1928 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

1928 United States Olympic Trials (Track & Field)
Host city	Cambridge, Massachusetts (men) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (men, 3 events) Newark, New Jersey (women)
Date(s)	July 3–July 7
Main stadium	Harvard Stadium (men)
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
← 1924 1932 →

The 1928 United States Olympic Trials for track and field were held between July 3 and July 7, 1928 and decided the United States team for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. For the first time, women's track and field was part of the Olympic program. The Trials for men and women were held separately; men competed at Harvard Stadium in Cambridge, Massachusetts on July 6 and July 7, while women competed at City Field in Newark, New Jersey on July 4. Three of the men's events were contested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between July 3 and July 5.

Both the men's and women's Olympic Trials also served as the annual United States outdoor track and field championships. For the last time, the top four athletes in each event qualified for the Olympics; starting in 1932, every nation was limited to three entrants per event.

Official world records were set in the men's meet by Morgan Taylor in the 400 m hurdles and by Ed Hamm in the long jump.

Athletes qualified for the men's Olympic Trials by competing in preliminary tryouts. There were 14 preliminary meetings in total, including regional tryouts and major collegiate meets (the NCAA championship and the IC4A championship both served as tryouts). So many athletes qualified for the final Olympic Trials that three or more rounds were needed in all sprinting and hurdling events; for the next Olympic Trials in 1932 a more restrictive qualifying system was adopted. Athletes who finished in the top four in their events at the final Trials qualified for the Olympic team, with some exceptions. The marathon was not part of the main Olympic Trials, and a different qualifying system based on multiple races was used for that event.

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