Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon

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Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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The official results of the Men's Marathon at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands held on Sunday August 5, 1928. The race started on 15.14h local time. A total number of 57 athletes completed the race, with Willem van der Steen from Holland finishing in last position in 3:29:21. There were 69 competitors from 23 countries. Twelve of them did not finish.

These are the official results of the Men's Marathon event at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boughera El Ouafi France (FRA)	Manuel Plaza Chile (CHI)	Martti Marttelin Finland (FIN)

[edit] Results

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Boughera El Ouafi (FRA)	2:32:57
2	Manuel Plaza (CHI)	2:33:23
3	Martti Marttelin (FIN)	2:35:02
4	Kanematsu Yamada (JPN)	2:35:29
5	Joie Ray (USA)	2:36:04
6	Seiichiro Tsuda (JPN)	2:36:20
7	Yrjö Korholin-Koski (FIN)	2:36:40
8	Samuel Ferris (GBR)	2:37:41
9	Albert Michelsen (USA)	2:38:56
10	Clifford Bricker (CAN)	2:39:24
11	Harry Wood (GBR)	2:41:15
12	Verner Laaksonen (FIN)	2:41:35
13	Harry Payne (GBR)	2:42:39
14	Eino Rastas (FIN)	2:43:08
15	Väinö Sipilä (FIN)	2:43:08
16	Alois Krof (TCH)	2:43:18
17	John Miles (CAN)	2:43:32
18	Léon Broers (BEL)	2:44:37
19	Hans Stelges (GER)	2:45:27
20	Duncan Wright (GBR)	2:45:30
21	Herbert Bignall (GBR)	2:45:44
22	Ernest Harper (GBR)	2:45:44
23	Jean Gérault (FRA)	2:46:08
24	Ilmari Kuokka (FIN)	2:46:34
25	Gustav Kinn (SWE)	2:47:35
26	Silas McLellan (CAN)	2:49:33
27	Clarence DeMar (USA)	2:50:42
28	Marcel Denis (FRA)	2:51:15
29	Guillaume Tell (FRA)	2:51:18
30	Henri Landheer (NED)	2:51:59
31	Paul Hempel (GER)	2:52:01
32	Aurelio Terrazas (MEX)	2:52:22
33	František Zyka (TCH)	2:52:42
34	Giuseppe Ferrera (ITA)	2:53:10
35	José Torres (MEX)	2:54:00
36	Johan Støa (NOR)	2:54:15
37	Gerard Steuers (BEL)	2:54:48
38	Arturs Motmillers (LAT)	2:56:45
39	James Henigan (USA)	2:56:50
40	Martinus Steytler (RSA)	2:57:21
41	Harvey Frick (USA)	2:57:24
42	Jean Linsen (BEL)	2:58:08
43	Frank Hughes (CAN)	2:58:12
44	William Agee (USA)	2:58:50
45	Percy Wyer (CAN)	2:58:52
46	Georg Hörger (GER)	2:59:01
47	Hans Schneider (GER)	2:59:36
48	Juichi Nagatani (JPN)	3:03:34
49	József Galambos (HUN)	3:05:58
50	Paul Gerhardt (GER)	3:09:30
51	Gottlieb Bach (DEN)	3:10:10
52	Emilio Ferrer (ESP)	3:11:05
53	Dimitrije Stefanović (YUG)	3:11:35
54	Joop Vermeulen (NED)	3:13:47
55	Pleun van Leenen (NED)	3:14:37
56	Jean Marien (BEL)	3:16:13
57	Willem van der Steen (NED)	3:19:53
—	Axel Elofs (SWE)	DNF
—	Aksel Madsen (DEN)	DNF
—	Hans Olsen (DEN)	DNF
—	Vintilǎ Cristescu (ROM)	DNF
—	Romeo Bertini (ITA)	DNF
—	Attilio Conton (ITA)	DNF
—	Stefano Natale (ITA)	DNF
—	Vilis Cimmermans (LAT)	DNF
—	Karl Laas (EST)	DNF
—	Teun Sprong (NED)	DNF
—	Bram Groeneweg (NED)	DNF
—	Franz Wanderer (GER)	DNF