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Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres

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Men's 400 metres
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesAugust 2 (heats, quarter-finals)
August 3 (semi-finals, final)
Competitors50 from 20 nations
Winning time47.8
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ray Barbuti  Vereinigte Staaten
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jimmy Ball  Kanada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joachim Büchner  Deutschland
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Athletics at the
1928 Summer Olympics
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110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
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4 × 400 m relaymen
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The men's 400 metres was an event at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.[1] Fifty athletes from 20 nations competed.[2] NOCs were limited to 4 competitors each.[3] The event was won by Ray Barbuti of the United States, the first title for the Americans in the event since 1912 and the fifth overall. Jimmy Ball won Canada's first medal in the event, a silver.

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.

None of the finalists from 1924 returned. The world record holder, Emerson Spencer, came in fifth at the U.S. Olympic trials and missed the team. Ray Barbuti won the U.S. trials.[2]

Chile and Greece appeared in the event for the first time. The United States made its eighth appearance in the event, the only nation to compete in it at every Olympic Games to that point.

Competition format

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The competition retained the basic four-round format from 1920. The first round had 15 heats, ranging from 2 to 5 athletes. The top two runners in each heat advanced to the quarterfinals. There were 6 quarterfinals of 5 runners each; the top two athletes in each quarterfinal heat advanced to the semifinals. The semifinals featured 2 heats of 6 runners each. The top two runners in each semifinal heat advanced, making a six-man final.[2][4]

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World record  Emerson Spencer (USA) 47.0 Palo Alto, United States 12 May 1928
Olympic record  Eric Liddell (GBR) 47.6 Paris, France 11 July 1924

No records were set during this event.

Zeitplan

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Date Zeit Round
Thursday, 2 August 1928 14:00
16:00		 Heats
Quarterfinals
Friday, 3 August 1928 14:00
16:00		 Semifinals
Final

Results

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Round 1

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The top two finishers in each of the 15 heats advanced to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Hermon Phillips  Vereinigte Staaten 49.4 Q
2 Georges Dupont  Frankreich Unknown Q
3 Zygmunt Weiss  Polen 50.8
4 Rinus van den Berge  Niederlande Unknown
5 Víctor Villaseñor  Mexiko Unknown

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Emil Snider  Vereinigte Staaten 50.4 Q
2 François Prinsen  Belgien Unknown Q

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Phil Edwards  Kanada 49.8 Q
2 Georges Krotoff  Frankreich 50.5 Q
3 Jaroslav Vykoupil  Czechoslovakia Unknown
4 Stefan Kostrzewski  Polen 52.2

Heat 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 John Rinkel  Great Britain 50.2 Q
2 Johann Bartl  Czechoslovakia Unknown Q
3 Émile Langenraedt  Belgien Unknown
4 Feliks Żuber  Polen 52.6

Heat 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Jochen Büchner  Deutschland 50.2 Q
2 Andries Hoogerwerf  Niederlande Unknown Q

Heat 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Ray Barbuti  Vereinigte Staaten 49.8 Q
2 Sean Lavan  Irland Unknown Q
3 Louis Lundgren  Dänemark Unknown
4 Jenő Szalay  Ungarn Unknown
5 Rudolfo Hannig  Chile Unknown

Heat 7

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Harry Storz  Deutschland 50.6 Q
2 Harry Broos  Niederlande Unknown Q
3 Joaquín Miquel  Spanien Unknown

Heat 8

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Jimmy Ball  Kanada 55.8 Q
2 Roger Leigh-Wood  Great Britain Unknown Q

Heat 9

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Jesús Moraila  Mexiko 1:00.0 Q
2 James Hall  Indien Unknown Q

Heat 10

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 László Barsi  Ungarn 55.6 Q
2 José Lucílo Iturbe  Mexiko Unknown Q

Heat 11

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Joe Tierney  Vereinigte Staaten 49.8 Q
2 Alex Wilson  Kanada 49.9 Q
3 Klemens Biniakowski  Polen 50.8

Heat 12

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 René Féger  Frankreich 51.4 Q
2 Billy Green  Great Britain Unknown Q
3 José Vicente Salinas  Chile Unknown

Heat 13

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Hermann Geißler  Österreich 50.2 Q
2 Adje Paulen  Niederlande Unknown Q
3 László Magdics  Ungarn Unknown
4 Vasilios Stavrinos  Griechenland Unknown
5 Fritz Eyschen  Luxemburg Unknown

Heat 14

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Otto Neumann  Deutschland 50.6 Q
2 Fred Macbeth  Kanada Unknown Q
3 Charles Stuart  Australien Unknown
4 Mór Gerő  Ungarn Unknown

Heat 15

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Reinhold Schmidt  Deutschland 50.0 Q
2 Joseph Jackson  Frankreich 50.6 Q
3 John Hanlon  Great Britain Unknown
4 Alfonso García  Mexiko Unknown

Quarterfinals

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The first two finishers in each of the six heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Hermon Phillips  Vereinigte Staaten 49.6 Q
2 Georges Krotoff  Frankreich Unknown Q
3 Billy Green  Great Britain Unknown
4 Reinhold Schmidt  Deutschland Unknown
5 James Hall  Indien Unknown

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Ray Barbuti  Vereinigte Staaten 48.8 Q
2 Alex Wilson  Kanada Unknown Q
3 Otto Neumann  Deutschland Unknown
4 Georges Dupont  Frankreich Unknown
5 Jesús Moraila  Mexiko Unknown

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Jimmy Ball  Kanada 49.2 Q
2 René Féger  Frankreich Unknown Q
3 Euil Snider  Vereinigte Staaten Unknown
4 Andries Hoogerwerf  Niederlande Unknown
5 Hermann Geißler  Österreich Unknown

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Harry Storz  Deutschland 49.4 Q
2 John Rinkel  Great Britain Unknown Q
3 Joseph Jackson  Frankreich Unknown
4 François Prinsen  Belgien Unknown
5 José Lucílo Iturbe  Mexiko Unknown

Quarterfinal 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Phil Edwards  Kanada 49.2 Q
2 Harry Broos  Niederlande Unknown Q
3 Johann Bartl  Czechoslovakia Unknown
4 Joe Tierney  Vereinigte Staaten Unknown
5 Sean Lavan  Irland Unknown

Quarterfinal 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Joachim Büchner  Deutschland 48.6 Q
2 László Barsi  Ungarn Unknown Q
3 Roger Leigh-Wood  Great Britain Unknown
4 Adje Paulen  Niederlande Unknown
5 Fred Macbeth  Kanada Unknown

Semifinals

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The first three finishers in each of the two heats advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Jimmy Ball  Kanada 48.6 Q
2 Ray Barbuti  Vereinigte Staaten 48.8 Q
3 Harry Werner Storz  Deutschland 49.0 Q
4 László Barsi  Ungarn 49.2
5 Harry Broos  Niederlande 49.9
6 Georges Krotoff  Frankreich Unknown

Semifinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit Notes
1 Joachim Büchner  Deutschland 48.6 Q
2 Hermon Phillips  Vereinigte Staaten 49.1 Q
3 John Rinkel  Great Britain 49.1 Q
4 Alex Wilson  Kanada 49.2
5 René Féger  Frankreich 49.6
6 Phil Edwards  Kanada 50.2

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation Zeit
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ray Barbuti  Vereinigte Staaten 47.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jimmy Ball  Kanada 48.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joachim Buchner  Deutschland 48.2
4 John Rinkel  Great Britain 48.4
5 Harry Werner Storz  Deutschland 48.8
6 Hermon Phillips  Vereinigte Staaten 49.0

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "400 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 374.
  4. ^ Official Report, pp. 408–12.
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