Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between July 29 & July 30.

Heats

The first two finishers in each of the six heats advanced to the Semifinal Round.

Heat One

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Lord Burghley David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter KCMG , styled Lord Burghley before 1956 and also known as David Burghley, was an English athlete, sports official and Conservative Party politician...	Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...	57.0
2	Robert Maxwell	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	57.2
3	Evangelos Moiropoulos	Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....	58.4
4	André Adelheim	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	59.2
5	Herman Larsen	Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...	1:00.0

Heat Two

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Johnny Gibson	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	57.0
2	Frederick Chauncy	Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
3	Émile Swinnen	Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
AC	Pierre Arnaudin	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	DNF

Heat Three

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Roger Viel	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	56.2
2	Thomas Livingston-Learmonth	Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...	56.4
3	Juka Matilainen	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	56.7
4	Alf Watson	Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	57.8

Heat Four

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Morgan Taylor	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	55.2
2	Errka Wilén	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	56.5
3	Erik Kjellström	Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	56.6

Heat Five

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Sten Pettersson	Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	55.8
2	Stefan Kostrzewski	Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...	56.0
3	Lance Percival	Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

Heat Six

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Frank Cuhel	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	54.6
2	Luigi Facelli	Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...	55.1
3	Louis Lundgren	Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...	55.9
4	Warren Montabone	Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	56.5
5	Édouard Max-Robert	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
6	Abdul Hamid	India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

Semifinals

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Morgan Taylor Morgan Taylor Frederick Morgan Taylor was an American hurdler, winner of three Olympic medals. Morgan Taylor, from Sioux City, Iowa, competed in both track and field and football at Grinnell College...		53.4	OR, Q
2	Frank Cuhel Frank Cuhel Frank Cuhel was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles....		53.6	Q
3	David Burghley		53.9	Q
4	Roger Viel		57.6
5	Stefan Kostrzewski		58.0
6	Frederick Chauncy

Key: OR = Olympic record, Q = Qualified

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Thomas Livingston-Learmonth		54.0	Q
2	Luigi Facelli		54.2	Q
3	Sten Pettersson Sten Pettersson Sten C. L. Pettersson was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 110 metre hurdles....		54.3	Q
4	Johnny Gibson Johnny Gibson John A. Gibson was a runner and Olympic athlete.Gibson was born in New York City in 1905, but lived most of his life in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He was the head coach of men's track and field at Seton Hall University from 1945 to 1972. Gibson was a 1928 graduate of Fordham University, where he held...		54.4
5	Erkka Wilén		54.5
6	Robert Maxwell

Key: Q = Qualified

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	David Burghley		53.4	=OR
	Frank Cuhel Frank Cuhel Frank Cuhel was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles....		53.6
	Morgan Taylor Morgan Taylor Frederick Morgan Taylor was an American hurdler, winner of three Olympic medals. Morgan Taylor, from Sioux City, Iowa, competed in both track and field and football at Grinnell College...		53.6
4	Sten Pettersson Sten Pettersson Sten C. L. Pettersson was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 110 metre hurdles....		53.8
5	Thomas Livingston-Learmonth		54.2
6	Luigi Facelli		55.8

Key: =OR = Equalled Olympic record

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