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Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
Date Started: August 3, 1928
Date Finished: August 3, 1928
| Gold: | Paavo Yrjölä |
| Silver: | Akilles Järvinen |
| Bronze: | Ken Doherty |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | P(1912BT) | P(1985T) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry Lindblad | 22 | Sweden | SWE | 6.97 | 845.65 | 807 | OB |
| 2 | Tatsuo Toki | 24 | Japan | JPN | 6.90 | 828.50 | 790 | |
| 3 | Adolf Meier | 26 | Switzerland | SUI | 6.89 | 826.05 | 788 | |
| 4T | Akilles Järvinen | 22 | Finland | FIN | 6.87 | 821.15 | 783 | |
| 4T | Hugo Barth | 24 | Germany | GER | 6.87 | 821.15 | 783 | |
| 6T | Helge Jansson | 23 | Sweden | SWE | 6.85 | 816.25 | 778 | |
| 6T | Johannes Viljoen | 24 | South Africa | RSA | 6.85 | 816.25 | 778 | |
| 8 | Erwin Huber | 21 | Germany | GER | 6.79 | 801.55 | 764 | |
| 9T | Ludwig Wessely | 24 | Austria | AUT | 6.73 | 786.85 | 750 | |
| 9T | Wilhelm Ladewig | 21 | Germany | GER | 6.73 | 786.85 | 750 | |
| 11 | Paavo Yrjölä | 25 | Finland | FIN | 6.72 | 784.40 | 748 | |
| 12 | Martti Tolamo | 21 | Finland | FIN | 6.69 | 777.05 | 741 | |
| 13 | Mátyás Farkas | 34 | Hungary | HUN | 6.62 | 759.90 | 725 | |
| 14T | Ken Doherty | 23 | United States | USA | 6.61 | 757.45 | 723 | |
| 14T | James Stewart | 21 | United States | USA | 6.61 | 757.45 | 723 | |
| 16T | Sven Lundgren | 26 | Sweden | SWE | 6.50 | 730.50 | 697 | |
| 16T | Hermann Lemperle | 21 | Germany | GER | 6.50 | 730.50 | 697 | |
| 18 | Gaston Médécin | 27 | Monaco | MON | 6.46 | 720.70 | 688 | |
| 19 | Gunnar Fredriksen | 21 | Norway | NOR | 6.45 | 718.25 | 686 | |
| 20 | Johan Meimer | 23 | Estonia | EST | 6.43 | 713.35 | 682 | |
| 21 | Stelios Benardis | Greece | GRE | 6.37 | 698.65 | 668 | ||
| 22 | Tom Churchill | 20 | United States | USA | 6.32 | 686.40 | 657 | |
| 23 | Albert Andersson | 26 | Sweden | SWE | 6.30 | 681.50 | 652 | |
| 24 | Con O'Callaghan | Ireland | IRL | 6.28 | 676.60 | 648 | ||
| 25 | George Weightman-Smith | 22 | South Africa | RSA | 6.26 | 671.70 | 644 | |
| 26 | Howard Ford | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 6.07 | 625.15 | 602 | |
| 27 | Yonetaro Nakazawa | 24 | Japan | JPN | 6.04 | 617.80 | 595 | |
| 28 | René Joannes-Powell | 32 | Belgium | BEL | 6.03 | 615.35 | 593 | |
| 29 | Gheorghe Csegezi | Romania | ROU | 6.01 | 610.45 | 589 | ||
| 30 | Barney Berlinger | 20 | United States | USA | 5.97 | 600.65 | 580 | |
| 31 | Gunnar Hagen | 23 | Norway | NOR | 5.95 | 595.75 | 576 | |
| 32 | Antoni Cejzik | 28 | Poland | POL | 5.92 | 588.40 | 569 | |
| 33 | Armas Wahlstedt | 22 | Finland | FIN | 5.86 | 573.70 | 556 | |
| 34 | Ion Haidu | Romania | ROU | 5.74 | 544.30 | 531 | ||
| 35 | Gérard Noël | 27 | Belgium | BEL | 5.70 | 534.50 | 523 | |
| 36 | Gaston Étienne | 26 | Belgium | BEL | 5.51 | 487.95 | 483 | |
| AC | Branko Kallay | 19 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 0,00 | 0 | NM |