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
DatesAugust 1 (heats)
August 4 (final)
Competitors22
Medalists
Toivo Loukola  Finland
Paavo Nurmi  Finland
Ove Andersen  Finland

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. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
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