1928 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 1500 m (men)
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sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 1500 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 44 athletes from 18 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympic Stadium Amsterdam | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 1st, 1928 (preliminary) August 2nd, 1928 (final) |
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The men's 1,500 meter run at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam was held on August 1 and 2, 1928 in the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium. 44 athletes took part.
The Olympic champion was Harri Larva from Finland . He won ahead of the French Jules Ladoumègue . Bronze went to Eino Purje from Finland .
Existing records
- World record : 3: 51.0 min - Otto Peltzer ( Germany ), Berlin , September 11, 1926
- Olympic record : 3: 53.6 min - Paavo Nurmi ( Finland ), Paris final , July 10, 1924
Conducting the competition
The runners competed in six heats on August 1st. The two best athletes in each case qualified for the final, which took place the next day.
Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.
Prelims
Date: August 1, 1928
Not all times have been passed down.
Forward 1
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1 | Hans Wichmann |
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4: 03.0 min | |
2 | Adolf Kittel |
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3 | József Marton |
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4th | Luigi Becalli |
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5 | Guus Zeegers |
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6th | George Hyde |
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7th | Józef Jaworski |
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4: 14.0 min | |
8th | Séra Martin |
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Forward 2
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1 | Herbert Böcher |
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3: 59.6 min | |
2 | William Whyte |
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3: 59.9 min | |
3 | Arma's chin |
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4: 01.5 min | |
4th | Albert Larsen |
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4: 01.5 min | |
5 | Reidar Jørgensen |
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4: 01.6 min | |
6th | Jack Walter |
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k. A. | |
DNF | Gyula Belloni |
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Lloyd Hahn |
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Frédéric du Hen |
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Forward 3
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1 | Eino Purje |
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4: 00.8 min | |
2 | Jules Ladoumègue |
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3 | Stanley Ashbey |
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4th | Vilém Šindler |
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5 | Serafín Dengra |
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6th | Luka Predanić |
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4: 27.0 min | |
7th | Pete Walter |
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8th | Jan Zeegers |
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Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Paul Martin |
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4: 00.8 min | |
2 | Harri Larva |
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4: 02.0 min | |
3 | Reg Thomas |
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4th | David Griffin |
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5 | Leopoldo Ledesma |
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DNF | Sid Robinson |
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Forward 5
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1 | Ray Conger |
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4: 02.6 min | |
2 | Jean Keller |
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4: 02.7 min | |
3 | Edvin Wide |
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4th | Otto Peltzer |
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5 | Alex Docherty |
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6th | Reggie Bell |
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Forward 6
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1 | Cyril Ellis |
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4: 01.8 min | |
2 | Helmuth Krause |
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3 | Nick Carter |
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4th | Leo Helgas |
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4: 06.0 min | |
5 | Danie Jacobs |
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6th | Czeslaw Foryś |
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4: 11.5 min | |
7th | Wim Effern |
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final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Harri Larva |
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3: 53.2 min | OR |
2 | Jules Ladoumègue |
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3: 53.8 min | |
3 | Eino Purje |
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3: 56.4 min | |
4th | Hans Wichmann |
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3: 56.8 min | |
5 | Cyril Ellis |
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3: 57.6 min | |
6th | Paul Martin |
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3: 58.4 min | |
7th | Helmuth Krause |
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3: 59.0 min | |
8th | Adolf Kittel |
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4: 00.4 min | |
9 | William Whyte |
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4: 00.4 min | |
10 | Ray Conger |
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11 | Jean Keller |
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DNF | Herbert Böcher |
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Date: August 2, 1928
The favorites over 1500 meters included the French Jules Ladoumègue and the two Finns Eino Purje and Harri Larva. The world record runner, the German Otto Peltzer, had surprisingly failed in the run-up - he had injured himself playing handball. The race started slowly. After the three German finalists had led the field, the two Finns, now in the lead, went through the 800-meter mark at 2:04 minutes. On the back straight of the last lap, Ladoumègue took the lead, only Larva could follow. Larva only prevailed 20 meters from the finish line and thus secured the gold medal in an Olympic record time . Bronze went to Purje, the German champion Hans Wichmann came fourth.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 195f
Web links
- SportsReference 1500 m , accessed September 12, 2017
- official report pp. 417-420, English (PDF), accessed on September 12, 2017
Video
- Amsterdam 1928 osa 3 , range 0:00 min to 1:12 min, published on May 28, 2009 on youtube.com, accessed on September 12, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 196
- ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)