Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, 27 athletics events were contested. The competition was held on a 400-meter track and would become the standard for athletics tracks in the future. For the first time, women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program. There was a total of 706 participants from 40 countries competing. During the 1928 Summer Olympic Games 9 new world records were set in the athletics events. New Olympic records were set in 16 of the 27 events. 706 athletes from 40 nations competed. Lithuania and Romania competed
Athletics at the 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games Athletics at the 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games At the 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games, the athletics events were held in Manila, the Philippines in May. A total of 19 men's athletics events were contested at the competition. The 400 metres hurdles and 4×100 metres relay were contested for the first and only time, replacing the 200 m variants and conforming to the standard Olympic standard. This was the last edition of the games. Japan won a third successive athletics title, taking twelve of the nineteen gold medals on offer and completing medal sweeps in four events. The Philippines, the