1928 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m hurdles (men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 400 meter hurdles | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 25 athletes from 14 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympic Stadium Amsterdam | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 29, 1928 (preliminary / semi-finals) July 30, 1928 (final) |
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The men's 400-meter hurdles at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam was held on July 29 and 30, 1928 in the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium. 25 athletes took part.
The Olympic champion was the Briton David Burghley ahead of the American Frank Cuhel . Bronze went to defending champion Morgan Taylor , also from the USA.
Existing records
- World record : 52.0 s - Morgan Taylor ( USA ), Philadelphia , July 4, 1928
- Olympic record : 53.8 s - Erik Wilén ( Sweden ), Paris final , July 7th - The then winner Morgan Taylor ran faster, but had knocked over a hurdle illegally. For this reason, his time of 52.6 s was not recognizable as a record.
Conducting the competition
The runners competed in six heats on July 29th. The two best runners in each case qualified for the semi-finals on the same day. From the two preliminary rounds, the three best each came into the final, which was held on July 30th.
Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.
Prelims
Date: July 29, 1928
Not all times have been passed down.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | David Burghley | United Kingdom | 57.0 s | |
2 | Robert Maxwell | United States | 57.2 s | |
3 | Vangelis Moiropoulos | Greece | 58.4 s | |
4th | André Adelheim | France | 59.2 s | |
5 | Herman Larsen | Denmark | 1: 00.0 min |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John Gibson | United States | 57.0 s | |
2 | Frederick Chauncy | United Kingdom | k. A. | |
3 | Émile Swinnen | Belgium | k. A. | |
DNF | Pierre Arnaudin | France |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Roger Much | France | 56.2 s | |
2 | Tom Livingstone-Learmonth | United Kingdom | 56.4 s | |
3 | Juka Matilainen | Finland | 56.7 s | |
4th | Alf Watson | Australia | 57.8 s |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Morgan Taylor | United States | 55.2 s | |
2 | Erkka Wilén | Finland | 56.5 s | |
3 | Erik Kjellström | Sweden | 56.6 s |
Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sten Pettersson | Sweden | 55.8 s | |
2 | Stefan Kostrzewski | Poland | 56.0 s | |
3 | Lance Percival | United Kingdom | k. A. |
Forward 6
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Frank Cuhel | United States | 54.6 s | |
2 | Luigi Facelli | Italy | 55.1 s | |
3 | Louis Lundgren | Denmark | 55.9 s | |
4th | Warren Montabone | Canada | 56.5 s | |
5 | Edouard Max-Robert | France | k. A. | |
6th | Abdul Hamid | British India |
Semifinals
Date: July 29, 1928
Not all times have been passed down.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Morgan Taylor | United States | 53.4 s | OR |
2 | Frank Cuhel | United States | 53.6 s | |
3 | David Burghley | United Kingdom | 53.9 s | |
4th | Roger Much | France | 57.6 s | |
5 | Stefan Kostrzewski | Poland | 58.0 s | |
6th | Frederick Chauncy | United Kingdom | k. A. |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tom Livingstone-Learmonth | United Kingdom | 54.0 s | |
2 | Luigi Facelli | Italy | 54.2 s | |
3 | Sten Pettersson | Sweden | 54.3 s | |
4th | John Gibson | United States | 54.4 s | |
5 | Erkka Wilén | Finland | 54.5 s | |
6th | Robert Maxwell | United States | k. A. |
final
space | Surname | nation | height | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | David Burghley | United Kingdom | 53.4 s | OR |
2 | Frank Cuhel | United States | 53.6 s | |
3 | Morgan Taylor | United States | 53.6 s | |
4th | Sten Pettersson | Sweden | 53.8 s | |
5 | Tom Livingstone-Learmonth | United Kingdom | 54.2 s | |
6th | Luigi Facelli | Italy | 55.8 s |
Date: July 30, 1928
The clear favorite was the Olympic champion of the last games , Morgan Taylor. In July he had set the world record in the US Olympic eliminations with 52.0 seconds . Here in Amsterdam he had defeated his compatriot Frank Cuhel and the British Lord Burghley in the interim. In the final this Lord Burghley set the fastest starting pace, but at the end of the last corner he had lost his lead, Taylor, Cuhel and Lord Burghley were pretty much even. Everyone was counting on Taylor's finish. But the Briton did not give up, was the fastest on the home stretch and became Olympic champion. Taylor resigned himself in the last few meters and dropped to third behind Cuhel.
For the first time there was no US victory over the 400 meter hurdles .
Picture gallery
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 199f
Web links
- SportsReference 400m hurdles , accessed September 12, 2017
- Official report pp. 437–439, English (PDF), accessed on September 12, 2017
Video
- Lord David Burghley Claims Olympic Hurdles Title - Amsterdam 1928 Olympics , published February 14, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed September 12, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 554 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )