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.

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 metres	Percy Williams Canada (CAN)	Jack London Great Britain (GBR)	Georg Lammers Germany (GER)
200 metres	Percy Williams Canada (CAN)	Walter Rangeley Great Britain (GBR)	Helmut Körnig Germany (GER)
400 metres	Ray Barbuti United States (USA)	James Ball Canada (CAN)	Joachim Büchner Germany (GER)
800 metres	Douglas Lowe Great Britain (GBR)	Erik Byléhn Sweden (SWE)	Hermann Engelhard Germany (GER)
1500 metres	Harri Larva Finland (FIN)	Jules Ladoumegue France (FRA)	Eino Purje Finland (FIN)
5000 metres	Ville Ritola Finland (FIN)	Paavo Nurmi Finland (FIN)	Edvin Wide Sweden (SWE)
10000 metres	Paavo Nurmi Finland (FIN)	Ville Ritola Finland (FIN)	Edvin Wide Sweden (SWE)
110 metre hurdles	Sydney Atkinson South Africa (RSA)	Steve Anderson United States (USA)	John Collier United States (USA)
400 metre hurdles	David Burghley Great Britain (GBR)	Frank Cuhel United States (USA)	Morgan Taylor United States (USA)
3000 metre steeplechase	Toivo Loukola Finland (FIN)	Paavo Nurmi Finland (FIN)	Ove Andersen Finland (FIN)
4×100 metre relay	United States (USA) Frank Wykoff James Quinn Charles Borah Henry Russell	Germany (GER) Georg Lammers Richard Corts Hubert Houben Helmut Körnig	Great Britain (GBR) Cyril Gill Teddy Smouha Walter Rangeley Jack London
4×400 metre relay	United States (USA) George Baird Frederick Alderman Emerson Spencer Ray Barbuti	Germany (GER) Otto Neumann Harry Storz Richard Krebs Hermann Engelhard	Canada (CAN) James Ball Stanley Glover Phil Edwards Alexander Wilson
Decathlon	Paavo Yrjölä Finland (FIN)	Akilles Järvinen Finland (FIN)	John Doherty United States (USA)
Marathon	Boughera El Ouafi France (FRA)	Manuel Plaza Chile (CHI)	Martti Marttelin Finland (FIN)
Long jump	Edward Hamm United States (USA)	Silvio Cator Haiti (HAI)	Alfred Bates United States (USA)
Triple jump	Mikio Oda Japan (JPN)	Levi Casey United States (USA)	Vilho Tuulos Finland (FIN)
High jump	Robert Wade King United States (USA)	Benjamin Hedges United States (USA)	Claude Ménard France (FRA)
Pole vault	Sabin Carr United States (USA)	William Droegemuller United States (USA)	Charles McGinnis United States (USA)
Shot put	John Kuck United States (USA)	Herman Brix United States (USA)	Emil Hirschfeld Germany (GER)
Discus throw	Clarence Houser United States (USA)	Antero Kivi Finland (FIN)	James Corson United States (USA)
Javelin throw	Erik Lundqvist Sweden (SWE)	Bela Szepes Hungary (HUN)	Olav Sunde Norway (NOR)
Hammer throw	Pat O'Callaghan Ireland (IRL)	Ossian Skiöld Sweden (SWE)	Edmund Black United States (USA)

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 metres	Betty Robinson United States (USA)	Bobbie Rosenfeld Canada (CAN)	Ethel Smith Canada (CAN)
800 metres	Lina Radke Germany (GER)	Kinue Hitomi Japan (JPN)	Inga Gentzel Sweden (SWE)
4×100 metre relay	Canada (CAN) Myrtle Cook Ethel Smith Bobbie Rosenfeld Jane Bell	United States (USA) Jessica Cross Loretta McNeil Betty Robinson Mary Washburn	Germany (GER) Anni Holdmann Helene Junker Rosa Kellner Helene Schmidt
High jump	Ethel Catherwood Canada (CAN)	Lien Gisolf Netherlands (NED)	Mildred Wiley United States (USA)
Discus throw	Halina Konopacka Poland (POL)	Lillian Copeland United States (USA)	Ruth Svedberg Sweden (SWE)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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
	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

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