| Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | |||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | |||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | |||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | |||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | |||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, 27 athletics events were contested. The competition was held on a 400 meter track and would become the standard for athletics tracks in the future. For the first time, women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program. There was a total of 706 participants from 40 countries competing.
Contents |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | Finland (FIN) | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Sweden | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Chile (CHI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Haiti (HAI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
Betty Robinson United States (USA) |
Bobbie Rosenfeld Canada (CAN) |
Ethel Smith Canada (CAN) |
| 800 metres |
Lina Radke Germany (GER) |
Kinue Hitomi Japan (JPN) |
Inga Gentzel Sweden (SWE) |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
Canada (CAN) Myrtle Cook Ethel Smith Bobbie Rosenfeld Jane Bell |
United States (USA) Jessie Cross Loretta McNeil Betty Robinson Mary Washburn |
Germany (GER) Anni Holdmann Leni Junker Rosa Kellner Leni Schmidt |
| High jump |
Ethel Catherwood Canada (CAN) |
Lien Gisolf Netherlands (NED) |
Mildred Wiley United States (USA) |
| Discus throw |
Halina Konopacka Poland (POL) |
Lillian Copeland United States (USA) |
Ruth Svedberg Sweden (SWE) |
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