Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

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Men's 1500 metres
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Dates August 1 (heats)
August 2 (final)
Medalists
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1st Harri Larva  Finland
2nd Jules Ladoumègue  France
3rd Eino Purje  Finland
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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

The men's 1500 metre event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 1 & August 2.

Results

Heats

The top two runners from each of the six heats advanced to the Final Round.

Heat One

Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Hans Wichmann  Germany 4:03.0
2 Adolf Kittel  Czechoslovakia
3 József Marton  Hungary
4 Luigi Becalli  Italy
5 Guus Zeegers  Netherlands
6 George Hyde  Australia
7 Józef Jaworski  Poland 4:14.0
8 Séra Martin  France

Heat Two

Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Herbert Böcher  Germany 3:59.6
2 William Whyte  Australia 3:59.9
3 Armas Kinnunen  Finland 4:01.5
4 Albert Larsen  Denmark 4:01.5
5 Reidar Jørgensen  Norway 4:01.6
6 Jack Walters 23x15px Canada
AC Frédéric du Hen  Netherlands DNF
AC Gyula Belloni  Hungary DNF
AC Lloyd Hahn  United States DNF

Heat Three

Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Eino Purje  Finland 4:00.8
2 Jules Ladoumègue  France
3 Stanley Ashbey  Great Britain
4 Vilém Šindler  Czechoslovakia
5 Serafín Dengra  Argentina
6 Luka Predanić  Yugoslavia 4:27.0
7 Pete Walters 23x15px Canada
8 Jan Zeegers  Netherlands

Heat Four

Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Paul Martin  Switzerland 4:00.8
2 Harri Larva  Finland 4:02.0
3 Reg Thomas  Great Britain
4 David Griffin 23x15px Canada
5 Leopoldo Ledesma  Argentina
AC Sid Robinson  United States DNF

Heat Five

Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Ray Conger  United States 4:02.6
2 Jean Keller  France 4:02.7
3 Edvin Wide  Sweden
4 Otto Peltzer  Germany
5 Alex Docherty 23x15px Canada
6 Douglas Bell  Great Britain

Heat Six

Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Cyril Ellis  Great Britain 4:01.8
2 Hans-Helmuth Krause  Germany
3 Nick Carter  United States
4 Leo Helgas  Finland 4:06.0
5 Danie Jacobs 23x15px South Africa
6 Czesław Foryś  Yugoslavia 4:11.5
7 Wilhelm Effern  Netherlands

Final

Finish of the 1500 m final: first Harri Larva, second Jules Ladoumègue
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Harri Larva  Finland 3:53.2 OR
2 Jules Ladoumègue  France 3:53.8
3 Eino Purje  Finland 3:56.4
4 Hans Wichmann  Germany 3:56.8
5 Cyril Ellis  Great Britain 3:57.6
6 Paul Martin  Switzerland 3:58.4
7 Hans-Helmuth Krause  Germany 3:59.0
8 Adolf Kittel  Czechoslovakia 4:00.4
9 William Whyte  Australia 4:00.4
10 Ray Conger  United States
11 Jean Keller  France
DNF Herbert Böcher  Germany

Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record

References

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