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1928 Olympic Games Amsterdam, Netherlands - Men's 3000 m steeple

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Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Format: Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Date Started: August 1, 1928

Date Finished: August 4, 1928

(Competitors: 22; Countries: 10; Finalists: 9)

Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Overview by IAAF

The domination of the Finns was evident in the heats, won by Ritola (9:46.6), Nurmi (9:58.8), and Loukola (9:37.6). Of the times prior to Amsterdam, Loukola had been much the fastest man with 9:25.2, more than ten seconds quicker than Dalton (9:35.6). Nurmi fell in the water jump early in his heat, and was helped up by Duquesne. Nurmi stayed with the tiny (1.55m) Frenchman to the end of the heat, the two amicably crossing the line together. In the final, Andersen and Loukola were the early leaders, with only Ritola of the favourites losing touch early. Exhausted from the 5000m the day before, he eventually dropped out. The decisive move came from Loukola in the fifth lap, where the pace for the 417m lap was increased from 80.8 to 77.2, and then 76.4 for the next lap. By the bell he was 13 seconds ahead of Nurmi, and won easing up, yet still beat his own best on record by more than three seconds. Nurmi had too much pace for Andersen and won the silver medal easily.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

Paavo Nurmi was expected to dominate this event. In his heat he fell over the water jump on an early lap and was helped by Frenchman Lucien Duquesne, who stopped to help him up. Nurmi reciprocated by pacing Duquesne throughout the remainder of the heat, helping him to qualify for the final. A few weeks before the Olympics, Nurmi’s teammate, Toivo Loukola, had run the best mark on record with 9:25.2 in Helsinki. The final was expected to be between Nurmi, Loukola, and the defending champion, Ville Ritola. But Ritola ran poorly, probably tired from his gold medal effort the previous day in the 5,000, and he would not finish. Loukola dominated the final, pulling away on the fifth lap, and winning by almost 10 seconds in a new world best time.

			Results

*3000 m steeple*	Men		Final	4 August

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	9.21.8		Toivo Loukola	Finland	FIN	25	WR
2	9.31.2		Paavo Nurmi	Finland	FIN	30
3	9.35.6		Ove Andersen	Finland	FIN	28
4	9.38.0		Nils Eklöf	Sweden	SWE	23
5	9.40.0		Henri Dartigues	France	FRA	25
6	9.40.5		Lucien Duquesne	France	FRA	27
7			Melvin Dalton	United States	USA	22
8			William Spencer	United States	USA	27
AC	DNF		Ville Ritola	Finland	FIN	32
*3000 m steeple*	Men		Round One Heat One	1 August

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	9.46.6	Q	Ville Ritola	Finland	FIN	32
2	9.58.6e	Q	Melvin Dalton	United States	USA	22
3		Q	Nils Eklöf	Sweden	SWE	23
4			Walter Gegan	United States	USA	28
5			Henry Oliver	Great Britain	GBR	25
6			Nello Bartolini	Italy	ITA	23
7			Jozef Langenus	Belgium	BEL	29
8			Art Keay	Canada	CAN	21
*3000 m steeple*	Men		Round One Heat Two	1 August

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	9.58.8	Q	Paavo Nurmi	Finland	FIN	30
2	9.58.9	Q	Lucien Duquesne	France	FRA	27
3		Q	William Spencer	United States	USA	27
4			Norman Biddulph	Great Britain	GBR	24
5			Edgard Viseur	Belgium	BEL	23
6			Henrique Santos	Portugal	POR
AC	DNF		Gerry Coughlan	Ireland	IRL	25
*3000 m steeple*	Men		Round One Heat Three	1 August

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	9.37.6	Q	Toivo Loukola	Finland	FIN	25
2		Q	Ove Andersen	Finland	FIN	28
3		Q	Henri Dartigues	France	FRA	25
4			Jean-Gunnar Lindgren	Sweden	SWE	22
5			Vernon Morgan	Great Britain	GBR	24
6			Joe Blewitt	Great Britain	GBR	32
7			Jesse Montgomery	United States	USA	23