Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

Men's marathon at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Dates	August 5
Competitors	69 from 23 nations
Winning time	2:32:57
Medalists
Boughera El Ouafi   France   Manuel Plaza   Chile   Martti Marttelin   Finland

Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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

Men's Marathon event at the 1928 Summer Olympics took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands 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 the Netherlands 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	Boughera El Ouafi (FRA)	2:32:57
2	Manuel Plaza (CHI)	2:33:23
3	Martti Marttelin (FIN)	2:35:02
4	Kanematsu Yamada (JPN)	2:35:29
5	Joie Ray (USA)	2:36:04
6	Seiichiro Tsuda (JPN)	2:36:20
7	Yrjö Korholin-Koski (FIN)	2:36:40
8	Sam Ferris (GBR)	2:37:41
9	Albert Michelsen (USA)	2:38:56
10	Clifford Bricker (CAN)	2:39:24
11	Harry Wood (GBR)	2:41:15
12	Verner Laaksonen (FIN)	2:41:35
13	Harry Payne (GBR)	2:42:39
14	Eino Rastas (FIN)	2:43:08
15	Väinö Sipilä (FIN)	2:43:08
16	Alois Krof (TCH)	2:43:18
17	John Miles (CAN)	2:43:32
18	Léon Broers (BEL)	2:44:37
19	Hans Stelges (GER)	2:45:27
20	Dunky Wright (GBR)	2:45:30
21	Herbert Bignall (GBR)	2:45:44
22	Ernest Harper (GBR)	2:45:44
23	Jean Gérault (FRA)	2:46:08
24	Ilmari Kuokka (FIN)	2:46:34
25	Gustav Kinn (SWE)	2:47:35
26	Silas McLellan (CAN)	2:49:33
27	Clarence DeMar (USA)	2:50:42
28	Marcel Denis (FRA)	2:51:15
29	Guillaume Tell (FRA)	2:51:18
30	Henri Landheer (NED)	2:51:59
31	Paul Hempel (GER)	2:52:01
32	Aurelio Terrazas (MEX)	2:52:22
33	František Zyka (TCH)	2:52:42
34	Giuseppe Ferrera (ITA)	2:53:10
35	José Torres (MEX)	2:54:00
36	Johan Støa (NOR)	2:54:15
37	Gerard Steuers (BEL)	2:54:48
38	Arturs Motmillers (LAT)	2:56:45
39	James Henigan (USA)	2:56:50
40	Martinus Steytler (RSA)	2:57:21
41	Harvey Frick (USA)	2:57:24
42	Jean Linsen (BEL)	2:58:08
43	Frank Hughes (CAN)	2:58:12
44	William Agee (USA)	2:58:50
45	Percy Wyer (CAN)	2:58:52
46	Georg Hörger (GER)	2:59:01
47	Hans Schneider (GER)	2:59:36
48	Juichi Nagatani (JPN)	3:03:34
49	József Galambos (HUN)	3:05:58
50	Paul Gerhardt (GER)	3:09:30
51	Gottlieb Bach (DEN)	3:10:10
52	Emilio Ferrer (ESP)	3:11:05
53	Dimitrije Stefanović (YUG)	3:11:35
54	Joop Vermeulen (NED)	3:13:47
55	Pleun van Leenen (NED)	3:14:37
56	Jean Marien (BEL)	3:16:13
57	Willem van der Steen (NED)	3:19:53
—	Axel Elofs (SWE)	DNF
—	Aksel Madsen (DEN)	DNF
—	Hans Olsen (DEN)	DNF
—	Vintilǎ Cristescu (ROU)	DNF
—	Romeo Bertini (ITA)	DNF
—	Attilio Conton (ITA)	DNF
—	Stefano Natale (ITA)	DNF
—	Vilis Cimmermans (LAT)	DNF
—	Karl Laas (EST)	DNF
—	Teun Sprong (NED)	DNF
—	Bram Groeneweg (NED)	DNF
—	Franz Wanderer (GER)	DNF

References

• Official Report
• (French) Marathon Info