| Place | Athlete | Time | | 1 | Boughera El Ouafi|FRA|1928 Summer}} | 2:32:57 |
| 2 | Manuel Plaza|CHI|1928 Summer}} | 2:33:23 |
| 3 | Martti Marttelin|FIN|1928 Summer}} | 2:35:02 |
| 4 | Kanematsu Yamada|JPN|1928 Summer}} | 2:35:29 |
| 5 | Joie Ray|USA|1928 Summer}} | 2:36:04 |
| 6 | Seiichiro Tsuda|JPN|1928 Summer}} | 2:36:20 |
| 7 | Yrjö Korholin-Koski|FIN|1928 Summer}} | 2:36:40 |
| 8 | Sam Ferris|GBR|1928 Summer}} | 2:37:41 |
| 9 | Albert Michelsen|USA|1928 Summer}} | 2:38:56 |
| 10 | Clifford Bricker|CAN|1928 Summer}} | 2:39:24 |
| 11 | Harry Wood|GBR|1928 Summer}} | 2:41:15 |
| 12 | Verner Laaksonen|FIN|1928 Summer}} | 2:41:35 |
| 13 | Harry Payne|GBR|1928 Summer}} | 2:42:39 |
| 14 | Eino Rastas|FIN|1928 Summer}} | 2:43:08 |
| 15 | Väinö Sipilä|FIN|1928 Summer}} | 2:43:08 |
| 16 | Alois Krof|TCH|1928 Summer}} | 2:43:18 |
| 17 | John Miles|CAN|1928 Summer}} | 2:43:32 |
| 18 | Léon Broers|BEL|1928 Summer}} | 2:44:37 |
| 19 | Hans Stelges|GER|1928 Summer}} | 2:45:27 |
| 20 | Dunky Wright|GBR|1928 Summer}} | 2:45:30 |
| 21 | Herbert Bignall|GBR|1928 Summer}} | 2:45:44 |
| 22 | Ernest Harper|GBR|1928 Summer}} | 2:45:44 |
| 23 | Jean Gérault|FRA|1928 Summer}} | 2:46:08 |
| 24 | Ilmari Kuokka|FIN|1928 Summer}} | 2:46:34 |
| 25 | Gustav Kinn|SWE|1928 Summer}} | 2:47:35 |
| 26 | Silas McLellan|CAN|1928 Summer}} | 2:49:33 |
| 27 | Clarence DeMar|USA|1928 Summer}} | 2:50:42 |
| 28 | Marcel Denis|FRA|1928 Summer}} | 2:51:15 |
| 29 | Guillaume Tell|FRA|1928 Summer}} | 2:51:18 |
| 30 | Henri Landheer|NED|1928 Summer}} | 2:51:59 |
| 31 | Paul Hempel|GER|1928 Summer}} | 2:52:01 |
| 32 | Aurelio Terrazas|MEX|1928 Summer}} | 2:52:22 |
| 33 | František Zyka|TCH|1928 Summer}} | 2:52:42 |
| 34 | Giuseppe Ferrera|ITA|1928 Summer}} | 2:53:10 |
| 35 | José Torres|MEX|1928 Summer}} | 2:54:00 |
| 36 | Johan Støa|NOR|1928 Summer}} | 2:54:15 |
| 37 | Gerard Steuers|BEL|1928 Summer}} | 2:54:48 |
| 38 | Artūrs Motmillers|LAT|1928 Summer}} | 2:56:45 |
| 39 | James Henigan|USA|1928 Summer}} | 2:56:50 |
| 40 | Matthew Steytler|RSA|1928 Summer}} | 2:57:21 |
| 41 | Harvey Frick|USA|1928 Summer}} | 2:57:24 |
| 42 | Jean Linssen|BEL|1928 Summer}} | 2:58:08 |
| 43 | Frank Hughes|CAN|1928 Summer}} | 2:58:12 |
| 44 | William Agee|USA|1928 Summer}} | 2:58:50 |
| 45 | Percy Wyer|CAN|1928 Summer}} | 2:58:52 |
| 46 | Georg Hörger|GER|1928 Summer}} | 2:59:01 |
| 47 | Kurt Schneider|GER|1928 Summer}} | 2:59:36 |
| 48 | Juichi Nagatani|JPN|1928 Summer}} | 3:03:34 |
| 49 | József Galambos|HUN|1928 Summer}} | 3:05:58 |
| 50 | Paul Gerhardt|GER|1928 Summer}} | 3:09:30 |
| 51 | Gottlieb Bach|DEN|1928 Summer}} | 3:10:10 |
| 52 | Emilio Ferrer|ESP|1928 Summer}} | 3:11:05 |
| 53 | Dimitrije Stefanović|YUG|1928 Summer}} | 3:11:35 |
| 54 | Joop Vermeulen|NED|1928 Summer}} | 3:13:47 |
| 55 | Pleun van Leenen|NED|1928 Summer}} | 3:14:37 |
| 56 | Jean Marien|BEL|1928 Summer}} | 3:16:13 |
| 57 | Willem van der Steen|NED|1928 Summer}} | 3:19:53 |
| — | Axel Elofs|SWE|1928 Summer}} | DNF |
| — | Aksel Madsen|DEN|1928 Summer}} | DNF |
| — | Orla Olsen|DEN|1928 Summer}} | DNF |
| — | Vintilǎ Cristescu|ROU|1928 Summer}} | DNF |
| — | Romeo Bertini|ITA|1928 Summer}} | DNF |
| — | Attilio Conton|ITA|1928 Summer}} | DNF |
| — | Stefano Natale|ITA|1928 Summer}} | DNF |
| — | Vilis Cimmermans|LAT|1928 Summer}} | DNF |
| — | Karl Laas|EST|1928 Summer}} | DNF |
| — | Teun Sprong|NED|1928 Summer}} | DNF |
| — | Bram Groeneweg|NED|1928 Summer}} | DNF |
| — | Franz Wanderer|GER|1928 Summer}} | DNF |
1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/ATH/mens-marathon.html |title=Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Marathon |accessdate=29 April 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}}