Men 400m Athletics IX Olympic Games Amsterdam, Netherlands 1928 - Friday, 3rd August

Men 400m Athletics IX Olympic Games Amsterdam, Netherlands 1928 - Friday, 3rd August - Gold Medal: Ray Barbuti, United States

Final		time	adj	L
1. Ray Barbuti	United States	47.8s		1
2. James Ball	Canada	48.0s	47.9e	5
3. Joachim Buchner	Germany	48.2s	48.1e	3
4. John Rinkel	Great Britain	48.4s		2
5. Harry Werner Storz	Germany	48.8s		4
6. Hermon Phillips	United States	49.0s		6

World Record: 47.0s Emerson Spencer, United States Palo alto, United States 12 May 1928

Olympic Record: Eric Liddel, Great Britain Paris, France 11 F 11 July 1924.

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Venue: Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam 31,600. 50 competitors from 20 nations.

Round	H	ath	date
Semi-Finals	2	12	03.08
Quarter-Finals	6	30	02.08
Heats	15	50	02.08

Semi-Finals - Friday, 3rd August

2 Semis with 12 athletes. Best 3 of each Semi advanced to Final.

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

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

The three Bs - Ball, Büchner and Barbuti - were the most impressive in qualifying, the Canadian and German winning their semi-finals in 48.6, and Barbuti, the US Trials winner, running 48.8 in both the sec- ond round and semi-final. With a view of all the finalists at the start, Barbuti went all out, with Phillips and Büchner attempting to stay with him. By the start of the finishing straight, Barbuti had a lead of 5m, but held only half a metre of that advantage by the finish. The official times of 48.2/48.4 for second and third were clearly too conservative. Barbuti’s win was the USA’s only individual track gold medal of 1928, America’s worst-ever showing.

Quarter-Finals - Thursday, 2nd August

6 Quarters with 30 athletes. Best 2 from each Quarter advanced to Semi-Finals.

Quarter 1		time
1. Hermon Phillips	United States	49.6s	Q
2. Georges Krotoff	France	Unknown	Q
3. Billy Green	Great Britain	Unknown
4. Reinhold Schmidt	Germany	Unknown
5. James Hall	India	Unknown

Quarter 2		time
1. Ray Barbuti	United States	48.8s	Q
2. Alex Wilson	Canada	Unknown	Q
3. Otto Neumann	Germany	Unknown
4. Georges Dupont	France	Unknown
5. Jesús Moraila	Mexico	Unknown

Quarter 3		time
1. Jimmy Ball	Canada	49.2s	Q
2. René Féger	France	Unknown	Q
3. Euil Snider	United States	Unknown
4. Andries Hoogerwerf	Netherlands	Unknown
5. Hermann Geißler	Austria	Unknown

Quarter 4		time
1. Harry Storz	Germany	49.4s	Q
2. John Rinkel	Great Britain	Unknown	Q
3. Joseph Jackson	France	Unknown
4. François Prinsen	Belgium	Unknown
5. José Lucílo Iturbe	Mexico	Unknown

Quarter 5		time
1. Phil Edwards	Canada	49.2s	Q
2. Harry Broos	Netherlands	Unknown	Q
3. Johann Bartl	Czechoslovakia	Unknown
4. Joe Tierney	United States	Unknown
5. Sean Lavan	Ireland	Unknown

Quarter 6		time
1. Joachim Büchner	Germany	48.6s	Q
2. Barsi László	Hungary	Unknown	Q
3. Roger Leigh-Wood	Great Britain	Unknown
4. Adje Paulen	Netherlands	Unknown
5. Fred Macbeth	Canada	Unknown

Heats - Thursday, 2nd August

15 Heats with 50 athletes. Best 2 from each Heat advanced to Quarter-Finals.

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

Heat 2		time
1. Emil Snider	United States	50.4s	Q
2. François Prinsen	Belgium	Unknown	Q

Heat 3		time
1. Phil Edwards	Canada	49.8s	Q
12. Georges Krotoff	France	50.5s	Q
3. Jaroslav Vykoupil	Czechoslovakia	Unknown
4. Stefan Kostrzewski	Poland	52.2s

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

Heat 5		time
1. Jochen Büchner	Germany	50.2s	Q
2. Andries Hoogerwerf	Netherlands	Unknown	Q

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

Heat 7		time
1. Harry Storz	Germany	50.6s	Q
2. Harry Broos	Netherlands	Unknown	Q
3. Joaquín Miquel	Spain	Unknown

Heat 8		time
1. Jimmy Ball	Canada	55.8s	Q
2. Roger Leigh-Wood	Great Britain	Unknown	Q

Heat 9		time
1. Jesús Moraila	Mexico	1:00.0s	Q
2. James Hall	India	Unknown	Q

Heat 10		time
1. László Barsi	Hungary	55.6s	Q
2. José Lucílo Iturbe	Mexico	Unknown	Q

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

Heat 12		time
1. René Féger	France	51.4s	Q
2. Billy Green	Great Britain	Unknown	Q
3. José Vicente Salinas	Chile	Unknown

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

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

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