1928 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 1500 m (men)

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)
Medalist Harri Larva ( FIN )   Jules Ladoumègue ( FRA )   Eino Purje ( FIN )

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

Olympic Champion Harri Larva (FIN)

Jules Ladoumègue (FRA), silver medal winner

Date: August 1, 1928

Not all times have been passed down.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Hans Wichmann	German Empire	4: 03.0 min
2	Adolf Kittel	Czechoslovakia	k. A.
3	József Marton	Hungary	k. A.
4th	Luigi Becalli	Italy
5	Guus Zeegers	Netherlands
6th	George Hyde	Australia
7th	Józef Jaworski	Poland	4: 14.0 min
8th	Séra Martin	France	k. A.

Forward 2

The world record holder Otto Peltzer (DEU) failed in his lead.

The Swede Edvin Wide was also eliminated.

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Herbert Böcher	German Empire	3: 59.6 min
2	William Whyte	Australia	3: 59.9 min
3	Arma's chin	Finland	4: 01.5 min
4th	Albert Larsen	Denmark	4: 01.5 min
5	Reidar Jørgensen	Norway	4: 01.6 min
6th	Jack Walter	Canada	k. A.
DNF	Gyula Belloni	Hungary
	Lloyd Hahn	United States
	Frédéric du Hen	France

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Eino Purje	Finland	4: 00.8 min
2	Jules Ladoumègue	France	k. A.
3	Stanley Ashbey	Great Britain	k. A.
4th	Vilém Šindler	Czechoslovakia
5	Serafín Dengra	Argentina
6th	Luka Predanić	Yugoslavia	4: 27.0 min
7th	Pete Walter	Canada	k. A.
8th	Jan Zeegers	Netherlands

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Paul Martin	Switzerland	4: 00.8 min
2	Harri Larva	Finland	4: 02.0 min
3	Reg Thomas	Great Britain	k. A.
4th	David Griffin	Canada
5	Leopoldo Ledesma	Argentina
DNF	Sid Robinson	United States

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Ray Conger	United States	4: 02.6 min
2	Jean Keller	France	4: 02.7 min
3	Edvin Wide	Sweden	k. A.
4th	Otto Peltzer	German Empire
5	Alex Docherty	Canada
6th	Reggie Bell	Great Britain

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Cyril Ellis	Great Britain	4: 01.8 min
2	Helmuth Krause	German Empire	k. A.
3	Nick Carter	United States	k. A.
4th	Leo Helgas	Finland	4: 06.0 min
5	Danie Jacobs	South African Union	k. A.
6th	Czeslaw Foryś	Poland	4: 11.5 min
7th	Wim Effern	Netherlands	k. A.

final

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Harri Larva	Finland	3: 53.2 min	OR
2	Jules Ladoumègue	France	3: 53.8 min
3	Eino Purje	Finland	3: 56.4 min
4th	Hans Wichmann	German Empire	3: 56.8 min
5	Cyril Ellis	Great Britain	3: 57.6 min
6th	Paul Martin	Switzerland	3: 58.4 min
7th	Helmuth Krause	German Empire	3: 59.0 min
8th	Adolf Kittel	Czechoslovakia	4: 00.4 min
9	William Whyte	Australia	4: 00.4 min
10	Ray Conger	United States	k. A.
11	Jean Keller	France
DNF	Herbert Böcher	German Empire

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

1. ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 196
2. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)