Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres was an event at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.[1] Fifty athletes from 20 nations competed.[2] NOCs were limited to 4 competitors each.[3] The event was won by Ray Barbuti of the United States, the first title for the Americans in the event since 1912 and the fifth overall. Jimmy Ball won Canada's first medal in the event, a silver.

Men's 400 metres
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesAugust 2 (heats, quarter-finals)
August 3 (semi-finals, final)
Competitors50 from 20 nations
Winning time47.8
Medalists
Ray Barbuti  United States
Jimmy Ball  Canada
Joachim Büchner  Germany
Athletics at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
Field events
Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Decathlonmen

Background

This was the eighth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics.

None of the finalists from 1924 returned. The world record holder, Emerson Spencer, came in fifth at the U.S. Olympic trials and missed the team. Ray Barbuti won the U.S. trials.[2]

Chile and Greece appeared in the event for the first time. The United States made its eighth appearance in the event, the only nation to compete in it at every Olympic Games to that point.

Competition format

The competition retained the basic four-round format from 1920. The first round had 15 heats, ranging from 2 to 5 athletes. The top two runners in each heat advanced to the quarterfinals. There were 6 quarterfinals of 5 runners each; the top two athletes in each quarterfinal heat advanced to the semifinals. The semifinals featured 2 heats of 6 runners each. The top two runners in each semifinal heat advanced, making a six-man final.[2][4]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World record Emerson Spencer (USA)47.0Palo Alto, United States12 May 1928
Olympic record Eric Liddell (GBR)47.6Paris, France11 July 1924

No records were set during this event.

Schedule
Date Time Round
Thursday, 2 August 192814:00
16:00		Heats
Quarterfinals
Friday, 3 August 192814:00
16:00		Semifinals
Final

Results

Round 1

The top two finishers in each of the 15 heats advanced to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Hermon Phillips  United States 49.4Q
2 Georges Dupont  France UnknownQ
3 Zygmunt Weiss  Poland 50.8
4 Rinus van den Berge  Netherlands Unknown
5 Víctor Villaseñor  Mexico Unknown

Heat 2
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Emil Snider  United States 50.4Q
2 François Prinsen  Belgium UnknownQ

Heat 3
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Phil Edwards  Canada 49.8Q
2 Georges Krotoff  France 50.5Q
3 Jaroslav Vykoupil  Czechoslovakia Unknown
4 Stefan Kostrzewski  Poland 52.2

Heat 4
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 John Rinkel  Great Britain 50.2Q
2 Johann Bartl  Czechoslovakia UnknownQ
3 Émile Langenraedt  Belgium Unknown
4 Feliks Żuber  Poland 52.6

Heat 5
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Jochen Büchner  Germany 50.2Q
2 Andries Hoogerwerf  Netherlands UnknownQ

Heat 6
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Ray Barbuti  United States 49.8Q
2 Sean Lavan  Ireland UnknownQ
3 Louis Lundgren  Denmark Unknown
4 Jenő Szalay  Hungary Unknown
5 Rudolfo Hannig  Chile Unknown

Heat 7
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Harry Storz  Germany 50.6Q
2 Harry Broos  Netherlands UnknownQ
3 Joaquín Miquel  Spain Unknown

Heat 8
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Jimmy Ball  Canada 55.8Q
2 Roger Leigh-Wood  Great Britain UnknownQ

Heat 9
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Jesús Moraila  Mexico 1:00.0Q
2 James Hall  India UnknownQ

Heat 10
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 László Barsi  Hungary 55.6Q
2 José Lucílo Iturbe  Mexico UnknownQ

Heat 11
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Joe Tierney  United States 49.8Q
2 Alex Wilson  Canada 49.9Q
3 Klemens Biniakowski  Poland 50.8

Heat 12
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 René Féger  France 51.4Q
2 Billy Green  Great Britain UnknownQ
3 José Vicente Salinas  Chile Unknown

Heat 13
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Hermann Geißler  Austria 50.2Q
2 Adje Paulen  Netherlands UnknownQ
3 László Magdics  Hungary Unknown
4 Vasilios Stavrinos  Greece Unknown
5 Fritz Eyschen  Luxembourg Unknown

Heat 14
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Otto Neumann  Germany 50.6Q
2 Fred Macbeth  Canada UnknownQ
3 Charles Stuart  Australia Unknown
4 Mór Gerő  Hungary Unknown

Heat 15
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Reinhold Schmidt  Germany 50.0Q
2 Joseph Jackson  France 50.6Q
3 John Hanlon  Great Britain Unknown
4 Alfonso García  Mexico Unknown

Quarterfinals

The first two finishers in each of the six heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Quarterfinal 1
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Hermon Phillips  United States 49.6Q
2 Georges Krotoff  France UnknownQ
3 Billy Green  Great Britain Unknown
4 Reinhold Schmidt  Germany Unknown
5 James Hall  India Unknown

Quarterfinal 2
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Ray Barbuti  United States 48.8Q
2 Alex Wilson  Canada UnknownQ
3 Otto Neumann  Germany Unknown
4 Georges Dupont  France Unknown
5 Jesús Moraila  Mexico Unknown

Quarterfinal 3
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Jimmy Ball  Canada 49.2Q
2 René Féger  France UnknownQ
3 Euil Snider  United States Unknown
4 Andries Hoogerwerf  Netherlands Unknown
5 Hermann Geißler  Austria Unknown

Quarterfinal 4
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Harry Storz  Germany 49.4Q
2 John Rinkel  Great Britain UnknownQ
3 Joseph Jackson  France Unknown
4 François Prinsen  Belgium Unknown
5 José Lucílo Iturbe  Mexico Unknown

Quarterfinal 5
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Phil Edwards  Canada 49.2Q
2 Harry Broos  Netherlands UnknownQ
3 Johann Bartl  Czechoslovakia Unknown
4 Joe Tierney  United States Unknown
5 Sean Lavan  Ireland Unknown

Quarterfinal 6
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Joachim Büchner  Germany 48.6Q
2 László Barsi  Hungary UnknownQ
3 Roger Leigh-Wood  Great Britain Unknown
4 Adje Paulen  Netherlands Unknown
5 Fred Macbeth  Canada Unknown

Semifinals

The first three finishers in each of the two heats advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Jimmy Ball  Canada 48.6Q
2 Ray Barbuti  United States 48.8Q
3 Harry Werner Storz  Germany 49.0Q
4 László Barsi  Hungary 49.2
5 Harry Broos  Netherlands 49.9
6 Georges Krotoff  France Unknown

Semifinal 2
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Joachim Büchner  Germany 48.6Q
2 Hermon Phillips  United States 49.1Q
3 John Rinkel  Great Britain 49.1Q
4 Alex Wilson  Canada 49.2
5 René Féger  France 49.6
6 Phil Edwards  Canada 50.2

Final
RankAthleteNationTime
Ray Barbuti United States47.8
Jimmy Ball Canada48.0
Joachim Buchner Germany48.2
4John Rinkel Great Britain48.4
5Harry Werner Storz Germany48.8
6Hermon Phillips United States49.0

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  2. "400 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  3. Official Report, p. 374.
  4. Official Report, pp. 408–12.
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