Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
DatesAugust 1, 1928 (heats)
August 4, 1928 (final)
Competitors22
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Toivo Loukola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Silver medal icon.svg Paavo Nurmi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg Ove Andersen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place August 1 & August 4. [1]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Ville Ritola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9:46.6Q
2 Melvin Dalton US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 9:58.6 Q
3 Nils Eklöf Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Q
4 Walter Gegan US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
5 Henry Oliver Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
6 Nello Bartolini Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy
7 Jozef Langenus Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
8 Art Keay Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Paavo Nurmi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9:58.8Q
2 Lucien Duquesne Flag of France.svg  France 9:58.9 Q
3 William Spencer US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Q
4 Norman Biddulph Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
5 Edgard Viseur Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
6 Henrique Santos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Gerry Coughlan Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, Q = Qualified

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Toivo Loukola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9:37.6Q
2 Ove Andersen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Q
3 Henri Dartigues Flag of France.svg  France Q
4 Jean-Gunnar Lindgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
5 Vernon Morgan Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
6 Joe Blewitt Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
7 Jesse Montgomery US flag 48 stars.svg  United States

Key: Q = Qualified

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Toivo Loukola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9:21.8 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Paavo Nurmi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9:31.2
Bronze medal icon.svg Ove Andersen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9:35.6
4 Nils Eklöf Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9:38.0
5 Henri Dartigues Flag of France.svg  France 9:40.0
6 Lucien Duquesne Flag of France.svg  France 9:40.5
7 Melvin Dalton US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
8 William Spencer US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Ville Ritola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, WR = World record

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
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