Athletics at the 1928 Olympics | ![]() |
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Events |
Olympic Champions |
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100 m W | ![]() | USA | Elizabeth Robinson | ||
100 m M | ![]() | CAN | Percy Williams | ||
200 m M | ![]() | CAN | Percy Williams | ||
400 m M | ![]() | USA | Raymond Barbuti | ||
800 m W | ![]() | GER | Karoline Radke | ||
800 m M | ![]() | GBR | Douglas Lowe | ||
1500 m M | ![]() | FIN | Harri Larva | ||
5000 m M | ![]() | FIN | Vilho Ritola | ||
10000 m M | ![]() | FIN | Paavo Nurmi | ||
Marathon M | ![]() | FRA | Boughera El Quafi | ||
110 m hurdles M | ![]() | RSA | Sydney Atkinson | ||
400 m hurdles M | ![]() | GBR | Lord David Burghley | ||
3000 m steeplechase M | ![]() | FIN | Toivo Loukola | ||
High jump W | ![]() | CAN | Ethel Catherwood | ||
High jump M | ![]() | USA | Robert King | ||
Long jump M | ![]() | USA | Edward Hamm | ||
Triple jump M | ![]() | JPN | Mikio Oda | ||
Pole vault M | ![]() | USA | Sabin Carr | ||
Javelin throw M | ![]() | SWE | Erik Lundkvist | ||
Discus throw W | ![]() | POL | Halina Konopacka | ||
Discus throw M | ![]() | USA | Clarence Houser | ||
Hammer throw M | ![]() | IRL | Patrick O'Callaghan | ||
Shot put M | ![]() | USA | John Kuck | ||
Decathlon M | ![]() | FIN | Paavo Yrjölä | ||
4x100 m W | ![]() | CAN | Ethel Smith | ||
Myrtle Cook | |||||
Fanny Rosenfeld | |||||
Florence Bell | |||||
4x100 m M | ![]() | USA | Charles Borah | ||
Frank Wykoff | |||||
Henry Russell | |||||
James Quinn | |||||
4x400 m M | ![]() | USA | Frederick Alderman | ||
George Baird | |||||
Emerson Spencer | |||||
Raymond Barbuti | |||||
These facts about olympic Athletics and the Amsterdam 1928 Athletics events are based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||