Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
| Athletics at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium |
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| Dates | 29 July–5 August |
| Competitors | 706 (611 men, 95 women) from 40 nations |
| 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 |
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| 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.
Medal summary
Men
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 100 metres |
 Betty RobinsonUnited States (USA) |
 Bobbie RosenfeldCanada (CAN) |
Ethel Smith Canada (CAN) |
| 800 metres |
.svg.png){kind=small} Lina RadkeGermany (GER) |
.svg.png){kind=small} Kinue HitomiJapan (JPN) |
 Inga GentzelSweden (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 GisolfNetherlands (NED) |
Mildred Wiley United States (USA) |
| Discus throw |
 Halina KonopackaPoland (POL) |
Lillian Copeland United States (USA) |
Ruth Svedberg Sweden (SWE) |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 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 |
.svg.png){kind=small} 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 |
Participating nations
706 athletes from 40 nations competed. Lithuania and Romania competed in athletics for the first time. Bulgaria, Egypt, Malta, Panama, Rhodesia, and Uruguay were the only six nations not to compete in athletics.
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References
- 1928 Summer Olympics results: athletics, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-03-01.
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