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The men's decathlon event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 4 & August 5.
Results
100 metres
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Points
Adjusted Points
1
Johannes Viljoen
South Africa
11.0
904.8
808
2
James Stewart
United States
11.2
857.2
765
2
Akilles Järvinen
Finland
11.2
857.2
765
4
Helge Jansson
Sweden
11.4
809.6
723
4
Adolf Meier
Switzerland
11.4
809.6
723
4
George Weightman-Smith
South Africa
11.4
809.6
723
7
Ken Doherty
United States
11.6
762
683
7
Tom Churchill
United States
11.6
762
683
7
Ludwig Vesely
Austria
11.6
762
683
7
Tatsuo Toki
Japan
11.6
762
683
7
Johan Meimer
Estonia
11.6
762
683
7
Barney Berlinger
United States
11.6
762
683
7
Hermann Lemperle
Germany
11.6
762
683
7
Mátyás Farkas
Hungary
11.6
762
683
7
Branko Kallay
Yugoslavia
11.6
762
683
16
Paavo Yrjölä
Finland
11.8
714.4
643
16
Wilhelm Ladewig
Germany
11.8
714.4
643
16
Sven Lundgren
Sweden
11.8
714.4
643
16
Erwin Huber
Germany
11.8
714.4
643
16
Gheorghe Csegezi
Romania
11.8
714.4
643
16
Con O'Callaghan
Ireland
11.8
714.4
643
16
Gunnar Fredriksen
Norway
11.8
714.4
643
16
Armas Wahlstedt
Finland
11.8
714.4
643
24
Albert Andersson
Sweden
12.0
666.8
605
24
Henry Lindblad
Sweden
12.0
666.8
605
24
Hugo Barth
Germany
12.0
666.8
605
24
Martti Tolamo
Finland
12.0
666.8
605
24
Stelios Benardis
Greece
12.0
666.8
605
24
Gaston Médécin
Monaco
12.0
666.8
605
24
Gunnar Hagen
Norway
12.0
666.8
605
31
Antoni Cejzik
Poland
12.2
619.2
567
31
René Joannes-Powell
Belgium
12.2
619.2
567
31
Ion Haidu
Romania
12.2
619.2
567
34
Yonetaro Nagazawa
Japan
12.4
571.6
531
34
Gérard Noël
Belgium
12.4
571.6
531
34
Virgil Ioan
Romania
12.4
571.6
531
37
Howard Ford
Great Britain
12.8
476.4
461
38
Gaston Étienne
Belgium
13.0
428.8
428
Long jump
Rank
Athlete
Country
Distance (metres)
Points
Adjusted Points
1
Henry Lindblad
Sweden
6.97
845.65
807
2
Tatsuo Toki
Japan
6.90
828.50
790
3
Adolf Meier
Switzerland
6.89
826.05
788
4
Akilles Järvinen
Finland
6.87
821.15
783
4
Hugo Barth
Germany
6.87
821.15
783
6
Helge Jansson
Sweden
6.85
816.25
778
6
Johannes Viljoen
South Africa
6.85
816.25
778
8
Erwin Huber
Germany
6.79
801.55
764
9
Ludwig Vesely
Austria
6.73
786.85
750
9
Wilhelm Ladewig
Germany
6.73
786.85
750
11
Paavo Yrjölä
Finland
6.72
784.40
748
12
Martti Tolamo
Finland
6.69
777.05
741
13
Mátyás Farkas
Hungary
6.62
759.90
725
14
Ken Doherty
United States
6.61
757.45
723
14
James Stewart
United States
6.61
757.45
723
16
Sven Lundgren
Sweden
6.50
730.50
697
16
Hermann Lemperle
Germany
6.50
730.50
697
18
Gaston Médécin
Monaco
6.46
720.70
688
19
Gunnar Fredriksen
Norway
6.45
718.25
686
20
Johan Meimer
Estonia
6.43
713.35
682
21
Stelios Benardis
Greece
6.37
698.65
668
22
Tom Churchill
United States
6.32
686.40
657
23
Albert Andersson
Sweden
6.30
681.50
652
24
Con O'Callaghan
Ireland
6.28
676.60
648
25
George Weightman-Smith
South Africa
6.26
671.70
644
26
Howard Ford
Great Britain
6.07
625.15
602
27
Yonetaro Nagazawa
Japan
6.04
617.80
595
28
René Joannes-Powell
Belgium
6.03
615.35
593
29
Gheorghe Csegezi
Romania
6.01
610.45
589
30
Barney Berlinger
United States
5.97
600.65
580
31
Gunnar Hagen
Norway
5.95
595.75
576
32
Antoni Cejzik
Poland
5.92
588.40
569
33
Armas Wahlstedt
Finland
5.86
573.70
556
34
Ion Haidu
Romania
5.74
544.30
531
35
Gérard Noël
Belgium
5.70
534.50
523
36
Gaston Étienne
Belgium
5.51
487.95
483
-
Branko Kallay
Yugoslavia
No Mark
0
0
Shot put
Rank
Athlete
Country
Distance (metres)
Points
Adjusted Points
1
Paavo Yrjölä
Finland
14.11
877
735
2
Akilles Järvinen
Finland
13.64
830
706
3
Helge Jansson
Sweden
13.59
825
703
4
Barney Berlinger
United States
13.05
771
670
5
James Stewart
United States
13.04
770
670
6
Hermann Lemperle
Germany
12.96
762
665
7
Ludwig Vesely
Austria
12.58
724
642
8
Tom Churchill
United States
12.28
694
623
9
Albert Andersson
Sweden
12.19
685
618
10
Adolf Meier
Switzerland
12.15
681
616
11
Antoni Cejzik
Poland
12.11
677
613
11
Howard Ford
Great Britain
12.11
677
613
13
Henry Lindblad
Sweden
12.04
670
609
14
Erwin Huber
Germany
11.92
658
602
15
Ken Doherty
United States
11.85
651
597
16
Mátyás Farkas
Hungary
11.78
644
593
17
Gaston Médécin
Monaco
11.67
633
586
18
Gunnar Fredriksen
Norway
11.56
622
580
18
Gunnar Hagen
Norway
11.56
622
580
20
Hugo Barth
Germany
11.34
600
566
21
Martti Tolamo
Finland
11.31
597
565
22
Johan Meimer
Estonia
11.20
586
558
23
Con O'Callaghan
Ireland
11.07
573
550
24
Tatsuo Toki
Japan
11.03
569
548
24
Stelios Benardis
Greece
11.03
569
548
26
Wilhelm Ladewig
Germany
10.96
562
543
27
Sven Lundgren
Sweden
10.76
542
531
28
George Weightman-Smith
South Africa
10.54
520
518
29
Ion Haidu
Romania
10.51
517
516
30
Yonetaro Nakazawa
Japan
10.37
503
508
31
Johannes Viljoen
South Africa
10.17
483
496
32
Gérard Noël
Belgium
9.95
461
483
33
Branko Kallay
Yugoslavia
9.87
453
478
34
René Joannes-Powell
Belgium
9.83
449
475
35
Gaston Étienne
Belgium
9.65
431
465
36
Gheorghe Csegezi
Romania
9.45
411
453
High jump
400 metres
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Points
Adjusted Points
1
Akilles Järvinen
Finland
51.4
879.68
745
2
Ken Doherty
United States
52.0
857.12
719
3
Tom Churchill
United States
52.2
849.6
710
3
Ludwig Vesely
Austria
52.2
849.6
710
5
Wilhelm Ladewig
Germany
52.4
842.08
701
5
Sven Lundgren
Sweden
52.4
842.08
701
5
Martti Tolamo
Finland
52.4
842.08
701
5
Mátyáas Farkas
Hungary
52.4
842.08
701
9
James Stewart
United States
52.8
827.04
684
9
Hugo Barth
Germany
52.8
827.04
684
9
Hermann Lemperle
Germany
52.8
827.04
684
12
Antoni Cejzik
Poland
53.0
819.52
676
12
Johannes Viljoen
South Africa
53.0
819.52
676
14
Paavo Yrjölä
Finland
53.2
812
667
14
Helge Jansson
Sweden
53.2
812
667
16
Gaston Médécin
Monaco
53.6
796.96
650
17
Henry Lindblad
Sweden
53.8
789.44
642
18
Albert Andersson
Sweden
54.0
781.92
634
19
Tatsuo Toki
Japan
54.4
766.88
617
20
Erwin Huber
Germany
54.8
751.84
601
21
Johan Meimer
Estonia
55.0
744.32
593
21
Adolf Meier
Switzerland
55.0
744.32
593
23
Gheorghe Csegezi
Romania
55.6
721.76
569
24
René Joannes-Powell
Belgium
55.8
714.24
562
24
Gunnar Fredriksen
Norway
55.8
714.24
562
26
Barney Berlinger
United States
56.2
699.20
546
26
Con O'Callaghan
Ireland
56.2
699.20
546
28
Gunnar Hagen
Norway
56.4
691.68
538
29
Stelios Benardis
Greece
56.6
684.16
531
30
Branko Kallay
Yugoslavia
57.6
646.56
493
31
Gérard Noël
Belgium
58.0
631.52
479
32
Ion Haidu
Romania
59.4
578.88
429
33
Howard Ford
Great Britain
59.8
563.84
415
34
Gaston Étienne
Belgium
1:00.2
548.80
402
35
Yonetaro Nakazawa
Japan
1:01.8
488.64
350
110 metre hurdles
Discus throw
Rank
Athlete
Country
Distance (metres)
Points
Adjusted Points
1
Paavo Yrjölä
Finland
42.09
881.44
707
2
James Stewart
United States
40.90
836.22
683
3
Antoni Cejzik
Poland
39.43
780.36
653
4
Ken Doherty
United States
38.72
753.38
639
5
Tom Churchill
United States
38.19
733.24
628
6
Hermann Lemperle
Germany
36.99
687.64
604
7
Akilles Järvinen
Finland
36.95
686.12
604
8
Helge Jansson
Sweden
36.83
681.56
600
9
Albert Andersson
Sweden
36.64
674.34
597
10
Mátyás Farkas
Hungary
35.83
643.56
580
11
Henry Lindblad
Sweden
35.53
632.16
574
12
Ludwig Vesely
Austria
35.46
629.50
573
13
Johan Meimer
Estonia
35.32
624.18
570
14
Sven Lundgren
Sweden
35.04
613.54
564
15
Hugo Barth
Germany
34.89
607.84
561
16
Tatsuo Toki
Japan
34.01
574.40
544
17
Adolf Meier
Switzerland
33.43
552.36
532
18
Erwin Huber
Germany
33.07
538.68
525
19
Martti Tolamo
Finland
32.88
531.46
521
20
Howard Ford
Great Britain
32.82
529.18
520
21
Barney Berlinger
United States
32.51
517.40
514
22
Branko Kallay
Yugoslavia
32.24
507.14
509
23
Con O'Callaghan
Ireland
31.69
486.24
498
24
Ion Haidu
Romania
31.59
482.44
496
25
Yonetaro Nakazawa
Japan
31.43
476.36
493
26
Stelios Benardis
Greece
31.41
475.60
492
27
Wilhelm Ladewig
Germany
30.74
450.14
479
28
Gaston Médécin
Monaco
30.71
449.00
478
29
Gérard Noël
Belgium
30.50
441.02
474
30
Gaston Étienne
Belgium
29.81
414.80
461
31
Johannes Viljoen
South Africa
28.95
382.12
444
32
René Joannes-Powell
Belgium
26.73
297.76
401
33
Gheorghe Csegezi
Romania
26.20
277.62
390
Pole vault
Rank
Athlete
Country
Height (metres)
Points
Adjusted Points
1
Yonetaro Nakazawa
Japan
3.70
865
535
2
Tom Churchill
United States
3.60
811
509
2
Henry Lindblad
Sweden
3.60
811
509
2
Barney Berlinger
United States
3.60
811
509
5
Paavo Yrjölä
Finland
3.30
649
431
5
Akilles Järvinen
Finland
3.30
649
431
5
Ken Doherty
United States
3.30
649
431
5
James Stewart
United States
3.30
649
431
5
Helge Jansson
Sweden
3.30
649
431
5
Albert Andersson
Sweden
3.30
649
431
5
Sven Lundgren
Sweden
3.30
649
431
5
Stelios Benardis
Greece
3.30
649
431
13
Ludwig Vesely
Austria
3.20
595
406
13
Erwin Huber
Germany
3.20
595
406
13
Gaston Étienne
Belgium
3.20
595
406
16
Wilhelm Ladewig
Germany
3.10
541
381
16
Tatsuo Toki
Japan
3.10
541
381
16
Martti Tolamo
Finland
3.10
541
381
16
René Joannes-Powell
Belgium
3.10
541
381
16
Howard Ford
Great Britain
3.10
541
381
21
Hugo Barth
Germany
3.00
487
357
21
Johan Meimer
Estonia
3.00
487
357
21
Mátyás Farkas
Hungary
3.00
487
357
21
Branko Kallay
Yugoslavia
3.00
487
357
21
Gheorghe Csegezi
Romania
3.00
487
357
21
Gérard Noël
Belgium
3.00
487
357
27
Antoni Cejzik
Poland
2.90
433
333
-
Hermann Lemperle
Germany
No height
0
0
-
Con O'Callaghan
Ireland
No height
0
0
-
Gaston Médécin
Monaco
No height
0
0
Javelin throw
Rank
Athlete
Country
Distance (metres)
Points
Adjusted Points
1
Johan Meimer
Estonia
56.88
886.70
691
2
Ken Doherty
United States
56.56
877.90
686
3
Paavo Yrjölä
Finland
55.70
854.25
673
4
Akilles Järvinen
Finland
55.58
850.95
672
5
Gaston Étienne
Belgium
54.85
830.875
661
6
Hugo Barth
Germany
52.73
772.575
629
7
Tom Churchill
United States
50.93
723.075
602
8
Henry Lindblad
Sweden
49.61
686.775
583
9
Barney Berlinger
United States
48.27
649.925
563
10
James Stewart
United States
48.07
644.425
560
11
Ludwig Vesely
Austria
47.44
627.10
551
12
Wilhelm Ladewig
Germany
46.10
590.25
531
13
Tatsuo Toki
Japan
45.83
582.825
527
14
Albert Andersson
Sweden
45.81
582.275
527
15
Martti Tolamo
Finland
45.79
581.725
527
16
Sven Lundgren
Sweden
45.71
579.525
525
17
Erwin Huber
Germany
45.42
571.550
521
18
Stelios Benardis
Greece
44.48
545.70
507
19
Branko Kallay
Yugoslavia
43.98
531.95
500
20
Antoni Cejzik
Poland
43.96
531.40
500
21
Mátyás Farkas
Hungary
43.13
508.575
488
22
Helge Jansson
Sweden
41.73
470.075
467
23
Hermann Lemperle
Germany
41.05
451.375
457
24
Yonetaro Nakazawa
Japan
40.33
431.575
447
25
Gérard Noël
Belgium
32.64
220.10
337
26
René Joannes-Powell
Belgium
32.56
217.90
335
27
Gheorghe Csegezi
Romania
31.85
198.375
325
1500 metres
Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
Points
Adjusted Points
1
Sven Lundgren
Sweden
4:34.8
772.0
713
2
Hermann Lemperle
Germany
4:41.6
731.2
670
3
Wilhelm Ladewig
Germany
4:42.0
728.8
668
4
Paavo Yrjölä
Finland
4:44.0
716.8
655
5
Albert Andersson
Sweden
4:44.2
715.6
654
6
Martti Tolamo
Finland
4:44.8
712.0
650
7
Erwin Huber
Germany
4:46.0
704.8
643
8
Ludwig Vesely
Austria
4:47.0
698.8
637
9
Gaston Étienne
Belgium
4:51.4
672.4
610
10
Akilles Järvinen
Finland
4:52.4
666.4
604
11
Ken Doherty
United States
4:54.0
656.8
595
12
Tom Churchill
United States
4:55.0
650.8
589
13
Gheorghe Csegezi
Romania
5:03.8
598.0
538
14
Hugo Barth
Germany
5:04.6
593.2
534
15
Tatsuo Toki
Japan
5:10.8
556.0
499
16
Antoni Cejzik
Poland
5:11.4
552.4
496
17
Stelios Benardis
Greece
5:13.8
538.0
483
18
Johan Meimer
Estonia
5:16.2
523.6
470
19
James Stewart
United States
5:17.0
518.8
466
20
René Joannes-Powell
Belgium
5:18.6
509.2
457
21
Henry Lindblad
Sweden
5:23.2
481.6
434
22
Helge Jansson
Sweden
5:27.0
458.8
414
23
Branko Kallay
Yugoslavia
5:50.8
316.0
303
24
Yonetaro Nakazawa
Japan
5:54.6
293.2
287
25
Barney Berlinger
United States
5:58.6
269.2
270
-
Mátyás Farkas
Hungary
DNF
0
0
-
Gérard Noël
Belgium
DNF
0
0
Final standings
Rank
Athlete
Country
Points
Adjusted points
Paavo Yrjölä
Finland
8,053.290
6587
OR
Akilles Järvinen
Finland
7,931.500
6645
Ken Doherty
United States
7,706.650
6428
4
James Stewart
United States
7,624.135
6310
5
Tom Churchill
United States
7,417.115
6165
6
Helge Jansson
Sweden
7,286.285
6111
7
Ludwig Vesely
Austria
7,274.850
6224
8
Albert Andersson
Sweden
7,108.435
6031
9
Henry Lindblad
Sweden
7,071.425
5906
10
Wilhelm Ladewig
Germany
6,881.520
5964
11
Hugo Barth
Germany
6,850.605
5885
12
Tatsuo Toki
Japan
6,757.605
5794
13
Johan Meimer
Estonia
6,733.150
5636
14
Sven Lundgren
Sweden
6,727.045
5878
15
Erwin Huber
Germany
6,702.820
5789
16
Martti Tolamo
Finland
6,642.115
5736
17
Barney Berlinger
United States
6,619.375
5499
18
Antoni Cejzik
Poland
6,356.280
5415
19
Hermann Lemperle
Germany
6,293.755
5484
20
Stelios Benardis
Greece
6,149.910
5270
21
Mátyás Farkas
Hungary
6,015.635
5180
22
Yonetaro Nakazawa
Japan
5,672.175
4795
23
Gaston Étienne
Belgium
5,256.625
4577
24
Branko Kallay
Yugoslavia
5,210.650
4487
25
René Joannes-Powell
Belgium
5,190.650
4780
26
Gheorghe Csegezi
Romania
5,081.605
4658
27
Gérard Noël
Belgium
4,606.740
4106
Con O'Callaghan
Ireland
DNF
Howard Ford
Great Britain
DNF
Gaston Médécin
Monaco
DNF
Adolf Meier
Switzerland
DNF
Johannes Viljoen
South Africa
DNF
Ion Haidu
Romania
DNF
Gunnar Fredriksen
Norway
DNF
Gunnar Hagen
Norway
DNF
George Weightman-Smith
South Africa
DNF
Armas Wahlstedt
Finland
DNF
Virgil Ioan
Romania
DNF
Key : DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record
References
"Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Decathlon" . sports-reference.com . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
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