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1928 Olympic Games
Mens Results

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Men's 100m. Final. Olympic Games 1928

1. Percy WILLIAMS                 (CAN)	  10.8	
2. Jack LONDON                    (GBR)   10.9 	
3. Georg LAMMERS                  (GER)   10.9
4. Frank WYKOFF                   (USA)   11.0
5. Wilfred LEGG                   (SAF)   11.0
6. Robert McALLISTER              (USA)   11.0
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Men's 200m. Final. Olympic Games 1928
	
1. Percy WILLIAMS                 (CAN)	  21.8	
2. Walter RANGELEY                (GBR)   21.9 	
3. Helmuth KORNIG                 (GER) 	 21.9
4. Jackson SCHOLZ                 (USA)   21.9
5. John FITZPATRICK               (CAN)   22.1
6. Jakob SCHULLER                 (GER)   22.2
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Men's 400m. Final. Olympic Games 1928
	
1. Raymond BARBUTI                (USA)  	47.8	
2. James BALL                     (CAN)  	48.0 	
3. Joachim BUCHNER                (GER)  	48.2
4. John RINKEL                    (GBR)   48.4
5. Harry STORZ                    (GER)   48.8
6. Herman PHILLIPS                (USA)   49.0
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1928
	
1. Douglas LOWE                   (GBR)	  1.51.8	OR
2. Erik BYLEHN                    (SWE)	  1.52.8	
3. Hermann ENGELHARDT             (GER)  	1.53.2
4. Philip EDWARDS                 (CAN)   1.54.0
5. Lloyd HAHN                     (USA)   1.54.2
6. Seraphin MARTIN                (FRA)   1.54.6
7. Earl FULLER                    (USA)   1.55.0
8. Jean KELLER                    (FRA)   1.57.0
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Men's 1500m. Final. Olympic Games 1928
	
1. Harry LARVA                    (FIN)	  3.53.2	 OR
2. Jules LADOUMEGUE               (FRA)	  3.53.8 	
3. Eino PURJE-BORG                (FIN)	  3.56.4
4. Hans-Georg WICHMANN            (GER)   3.56.8
5. Cyril ELLIS                    (GBR)   3.57.6
6. Paul MARTIN                    (SWI)   3.58.4   
7. Helmut KRAUSE                  (GER)   3.59.0
8. William WHYTE                  (AUS)   4.00.0
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Men's 5000m. Final. Olympic Games 1928

1. Ville RITOLA                   (FIN)	  14.38.0 	
2. Paavo NURMI                    (FIN) 	 14.40.0	
3. Edvin WIDE                     (SWE) 	 14.41.2
4. Leo LERMOND                    (USA)   14.50.0
5. Ragnar MAGNUSSON               (SWE)   14.59.6
6. Armas KINNUNEN                 (FIN)   15.02.0
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Men's 10,000m. Final. Olympic Games 1928
	
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)   31.26.0
5. Arthur MUGGRIDGE               (GBR)   31.31.8
6. Ragnar MAGNUSSON               (SWE)   31.37.2
7. Toivo LOUKOLA                  (FIN)   31.39.0
8. Kalle MATILAINEN               (FIN)   31.45.0
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1928

1. Mohamed EL QUAFI               (FRA)  	2.32.57	
2. Miguel Plaza REYES             (CHI) 	 2.33.23	
3. Martti MARTTELIN               (FIN)	  2.35.20
4. Kanematsu YAMADA               (JPN)   2.35.29
5. Joie RAY                       (USA)   2.36.04
6. Seiichiro TSUDA                (JPN)   2.36.20
7. Yrjo KORHOLIN-KOSKI            (FIN)   2.36.40
8. Samuel FERRIS                  (GBR)   2.37.41
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Men's 110m. Hurdles Final. Olympic Games 1928

1. Sydney ATKINSON                (SAF)   14.8
2. Stephen ANDERSON               (USA)   14.8
3. John COLLIER                   (USA)   14.9
4. Leighton DYE                   (USA)   14.9  
5. George WEIGHTMAN-SMITH         (SAF)   15.0
6. Frederick GABY                 (GBR)   15.2
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Men's 400m. Hurdles Final. Olympic Games 1928
          
1. David BURGHLEY                 (GBR)   53.4   OR
2. Frank CUHEL                    (USA)   53.6
3. F. Morgan TAYLOR               (USA)   53.6
4. Sten PETTERSSON                (SWE)   53.8
5. Thomas LIVINGSTON-LEARMONTH    (GBR)   54.2
6. Luigi FACELLI                  (ITA)   55.8
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Men's 3000m. Steeplechase Final. Olympic Games 1928

1. Toivo LOUKOLA                  (FIN)	  9.21.8   WR	
2. Paavo NURMI                    (FIN)	  9.31.2	
3. Ove ANDERSEN                   (FIN)	  9.35.6
4. Nils EKLOF                     (SWE)   9.38.0
5. Henri DARTIGUES                (FRA)   9.40.0
6. Lucien DUQUESNE                (FRA)   9.40.6
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Men's 4x100m. Relay Final. Olympic Games 1928

1. USA             (F. Wykoff, J. Quinn, C. Borah, H. Russell)        41.0   EWR
2. Germany         (G. Lammers, R. Corts, H. Houben, H. Kornig)       41.2
3. Great Britain   (C. Gill, E. Smouha, W. Rangeley, J. London)       41.8
4. France          (A. Cerbonney, G. Auvergne, P. Dufau, A. Mourlon)  42.0
5. Switzerland     42.6
   Canada          DSQ 
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Men's 4x400m. Relay Final. Olympic Games 1928

1. USA     (G. Baird, E. Spencer, F. Alderman, R. Barbuti)              3.14.2   WR
2. Germany (O. Neumann, R. Krebs, W. Storz, H. Engelhard)               3.14.8
3. Canada  (A. Wilson, P. Edwards, S. Glover, J. Ball)                  3.15.4
4. Sweden  (B. Kugelberg, B. von Wachenfeldt, E. Bylehn, S. Pettersson) 3.15.8
5. Great Britain   3.16.4
6. France          3.19.4
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1928

1. Robert KING                    (USA)	  1.94 	
2. Benjamin HEDGES                (USA)	  1.91 	
3. Claude MENARD                  (FRA)	  1.91
4. Simeon TORIBIO                 (PHI)   1.91
5. Harold OSBORN                  (USA)   1.91
6. Kazuo KIMURA                   (JPN)   1.88
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Men's Long Jump Final. Olympic Games 1928

1. Edward HAMM                    (USA)	  7.73   OR	
2. Sylvio CATOR                   (HAI)	  7.58 	
3. Alfred BATES                   (USA)	  7.40
4. Willi MEIER                    (GER)   7.39
5. Erich KOCHERMANN               (GER)   7.35
6. Hannes de BOER                 (HOL)   7.32
7. Edward GORDON                  (USA)   7.32
8. Eric SVENSSON                  (SWE)   7.29
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Men's Triple Jump Final. Olympic Games 1928

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. Willem PETERS                  (HOL)   14.55
8. Vaino RAINIO                   (FIN)   14.41
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Men's Pole Vault Final. Olympic Games 1928
	
1. Sabin CARR                     (USA)  	4.20   OR	
2. William DROEGEMULLER           (USA) 	 4.10 	
3. Charles McGINNIS               (USA)	  3.95
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. Janos KARLOVITS                (HUN)   3.80
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Men's Shot Put Final. Olympic Games 1928

1. John KUCK                      (USA)	  15.87 	
2. Herman BRIX                    (USA)	  15.75 	
3. Emil HIRSCHFELD                (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. Jozsef DARANYI                 (HUN)   14.35
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1928
	
1. Clarence 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 KENTTA                    (FIN)   44.17
7. Ernst PAULUS                   (GER)   44.15
8. Johan TRANDEM                  (NOR)   43.97
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Men's Hammer Final. Olympic Games 1928

1. Patrick O'CALLAGHAN            (IRL)   51.39
2. Ossian SKIOLD                  (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
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1928
	
1. Erik LUNDKVIST                 (SWE)	  66.60   OR 	
2. Bela SZEPES                    (HUN)	  65.26  	
3. Olav SUNDE                     (NOR)	  63.97
4. Paavo LIETTU                   (FIN)   63.86
5. W. Bruno SCHLOKAT              (GER)   63.40
6. EIno PENTTILA                  (FIN)   63.20
7. Stanley LAY                    (NZL)   62.89
8. Johannes MEIMER                (EST)   61.46
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Men's Decathlon Final. Olympic Games 1928

1. Paavo YRJOLA                   (FIN)   8053/ 6607   WR
2. Akilles JARVINEN               (FIN)   7932/ 6645
3. John Kenneth DOHERTY           (USA)   7707/ 6428
4. James STEWART                  (USA)   7624/ 6310
5. Thomas CHURCHILL               (USA)   7417/ 6165
6. Helge JANSSON                  (SWE)   7286/ 6111
7. Ludwig VESELY                  (AUT)   7274/ 6224
8. Albert ANDERSSON               (SWE)   7109/ 6031

Although there is no dispute about the gold medallists times and lengths, different
authorities disagree about those given for silver and bronze. 
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