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1928 (Amsterdam) Olympic Games - some results
| Track Events - MEN |
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 100 metres | Percy Williams
Canada | 10.8s |
Jack London
GB | 10.9s | Georg Lammers
Germany | 10.9s |
| 200 metres | Percy Williams
Canada | 21.8s | Walter Rangeley
GB | 21.9s | Helmuth Kornig
Germany | 21.9s |
| 400 metres | Raymond Barbuti
USA | 47.8s | James Ball
Canada | 48.0s | Joachim Buchner
Germany | 48.2s |
| 800 metres | Douglas Lowe
GB | 1m 51.8s | Erik Bylehn
Sweden | 1m 52.8s | Hermann Engelhardt
Germany | 1m 53.2s |
| 1500 metres | Harry Larva
Finland | 3m 53.2s | Jules Ladoumegue
France | 3m 53.8s | Eino Purje-Borg
Finland | 3m 56.4s |
| 5000 metres | Ville Ritola
Finland | 14m 38.0s | Paavo Nurmi
Finland | 14m 40.0s | Edvin Wide
Sweden | 14m 41.2s |
| 10000 metres | Paavo Nurmi
Finland | 30m 18.8s | Ville Ritola
Finland | 30m 19.4s | Edvin Wide
Sweden | 31m 0.8s |
Marathon
(42,195 metres) | Mohamed El Quafi
France | 2h 32m 57s | Miguel Plaza Reyes
Chile | 2h 33m 23s | Martti Marttelin
Finland | 2h 35m 2s |
Steeplechase
(3000 metres) | Toivo Loukola
Finland | 9m 21.8s | Paavo Nurmi
Finland | 9m 31.2s | Ove Andersen
Finland | 9m 35.6s |
| Field Events - MEN |
| | | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist |
| High Jump | Robert King
USA | 1.94 m | Benjamin Hodges
USA | 1.91 m | Claude Menard
France | 1.91 m |
| Long Jump | Edward Hamm
USA | 7.73 m | Sylvio Cator
Haiti | 7.58 m | Alfred Bates
USA | 7.40 m |
| Pole Vault | Sabin Carr
USA | 4.20 m | William Droegemuller
USA | 4.10 m | Charles McGinnis
USA | 3.95 m |
| Shot | John Kuck
USA | 15.87 m | Herman Brix
USA | 15.75 m | Emil Hirschfeld
Germany | 15.72 m |
| Discus | Clarence Houser
USA | 47.32 m | Antero Kivi
Finland | 47.23 m | James Corson
USA | 47.10 m |
| Javelin | Erik Lundkvist
Sweden | 66.60 m | Bela Szepes
Hungary | 65.26 m | Olav Sunde
Norway | 63.97 m |
| Track Events - WOMEN |
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 100 metres | Elizabeth Robinson
USA | 12.2s |
Fanny Rosenfeld
Canada | 12.3s | Ethel Smith
Canada | 12.3s |
| 800 metres | Lina Radke-Batschauer
Germany | 2m 16.8s |
Kinuye Hitomi
Japan | 2m 17.6s | Inga Gentzel
Sweden | 2m 17.8s |
| Field Events - WOMEN |
| | | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist |
| High Jump | Ethel Catherwood
Canada | 1.59 m | Carolina Gisolf
Netherlands | 1.56 m | Mildred Wiley
USA | 1.56 m |
| Discus | Helena Konopacka
Poland | 39.62 m | Lilian Copeland
USA | 37.08 m | Ruth Svedberg
Sweden | 35.92 m |
| This was the FIRST Olympic Games in which women took part in any Track or Field events. |
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There are a few disagreements about times (and lengths) given by different authorities for the Silver and Bronze, but not for the Gold. |
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