| Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Format: Top three in each heat advanced to the final. |
| Date Started: July 29, 1928 |
Format: Top two in each heat advanced to the semi-finals. |
| Date Finished: July 30, 1928 |
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| (Competitors: 25; Countries: 13; Finalists: 6) |
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Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| Cuhel (54.6) and Taylor (55.0) were quickest in the heats, and Taylorwon the first and faster semi-final in 53.4, ahead of Cuhel (53.8) andBurghley (54.0), the Briton looking particularly easy. Livingstone wonthe other semi in 54.0 from Facelli (54.2), with Pettersson edging outJohn Gibson, the number three American.Burghley and Livingstone were the early leaders of the final, andLivingstone began to lose ground after halfway. At the eighth hurdleBurghley led by half a metre from Cuhel, with Taylor and Facelli inchesbehind the reigning champion. Facelli hit the hurdle, and lost groundrapidly. Burghley chopped his stride approaching the last hurdle, andcleared it ahead of Cuhel by a metre, his winning margin. Taylor closedin on Cuhel, and Pettersson finished fastest of all. Burghley’s full namewas David George Brownlow Cecil, Lord Burghley, and subsequentlythe sixth Marquis of Exeter. He later became President of the IAAF anda Vice-President of the IOC. |
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| Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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| Defending champion Morgan Taylor was back and was favored, having won the 1924-26 AAU titles, and the 1928 US Olympic Trials in a world record 52.0. But in the Olympic final, he was outrun by his teammate, silver medalist Frank Cuhel, and the gold medalist, David George Brownlow Cecil, Lord Burghley, the 6th Marquess of Exeter. Burghley was a very colorful character. In the movie Chariots of Fire, he is depicted but by the name Lord Lindsay, as he refused to allow his name to be used, apparently upset by some of the historical inaccuracies in the film. Burghley later became an IOC Member, President of the IAAF, and ran for IOC President in 1952, losing to Avery Brundage. |
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| 400 m Hurdles |
Men |
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Final |
30 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
53.4 |
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David, Lord Burghley |
Great Britain |
GBR |
23 |
(=)OR |
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| 2 |
53.6 |
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Frank Cuhel |
United States |
USA |
23 |
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| 3 |
53.6 |
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Morgan Taylor |
United States |
USA |
25 |
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| 4 |
53.8 |
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Sten Pettersson |
Sweden |
SWE |
25 |
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| 5 |
54.2 |
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Thomas Livingston-Learmonth |
Great Britain |
GBR |
22 |
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| 6 |
55.8 |
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Luigi Facelli |
Italy |
ITA |
30 |
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| 400 m Hurdles |
Men |
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Semi-Finals Heat One |
29 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
53.4 |
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Morgan Taylor |
United States |
USA |
25 |
OR |
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| 2 |
53.6 |
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Frank Cuhel |
United States |
USA |
23 |
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| 3 |
53.9 |
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David, Lord Burghley |
Great Britain |
GBR |
23 |
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| 4 |
57.6 |
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Roger Viel |
France |
FRA |
25 |
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| 5 |
58.0 |
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Stefan Kostrzewski |
Poland |
POL |
25 |
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Frederick Chauncy |
Great Britain |
GBR |
23 |
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| 400 m Hurdles |
Men |
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Semi-Finals Heat Two |
29 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
54.0 |
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Thomas Livingston-Learmonth |
Great Britain |
GBR |
22 |
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| 2 |
54.2 |
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Luigi Facelli |
Italy |
ITA |
30 |
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| 3 |
54.3 |
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Sten Pettersson |
Sweden |
SWE |
25 |
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| 4 |
54.4 |
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Johnny Gibson |
United States |
USA |
22 |
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| 5 |
54.5 |
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Erkka Wilén |
Finland |
FIN |
29 |
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Robert Maxwell |
United States |
USA |
25 |
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| 400 m Hurdles |
Men |
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Round One Heat One |
29 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
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NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
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57.0 |
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David, Lord Burghley |
Great Britain |
GBR |
23 |
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| 2 |
57.2 |
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Robert Maxwell |
United States |
USA |
25 |
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58.4 |
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Vangelis Moiropoulos |
Greece |
GRE |
23 |
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59.2 |
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André Adelheim |
France |
FRA |
22 |
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1.00.0 |
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Herman Larsen |
Denmark |
DEN |
28 |
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Men |
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Round One Heat Two |
29 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
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57.0 |
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Johnny Gibson |
United States |
USA |
22 |
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Frederick Chauncy |
Great Britain |
GBR |
23 |
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Émile Swinnen |
Belgium |
BEL |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Pierre Arnaudin |
France |
FRA |
31 |
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| 400 m Hurdles |
Men |
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Round One Heat Three |
29 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
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56.2 |
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Roger Viel |
France |
FRA |
25 |
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56.4 |
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Thomas Livingston-Learmonth |
Great Britain |
GBR |
22 |
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| 3 |
56.7 |
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Jukka Matilainen |
Finland |
FIN |
26 |
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| 4 |
57.8 |
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Alf Watson |
Australia |
AUS |
20 |
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| 400 m Hurdles |
Men |
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Round One Heat Four |
29 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
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55.2 |
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Morgan Taylor |
United States |
USA |
25 |
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56.5 |
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Erkka Wilén |
Finland |
FIN |
29 |
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| 3 |
56.6 |
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Erik Kjellström |
Sweden |
SWE |
23 |
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Men |
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Round One Heat Five |
29 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
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55.8 |
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Sten Pettersson |
Sweden |
SWE |
25 |
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56.0 |
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Stefan Kostrzewski |
Poland |
POL |
25 |
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Lance Percival |
Great Britain |
GBR |
21 |
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| 400 m Hurdles |
Men |
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Round One Heat Six |
29 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
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54.6 |
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Frank Cuhel |
United States |
USA |
23 |
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55.1 |
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Luigi Facelli |
Italy |
ITA |
30 |
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| 3 |
55.9 |
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Louis Lundgren |
Denmark |
DEN |
27 |
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| 4 |
56.5 |
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Warren Montabone |
Canada |
CAN |
24 |
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Édouard Max-Robert |
France |
FRA |
22 |
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S. Abdul Hamid |
India |
IND |
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