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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  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jimmy Ball  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joachim Büchner  Germany
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Athletics at the
1928 Summer Olympics
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3000 m
steeplechase		men
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4 × 400 m relaymen
Road events
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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.

Schedule

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Date Time 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 Time Notes
1 Hermon Phillips  United States 49.4 Q
2 Georges Dupont  France Unknown Q
3 Zygmunt Weiss  Poland 50.8
4 Rinus van den Berge  Netherlands Unknown
5 Víctor Villaseñor  Mexico Unknown

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Emil Snider  United States 50.4 Q
2 François Prinsen  Belgium Unknown Q

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Phil Edwards  Canada 49.8 Q
2 Georges Krotoff  France 50.5 Q
3 Jaroslav Vykoupil  Czechoslovakia Unknown
4 Stefan Kostrzewski  Poland 52.2

Heat 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 John Rinkel  Great Britain 50.2 Q
2 Johann Bartl  Czechoslovakia Unknown Q
3 Émile Langenraedt  Belgium Unknown
4 Feliks Żuber  Poland 52.6

Heat 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jochen Büchner  Germany 50.2 Q
2 Andries Hoogerwerf  Netherlands Unknown Q

Heat 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ray Barbuti  United States 49.8 Q
2 Sean Lavan  Ireland Unknown Q
3 Louis Lundgren  Denmark Unknown
4 Jenő Szalay  Hungary Unknown
5 Rudolfo Hannig  Chile Unknown

Heat 7

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Harry Storz  Germany 50.6 Q
2 Harry Broos  Netherlands Unknown Q
3 Joaquín Miquel  Spain Unknown

Heat 8

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

Heat 9

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jesús Moraila  Mexico 1:00.0 Q
2 James Hall  India Unknown Q

Heat 10

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 László Barsi  Hungary 55.6 Q
2 José Lucílo Iturbe  Mexico Unknown Q

Heat 11

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Joe Tierney  United States 49.8 Q
2 Alex Wilson  Canada 49.9 Q
3 Klemens Biniakowski  Poland 50.8

Heat 12

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 René Féger  France 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 Time Notes
1 Hermann Geißler  Austria 50.2 Q
2 Adje Paulen  Netherlands Unknown Q
3 László Magdics  Hungary Unknown
4 Vasilios Stavrinos  Greece Unknown
5 Fritz Eyschen  Luxembourg Unknown

Heat 14

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Otto Neumann  Germany 50.6 Q
2 Fred Macbeth  Canada Unknown Q
3 Charles Stuart  Australia Unknown
4 Mór Gerő  Hungary Unknown

Heat 15

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Reinhold Schmidt  Germany 50.0 Q
2 Joseph Jackson  France 50.6 Q
3 John Hanlon  Great Britain Unknown
4 Alfonso García  Mexico 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 Time Notes
1 Hermon Phillips  United States 49.6 Q
2 Georges Krotoff  France Unknown Q
3 Billy Green  Great Britain Unknown
4 Reinhold Schmidt  Germany Unknown
5 James Hall  India Unknown

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ray Barbuti  United States 48.8 Q
2 Alex Wilson  Canada Unknown Q
3 Otto Neumann  Germany Unknown
4 Georges Dupont  France Unknown
5 Jesús Moraila  Mexico Unknown

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jimmy Ball  Canada 49.2 Q
2 René Féger  France Unknown Q
3 Euil Snider  United States Unknown
4 Andries Hoogerwerf  Netherlands Unknown
5 Hermann Geißler  Austria Unknown

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Harry Storz  Germany 49.4 Q
2 John Rinkel  Great Britain Unknown Q
3 Joseph Jackson  France Unknown
4 François Prinsen  Belgium Unknown
5 José Lucílo Iturbe  Mexico Unknown

Quarterfinal 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Phil Edwards  Canada 49.2 Q
2 Harry Broos  Netherlands Unknown Q
3 Johann Bartl  Czechoslovakia Unknown
4 Joe Tierney  United States Unknown
5 Sean Lavan  Ireland Unknown

Quarterfinal 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Joachim Büchner  Germany 48.6 Q
2 László Barsi  Hungary Unknown Q
3 Roger Leigh-Wood  Great Britain Unknown
4 Adje Paulen  Netherlands Unknown
5 Fred Macbeth  Canada 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 Time Notes
1 Jimmy Ball  Canada 48.6 Q
2 Ray Barbuti  United States 48.8 Q
3 Harry Werner Storz  Germany 49.0 Q
4 László Barsi  Hungary 49.2
5 Harry Broos  Netherlands 49.9
6 Georges Krotoff  France Unknown

Semifinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Joachim Büchner  Germany 48.6 Q
2 Hermon Phillips  United States 49.1 Q
3 John Rinkel  Great Britain 49.1 Q
4 Alex Wilson  Canada 49.2
5 René Féger  France 49.6
6 Phil Edwards  Canada 50.2

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ray Barbuti  United States 47.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jimmy Ball  Canada 48.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joachim Buchner  Germany 48.2
4 John Rinkel  Great Britain 48.4
5 Harry Werner Storz  Germany 48.8
6 Hermon Phillips  United States 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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