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Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
Date Started: August 4, 1928
Date Finished: August 4, 1928
| Gold: | Paavo Yrjölä |
| Silver: | Akilles Järvinen |
| Bronze: | Ken Doherty |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | P(1912BT) | P(1985T) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1T | Akilles Järvinen | 22 | Finland | FIN | 15.6 | 943 | 751 | =OB |
| 1T | Johannes Viljoen | 24 | South Africa | RSA | 15.6 | 943 | 751 | =OB |
| 3T | Ken Doherty | 23 | United States | USA | 15.8 | 924 | 728 | |
| 3T | Ludwig Wessely | 24 | Austria | AUT | 15.8 | 924 | 728 | |
| 3T | Albert Andersson | 26 | Sweden | SWE | 15.8 | 924 | 728 | |
| 6 | Sven Lundgren | 26 | Sweden | SWE | 16.2 | 886 | 684 | |
| 7 | Hugo Barth | 24 | Germany | GER | 16.4 | 867 | 662 | |
| 8T | Paavo Yrjölä | 25 | Finland | FIN | 16.6 | 848 | 641 | |
| 8T | James Stewart | 21 | United States | USA | 16.6 | 848 | 641 | |
| 8T | Helge Jansson | 23 | Sweden | SWE | 16.6 | 848 | 641 | |
| 8T | Wilhelm Ladewig | 21 | Germany | GER | 16.6 | 848 | 641 | |
| 8T | Adolf Meier | 26 | Switzerland | SUI | 16.6 | 848 | 641 | |
| 13T | Tom Churchill | 20 | United States | USA | 16.8 | 829 | 620 | |
| 13T | Tatsuo Toki | 24 | Japan | JPN | 16.8 | 829 | 620 | |
| 13T | Erwin Huber | 21 | Germany | GER | 16.8 | 829 | 620 | |
| 13T | Branko Kallay | 19 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 16.8 | 829 | 620 | |
| 13T | René Joannes-Powell | 32 | Belgium | BEL | 16.8 | 829 | 620 | |
| 18 | Henry Lindblad | 22 | Sweden | SWE | 17.0 | 810 | 599 | |
| 19 | Barney Berlinger | 20 | United States | USA | 17.2 | 791 | 579 | |
| 20 | Mátyás Farkas | 34 | Hungary | HUN | 17.6 | 753 | 540 | |
| 21T | Hermann Lemperle | 21 | Germany | GER | 17.8 | 734 | 520 | |
| 21T | Con O'Callaghan | Ireland | IRL | 17.8 | 734 | 520 | ||
| 23T | Martti Tolamo | 21 | Finland | FIN | 18.0 | 715 | 501 | |
| 23T | Stelios Benardis | Greece | GRE | 18.0 | 715 | 501 | ||
| 25T | Antoni Cejzik | 28 | Poland | POL | 18.4 | 677 | 464 | |
| 25T | Yonetaro Nakazawa | 24 | Japan | JPN | 18.4 | 677 | 464 | |
| 27 | Johan Meimer | 23 | Estonia | EST | 18.6 | 658 | 447 | |
| 28 | Gérard Noël | 27 | Belgium | BEL | 19.4 | 582 | 378 | |
| 29T | Gheorghe Csegezi | Romania | ROU | 20.0 | 525 | 330 | ||
| 29T | Gaston Médécin | 27 | Monaco | MON | 20.0 | 525 | 330 | |
| 31 | Ion Haidu | Romania | ROU | 20.4 | 487 | 300 | ||
| 32 | Howard Ford | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 20.6 | 468 | 286 | |
| 33 | Gaston Étienne | 26 | Belgium | BEL | 20.8 | 449 | 272 |