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

Event:Men's 400 metres
Games:1928 Summer
Venue:Olympic Stadium
Dates:August 2 (heats, quarter-finals)
August 3 (semi-finals, final)
Competitors:50
Nations:20
Win Value:47.8
Gold:Ray Barbuti
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Jimmy Ball
Silvernoc:CAN
Bronze:Joachim Büchner
Bronzenoc:GER
Prev:1924
Next:1932

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

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

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

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

No records were set during this event.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Thursday, 2 August 1928 14:00
16:00
Heats
Quarterfinals
style=background:lemonchiffonFriday, 3 August 1928 style=background:lemonchiffon14:00
16:00
style=background:lemonchiffonSemifinals
Final

Results

Round 1

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

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Hermon Phillips49.4
2Georges DupontUnknown
3Zygmunt Weiss50.8
4Rinus van den BergeUnknown
5Víctor VillaseñorUnknown

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Emil Snider50.4
2François PrinsenUnknown

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Phil Edwards49.8
2Georges Krotoff50.5
3Jaroslav VykoupilUnknown
4Stefan Kostrzewski52.2

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1John Rinkel50.2
2Johann BartlUnknown
3Émile LangenraedtUnknown
4Feliks Żuber52.6

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Jochen Büchner50.2
2Andries HoogerwerfUnknown

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Ray Barbuti49.8
2Sean LavanUnknown
3Louis LundgrenUnknown
4Jenő SzalayUnknown
5Rudolfo HannigUnknown

Heat 7

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Harry Storz50.6
2Harry BroosUnknown
3Joaquín MiquelUnknown

Heat 8

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Jimmy Ball55.8
2Roger Leigh-WoodUnknown

Heat 9

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Jesús Moraila1:00.0
2James HallUnknown

Heat 10

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1László Barsi55.6
2José Lucílo IturbeUnknown

Heat 11

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Joe Tierney49.8
2Alex Wilson49.9
3Klemens Biniakowski50.8

Heat 12

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1René Féger51.4
2Billy GreenUnknown
3José Vicente SalinasUnknown

Heat 13

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Hermann Geißler50.2
2Adje PaulenUnknown
3László MagdicsUnknown
4Vasilios StavrinosUnknown
5Fritz EyschenUnknown

Heat 14

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Otto Neumann50.6
2Fred MacbethUnknown
3Charles StuartUnknown
4Mór GerőUnknown

Heat 15

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Reinhold Schmidt50.0
2Joseph Jackson50.6
3John HanlonUnknown
4Alfonso GarcíaUnknown

Quarterfinals

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

Quarterfinal 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Hermon Phillips49.6
2Georges KrotoffUnknown
3Billy GreenUnknown
4Reinhold SchmidtUnknown
5James HallUnknown

Quarterfinal 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Ray Barbuti48.8
2Alex WilsonUnknown
3Otto NeumannUnknown
4Georges DupontUnknown
5Jesús MorailaUnknown

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Jimmy Ball49.2
2René FégerUnknown
3Euil SniderUnknown
4Andries HoogerwerfUnknown
5Hermann GeißlerUnknown

Quarterfinal 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Harry Storz49.4
2John RinkelUnknown
3Joseph JacksonUnknown
4François PrinsenUnknown
5José Lucílo IturbeUnknown

Quarterfinal 5

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Phil Edwards49.2
2Harry BroosUnknown
3Johann BartlUnknown
4Joe TierneyUnknown
5Sean LavanUnknown

Quarterfinal 6

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Joachim Büchner48.6
2László BarsiUnknown
3Roger Leigh-WoodUnknown
4Adje PaulenUnknown
5Fred MacbethUnknown

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Jimmy Ball48.6
2Ray Barbuti48.8
3Harry Werner Storz49.0
4László Barsi49.2
5Harry Broos49.9
6Georges KrotoffUnknown

Semifinal 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1Joachim Büchner48.6
2Hermon Phillips49.1
3John Rinkel49.1
4Alex Wilson49.2
5René Féger49.6
6Phil Edwards50.2

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time
47.8
48.0
48.2
4 48.4
5 48.8
6 49.0

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 400 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171636/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/ATH/mens-400-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 23 July 2017 . sports-reference.com.
  2. Web site: 400 metres, Men . Olympedia . 31 July 2020.
  3. Official Report, p. 374.
  4. Official Report, pp. 408–12.