1928 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Decathlon (Men)

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sport athletics
discipline Decathlon
gender Men
Attendees 38 athletes from 19 countries
Competition location Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase 4th / 5th August 1928
Medalist
gold medal Paavo Yrjölä ( FIN ) FinlandFinland 
Silver medal Akilles Järvinen ( FIN ) FinlandFinland 
Bronze medal Ken Doherty ( USA ) United States 48United States 

The men's decathlon at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam was played on August 4th and 5th, 1928 in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam . 38 athletes took part.

The Olympic champion was Paavo Yrjölä from Finland ahead of his compatriot Akilles Järvinen . Bronze went to the American Ken Doherty .

Existing records

Conducting the competition

The decathlon was carried out according to the same rules as today. The ten disciplines took place over two days. On August 4th there was the 100-meter run , the long jump , the shot put , the high jump and the 400-meter run . On August 5th, the 110-meter hurdles , the discus throw , the pole vault , the javelin and the final 1500-meter run followed .

Attendees

38 athletes from 19 countries took part in the Olympic competition:

Surname nation
Albert Andersson SwedenSweden Sweden
Hugo Barth German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire
Stelios Benardis Second Hellenic RepublicSecond Hellenic Republic Greece
Barney Berlinger United States 48United States United States
Antoni Cejzik Poland 1928Second Polish Republic Poland
Thomas Churchill United States 48United States United States
Gheorghe Csegezi Romania kingdomRomania Romania
Ken Doherty United States 48United States United States
Gaston Etienne BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Mátyás Farkas Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary
Howard Ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain
Gunnar Fredriksen NorwayNorway Norway
Gunnar Hagen NorwayNorway Norway
Ion Haidu Romania kingdomRomania Romania
Erwin Huber German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire
Virgil Ioan Romania kingdomRomania Romania
Helge Jansson SwedenSweden Sweden
Akilles Jarvinen FinlandFinland Finland
René Joannes-Powell BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Branko Kallay Yugoslavia Kingdom 1918Kingdom of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
Wilhelm Ladewig German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire
Hermann Lemperle German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire
Henry Lindblad SwedenSweden Sweden
Sven Lundgren SwedenSweden Sweden
Gaston Médécin MonacoMonaco Monaco
Adolf Meier SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Johan Meimer EstoniaEstonia Estonia
Nakazawa Yonetaro Japan 1870Japan Japan
Gérard Noël BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Con O'Callaghan Ireland 1922Irish Free State Irish Free State
James Stewart United States 48United States United States
Tatsuo Toki Japan 1870Japan Japan
Martti Tolamo FinlandFinland Finland
Ludwig Vesely AustriaAustria Austria
Johannes Viljoen South Africa 1928South African Union South African Union
Armas Wahlstedt FinlandFinland Finland
George Weightman-Smith South Africa 1928South African Union South African Union
Paavo Yrjölä FinlandFinland Finland

Disciplines

100 meter run

The discipline was carried out in 13 runs. Johannes Viljoen (run 2) ran the fastest time ever run at the Olympic Games in the decathlon with 11.0 seconds.

Classification
space Surname time Points
01 Viljoen 11.0 s 904.8
02 Järvinen 11.2 s 857.2
Stewart 11.2 s 857.2
04th Jansson 11.4 s 809.6
Meier 11.4 s 809.6
Weightman-Smith 11.4 s 809.6
07th Berlinger 11.6 s 762.0
Churchill 11.6 s 762.0
Doherty 11.6 s 762.0
Farkas 11.6 s 762.0
Kallay 11.6 s 762.0
Lemperle 11.6 s 762.0
Meimer 11.6 s 762.0
Toki 11.6 s 762.0
Vesely 11.6 s 762.0
16 Csegezi 11.8 s 714.4
Fredriksen 11.8 s 714.4
Huber 11.8 s 714.4
Ladewig 11.8 s 714.4
Lundgren 11.8 s 714.4
O'Callaghan 11.8 s 714.4
Wahlstedt 11.8 s 714.4
Yrjölä 11.8 s 714.4
24 Andersson 12.0 s 666.8
Barth 12.0 s 666.8
Benardis 12.0 s 666.84
Hagen 12.0 s 666.8
Lindblad 12.0 s 666.8
Médécin 12.0 s 666.8
Tolamo 12.0 s 666.8
31 Cejzik 12.2 s 619.2
Haidu 12.2 s 619.2
Joannes Powell 12.2 s 619.2
34 Ioan 12.4 s 571.6
Nakazawa 12.4 s 571.6
Noël 12.4 s 571.6
37 ford 12.8 s 476.4
38 Etienne 13.0 s 428.8

Long jump

The Romanian Virgil Ioan did not take part in the second discipline.
With 6.97 m, Henry Lindblad achieved the longest jump ever made in the decathlon at the Olympic Games.

Classification
space Surname Expanse Points
01 Lindblad 6.97 m 845.650
02 Toki 6.90 m 828,500
03 Meier 6.89 m 826.050
04th Barth 6.87 m 821.150
04th Järvinen 6.87 m 821.150
06th Jansson 6.85 m 816,250
06th Viljoen 6.85 m 816,250
08th Huber 6.79 m 801,550
09 Ladewig 6.73 m 786.850
09 Vesely 6.73 m 786.850
11 Yrölä 6.72 m 784,400
12 Tolamo 6.69 m 777.050
12 Farkas 6.62 m 759,900
14th Doherty 6.61 m 757,450
14th Stewart 6.61 m 757,450
16 Lemperle 6.50 m 730,500
16 Lundgren 6.50 m 730,500
18th Médécin 6.46 m 720,700
19th Fredriksen 6.45 m 718,250
20th Meimer 6.43 m 713,350
21st Benardis 6.37 m 698,650
22nd Churchill 6.32 m 686,400
23 Andersson 6.30 m 681,500
24 O'Callaghan 6.28 m 676,600
25th Weightman-Smith 6.26 m 671,700
26th ford 6.07 m 625,150
27 Nakazawa 6.04 m 617,800
28 Joannes Powell 6.03 m 615,350
29 Csegezi 6.01 m 610,450
30th Berlinger 5.97 m 600.650
31 Hagen 5.95 m 595.750
32 Cejzik 5.92 m 588,400
33 Wahlstedt 5.86 m 573,700
34 Haidu 5.74 m 544,300
35 Noël 5.70 m 534,500
36 Etienne 5.51 m 487,950
ogV Kallay 0.000
Intermediate result
space Surname Points
01 Viljoen 1721.050
02 Järvinen 1678,350
03 Meier 1635,650
04th Jansson 1625,850
05 Stewart 1614,650
06th Toki 1590,500
07th Vesely 1548.850
08th Farkas 1521,900
09 Doherty 1519,450
10 Huber 1515,950
11 Lindblad 1512,450
12 Ladewig 1501,250
13 Yrjölä 1498,800
14th Lemperle 1492,500
15th Barth 1487.950
16 Weightman-Smith 1481,300
17th Meimer 1475,350
18th Churchill 1448,400
19th Lundgren 1444,900
20th Tolamo 1443.850
21st Fredriksen 1432,650
22nd O'Callaghan 1391,000
23 Médécin 1387,500
24 Benardis 1365,450
25th Berlinger 1362,650
26th Andersson 1348,300
27 Csegezi 1324,850
28 Wahlstedt 1288.100
29 Hagen 1262,550
30th Joannes Powell 1234.550
31 Cejzik 1207,600
32 Nakazawa 1189,400
33 Haidu 163.510
34 Noël 1106,100
35 ford 1101.550
36 Etienne 916.750
37 Kallay 762,000

Shot put

The Finn Armas Wahlstedt no longer competed for the shot put.

The Finn Armas Wahlstedt did not take part in the third discipline.
With 14.11 m, Paavo Yrjölä managed the longest shot ever in the decathlon at the Olympic Games.

Classification
space Surname Expanse Points
01 P. Yrjölä 14.11 m 877.0
02 Järvinen 13.64 m 830.0
03 Jansson 13.59 m 825.0
04th Berlinger 13.05 m 771.0
05 Stewart 13.04 m 770.0
06th Lemperle 12.96 m 762.0
07th Vesely 12.58 m 724.0
08th Churchill 12.28 m 694.0
09 Andersson 12.19 m 685.0
10 Meier 12.15 m 681.0
11 Cejzik 12.11 m 677.0
11 ford 12.11 m 677.0
13 Lindblad 12.04 m 670.0
14th Huber 11.92 m 658.0
15th Doherty 11.85 m 651.0
16 Farkas 11.78 m 644.0
17th Médécin 11.67 m 633.0
18th Fredriksen 11.56 m 622.0
18th Hagen 11.56 m 622.0
20th Barth 11.34 m 600.0
21st Tolamo 11.31 m 597.0
22nd Meimer 11.20 m 586.0
23 O'Callaghan 11.07 m 573.0
24 Benardis 11.03 m 569.0
24 Toki 11.03 m 569.0
26th Ladewig 10.96 m 562.0
27 Lundgren 10.76 m 542.0
28 Weightman-Smith 10.54 m 520.0
29 Haidu 10.51 m 517.0
30th Nakazawa 10.37 m 503.0
31 Viljoen 10.17 m 483.0
32 Noël 9.95 m 461.0
33 Kallay 9.87 m 453.0
34 Joannes Powell 9.83 m 449.0
35 Etienne 9.65 m 431.0
36 Csegezi 9.45 m 411.0
Intermediate result
space Surname Points
01 Järvinen 2508,350
02 Jansson 2450,850
03 Stewart 2384,650
04th P. Yrjölä 2375,800
05 Meier 2316,650
06th Vesely 2272.850
07th Lemperle 2254,500
08th Viljoen 2204,050
09 Lindblad 2182,450
10 Huber 2173,950
11 Doherty 2170,450
12 Farkas 2165,900
13 Toki 2159,500
14th Churchill 2142,400
15th Berlinger 2133,650
16 Barth 2087.950
17th Ladewig 2063.250
18th Meimer 2061,350
19th Fredriksen 2054,650
20th Tolamo 2040.850
21st Andersson 2033,300
22nd Médécin 2020.500
23 Weightman-Smith 2001,300
24 Lundgren 1986,900
25th O'Callaghan 1964,000
26th Benardis 1934,450
27 Cejzik 1884,600
28 Hagen 1884,550
29 ford 1778,550
30th Csegezi 1735,850
31 Nakazawa 1692,400
32 Joannes Powell 1683,550
33 Haidu 1680,500
34 Noël 1567.100
35 Etienne 1347.750
36 Kallay 1215,000

high jump

Classification
space Surname height Points
01 Jansson 1.87 m 916
01 Stewart 1.87 m 916
01 Yrjölä 1.87 m 916
04th Doherty 1.80 m 818
04th Ladewig 1.80 m 818
06th Andersson 1.75 m 748
06th Berlinger 1.75 m 748
06th Hagen 1.75 m 748
06th Järvinen 1.75 m 748
06th Meimer 1.75 m 748
06th Nakazawa 1.75 m 748
06th Toki 1.75 m 748
13 Cejzik 1.70 m 678
13 Churchill 1.70 m 678
13 Fredriksen 1.70 m 678
13 Kallay 1.70 m 678
13 Lindblad 1.70 m 678
13 Noël 1.70 m 678
13 O'Callaghan 1.70 m 678
13 Tolamo 1.70 m 678
13 Vesely 1.70 m 678
13 Viljoen 1.70 m 678
23 Barth 1.65 m 608
23 Benardis 1.65 m 608
23 Farkas 1.65 m 608
23 Lemperle 1.65 m 608
23 Meier 1.65 m 608
28 Csegezi 1.60 m 538
28 ford 1.60 m 538
28 Haidu 1.60 m 538
28 Huber 1.60 m 538
28 Weightman-Smith 1.60 m 538
33 Etienne 1.50 m 389
33 Joannes Powell 1.50 m 389
33 Lundgren 1.50 m 389
33 Médécin 1.50 m 389
Intermediate result
space Surname Points
01 Jansson 3366,850
02 Stewart 3300,650
03 Yrjölä 3291,800
04th Järvinen 3256,350
05 Doherty 2988,450
06th Vesely 2950.850
07th Meier 2924,650
08th Toki 2907,500
09 Viljoen 2882.050
10 Berlinger 2881,650
11 Ladewig 2881,250
12 Lemperle 2862,500
13 Lindblad 2860,450
14th Churchill 2820,400
15th Meimer 2809,350
16 Andersson 2781,300
17th Farkas 2773,900
18th Fredriksen 2732,650
19th Tolamo 2718,850
20th Huber 2711,950
21st Barth 2695,950
22nd Shanahan 2476,900
23 O'Callaghan 2642,000
24 Hagen 2632,550
25th Benardis 2542,450
26th Weightman-Smith 2539,300
27 Nakazawa 2440,400
28 Médécin 2418,500
29 Lundgren 2384,900
30th ford 2316,550
31 Csegezi 2273.850
32 Noël 2245.100
33 Haidu 2218,500
34 Joannes Powell 2081,550
35 Kallay 1893,000
36 Etienne 1745.750

400 meter run

The South African George Weightman-Smith did not take part in the fifth discipline.

Classification
space Surname time Points
01 Järvinen 51.4 s 879.68
02 Doherty 52.0 s 857.12
03 Churchill 52.2 s 849.60
03 Vesely 52.2 s 849.60
05 Farkas 52.4 s 842.08
05 Ladewig 52.4 s 842.08
05 Lundgren 52.4 s 842.08
05 Tolamo 52.4 s 842.08
09 Barth 52.8 s 827.04
09 Lemperle 52.8 s 827.04
09 Stewart 52.8 s 827.04
12 Cejzik 53.0 s 819.52
12 Viljoen 53.0 s 819.52
14th Jansson 53.2 s 812.00
14th Yrjölä 53.2 s 812.00
16 Médécin 53.6 s 796.96
17th Lindblad 53.8 s 789.44
18th Andersson 54.0 s 781.92
19th Toki 54.4 s 766.88
20th Huber 54.8 s 751.84
21st Meier 55.0 s 744.32
21st Meimer 55.0 s 744.32
23 Csegezi 55.6 s 721.76
24 Fredriksen 55.8 s 714.24
24 Joannes Powell 55.8 s 714.24
26th Berlinger 56.2 s 699.20
26th O'Callaghan 56.2 s 699.20
28 Hagen 56.4 s 691.68
29 Benardis 56.6 s 684.16
30th Kallay 57.6 s 646.56
31 Noël 58.0 s 631.52
32 Haidu 59.4 s 578.88
33 ford 59.8 s 563.84
34 Etienne 1: 00.2 min 548.80
35 Nakazawa 1: 01.8 min 488.64
Intermediate result
space Surname Points
01 Jansson 4178.850
02 Järvinen 4136.030
03 Stewart 4128.690
04th Yrjölä 4103,800
05 Doherty 3845,570
06th Vesely 3800,450
07th Ladewig 3723,330
08th Viljoen 3701,570
09 Lemperle 3689,540
10 Toki 3674,380
11 Churchill 3670,000
12 Meier 3668,970
13 Lindblad 3649.890
14th Farkas 3623,500
15th Berlinger 3580,850
16 Andersson 3563,220
17th Tolamo 3560,930
18th Meimer 3553,670
19th Barth 3522,990
20th Huber 3463.790
21st Fredriksen 3446.890
22nd Cejzik 3382.120
23 O'Callaghan 3341,200
24 Hagen 3324,230
25th Lundgren 3226,980
26th Benardis 3226,610
27 Médécin 3215,460
28 Csegezi 2995.610
29 Nakazawa 2929,040
30th ford 2880,390
31 Noël 2876,620
32 Haidu 2797,380
33 Joannes Powell 2795.790
34 Kallay 2539,560
35 Etienne 2294.550

110 meter hurdles

The Norwegians Gunnar Fredriksen and Gunnar Hagen stopped competing in the sixth discipline, the 110-meter hurdles.
Akilles Järvinen and Johannes Viljoen achieved the fastest time ever run at the Olympic Games in a decathlon with 15.6 s.
The run in which Paavo Yrjölä started had to be repeated. It was found that the hurdles were not properly spaced.

Classification
space Surname time Points
01 Järvinen 15.6 s 943.0
01 Viljoen 15.6 s 943.0
03 Andersson 15.8 s 924.0
03 Doherty 15.8 s 924.0
03 Vesely 15.8 s 924.0
06th Lundgren 16.2 s 886.0
07th Barth 16.4 s 867.0
08th Jansson 16.6 s 848.0
08th Ladewig 16.6 s 848.0
08th Meier 16.6 s 848.0
08th Stewart 16.6 s 848.0
08th Yrjölä 16.6 s 848.0
13 Churchill 16.8 s 829.0
13 Huber 16.8 s 829.0
13 Joannes Powell 16.8 s 829.0
13 Kallay 16.8 s 829.0
13 Toki 16.8 s 829.0
18th Lindblad 17.0 s 810.0
19th Berlinger 17.2 s 791.0
20th Farkas 17.6 s 753.0
21st Lemperle 17.8 s 734.0
21st O'Callaghan 17.8 s 734.0
23 Benardis 18.0 s 715.0
23 Tolamo 18.0 s 715.0
25th Cejzik 18.4 s 677.0
25th Nakazawa 18.4 s 677.0
27 Meimer 18.6 s 658.0
28 Noël 19.4 s 582.0
29 Csegezi 20.0 s 525.0
29 Médécin 20.0 s 525.0
31 Haidu 20.4 s 487.0
32 ford 20.6 s 468.0
33 Etienne 20.8 s 449.0
Intermediate result
space Surname Points
01 Järvinen 5079.030
02 Jansson 5026,850
03 Stewart 4975,690
04th Yrjölä 4951,800
05 Doherty 4769,570
06th Vesely 4724,450
07th Viljoen 4644,570
08th Ladewig 4571,330
09 Meier 4516,970
10 Toki 4503,380
11 Churchill 4499,000
12 Andersson 4487.220
13 Lindblad 4459.890
14th Lemperle 4423,540
15th Barth 4389,990
16 Farkas 4376,500
17th Berlinger 4371.850
18th Huber 4292,790
19th Tolamo 4275,930
20th Meimer 4211,670
21st Lundgren 4112,980
22nd O'Callaghan 4075,200
23 Cejzik 4059.120
24 Benardis 3941.610
25th Médécin 3740,460
26th Joannes Powell 3624,790
27 Nakazawa 3606,040
28 Csegezi 3520,610
29 Noël 3458.620
30th Kallay 3368,560
31 ford 3348,390
32 Haidu 3284,380
33 Etienne 2743,550

Discus throw

With 42.09 m Paavo Yrjölä achieved the best distance so far at the Olympic Games in a decathlon.

Classification
space Surname Expanse Points
01 Yrjölä 42.09 m 881.44
02 Stewart 40.90 m 836.22
03 Cejzik 39.43 m 780.36
04th Doherty 38.72 m 753.38
05 Churchill 38.19 m 733.24
06th Lemperle 36.99 m 687.64
07th Järvinen 36.95 m 686.12
08th Jansson 36.83 m 681.56
09 Andersson 36.64 m 674.34
10 Farkas 35.83 m 643.56
11 Lindblad 35.53 m 632.16
12 Vesely 35.46 m 629.50
13 Meimer 35.32 m 624.18
14th Lundgren 35.04 m 613.54
15th Barth 34.89 m 607.84
16 Toki 34.01 m 574.40
17th Meier 33.43 m 552.36
18th Huber 33.07 m 538.68
19th Tolamo 32.88 m 531.46
20th ford 32.82 m 529.18
21st Berlinger 32.51 m 517.40
22nd Kallay 32.24 m 507.14
23 O'Callaghan 31.69 m 486.24
24 Haidu 31.59 m 482.44
25th Nakazawa 31.43 m 476.36
26th Benardis 31.41 m 475.60
27 Ladewig 30.74 m 450.14
28 Médécin 30.71 m 449.00
29 Noël 30.50 m 441.02
30th Etienne 29.81 m 414.80
31 Viljoen 28.95 m 382.12
32 Joannes Powell 26.73 m 297.76
33 Csegezi 26.20 m 277.62
Intermediate result
space Surname Points
01 Yrjölä 5833.240
02 Stewart 5811.910
03 Järvinen 5765.150
04th Jansson 5708,410
05 Doherty 5522,950
06th Vesely 5353,950
07th Churchill 5232,240
08th Andersson 5161,560
09 Lemperle 5111,180
10 Lindblad 5092,050
11 Toki 5077,780
12 Meier 5069,330
13 Viljoen 5026,690
14th Ladewig 5021,470
15th Farkas 5020,060
16 Barth 4997.830
17th Berlinger 4889.250
18th Cejzik 4839,480
19th Meimer 4835,850
20th Huber 4831,470
21st Tolamo 4807,390
22nd Lundgren 4726,520
23 O'Callaghan 4561,440
24 Benardis 4417.210
25th Médécin 4189,460
26th Nakazawa 4082,400
27 Joannes Powell 3922,550
28 Noël 3899,640
29 Kallay 3875,700
30th ford 3877,570
31 Csegezi 3798.230
32 Haidu 3766,820
33 Etienne 3158,350

Pole vault

The Romanian Ion Haidu, the Swiss Adolf Meier and the South African Johannes Viljoen no longer competed in the eighth discipline.

Classification
space Surname height Points
01 Nakazawa 3.70 m 865.0
02 Berlinger 3.60 m 811.0
02 Churchill 3.60 m 811.0
02 Lindblad 3.60 m 811.0
05 Andersson 3.30 m 649.0
05 Benardis 3.30 m 649.0
05 Doherty 3.30 m 649.0
05 Jansson 3.30 m 649.0
05 Järvinen 3.30 m 649.0
05 Lundgren 3.30 m 649.0
05 Stewart 3.30 m 649.0
05 Yrjölä 3.30 m 649.0
13 Etienne 3.20 m 595.0
13 Huber 3.20 m 595.0
13 Vesely 3.20 m 595.0
16 ford 3.10 m 541.0
16 Joannes Powell 3.10 m 541.0
16 Ladewig 3.10 m 541.08
16 Toki 3.10 m 541.0
16 Tolamo 3.10 m 541.0
21st Barth 3.00 m 487.0
21st Csegezi 3.00 m 487.02
21st Farkas 3.00 m 487.00
21st Kallay 3.00 m 487.0
21st Meimer 3.00 m 487.0
21st Noël 3.00 m 487.0
27 Cejzik 2.90 m 433.0
ogV Lemperle 0.0
Médécin
O'Callaghan
Intermediate result
space Surname Points
01 Yrjölä 6482,240
02 Stewart 6460.910
03 Järvinen 6414,150
04th Jansson 6357,410
05 Doherty 6171,950
06th Churchill 6043.240
07th Vesely 5948,950
08th Lindblad 5903.050
09 Andersson 5810,560
10 Berlinger 5700,250
11 Toki 5618.780
12 Ladewig 5562,470
13 Farkas 5507.060
14th Barth 5484,830
15th Huber 5426,470
16 Lundgren 5375,520
17th Tolamo 5348,390
18th Meimer 5322,850
19th Cejzik 5272,480
20th Lemperle 5111,180
21st Benardis 5066.210
22nd Nakazawa 4947,400
23 O'Callaghan 4561,440
24 Joannes Powell 4463,550
25th ford 4418,570
26th Noël 4386,640
27 Kallay 4362,700
28 Csegezi 4285.230
29 Médécin 4189,460
30th Etienne 3753,350

Javelin throw

The Briton Howard Ford, the Monegasse Gaston Médécin and the Irishman Con O'Callaghan did not compete in the ninth discipline, the javelin throw.

Classification
space Surname Expanse Points
01 Meimer 56.88 m 886,700
02 Doherty 56.56 m 877,900
03 Yrjölä 55.70 m 854.250
04th Järvinen 55.58 m 850,950
05 Etienne 54.85 m 830.875
06th Barth 52.73 m 772.575
07th Churchill 50.93 m 723.075
08th Lindblad 49.61 m 686.775
09 Berlinger 48.27 m 649.925
10 Stewart 48.07 m 644,425
11 Vesely 47.44 m 627,100
12 Ladewig 46.10 m 590.250
13 Toki 45.83 m 582.825
14th Andersson 45.81 m 582.275
15th Tolamo 45.79 m 581.725
16 Lundgren 45.71 m 579.525
17th Huber 45.42 m 571,550
18th Benardis 44.48 m 545,700
19th Kallay 43.98 m 531,950
20th Cejzik 43.96 m 531,400
21st Farkas 43.13 m 508.575
22nd Jansson 41.73 m 470.075
23 Lemperle 41.05 m 451.375
24 Nakazawa 40.33 m 431.575
25th Noël 32.64 m 220.100
26th Joannes Powell 32.56 m 217,900
27 Csegezi 31.85 m 198.375
Intermediate result
space Surname Points
01 Yrjölä 7336,490
02 Järvinen 7265.100
03 Stewart 7105,335
04th Doherty 7049.850
05 Jansson 6827,485
06th Churchill 6766,315
07th Lindblad 6589.825
08th Vesely 6576,050
09 Andersson 6392,835
10 Berlinger 6350.175
11 Barth 6257,405
12 Meimer 6209,550
13 Toki 6201,605
14th Ladewig 6152.720
15th Farkas 6015,635
16 Huber 5998,020
17th Lundgren 5955.045
18th Tolamo 5930.115
19th Cejzik 5803,880
20th Benardis 5611.910
21st Lemperle 5562,555
22nd Nakazawa 5378.975
23 Kallay 4894,650
24 Joannes Powell 4681,450
25th Noël 4606.740
26th Etienne 4584.225
27 Csegezi 4483.605

1500 meter run

The Japanese Yonetaru Nakazawa finished the decathlon in 22nd place.
Classification
space Surname time Points
01 Lundgren 4: 34.8 min 772.0
02 Lemperle 4: 41.6 min 731.2
03 Ladewig 4: 42.0 min 728.8
04th Yrjölä 4: 44.0 min 716.8
05 Andersson 4: 44.2 min 715.6
06th Tolamo 4: 44.8 min 712.0
07th Huber 4: 46.0 min 704.8
08th Vesely 4: 47.0 min 698.8
09 Etienne 4: 51.4 min 672.4
10 Järvinen 4: 52.4 min 666.4
11 Doherty 4: 54.0 min 656.8
12 Churchill 4: 55.0 min 650.8
13 Csegezi 5: 03.8 min 598.0
14th Barth 5: 04.6 min 593.2
15th Toki 5: 10.8 min 556.0
16 Cejzik 5: 11.4 min 552.4
17th Benardis 5: 13.8 min 538.0
18th Meimer 5: 16.2 min 523.6
19th Stewart 5: 17.0 min 518.8
20th Joannes Powell 5: 18.6 min 509.2
21st Lindblad 5: 23.2 min 481.6
22nd Jansson 5: 27.0 min 458.8
23 Kallay 5: 50.8 min 316.0
24 Nakazawa 5: 54.6 min 293.2
25th Berlinger 5: 58.6 min 269.2
DNF Farkas 0.0
Noël

Bottom line

space Surname nation Points - official rating Points - 1985 rating
1 Paavo Yrjölä FinlandFinland Finland 8053,290 WR 6587
2 Akilles Jarvinen FinlandFinland Finland 7931,500 6645
3 Ken Doherty United States 48United States United States 7706,650 6428
4th James Stewart United States 48United States United States 7624,135 6310
5 Thomas Churchill United States 48United States United States 7417.115 6165
6th Helge Jansson SwedenSweden Sweden 7286,285 6111
7th Ludwig Vesely AustriaAustria Austria 7274,850 6227
8th Albert Andersson SwedenSweden Sweden 7108,435 6031
9 Henry Lindblad SwedenSweden Sweden 7071.425 5906
10 Wilhelm Ladewig German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire 6881,520 5964
11 Hugo Barth German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire 6850.605 5885
12 Tatsuo Toki Japan 1870Japan Japan 6757.605 5794
13 Johan Meimer EstoniaEstonia Estonia 6733.150 5636
14th Sven Lundgren SwedenSweden Sweden 6727.045 5878
15th Erwin Huber German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire 6702,820 5789
16 Martti Tolamo FinlandFinland Finland 6642.115 5736
17th Barney Berlinger United States 48United States United States 6619.375 5499
18th Antoni Cejzik Poland 1928Second Polish Republic Poland 6356,280 5415
19th Hermann Lemperle German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire 6293.755 5484
20th Stelios Benardis Second Hellenic RepublicSecond Hellenic Republic Greece 6149.910 5270
21st Mátyás Farkas Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary 6005,635 5180
22nd Nakazawa Yonetaro Japan 1870Japan Japan 5672.175 4795
23 Gaston Etienne BelgiumBelgium Belgium 5256.625 4557
24 Branko Kallay Yugoslavia Kingdom 1918Kingdom of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 5210,650 4487
25th René Joannes-Powell BelgiumBelgium Belgium 5190,650 4213
26th Gheorghe Csegezi Romania kingdomRomania Romania 5081,605 4658
27 Gérard Noël BelgiumBelgium Belgium 4606.740 4106

Date: 3rd / 4th August 1928

In the decathlon there was a Finnish double victory. Olympic champion Paavo Yrjölä was the first athlete to exceed the 8,000 point mark after the then valid rating of 1920, setting a new world record . The silver medalist Akilles Järvinen was also very strong. Ken Doherty from the United States came third.
For a better classification of the performance, the points converted according to the current rating system from 1985 are also given. According to this table, which is valid today, Järvinen would have been the Olympic champion. But these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis. This is most noticeable in the pole vault , where people jumped with completely different poles than they do today.

Paavo Yrjölä and Akilles Järvinen won the first Finnish medals in the decathlon.

Picture gallery

  • Olympic champion Paavo Yrjölä (FIN)

  • Silver for Akilles Järvinen (FIN)

  • Bronze for Ken Doherty (USA)

  • The Swede Helge Jansson came in sixth.

literature

  • Ekkehard zur Megede : The History of Olympic Athletics. Volume 1: 1896-1936. 2nd Edition. Verlag Bartels & Wernitz, Berlin 1970, pp. 209-211.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ekkehard to Megede : The history of Olympic athletics. Volume 1: 1896-1936. 2nd Edition. Verlag Bartels & Wernitz, Berlin 1970, p. 210.
  2. ↑ SportsReference decathlon (100 m) (English)
  3. ↑ SportsReference decathlon (long jump) (English)
  4. ↑ SportsReference decathlon (shot put) (English)
  5. ↑ SportsReference decathlon (110 m hurdles) (English)
  6. ↑ SportsReference (English)
  7. ↑ SportsReference decathlon (discus throw) (English)