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

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Dates August 1 (heats)
August 4 (final)
Competitors 22
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Toivo Loukola  Finland
2nd, silver medalist(s) Paavo Nurmi  Finland
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ove Andersen  Finland

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

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Ville Ritola Finland9:46.6Q
2Melvin Dalton United States9:58.6 Q
3Nils Eklöf Sweden Q
4Walter Gegan United States
5Henry Oliver Great Britain
6Nello Bartolini Italy
7Jozef Langenus Belgium
8Art Keay Canada

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Paavo Nurmi Finland9:58.8Q
2Lucien Duquesne France9:58.9 Q
3William Spencer United StatesQ
4Norman Biddulph Great Britain
5Edgard Viseur Belgium
6Henrique Santos Portugal
Gerry Coughlan IrelandDNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, Q = Qualified

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Toivo Loukola Finland9:37.6Q
2Ove Andersen Finland Q
3Henri Dartigues FranceQ
4Jean-Gunnar Lindgren Sweden
5Vernon Morgan Great Britain
6Joe Blewitt Great Britain
7Jesse Montgomery United States

Key: Q = Qualified

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Toivo Loukola Finland9:21.8WR
Paavo Nurmi Finland9:31.2
Ove Andersen Finland9:35.6
4Nils Eklöf Sweden9:38.0
5Henri Dartigues France9:40.0
6Lucien Duquesne France9:40.5
7Melvin Dalton United States
8William Spencer United States
Ville Ritola FinlandDNF

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

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
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