# Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 4 & August 5.

## Results
### 100 metres

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points | Adjusted Points |
| 1 | Johannes Viljoen | South Africa | 11.0 | 904.8 | 808 |
| 2 | James Stewart | United States | 11.2 | 857.2 | 765 |
| 2 | Akilles Järvinen | Finland | 11.2 | 857.2 | 765 |
| 4 | Helge Jansson | Sweden | 11.4 | 809.6 | 723 |
| 4 | Adolf Meier | Switzerland | 11.4 | 809.6 | 723 |
| 4 | George Weightman-Smith | South Africa | 11.4 | 809.6 | 723 |
| 7 | Ken Doherty | United States | 11.6 | 762 | 683 |
| 7 | Tom Churchill | United States | 11.6 | 762 | 683 |
| 7 | Ludwig Vesely | Austria | 11.6 | 762 | 683 |
| 7 | Tatsuo Toki | Japan | 11.6 | 762 | 683 |
| 7 | Johan Meimer | Estonia | 11.6 | 762 | 683 |
| 7 | Barney Berlinger | United States | 11.6 | 762 | 683 |
| 7 | Hermann Lemperle | Germany | 11.6 | 762 | 683 |
| 7 | Mátyás Farkas | Hungary | 11.6 | 762 | 683 |
| 7 | Branko Kallay | Yugoslavia | 11.6 | 762 | 683 |
| 16 | Paavo Yrjölä | Finland | 11.8 | 714.4 | 643 |
| 16 | Wilhelm Ladewig | Germany | 11.8 | 714.4 | 643 |
| 16 | Sven Lundgren | Sweden | 11.8 | 714.4 | 643 |
| 16 | Erwin Huber | Germany | 11.8 | 714.4 | 643 |
| 16 | Gheorghe Csegezi | Romania | 11.8 | 714.4 | 643 |
| 16 | Con O'Callaghan | Ireland | 11.8 | 714.4 | 643 |
| 16 | Gunnar Fredriksen | Norway | 11.8 | 714.4 | 643 |
| 16 | Armas Wahlstedt | Finland | 11.8 | 714.4 | 643 |
| 24 | Albert Andersson | Sweden | 12.0 | 666.8 | 605 |
| 24 | Henry Lindblad | Sweden | 12.0 | 666.8 | 605 |
| 24 | Hugo Barth | Germany | 12.0 | 666.8 | 605 |
| 24 | Martti Tolamo | Finland | 12.0 | 666.8 | 605 |
| 24 | Stelios Benardis | Greece | 12.0 | 666.8 | 605 |
| 24 | Gaston Médécin | Monaco | 12.0 | 666.8 | 605 |
| 24 | Gunnar Hagen | Norway | 12.0 | 666.8 | 605 |
| 31 | Antoni Cejzik | Poland | 12.2 | 619.2 | 567 |
| 31 | René Joannes-Powell | Belgium | 12.2 | 619.2 | 567 |
| 31 | Ion Haidu | Romania | 12.2 | 619.2 | 567 |
| 34 | Yonetaro Nagazawa | Japan | 12.4 | 571.6 | 531 |
| 34 | Gérard Noël | Belgium | 12.4 | 571.6 | 531 |
| 34 | Virgil Ioan | Romania | 12.4 | 571.6 | 531 |
| 37 | Howard Ford | Great Britain | 12.8 | 476.4 | 461 |
| 38 | Gaston Étienne | Belgium | 13.0 | 428.8 | 428 |

### Long jump

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Distance (metres) | Points | Adjusted Points |
| 1 | Henry Lindblad | Sweden | 6.97 | 845.65 | 807 |
| 2 | Tatsuo Toki | Japan | 6.90 | 828.50 | 790 |
| 3 | Adolf Meier | Switzerland | 6.89 | 826.05 | 788 |
| 4 | Akilles Järvinen | Finland | 6.87 | 821.15 | 783 |
| 4 | Hugo Barth | Germany | 6.87 | 821.15 | 783 |
| 6 | Helge Jansson | Sweden | 6.85 | 816.25 | 778 |
| 6 | Johannes Viljoen | South Africa | 6.85 | 816.25 | 778 |
| 8 | Erwin Huber | Germany | 6.79 | 801.55 | 764 |
| 9 | Ludwig Vesely | Austria | 6.73 | 786.85 | 750 |
| 9 | Wilhelm Ladewig | Germany | 6.73 | 786.85 | 750 |
| 11 | Paavo Yrjölä | Finland | 6.72 | 784.40 | 748 |
| 12 | Martti Tolamo | Finland | 6.69 | 777.05 | 741 |
| 13 | Mátyás Farkas | Hungary | 6.62 | 759.90 | 725 |
| 14 | Ken Doherty | United States | 6.61 | 757.45 | 723 |
| 14 | James Stewart | United States | 6.61 | 757.45 | 723 |
| 16 | Sven Lundgren | Sweden | 6.50 | 730.50 | 697 |
| 16 | Hermann Lemperle | Germany | 6.50 | 730.50 | 697 |
| 18 | Gaston Médécin | Monaco | 6.46 | 720.70 | 688 |
| 19 | Gunnar Fredriksen | Norway | 6.45 | 718.25 | 686 |
| 20 | Johan Meimer | Estonia | 6.43 | 713.35 | 682 |
| 21 | Stelios Benardis | Greece | 6.37 | 698.65 | 668 |
| 22 | Tom Churchill | United States | 6.32 | 686.40 | 657 |
| 23 | Albert Andersson | Sweden | 6.30 | 681.50 | 652 |
| 24 | Con O'Callaghan | Ireland | 6.28 | 676.60 | 648 |
| 25 | George Weightman-Smith | South Africa | 6.26 | 671.70 | 644 |
| 26 | Howard Ford | Great Britain | 6.07 | 625.15 | 602 |
| 27 | Yonetaro Nagazawa | Japan | 6.04 | 617.80 | 595 |
| 28 | René Joannes-Powell | Belgium | 6.03 | 615.35 | 593 |
| 29 | Gheorghe Csegezi | Romania | 6.01 | 610.45 | 589 |
| 30 | Barney Berlinger | United States | 5.97 | 600.65 | 580 |
| 31 | Gunnar Hagen | Norway | 5.95 | 595.75 | 576 |
| 32 | Antoni Cejzik | Poland | 5.92 | 588.40 | 569 |
| 33 | Armas Wahlstedt | Finland | 5.86 | 573.70 | 556 |
| 34 | Ion Haidu | Romania | 5.74 | 544.30 | 531 |
| 35 | Gérard Noël | Belgium | 5.70 | 534.50 | 523 |
| 36 | Gaston Étienne | Belgium | 5.51 | 487.95 | 483 |
| - | Branko Kallay | Yugoslavia | No Mark | 0 | 0 |

### Shot put

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Distance (metres) | Points | Adjusted Points |
| 1 | Paavo Yrjölä | Finland | 14.11 | 877 | 735 |
| 2 | Akilles Järvinen | Finland | 13.64 | 830 | 706 |
| 3 | Helge Jansson | Sweden | 13.59 | 825 | 703 |
| 4 | Barney Berlinger | United States | 13.05 | 771 | 670 |
| 5 | James Stewart | United States | 13.04 | 770 | 670 |
| 6 | Hermann Lemperle | Germany | 12.96 | 762 | 665 |
| 7 | Ludwig Vesely | Austria | 12.58 | 724 | 642 |
| 8 | Tom Churchill | United States | 12.28 | 694 | 623 |
| 9 | Albert Andersson | Sweden | 12.19 | 685 | 618 |
| 10 | Adolf Meier | Switzerland | 12.15 | 681 | 616 |
| 11 | Antoni Cejzik | Poland | 12.11 | 677 | 613 |
| 11 | Howard Ford | Great Britain | 12.11 | 677 | 613 |
| 13 | Henry Lindblad | Sweden | 12.04 | 670 | 609 |
| 14 | Erwin Huber | Germany | 11.92 | 658 | 602 |
| 15 | Ken Doherty | United States | 11.85 | 651 | 597 |
| 16 | Mátyás Farkas | Hungary | 11.78 | 644 | 593 |
| 17 | Gaston Médécin | Monaco | 11.67 | 633 | 586 |
| 18 | Gunnar Fredriksen | Norway | 11.56 | 622 | 580 |
| 18 | Gunnar Hagen | Norway | 11.56 | 622 | 580 |
| 20 | Hugo Barth | Germany | 11.34 | 600 | 566 |
| 21 | Martti Tolamo | Finland | 11.31 | 597 | 565 |
| 22 | Johan Meimer | Estonia | 11.20 | 586 | 558 |
| 23 | Con O'Callaghan | Ireland | 11.07 | 573 | 550 |
| 24 | Tatsuo Toki | Japan | 11.03 | 569 | 548 |
| 24 | Stelios Benardis | Greece | 11.03 | 569 | 548 |
| 26 | Wilhelm Ladewig | Germany | 10.96 | 562 | 543 |
| 27 | Sven Lundgren | Sweden | 10.76 | 542 | 531 |
| 28 | George Weightman-Smith | South Africa | 10.54 | 520 | 518 |
| 29 | Ion Haidu | Romania | 10.51 | 517 | 516 |
| 30 | Yonetaro Nakazawa | Japan | 10.37 | 503 | 508 |
| 31 | Johannes Viljoen | South Africa | 10.17 | 483 | 496 |
| 32 | Gérard Noël | Belgium | 9.95 | 461 | 483 |
| 33 | Branko Kallay | Yugoslavia | 9.87 | 453 | 478 |
| 34 | René Joannes-Powell | Belgium | 9.83 | 449 | 475 |
| 35 | Gaston Étienne | Belgium | 9.65 | 431 | 465 |
| 36 | Gheorghe Csegezi | Romania | 9.45 | 411 | 453 |

### High jump

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Height | Points | Adjusted Points |
| 1 | Paavo Yrjölä | Finland | 1.87 | 916 | 687 |
| 1 | James Stewart | United States | 1.87 | 916 | 687 |
| 1 | Helge Jansson | Sweden | 1.87 | 916 | 687 |
| 4 | Ken Doherty | United States | 1.80 | 818 | 627 |
| 4 | Wilhelm Ladewig | Germany | 1.80 | 818 | 627 |
| 6 | Akilles Järvinen | Finland | 1.75 | 748 | 585 |
| 6 | Albert Andersson | Sweden | 1.75 | 748 | 585 |
| 6 | Tatsuo Toki | Japan | 1.75 | 748 | 585 |
| 6 | Johan Meimer | Estonia | 1.75 | 748 | 585 |
| 6 | Barney Berlinger | United States | 1.75 | 748 | 585 |
| 6 | Yonetaro Nagazawa | Japan | 1.75 | 748 | 585 |
| 6 | Gunnar Hagen | Norway | 1.75 | 748 | 585 |
| 13 | Tom Churchill | United States | 1.70 | 678 | 544 |
| 13 | Ludwig Vesely | Austria | 1.70 | 678 | 544 |
| 13 | Henry Lindblad | Sweden | 1.70 | 678 | 544 |
| 13 | Martti Tolamo | Finland | 1.70 | 678 | 544 |
| 13 | Antoni Cejzik | Poland | 1.70 | 678 | 544 |
| 13 | Branko Kallay | Yugoslavia | 1.70 | 678 | 544 |
| 13 | Gérard Noël | Belgium | 1.70 | 678 | 544 |
| 13 | Con O'Callaghan | Ireland | 1.70 | 678 | 544 |
| 13 | Johannes Viljoen | South Africa | 1.70 | 678 | 544 |
| 13 | Gunnar Fredriksen | Norway | 1.70 | 678 | 544 |
| 23 | Hugo Barth | Germany | 1.65 | 608 | 504 |
| 23 | Hermann Lemperle | Germany | 1.65 | 608 | 504 |
| 23 | Stelios Benardis | Greece | 1.65 | 608 | 504 |
| 23 | Mátyás Farkas | Hungary | 1.65 | 608 | 504 |
| 23 | Adolf Meier | Switzerland | 1.65 | 608 | 504 |
| 28 | Erwin Huber | Germany | 1.60 | 538 | 464 |
| 28 | Gheorghe Csegezi | Romania | 1.60 | 538 | 464 |
| 28 | Howard Ford | Great Britain | 1.60 | 538 | 464 |
| 28 | Ion Haidu | Romania | 1.60 | 538 | 464 |
| 28 | George Weightman-Smith | South Africa | 1.60 | 538 | 464 |
| 33 | Sven Lundgren | Sweden | 1.50 | 398 | 389 |
| 33 | Gaston Étienne | Belgium | 1.50 | 398 | 389 |
| 33 | René Joannes-Powell | Belgium | 1.50 | 398 | 389 |
| 33 | Gaston Médécin | Monaco | 1.50 | 398 | 389 |

### 400 metres

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points | Adjusted Points |
| 1 | Akilles Järvinen | Finland | 51.4 | 879.68 | 745 |
| 2 | Ken Doherty | United States | 52.0 | 857.12 | 719 |
| 3 | Tom Churchill | United States | 52.2 | 849.6 | 710 |
| 3 | Ludwig Vesely | Austria | 52.2 | 849.6 | 710 |
| 5 | Wilhelm Ladewig | Germany | 52.4 | 842.08 | 701 |
| 5 | Sven Lundgren | Sweden | 52.4 | 842.08 | 701 |
| 5 | Martti Tolamo | Finland | 52.4 | 842.08 | 701 |
| 5 | Mátyáas Farkas | Hungary | 52.4 | 842.08 | 701 |
| 9 | James Stewart | United States | 52.8 | 827.04 | 684 |
| 9 | Hugo Barth | Germany | 52.8 | 827.04 | 684 |
| 9 | Hermann Lemperle | Germany | 52.8 | 827.04 | 684 |
| 12 | Antoni Cejzik | Poland | 53.0 | 819.52 | 676 |
| 12 | Johannes Viljoen | South Africa | 53.0 | 819.52 | 676 |
| 14 | Paavo Yrjölä | Finland | 53.2 | 812 | 667 |
| 14 | Helge Jansson | Sweden | 53.2 | 812 | 667 |
| 16 | Gaston Médécin | Monaco | 53.6 | 796.96 | 650 |
| 17 | Henry Lindblad | Sweden | 53.8 | 789.44 | 642 |
| 18 | Albert Andersson | Sweden | 54.0 | 781.92 | 634 |
| 19 | Tatsuo Toki | Japan | 54.4 | 766.88 | 617 |
| 20 | Erwin Huber | Germany | 54.8 | 751.84 | 601 |
| 21 | Johan Meimer | Estonia | 55.0 | 744.32 | 593 |
| 21 | Adolf Meier | Switzerland | 55.0 | 744.32 | 593 |
| 23 | Gheorghe Csegezi | Romania | 55.6 | 721.76 | 569 |
| 24 | René Joannes-Powell | Belgium | 55.8 | 714.24 | 562 |
| 24 | Gunnar Fredriksen | Norway | 55.8 | 714.24 | 562 |
| 26 | Barney Berlinger | United States | 56.2 | 699.20 | 546 |
| 26 | Con O'Callaghan | Ireland | 56.2 | 699.20 | 546 |
| 28 | Gunnar Hagen | Norway | 56.4 | 691.68 | 538 |
| 29 | Stelios Benardis | Greece | 56.6 | 684.16 | 531 |
| 30 | Branko Kallay | Yugoslavia | 57.6 | 646.56 | 493 |
| 31 | Gérard Noël | Belgium | 58.0 | 631.52 | 479 |
| 32 | Ion Haidu | Romania | 59.4 | 578.88 | 429 |
| 33 | Howard Ford | Great Britain | 59.8 | 563.84 | 415 |
| 34 | Gaston Étienne | Belgium | 1:00.2 | 548.80 | 402 |
| 35 | Yonetaro Nakazawa | Japan | 1:01.8 | 488.64 | 350 |

### 110 metre hurdles

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points | Adjusted Points |
| 1 | Akilles Järvinen | Finland | 15.6 | 943 | 751 |
| 1 | Johannes Viljoen | South Africa | 15.6 | 943 | 751 |
| 3 | Ken Doherty | United States | 15.8 | 924 | 728 |
| 3 | Ludwig Vesely | Austria | 15.8 | 924 | 728 |
| 3 | Albert Andersson | Sweden | 15.8 | 924 | 728 |
| 6 | Sven Lundgren | Sweden | 16.2 | 886 | 684 |
| 7 | Hugo Barth | Germany | 16.4 | 867 | 662 |
| 8 | Paavo Yrjölä | Finland | 16.6 | 848 | 641 |
| 8 | James Stewart | United States | 16.6 | 848 | 641 |
| 8 | Helge Jansson | Sweden | 16.6 | 848 | 641 |
| 8 | Wilhelm Ladewig | Germany | 16.6 | 848 | 641 |
| 8 | Adolf Meier | Switzerland | 16.6 | 848 | 641 |
| 13 | Tom Churchill | United States | 16.8 | 829 | 620 |
| 13 | Tatsuo Toki | Japan | 16.8 | 829 | 620 |
| 13 | Erwin Huber | Germany | 16.8 | 829 | 620 |
| 13 | Branko Kallay | Yugoslavia | 16.8 | 829 | 620 |
| 13 | René Joannes-Powell | Belgium | 16.8 | 829 | 620 |
| 18 | Henry Lindblad | Sweden | 17.0 | 810 | 599 |
| 19 | Barney Berlinger | United States | 17.2 | 791 | 579 |
| 20 | Mátyás Farkas | Hungary | 17.6 | 753 | 540 |
| 21 | Hermann Lemperle | Germany | 17.8 | 734 | 520 |
| 21 | Con O'Callaghan | Ireland | 17.8 | 734 | 520 |
| 23 | Martti Tolamo | Finland | 18.0 | 715 | 501 |
| 23 | Stelios Benardis | Greece | 18.0 | 715 | 501 |
| 25 | Antoni Cejzik | Poland | 18.4 | 677 | 464 |
| 25 | Yonetaro Nakazawa | Japan | 18.4 | 677 | 464 |
| 27 | Johan Meimer | Estonia | 18.6 | 658 | 447 |
| 28 | Gérard Noël | Belgium | 19.4 | 582 | 378 |
| 29 | Gheorghe Csegezi | Romania | 20.0 | 525 | 330 |
| 29 | Gaston Médécin | Monaco | 20.0 | 525 | 330 |
| 31 | Ion Haidu | Romania | 20.4 | 487 | 300 |
| 32 | Howard Ford | Great Britain | 20.6 | 468 | 286 |
| 33 | Gaston Étienne | Belgium | 20.8 | 449 | 272 |

### Discus throw

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Distance (metres) | Points | Adjusted Points |
| 1 | Paavo Yrjölä | Finland | 42.09 | 881.44 | 707 |
| 2 | James Stewart | United States | 40.90 | 836.22 | 683 |
| 3 | Antoni Cejzik | Poland | 39.43 | 780.36 | 653 |
| 4 | Ken Doherty | United States | 38.72 | 753.38 | 639 |
| 5 | Tom Churchill | United States | 38.19 | 733.24 | 628 |
| 6 | Hermann Lemperle | Germany | 36.99 | 687.64 | 604 |
| 7 | Akilles Järvinen | Finland | 36.95 | 686.12 | 604 |
| 8 | Helge Jansson | Sweden | 36.83 | 681.56 | 600 |
| 9 | Albert Andersson | Sweden | 36.64 | 674.34 | 597 |
| 10 | Mátyás Farkas | Hungary | 35.83 | 643.56 | 580 |
| 11 | Henry Lindblad | Sweden | 35.53 | 632.16 | 574 |
| 12 | Ludwig Vesely | Austria | 35.46 | 629.50 | 573 |
| 13 | Johan Meimer | Estonia | 35.32 | 624.18 | 570 |
| 14 | Sven Lundgren | Sweden | 35.04 | 613.54 | 564 |
| 15 | Hugo Barth | Germany | 34.89 | 607.84 | 561 |
| 16 | Tatsuo Toki | Japan | 34.01 | 574.40 | 544 |
| 17 | Adolf Meier | Switzerland | 33.43 | 552.36 | 532 |
| 18 | Erwin Huber | Germany | 33.07 | 538.68 | 525 |
| 19 | Martti Tolamo | Finland | 32.88 | 531.46 | 521 |
| 20 | Howard Ford | Great Britain | 32.82 | 529.18 | 520 |
| 21 | Barney Berlinger | United States | 32.51 | 517.40 | 514 |
| 22 | Branko Kallay | Yugoslavia | 32.24 | 507.14 | 509 |
| 23 | Con O'Callaghan | Ireland | 31.69 | 486.24 | 498 |
| 24 | Ion Haidu | Romania | 31.59 | 482.44 | 496 |
| 25 | Yonetaro Nakazawa | Japan | 31.43 | 476.36 | 493 |
| 26 | Stelios Benardis | Greece | 31.41 | 475.60 | 492 |
| 27 | Wilhelm Ladewig | Germany | 30.74 | 450.14 | 479 |
| 28 | Gaston Médécin | Monaco | 30.71 | 449.00 | 478 |
| 29 | Gérard Noël | Belgium | 30.50 | 441.02 | 474 |
| 30 | Gaston Étienne | Belgium | 29.81 | 414.80 | 461 |
| 31 | Johannes Viljoen | South Africa | 28.95 | 382.12 | 444 |
| 32 | René Joannes-Powell | Belgium | 26.73 | 297.76 | 401 |
| 33 | Gheorghe Csegezi | Romania | 26.20 | 277.62 | 390 |

### Pole vault

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Height (metres) | Points | Adjusted Points |
| 1 | Yonetaro Nakazawa | Japan | 3.70 | 865 | 535 |
| 2 | Tom Churchill | United States | 3.60 | 811 | 509 |
| 2 | Henry Lindblad | Sweden | 3.60 | 811 | 509 |
| 2 | Barney Berlinger | United States | 3.60 | 811 | 509 |
| 5 | Paavo Yrjölä | Finland | 3.30 | 649 | 431 |
| 5 | Akilles Järvinen | Finland | 3.30 | 649 | 431 |
| 5 | Ken Doherty | United States | 3.30 | 649 | 431 |
| 5 | James Stewart | United States | 3.30 | 649 | 431 |
| 5 | Helge Jansson | Sweden | 3.30 | 649 | 431 |
| 5 | Albert Andersson | Sweden | 3.30 | 649 | 431 |
| 5 | Sven Lundgren | Sweden | 3.30 | 649 | 431 |
| 5 | Stelios Benardis | Greece | 3.30 | 649 | 431 |
| 13 | Ludwig Vesely | Austria | 3.20 | 595 | 406 |
| 13 | Erwin Huber | Germany | 3.20 | 595 | 406 |
| 13 | Gaston Étienne | Belgium | 3.20 | 595 | 406 |
| 16 | Wilhelm Ladewig | Germany | 3.10 | 541 | 381 |
| 16 | Tatsuo Toki | Japan | 3.10 | 541 | 381 |
| 16 | Martti Tolamo | Finland | 3.10 | 541 | 381 |
| 16 | René Joannes-Powell | Belgium | 3.10 | 541 | 381 |
| 16 | Howard Ford | Great Britain | 3.10 | 541 | 381 |
| 21 | Hugo Barth | Germany | 3.00 | 487 | 357 |
| 21 | Johan Meimer | Estonia | 3.00 | 487 | 357 |
| 21 | Mátyás Farkas | Hungary | 3.00 | 487 | 357 |
| 21 | Branko Kallay | Yugoslavia | 3.00 | 487 | 357 |
| 21 | Gheorghe Csegezi | Romania | 3.00 | 487 | 357 |
| 21 | Gérard Noël | Belgium | 3.00 | 487 | 357 |
| 27 | Antoni Cejzik | Poland | 2.90 | 433 | 333 |
| - | Hermann Lemperle | Germany | No height | 0 | 0 |
| - | Con O'Callaghan | Ireland | No height | 0 | 0 |
| - | Gaston Médécin | Monaco | No height | 0 | 0 |

### Javelin throw

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Distance (metres) | Points | Adjusted Points |
| 1 | Johan Meimer | Estonia | 56.88 | 886.70 | 691 |
| 2 | Ken Doherty | United States | 56.56 | 877.90 | 686 |
| 3 | Paavo Yrjölä | Finland | 55.70 | 854.25 | 673 |
| 4 | Akilles Järvinen | Finland | 55.58 | 850.95 | 672 |
| 5 | Gaston Étienne | Belgium | 54.85 | 830.875 | 661 |
| 6 | Hugo Barth | Germany | 52.73 | 772.575 | 629 |
| 7 | Tom Churchill | United States | 50.93 | 723.075 | 602 |
| 8 | Henry Lindblad | Sweden | 49.61 | 686.775 | 583 |
| 9 | Barney Berlinger | United States | 48.27 | 649.925 | 563 |
| 10 | James Stewart | United States | 48.07 | 644.425 | 560 |
| 11 | Ludwig Vesely | Austria | 47.44 | 627.10 | 551 |
| 12 | Wilhelm Ladewig | Germany | 46.10 | 590.25 | 531 |
| 13 | Tatsuo Toki | Japan | 45.83 | 582.825 | 527 |
| 14 | Albert Andersson | Sweden | 45.81 | 582.275 | 527 |
| 15 | Martti Tolamo | Finland | 45.79 | 581.725 | 527 |
| 16 | Sven Lundgren | Sweden | 45.71 | 579.525 | 525 |
| 17 | Erwin Huber | Germany | 45.42 | 571.550 | 521 |
| 18 | Stelios Benardis | Greece | 44.48 | 545.70 | 507 |
| 19 | Branko Kallay | Yugoslavia | 43.98 | 531.95 | 500 |
| 20 | Antoni Cejzik | Poland | 43.96 | 531.40 | 500 |
| 21 | Mátyás Farkas | Hungary | 43.13 | 508.575 | 488 |
| 22 | Helge Jansson | Sweden | 41.73 | 470.075 | 467 |
| 23 | Hermann Lemperle | Germany | 41.05 | 451.375 | 457 |
| 24 | Yonetaro Nakazawa | Japan | 40.33 | 431.575 | 447 |
| 25 | Gérard Noël | Belgium | 32.64 | 220.10 | 337 |
| 26 | René Joannes-Powell | Belgium | 32.56 | 217.90 | 335 |
| 27 | Gheorghe Csegezi | Romania | 31.85 | 198.375 | 325 |

### 1500 metres

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points | Adjusted Points |
| 1 | Sven Lundgren | Sweden | 4:34.8 | 772.0 | 713 |
| 2 | Hermann Lemperle | Germany | 4:41.6 | 731.2 | 670 |
| 3 | Wilhelm Ladewig | Germany | 4:42.0 | 728.8 | 668 |
| 4 | Paavo Yrjölä | Finland | 4:44.0 | 716.8 | 655 |
| 5 | Albert Andersson | Sweden | 4:44.2 | 715.6 | 654 |
| 6 | Martti Tolamo | Finland | 4:44.8 | 712.0 | 650 |
| 7 | Erwin Huber | Germany | 4:46.0 | 704.8 | 643 |
| 8 | Ludwig Vesely | Austria | 4:47.0 | 698.8 | 637 |
| 9 | Gaston Étienne | Belgium | 4:51.4 | 672.4 | 610 |
| 10 | Akilles Järvinen | Finland | 4:52.4 | 666.4 | 604 |
| 11 | Ken Doherty | United States | 4:54.0 | 656.8 | 595 |
| 12 | Tom Churchill | United States | 4:55.0 | 650.8 | 589 |
| 13 | Gheorghe Csegezi | Romania | 5:03.8 | 598.0 | 538 |
| 14 | Hugo Barth | Germany | 5:04.6 | 593.2 | 534 |
| 15 | Tatsuo Toki | Japan | 5:10.8 | 556.0 | 499 |
| 16 | Antoni Cejzik | Poland | 5:11.4 | 552.4 | 496 |
| 17 | Stelios Benardis | Greece | 5:13.8 | 538.0 | 483 |
| 18 | Johan Meimer | Estonia | 5:16.2 | 523.6 | 470 |
| 19 | James Stewart | United States | 5:17.0 | 518.8 | 466 |
| 20 | René Joannes-Powell | Belgium | 5:18.6 | 509.2 | 457 |
| 21 | Henry Lindblad | Sweden | 5:23.2 | 481.6 | 434 |
| 22 | Helge Jansson | Sweden | 5:27.0 | 458.8 | 414 |
| 23 | Branko Kallay | Yugoslavia | 5:50.8 | 316.0 | 303 |
| 24 | Yonetaro Nakazawa | Japan | 5:54.6 | 293.2 | 287 |
| 25 | Barney Berlinger | United States | 5:58.6 | 269.2 | 270 |
| - | Mátyás Farkas | Hungary | DNF | 0 | 0 |
| - | Gérard Noël | Belgium | DNF | 0 | 0 |

### Final standings

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Points | Adjusted points | |
| | Paavo Yrjölä | Finland | 8,053.290 | 6587 | OR |
| | Akilles Järvinen | Finland | 7,931.500 | 6645 | |
| | Ken Doherty | United States | 7,706.650 | 6428 | |
| 4 | James Stewart | United States | 7,624.135 | 6310 | |
| 5 | Tom Churchill | United States | 7,417.115 | 6165 | |
| 6 | Helge Jansson | Sweden | 7,286.285 | 6111 | |
| 7 | Ludwig Vesely | Austria | 7,274.850 | 6224 | |
| 8 | Albert Andersson | Sweden | 7,108.435 | 6031 | |
| 9 | Henry Lindblad | Sweden | 7,071.425 | 5906 | |
| 10 | Wilhelm Ladewig | Germany | 6,881.520 | 5964 | |
| 11 | Hugo Barth | Germany | 6,850.605 | 5885 | |
| 12 | Tatsuo Toki | Japan | 6,757.605 | 5794 | |
| 13 | Johan Meimer | Estonia | 6,733.150 | 5636 | |
| 14 | Sven Lundgren | Sweden | 6,727.045 | 5878 | |
| 15 | Erwin Huber | Germany | 6,702.820 | 5789 | |
| 16 | Martti Tolamo | Finland | 6,642.115 | 5736 | |
| 17 | Barney Berlinger | United States | 6,619.375 | 5499 | |
| 18 | Antoni Cejzik | Poland | 6,356.280 | 5415 | |
| 19 | Hermann Lemperle | Germany | 6,293.755 | 5484 | |
| 20 | Stelios Benardis | Greece | 6,149.910 | 5270 | |
| 21 | Mátyás Farkas | Hungary | 6,015.635 | 5180 | |
| 22 | Yonetaro Nakazawa | Japan | 5,672.175 | 4795 | |
| 23 | Gaston Étienne | Belgium | 5,256.625 | 4577 | |
| 24 | Branko Kallay | Yugoslavia | 5,210.650 | 4487 | |
| 25 | René Joannes-Powell | Belgium | 5,190.650 | 4780 | |
| 26 | Gheorghe Csegezi | Romania | 5,081.605 | 4658 | |
| 27 | Gérard Noël | Belgium | 4,606.740 | 4106 | |
| | Con O'Callaghan | Ireland | | | DNF |
| | Howard Ford | Great Britain | | | DNF |
| | Gaston Médécin | Monaco | | | DNF |
| | Adolf Meier | Switzerland | | | DNF |
| | Johannes Viljoen | South Africa | | | DNF |
| | Ion Haidu | Romania | | | DNF |
| | Gunnar Fredriksen | Norway | | | DNF |
| | Gunnar Hagen | Norway | | | DNF |
| | George Weightman-Smith | South Africa | | | DNF |
| | Armas Wahlstedt | Finland | | | DNF |
| | Virgil Ioan | Romania | | | DNF |
Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record