Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics in athletics for the first time. Bulgaria, Egypt, Malta, Panama, Rhodesia, and Uruguay were the only six nations not to compete in athletics. 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 at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw The men's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Thursday, August 2, 1928. Twenty-eight javelin throwers from 18 nations competed. These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics. Erik Lundqvist set a new Olympic record in the qualification with 66.60 metres. The qualification started at 2 p.m. The best six throwers, all four groups counted together, qualified for the final. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group