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Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Venue(s): Ringvaart, Sloten
Date Started: August 3, 1928
Date Finished: August 3, 1928
Format: Winner of each heat advanced to round two.
| Gold: | Bobby Pearce |
| Silver: | Ken Myers |
| Bronze: | David Collet |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Collet | 26 | Great Britain | GBR | 8:29.6 | QU |
| 2 | Édouard Candeveau | 30 | Switzerland | SUI | 8:35.8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Pearce | 22 | Australia | AUS | 7:55.8 | QU |
| 2 | Walter Flinsch | 25 | Germany | GER | 8:21.8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Wright, Jr. | 22 | Canada | CAN | 7:57.8 | QU |
| 2 | Bert Gunther | 28 | Netherlands | NED | 7:58.4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victor Saurin | France | FRA | 8:09.2 | QU | |
| 2 | Jacques Mottard | Belgium | BEL | 8:14.8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Béla Szendey | 25 | Hungary | HUN | 8:03.2 | QU |
| 2 | Arnold Schwartz | 27 | Denmark | DEN | 8:06.0 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ken Myers | 31 | United States | USA | 8:14.2 | QU |
| 2 | Henri de Kok | 26 | South Africa | RSA | 8:19.2 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josef Straka, Sr. | 23 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 8:05.2 | QU |
| AC | Kinichiro Ishii | Japan | JPN | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michelangelo Bernasconi | 27 | Italy | ITA | 8:02.0 | walkover |