Spencer with 48.0 in University Meet (Stanford v California)
Churchill Tops Kennedy (Kansas Relays)
Plansky Thought He Had Won the Olympic Trial (Penn Relays)
World Leader in the 4x220-Yard Relay (Drake Relays)
Defending Olympic Champion Barnes Sets Pole Vault WR at 4.30m (West Coast Relays)
Lombardi Equals the 100-yard World Record Despite a One-Yard Penalty (California Interscholastic Championships)
Visual Impairment Doesn't Hold Back Spencer – Breaks the 400m World Record (Pacific Association)
Close Hurdle Races at the Southern Pacific Association Championships
Double Winner Simpson (Big 10)
Anderson 14.4 – Not Accepted (Pacific Coast Conference)
Connor Spins 52.39 – World Leader (Travers Island)
US Olympic Trials: World Records in the 400m Hurdles and the Long Jump
Britain (AAA): Defending Olympic Champion Lowe Returns to the Top – Easy Victory in the 880 Yards
Sweden: Byléhn, Pettersson and Lundqvist Ready for Amsterdam
Suomi: ME-kyytiä paahtaneet Larva ja Borg niputtivat Nurmen “Sen veroista ei ole meillä koskaan nähty, tuskin muuallakaan” (Finnish Trials & National Championships, in Finnish)
Canada: Williams Fastest in the Canadian Olympic Trials but Failed to Capture Much Attention
Ninth Olympic Gold for Nurmi (M 10,000 metres)
King of the High Jump (M high jump)
Kuck Defeats the world Record Holder (M shot put)
Fast Feet from the Land of Hockey (M 100 metres)
Ireland's Hammer Throwing Tradition Continues (M hammer throw)
Lord Burghley Wins the Tough Battle (M 400 metres hurdles)
Hamm Leaps the Furthest (M long jump)
Lowe Renews His 800-Metre Olympic Gold (M 800 metres)
Betty Robinson – The First Female Olympic Champion in Track And Field (W 100 metres)
Gold to Poland and from Poland (W discus throw)
Houser Repeats (M discus throw)
Atkinson Fastest in the Hurdle Jungle (M 110 metres hurdles)
Lazy Curve, Fierce Finish – Williams Again (M 200 metres)
An American Celebration in Pole Vault (M pole vault)
Lundqvist Settles it on His First Throw (M javelin throw)
Oda Springiest, a Third Olympic Medal for Tuulos (M triple jump)
Larva to Victory with a Kenyan-style Tactic (M 1500 metres)
Women's 800 Metres Shocks the Old Guard (W 800 metres)
Ritola Runs Away with It (M 5000 metres)
Sportsman Barbuti, Master of the One-Lap (M 400 metres)
Yrjölä and Järvinen Achieve a Double Victory for Finland (M decathlon)
1-2-3 for Finland (M 3000 metres steeplechase)
Canadian Quartet Fastest (W 4x100 metres)
American Foursome Equals the Sprint Relay World Record (M 4x100 metres)
Algerian-born El Ouafi fastest in the Classic distance (M marathon)
Ethel Catherwood Needs A World Record for a High Jump Victory (W high jump)
Short-lived World Record in the Long Relay (M 4x400 metres)
Ladoumègue's Effortless Pace (France v Italy v Switzerland)
Büchner to a German Record in the 400m (Germany v France)
Hirschfeld 15.57 – Switzerland Down (Germany v Switzerland)
French Visitors in the Far East, Nambu Wins Long Jump and Triple Jump (Japan v France)
Hirschfeld Destroys Rose's 19-Year-Old Shot Put World Record
Swedish Hurdlers in Olympic Form (Stockholm)
Hoffmeister Tosses World Leading 48.77m (Gelsenkirchen)
Pettersson 52.4 – Fourth-Best 400-Metre Hurdles of the Season (Cologne)
Lundqvist Takes the Javelin World Record from the Finns (Stockholm)
O’Callaghan Solidifies His Status as the World's Hammer Throw Ace (Tailteann Games)
Lowe Triumphs Over Peltzer in Thrilling Clash of Half-Mile Titans (Berlin)
Long Jump World Record to Haiti – Cator Unleashes 7.93m (Paris)
Marttelin Breaks 25,000m World Record, Sipilä Sets 30,000m Mark (Tampere)
Nurmi Blazes to One Hour Run Record (Berlin SCC Games)
An audio conversation, timeline, summary report, and FAQ about the 1928 track and field year. The files have been created by the AI application Notebook LM and may therefore contain inaccuracies.
An audio conversation, timeline, summary report, and FAQ about track and field in 1928 Paris Olympics. The files have been created by the AI application Notebook LM and may therefore contain inaccuracies.