8 | ||
| Germany | 49.2 |
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Ethel Catherwood, CAN | 5- 21/2 | |
| Carolina Gisolf, NED | 5-11/4 | ||
| Mildred Wiley, USA | 5-11/4 | ||
| Discus | Halina Konopacka, POL | 129-113/4 | WR |
| Lillian Copeland, USA | 121-71/2 | ||
| Ruth Svedberg, SWE | 117-10 |
