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Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

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Men's marathon
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueOlympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Dates5 August
Competitors69 from 23 nations
Winning time2:32:57
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Boughera El Ouafi  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Manuel Plaza  Chile
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Martti Marttelin  Finland
← 1924
1932 →

The men's marathon event at the 1928 Summer Olympics took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Sunday, 5 August 1928. The race started at 15:14 local time. A total number of 57 athletes completed the race, with Willem van der Steen from the Netherlands finishing in last position in 3:29:21. There were 69 competitors from 23 countries. Twelve of them did not finish.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation was 6.[2] The event was won by Boughera El Ouafi of France, the nation's first Olympic marathon victory since 1900 (and second overall). Manuel Plaza's silver made him the first Olympic medalist from Chile, while Martti Marttelin's bronze put Finland on the podium in the event for the third straight Games.

Background

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This was the eighth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning runners from 1924 included silver medalist Romeo Bertini of Italy, bronze medalist Clarence DeMar of the United States, fifth-place finisher Sam Ferris of Great Britain, sixth-place finisher Manuel Plaza of Chile, seventh-place finisher Boughera El Ouafi of France, and eighth-place finisher Gustav Kinn of Sweden. The field "was very open with no strict favorite."[3]

Latvia, Mexico, Romania, and Yugoslavia each made their first appearance in Olympic marathons. The United States made its eighth appearance, the only nation to have competed in each Olympic marathon to that point.

Competition format

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As all Olympic marathons, the competition was a single race. The now-standard marathon distance of 26 miles, 385 yards was run over a course that "started and ended at the Olympic Stadium, but was not strictly out-and-back, as there were small loops near the halfway point, and on the return to the Stadium."[3]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Albert Michelsen (USA) 2:29:01.8 Port Chester, United States 12 October 1925
Olympic record  Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) 2:32:35.8(*) Antwerp, Belgium 22 August 1920

(*) Course was list at 42.75 kilometres.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Sunday, 5 August 1928 15:14 Final

Results

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Rank Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Boughera El Ouafi  France 2:32:57
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Manuel Plaza  Chile 2:33:23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Martti Marttelin  Finland 2:35:02
4 Kanematsu Yamada  Japan 2:35:29
5 Joie Ray  United States 2:36:04
6 Seiichiro Tsuda  Japan 2:36:20
7 Yrjö Korholin-Koski  Finland 2:36:40
8 Sam Ferris  Great Britain 2:37:41
9 Albert Michelsen  United States 2:38:56
10 Clifford Bricker  Canada 2:39:24
11 Harry Wood  Great Britain 2:41:15
12 Verner Laaksonen  Finland 2:41:35
13 Harry Payne  Great Britain 2:42:39
14 Eino Rastas  Finland 2:43:08
15 Väinö Sipilä  Finland 2:43:08
16 Alois Krof  Czechoslovakia 2:43:18
17 Johnny Miles  Canada 2:43:32
18 Léon Broers  Belgium 2:44:37
19 Hans Stelges  Germany 2:45:27
20 Dunky Wright  Great Britain 2:45:30
21 Herbert Bignall  Great Britain 2:45:44
22 Ernest Harper  Great Britain 2:45:44
23 Jean Gérault  France 2:46:08
24 Ilmari Kuokka  Finland 2:46:34
25 Gustav Kinn  Sweden 2:47:35
26 Silas McLellan  Canada 2:49:33
27 Clarence DeMar  United States 2:50:42
28 Marcel Denis  France 2:51:15
29 Guillaume Tell  France 2:51:18
30 Henri Landheer  Netherlands 2:51:59
31 Paul Hempel  Germany 2:52:01
32 Aurelio Terrazas  Mexico 2:52:22
33 František Zyka  Czechoslovakia 2:52:42
34 Giuseppe Ferrera  Italy 2:53:10
35 José Torres  Mexico 2:54:00
36 Johan Støa  Norway 2:54:15
37 Gerard Steuers  Belgium 2:54:48
38 Artūrs Motmillers  Latvia 2:56:45
39 James Henigan  United States 2:56:50
40 Matthew Steytler  South Africa 2:57:21
41 Harvey Frick  United States 2:57:24
42 Jean Linssen  Belgium 2:58:08
43 Frank Hughes  Canada 2:58:12
44 William Agee  United States 2:58:50
45 Percy Wyer  Canada 2:58:52
46 Georg Hoerger  Germany 2:59:01
47 Kurt Schneider  Germany 2:59:36
48 Juichi Nagatani  Japan 3:03:34
49 József Galambos  Hungary 3:05:58
50 Paul Gerhardt  Germany 3:09:30
51 Gottlieb Bach  Denmark 3:10:10
52 Emilio Ferrer  Spain 3:11:05
53 Dimitrije Stefanović  Yugoslavia 3:11:35
54 Joop Vermeulen  Netherlands 3:13:47
55 Pleun van Leenen  Netherlands 3:14:37
56 Jean Marien  Belgium 3:16:13
57 Willem van der Steen  Netherlands 3:19:53
Axel Elofs  Sweden DNF
Aksel Madsen  Denmark DNF
Orla Olsen  Denmark DNF
Vintilă Cristescu  Romania DNF
Romeo Bertini  Italy DNF
Attilio Conton  Italy DNF
Stefano Natale  Italy DNF
Vilis Cimmermans  Latvia DNF
Karl Laas  Estonia DNF
Teun Sprong  Netherlands DNF
Bram Groeneweg  Netherlands DNF
Franz Wanderer  Germany DNF
Seghir Beddari  France DNS
Kārlis Bukass  Latvia DNS
Dionisio Carreras  Spain DNS
Pál Király  Hungary DNS
Antal Lovas  Hungary DNS
O. Molina  Chile DNS
L. Nicolas  France DNS
Henry Nielsen  Denmark DNS
Karel Šťastný  Czechoslovakia DNS
Harold Webster  Canada DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Marathon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 374.
  3. ^ a b "Marathon, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
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