Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
Appearance
Men's 1500 metres at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Dates | August 1 (heats) August 2 (final) | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 | |
The men's 1500 metre event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 1 & August 2.[1]
Results
Heats
The top two runners from each of the six heats advanced to the Final Round.
Heat One
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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1 | Hans Wichmann | Germany | 4:03.0 |
2 | Adolf Kittel | Czechoslovakia | |
3 | József Marton | Hungary | |
4 | Luigi Becalli | Italy | |
5 | Guus Zeegers | Netherlands | |
6 | George Hyde | Australia | |
7 | Józef Jaworski | Poland | 4:14.0 |
8 | Séra Martin | France |
Heat Two
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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1 | Herbert Böcher | Germany | 3:59.6 |
2 | William Whyte | Australia | 3:59.9 |
3 | Armas Kinnunen | Finland | 4:01.5 |
4 | Albert Larsen | Denmark | 4:01.5 |
5 | Reidar Jørgensen | Norway | 4:01.6 |
6 | Jack Walter | Canada | |
AC | Frédéric du Hen | Netherlands | DNF |
AC | Gyula Belloni | Hungary | DNF |
AC | Lloyd Hahn | United States | DNF |
Heat Three
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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1 | Eino Purje | Finland | 4:00.8 |
2 | Jules Ladoumègue | France | |
3 | Stanley Ashby | Great Britain | |
4 | Vilém Šindler | Czechoslovakia | |
5 | Serafín Dengra | Argentina | |
6 | Luka Predanić | Yugoslavia | 4:27.0 |
7 | Pete Walter | Canada | |
8 | Jan Zeegers | Netherlands |
Heat Four
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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1 | Paul Martin | Switzerland | 4:00.8 |
2 | Harri Larva | Finland | 4:02.0 |
3 | Reg Thomas | Great Britain | |
4 | David Griffin | Canada | |
5 | Leopoldo Ledesma | Argentina | |
AC | Sid Robinson | United States | DNF |
Heat Five
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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1 | Ray Conger | United States | 4:02.6 |
2 | Jean Keller | France | 4:02.7 |
3 | Edvin Wide | Sweden | |
4 | Otto Peltzer | Germany | |
5 | Alex Docherty | Canada | |
6 | Reggie Bell | Great Britain |
Heat Six
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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1 | Cyril Ellis | Great Britain | 4:01.8 |
2 | Hans-Helmuth Krause | Germany | |
3 | Nick Carter | United States | |
4 | Leo Helgas | Finland | 4:06.0 |
5 | Danie Jacobs | South Africa | |
6 | Czesław Foryś | Poland | 4:11.5 |
7 | Wilhelm Effern | Netherlands |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Harri Larva | Finland | 3:53.2 | OR | |
Jules Ladoumègue | France | 3:53.8 | ||
Eino Purje | Finland | 3:56.4 | ||
4 | Hans Wichmann | Germany | 3:56.8 | |
5 | Cyril Ellis | Great Britain | 3:57.6 | |
6 | Paul Martin | Switzerland | 3:58.4 | |
7 | Hans-Helmuth Krause | Germany | 3:59.0 | |
8 | Adolf Kittel | Czechoslovakia | 4:00.4 | |
9 | William Whyte | Australia | 4:00.4 | |
10 | Ray Conger | United States | ||
11 | Jean Keller | France | ||
DNF | Herbert Böcher | Germany |
Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Games: Men's 1500 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.