La competizione del decathlon di atletica leggera ai Giochi della IX Olimpiade si tenne i giorni 3 e 4 agosto 1928 allo Stadio Olimpico di Amsterdam.

L'eccellenza mondiale In cima alle graduatorie mondiali è Paavo Yrjölä, che ha vinto le selezioni olimpiche finlandesi con 7.846 punti.

Risultati Al termine della prima giornata è in testa lo svedese Jansson con 4179 punti, davanti al finlandese Järvinen. Nella seconda giornata Järvinen prende il comando della gara con un buon 15"6 sui 110 ostacoli. Ma subito dopo Yrjölä e Stewart (USA) lo superano grazie alla migliore tecnica nel disco; l'asta non modifica la classifica. Il giavellotto premia i due finlandesi, che confermano i primi due posti, e John Doherty, primo dei non finnici, che si issa al terzo posto. Disputando un eccellente 1500, Yrjölä agguanta anche il record mondiale sfondando per primo il muro degli 8.000 punti.

100 metri piani + 100m piani Pos.AtletaTempoPunti 1 Johannes Viljoen11"0904,8 2 Akilles Järvinen11"2857,2 James Stewart11"2857,2 4T Helge Jansson11"4809,6 Adolf Meier11"4809,6 George Weightman-Smith11"4809,6 7 John Doherty11"6762,0 Tom Churchill11"6762,0 Ludwig Wessely11"6762,0 Tatsuo Toki11"6762,0 Johan Meimer11"6762,0 Barney Berlinger11"6762,0 Hermann Lemperle11"6762,0 Mátyás Farkas11"6762,0 Branko Kallay11"6762,0 16 Paavo Yrjölä11"8714,4 Wilhelm Ladewig11"8714,4 Sven Lundgren11"8714,4 Erwin Huber11"8714,4 Gheorghe Csegezi11"8714,4 Con O'Callaghan11"8714,4 Gunnar Fredriksen11"8714,4 Armas Wahlstedt11"8714,4 24 Albert Andersson12"0666,8 Henry Lindblad12"0666,8 Hugo Barth12"0666,8 Martti Tolamo12"0666,8 Stelios Benardis12"0666,8 Gaston Médécin12"0666,8 Gunnar Hagen12"0666,8 31 Antoni Cejzik12"2619,2 René Joannes-Powell12"2619,2 Ion Haidu12"2619,2 34 Yonetaro Nakazawa12"4571,6 Gérard Noël12"4571,6 Virgil Ioan12"4571,6 Howard Ford12"8476,4 38 Gaston Étienne13"0428,8

Salto in lungo

+ Salto in lungo Pos.AtletaMisuraPunti 1 Henry Lindblad6,97845,65 2 Tatsuo Toki6,90828,50 3 Adolf Meier6,89826,05 4 Akilles Järvinen6,87821,15 Hugo Barth6,87821,15 6 Helge Jansson6,85816,25 Johannes Viljoen6,85816,25 8 Erwin Huber6,79801,55 9 Ludwig Wessely6,73786,85 Wilhelm Ladewig6,73786,85 11 Paavo Yrjölä6,72784,40 12 Martti Tolamo6,69777,05 13 Mátyás Farkas6,62759,90 14 John Doherty6,61757,45 James Stewart6,61757,45 16 Sven Lundgren6,50730,50 Hermann Lemperle6,50730,50 18 Gaston Médécin6,46720,70 19 Gunnar Fredriksen6,45718,25 20 Johan Meimer6,43713,35 21 Stelios Benardis6,37698,65 22 Tom Churchill6,32686,40 23 Albert Andersson6,30681,50 24 Con O'Callaghan6,28676,60 25 George Weightman-Smith6,26671,70 26 Howard Ford6,07625,15 27 Yonetaro Nakazawa6,04617,80 28 René Joannes-Powell6,03615,35 29 Gheorghe Csegezi6,01610,45 30 Barney Berlinger5,97600,65 31 Gunnar Hagen5,95595,75 32 Antoni Cejzik5,92588,40 33 Armas Wahlstedt5,86573,70 34 Ion Haidu5,74544,30 35 Gérard Noël5,70534,50 36 Gaston Étienne5,51487,95 - Branko Kallay0 - Virgil Ioan0

+ Classifica dopo 2 provePos.AtletaTotale100mLungo 1 Johannes Viljoen1721,05904,8816,25 2 Akilles Järvinen1678,35857,2821,15 3 Adolf Meier1635,65809,6826,05 4 Helge Jansson1625,85809,6816,25 5 James Stewart1614,65857,2757,45 6 Tatsuo Toki1590,50762,0828,50 7 Ludwig Wessely1548,85762,0786,85 8 Mátyás Farkas1521,90762,0759,90 9 John Doherty1519,45762,0757,45 10 Erwin Huber1515,95714,4801,55 11 Henry Lindblad1512,45666,8845,65 12 Wilhelm Ladewig1501,25714,4786,85 13 Paavo Yrjölä1498,80714,4784,40 14 Hermann Lemperle1492,50762,0730,50 15 Hugo Barth1487,95666,8821,15 16 George Weightman-Smith1481,30809,6671,70 17 Johan Meimer1475,35762,0713,35 18 Tom Churchill1448,40762,0686,40 19 Sven Lundgren1444,90714,4730,50 20 Martti Tolamo1443,85666,8777,05 21 Gunnar Fredriksen1432,65714,4718,25 22 Con O'Callaghan1391,00714,4676,60 23 Gaston Médécin1387,50666,8720,70 24 Stelios Benardis1365,45666,8698,65 25 Barney Berlinger1362,65762,0600,65 26 Albert Andersson1348,30666,8681,50 27 Gheorghe Csegezi1324,85714,4610,45 28 Armas Wahlstedt1288,10714,4573,70 29 Gunnar Hagen1262,55666,8595,75 30 René Joannes-Powell1234,55619,2615,35 31 Antoni Cejzik1207,60619,2588,40 32 Yonetaro Nakazawa1189,40571,6617,80 33 Ion Haidu1163,50619,2544,30 34 Gérard Noël1106,10571,6534,50 35 Howard Ford1101,55476,4625,15 36 Gaston Étienne916,75428,8487,95 37 Branko Kallay762,00762,00,00 38 Virgil Ioan571,6571,60

Lancio del peso

+ Lancio del peso Pos.AtletaMisuraPunti 1 Paavo Yrjölä14,11877 2 Akilles Järvinen13,64830 3 Helge Jansson13,59825 4 Barney Berlinger13,05771 5 James Stewart13,04770 6 Hermann Lemperle12,96762 7 Ludwig Wessely12,58724 8 Tom Churchill12,28694 9 Albert Andersson12,19685 10 Adolf Meier12,15681 11 Antoni Cejzik12,11677 Howard Ford12,11677 13 Henry Lindblad12,04670 14 Erwin Huber11,92658 15 John Doherty11,85651 16 Mátyás Farkas11,78644 17 Gaston Médécin11,67633 18 Gunnar Fredriksen11,56622 Gunnar Hagen11,56622 20 Hugo Barth11,34600 21 Martti Tolamo11,31597 22 Johan Meimer11,20586 23 Con O'Callaghan11,07573 24 Tatsuo Toki11,03569 Stelios Benardis11,03569 26 Wilhelm Ladewig10,96562 27 Sven Lundgren10,76542 28 George Weightman-Smith10,54520 29 Ion Haidu10,51517 30 Yonetaro Nakazawa10,37503 31 Johannes Viljoen10,17483 32 Gérard Noël9,95461 33 Branko Kallay9,87453 34 René Joannes-Powell9,83449 35 Gaston Étienne9,65431 36 Gheorghe Csegezi9,45411

+ Classifica dopo 3 provePos.AtletaTotale100mLungoPeso 1 Akilles Järvinen2508,35857,2821,15830 2 Helge Jansson2450,85809,6816,25825 3 James Stewart2384,65857,2757,45770 4 Paavo Yrjölä2375,80714,4784,40877 5 Adolf Meier2316,65809,6826,05681 6 Ludwig Wessely2272,85762,0786,85724 7 Hermann Lemperle2254,50762,0730,50762 8 Johannes Viljoen2204,05904,8816,25483 9 Henry Lindblad2182,45666,8845,65670 10 Erwin Huber2173,95714,4801,55658 11 John Doherty2170,45762,0757,45651 12 Mátyás Farkas2165,90762,0759,90644 13 Tatsuo Toki2159,50762,0828,50569 14 Tom Churchill2142,40762,0686,40694 15 Barney Berlinger2133,65762,0600,65771 16 Hugo Barth2087,95666,8821,15600 17 Wilhelm Ladewig2063,25714,4786,85562 18 Johan Meimer2061,35762,0713,35586 19 Gunnar Fredriksen2054,65714,4718,25622 20 Martti Tolamo2040,85666,8777,05597 21 Albert Andersson2033,30666,8681,50685 22 Gaston Médécin2020,50666,8720,70633 23 George Weightman-Smith2001,30809,6671,70520 24 Sven Lundgren1986,90714,4730,50542 25 Con O'Callaghan1964,00714,4676,60573 26 Stelios Benardis1934,45666,8698,65569 27 Antoni Cejzik1884,60619,2588,40677 28 Gunnar Hagen1884,55666,8595,75622 29 Howard Ford1778,55476,4625,15677 30 Gheorghe Csegezi1735,85714,4610,45411 31 Yonetaro Nakazawa1692,40571,6617,80503 32 René Joannes-Powell1683,55619,2615,35449 33 Ion Haidu1680,50619,2544,30517 34 Gérard Noël1567,10571,6534,50461 35 Gaston Étienne1347,75428,8487,95431 36 Branko Kallay1215,00762,00453

Salto in alto

+ Salto in alto Pos.AtletaMisuraPunti 1 Paavo Yrjölä1,87916 James Stewart1,87916 Helge Jansson1,87916 4 John Doherty1,80818 Wilhelm Ladewig1,80818 6 Akilles Järvinen1,75748 Albert Andersson1,75748 Tatsuo Toki1,75748 Johan Meimer1,75748 Barney Berlinger1,75748 Yonetaro Nakazawa1,75748 Gunnar Hagen1,75748 13 Tom Churchill1,70678 Ludwig Wessely1,70678 Henry Lindblad1,70678 Martti Tolamo1,70678 Antoni Cejzik1,70678 Branko Kallay1,70678 Gérard Noël1,70678 Con O'Callaghan1,70678 Johannes Viljoen1,70678 Gunnar Fredriksen1,70678 23 Hugo Barth1,65608 Hermann Lemperle1,65608 Stelios Benardis1,65608 Mátyás Farkas1,65608 Adolf Meier1,65608 28 Erwin Huber1,60538 Gheorghe Csegezi1,60538 Howard Ford1,60538 Ion Haidu1,60538 George Weightman-Smith1,60538 33 Sven Lundgren1,50398 Gaston Étienne1,50398 René Joannes-Powell1,50398 Gaston Médécin1,50398

+ Classifica dopo 4 provePos.AtletaTotale100mLungoPesoAlto 1 Helge Jansson3366,85809,6816,25825916 2 James Stewart3300,65857,2757,45770916 3 Paavo Yrjölä3291,80714,4784,40877916 4 Akilles Järvinen3256,35857,2821,15830748 5 John Doherty2988,45762,0757,45651818 6 Ludwig Wessely2950,85762,0786,85724678 7 Adolf Meier2924,65809,6826,05681608 8 Tatsuo Toki2907,50762,0828,50569748 9 Johannes Viljoen2882,05904,8816,25483678 10 Barney Berlinger2881,65762,0600,65771748 11 Wilhelm Ladewig2881,25714,4786,85562818 12 Hermann Lemperle2862,50762,0730,50762608 13 Henry Lindblad2860,45666,8845,65670678 14 Tom Churchill2820,40762,0686,40694678 15 Johan Meimer2809,35762,0713,35586748 16 Albert Andersson2781,30666,8681,50685748 17 Mátyás Farkas2773,90762,0759,90644608 18 Gunnar Fredriksen2732,65714,4718,25622678 19 Martti Tolamo2718,85666,8777,05597678 20 Erwin Huber2711,95714,4801,55658538 21 Hugo Barth2695,95666,8821,15600608 22 Con O'Callaghan2642,00714,4676,60573678 23 Gunnar Hagen2632,55666,8595,75622748 24 Antoni Cejzik2562,60619,2588,40677678 25 Stelios Benardis2542,45666,8698,65569608 26 George Weightman-Smith2539,30809,6671,70520538 27 Yonetaro Nakazawa2440,40571,6617,80503748 28 Gaston Médécin2418,50666,8720,70633398 29 Sven Lundgren2384,90714,4730,50542398 30 Howard Ford2316,55476,4625,15677538 31 Gheorghe Csegezi2273,85714,4610,45411538 32 Gérard Noël2245,10571,6534,50461678 33 Ion Haidu2218,50619,2544,30517538 34 René Joannes-Powell2081,55619,2615,35449398 35 Branko Kallay1893,00762,00453678 36 Gaston Étienne1745,75428,8487,95431398

400 metri

+ 400 metri Pos.AtletaTempoPunti 1 Akilles Järvinen51"4879,68 2 John Doherty52"0857,12 3 Ludwig Wessely52"2849,60 Mátyás Farkas52"2849,60 Tom Churchill52"2849,60 6 Martti Tolamo52"4842,08 Sven Lundgren52"4842,08 Wilhelm Ladewig52"4842,08 9 Hermann Lemperle52"8827,04 Hugo Barth52"8827,04 James Stewart52"8827,04 12 Antoni Cejzik53"0819,52 Johannes Viljoen53"0819,52 14 Helge Jansson53"2812,00 Paavo Yrjölä53"2812,00 16 Gaston Médécin53"6796,96 17 Henry Lindblad53"8789,44 18 Albert Andersson54"0781,92 19 Tatsuo Toki54"4766,88 20 Erwin Huber54"8751,84 21 Adolf Meier55"0744,32 Johan Meimer55"0744,32 23 Gheorghe Csegezi55"6721,76 24 Gunnar Fredriksen55"8714,24 René Joannes-Powell55"8714,24 26 Barney Berlinger56"2699,20 Con O'Callaghan56"2699,20 28 Gunnar Hagen56"4691,68 29 Stelios Benardis56"6684,16 30 Branko Kallay57"6646,56 31 Gérard Noël58"0631,52 32 Ion Haidu59"4578,88 33 Howard Ford59"8563,84 34 Gaston Étienne1'00"2548,80 35 Yonetaro Nakazawa1'01"8488,64 - George Weightman-Smith0

+ Classifica dopo 5 provePos.AtletaTotale100mLungoPesoAlto400m 1 Helge Jansson4178,85809,6816,25825916812,00 2 Akilles Järvinen4136,03857,2821,15830748879,68 3 James Stewart4127,69857,2757,45770916827,04 4 Paavo Yrjölä4103,80714,4784,40877916812,00 5 John Doherty3845,57762,0757,45651818857,12 6 Ludwig Wessely3800,45762,0786,85724678849,60 7 Wilhelm Ladewig3723,33714,4786,85562818842,08 8 Johannes Viljoen3701,57904,8816,25483678819,52 9 Hermann Lemperle3689,54762,0730,50762608827,04 10 Tatsuo Toki3674,38762,0828,50569748766,88 11 Tom Churchill3670,00762,0686,40694678849,60 12 Adolf Meier3668,97809,6826,05681608744,32 13 Henry Lindblad3649,89666,8845,65670678789,44 14 Mátyás Farkas3623,50762,0759,90644608849,60 15 Barney Berlinger3580,85762,0600,65771748699,20 16 Albert Andersson3563,22666,8681,50685748781,92 17 Martti Tolamo3560,93666,8777,05597678842,08 18 Johan Meimer3553,67762,0713,35586748744,32 19 Hugo Barth3522,99666,8821,15600608827,04 20 Erwin Huber3463,79714,4801,55658538751,84 21 Gunnar Fredriksen3446,89714,4718,25622678714,24 22 Antoni Cejzik3382,12619,2588,40677678819,52 23 Con O'Callaghan3341,20714,4676,60573678699,20 24 Gunnar Hagen3324,23666,8595,75622748691,68 25 Sven Lundgren3226,98714,4730,50542398842,08 26 Stelios Benardis3226,61666,8698,65569608684,16 27 Gaston Médécin3215,46666,8720,70633398796,96 28 Gheorghe Csegezi2995,61714,4610,45411538721,76 29 Yonetaro Nakazawa2929,04571,6617,80503748488,64 30 Howard Ford2880,39476,4625,15677538563,84 31 Gérard Noël2876,62571,6534,50461678631,52 32 Ion Haidu2797,38619,2544,30517538578,88 33 René Joannes-Powell2795,79619,2615,35449398714,24 34 Branko Kallay2539,56762,00453678646,56 35 Gaston Étienne2294,55428,8487,95431398548,80

110 ostacoli