Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place on 4 and 5 August.

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 Rank Athlete Country Height Points Adjusted Points 1 Paavo Yrjölä Finland 1.87 916 687 1 James Stewart United States 1.87 916 687 1 Helge Jansson Sweden 1.87 916 687 4 Ken Doherty United States 1.80 818 627 4 Wilhelm Ladewig Germany 1.80 818 627 6 Akilles Järvinen Finland 1.75 748 585 6 Albert Andersson Sweden 1.75 748 585 6 Tatsuo Toki Japan 1.75 748 585 6 Johan Meimer Estonia 1.75 748 585 6 Barney Berlinger United States 1.75 748 585 6 Yonetaro Nagazawa Japan 1.75 748 585 6 Gunnar Hagen Norway 1.75 748 585 13 Tom Churchill United States 1.70 678 544 13 Ludwig Vesely Austria 1.70 678 544 13 Henry Lindblad Sweden 1.70 678 544 13 Martti Tolamo Finland 1.70 678 544 13 Antoni Cejzik Poland 1.70 678 544 13 Branko Kallay Yugoslavia 1.70 678 544 13 Gérard Noël Belgium 1.70 678 544 13 Con O'Callaghan Ireland 1.70 678 544 13 Johannes Viljoen South Africa 1.70 678 544 13 Gunnar Fredriksen Norway 1.70 678 544 23 Hugo Barth Germany 1.65 608 504 23 Hermann Lemperle Germany 1.65 608 504 23 Stelios Benardis Greece 1.65 608 504 23 Mátyás Farkas Hungary 1.65 608 504 23 Adolf Meier Switzerland 1.65 608 504 28 Erwin Huber Germany 1.60 538 464 28 Gheorghe Csegezi Romania 1.60 538 464 28 Howard Ford Great Britain 1.60 538 464 28 Ion Haidu Romania 1.60 538 464 28 George Weightman-Smith South Africa 1.60 538 464 33 Sven Lundgren Sweden 1.50 398 389 33 Gaston Étienne Belgium 1.50 398 389 33 René Joannes-Powell Belgium 1.50 398 389 33 Gaston Médécin Monaco 1.50 398 389

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 Rank Athlete Country Time Points Adjusted Points 1 Akilles Järvinen Finland 15.6 943 751 1 Johannes Viljoen South Africa 15.6 943 751 3 Ken Doherty United States 15.8 924 728 3 Ludwig Vesely Austria 15.8 924 728 3 Albert Andersson Sweden 15.8 924 728 6 Sven Lundgren Sweden 16.2 886 684 7 Hugo Barth Germany 16.4 867 662 8 Paavo Yrjölä Finland 16.6 848 641 8 James Stewart United States 16.6 848 641 8 Helge Jansson Sweden 16.6 848 641 8 Wilhelm Ladewig Germany 16.6 848 641 8 Adolf Meier Switzerland 16.6 848 641 13 Tom Churchill United States 16.8 829 620 13 Tatsuo Toki Japan 16.8 829 620 13 Erwin Huber Germany 16.8 829 620 13 Branko Kallay Yugoslavia 16.8 829 620 13 René Joannes-Powell Belgium 16.8 829 620 18 Henry Lindblad Sweden 17.0 810 599 19 Barney Berlinger United States 17.2 791 579 20 Mátyás Farkas Hungary 17.6 753 540 21 Hermann Lemperle Germany 17.8 734 520 21 Con O'Callaghan Ireland 17.8 734 520 23 Martti Tolamo Finland 18.0 715 501 23 Stelios Benardis Greece 18.0 715 501 25 Antoni Cejzik Poland 18.4 677 464 25 Yonetaro Nakazawa Japan 18.4 677 464 27 Johan Meimer Estonia 18.6 658 447 28 Gérard Noël Belgium 19.4 582 378 29 Gheorghe Csegezi Romania 20.0 525 330 29 Gaston Médécin Monaco 20.0 525 330 31 Ion Haidu Romania 20.4 487 300 32 Howard Ford Great Britain 20.6 468 286 33 Gaston Étienne Belgium 20.8 449 272

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