Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place August 1 & August 4.[1]

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesAugust 1 (heats)
August 4 (final)
Competitors22
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Toivo Loukola  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paavo Nurmi  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ove Andersen  Finland
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Results edit

Heats edit

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Ville Ritola   Finland 9:46.6 Q
2 Melvin Dalton   United States 9:58.6 Q
3 Nils Eklöf   Sweden Q
4 Walter Gegan   United States
5 Henry Oliver   Great Britain
6 Nello Bartolini   Italy
7 Jozef Langenus   Belgium
8 Art Keay   Canada

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Paavo Nurmi   Finland 9:58.8 Q
2 Lucien Duquesne   France 9:58.9 Q
3 William Spencer   United States Q
4 Norman Biddulph   Great Britain
5 Edgard Viseur   Belgium
6 Henrique Santos   Portugal
Gerry Coughlan   Ireland DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, Q = Qualified

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Toivo Loukola   Finland 9:37.6 Q
2 Ove Andersen   Finland Q
3 Henri Dartigues   France Q
4 Jean-Gunnar Lindgren   Sweden
5 Vernon Morgan   Great Britain
6 Joe Blewitt   Great Britain
7 Jesse Montgomery   United States

Key: Q = Qualified

Final edit

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Toivo Loukola   Finland 9:21.8 WR
  Paavo Nurmi   Finland 9:31.2
  Ove Andersen   Finland 9:35.6
4 Nils Eklöf   Sweden 9:38.0
5 Henri Dartigues   France 9:40.0
6 Lucien Duquesne   France 9:40.5
7 Melvin Dalton   United States
8 William Spencer   United States
Ville Ritola   Finland DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, WR = World record

References edit

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2017.