Men's Marathon event at the 1928 Summer Olympics

1928 Summer Olympics

The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...

took place in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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, Netherlands

Netherlands

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 on Sunday, August 5, 1928. The race started on 15.14h local time. A total number of 57 athletes completed the race, with Willem van der Steen from Holland finishing in last position in 3:29:21. There were 69 competitors from 23 countries. Twelve of them did not finish.

Results

Place	Athlete	Time
1		2:32:57
2		2:33:23
3		2:35:02
4		2:35:29
5		2:36:04
6		2:36:20
7		2:36:40
8		2:37:41
9		2:38:56
10		2:39:24
11		2:41:15
12		2:41:35
13		2:42:39
14		2:43:08
15		2:43:08
16		2:43:18
17		2:43:32
18		2:44:37
19		2:45:27
20		2:45:30
21		2:45:44
22		2:45:44
23		2:46:08
24		2:46:34
25		2:47:35
26		2:49:33
27		2:50:42
28		2:51:15
29		2:51:18
30		2:51:59
31		2:52:01
32		2:52:22
33		2:52:42
34		2:53:10
35		2:54:00
36		2:54:15
37		2:54:48
38		2:56:45
39		2:56:50
40		2:57:21
41		2:57:24
42		2:58:08
43		2:58:12
44		2:58:50
45		2:58:52
46		2:59:01
47		2:59:36
48		3:03:34
49		3:05:58
50		3:09:30
51		3:10:10
52		3:11:05
53		3:11:35
54		3:13:47
55		3:14:37
56		3:16:13
57		3:19:53
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