AMSTERDAM 1928
The Games of the IX Summer Olympiad. July 28 - August 12, 1928. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Athletics Boxing Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Gymnastics Rowing Sailing Swimming Weightlifting Wrestling Medal Count
MEN
100 m: 1.Percy Williams (Canada)
200 m: 1.Percy Williams (Canada)
5000 m
1.Ville Ritola (Finland)
2.Paavo Nurmi (Finland)
10000 m
1.Paavo Nurmi (Finland)
2.Ville Ritola (Finland)
400 m hurdles
1.David Burghley (Great Britain)
3000 m steeplechase
2.Paavo Nurmi (Finland)
Marathon
1.Boughera El Quafi (France)
Long jump
2.Silvio Cator (Haiti)
Triple jump
1.Mikio Oda (Japan)
Hammer throw
1.Pat O’Callaghan (Ireland)
Decathlon
1.Paavo Yrjola (Finland)
WOMEN
100 m
1.Betty Robinson (USA)
2.Bobbie Rosenfeld (Canada)
800 m
1.Lina Radke (Germany)
2.Kinue Hitomi (Japan)
4 x 100 m
1.Canada (Bobbie Rosenfeld)
2.USA (Betty Robinson)
High jump
1.Ethel Catherwood (Canada)
Discus throw
1.Halina Konopacka (Poland)
160 lb
1.Piero Toscani (Italy)
WOMEN
10 m platform
1.Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (USA)
Individual dressage
1.Carl Freiherr von Langen (Germany)
Team dressage
1.Germany (Carl Freiherr von Langen)
Individual eventing
1.Charles Pahud de Mortanges (Netherlands)
Team eventing
1.Netherlands (Charles Pahud de Mortanges)
14.Bulgaria (Vladimir Stoychev)
Individual jumping
1.Frantisek Ventura (Czechoslovakia)
Team jumping
1.Spain (Jose Navarro, Jose Alvarez, Julio Garcia)
MEN
Individual epee
1.Lucien Gaudin (France)
Individual foil
1.Lucien Gaudin (France)
3.Guilio Gaudini (Italy)
Team foil
1.Italy (Guilio Gaudini)
2.France (Roger Ducret, Lucien Gaudin)
WOMEN
Individual foil
1.Helene Mayer (Germany)
1.India (Dhyan Chand)
Final (replay)
Uruguay - Argentina 2:1
(Andres Mazali, Jose Nasazzi, Pedro Arispe, Jose Leandro Andrade, Juan Piriz, Alvaro Gestido, Juan Pedro Arremon, Hector Scarone, Rene Borjas, Pedro Cea, Roberto Figueroa (Uruguay))
Overall: Uruguay - Argentina 1:1, 2:1
1.Uruguay (Andres Mazali, Jose Nasazzi, Pedro Arispe, Jose Leandro Andrade, Juan Piriz, Alvaro Gestido, Lorenzo Fernandez, Juan Pedro Arremon, Hector Scarone, Rene Borjas, Pedro Cea, Roberto Figueroa, Pedro Petrone, Hector Castro, Santos Urdinaran)
Andres Mazali (Uruguay)
Jose Leandro Andrade (Uruguay)
Alvaro Gestido (Uruguay)
Lorenzo Fernandez (Uruguay)
Pedro Cea (Uruguay)
Pedro Petrone (Uruguay)
2.Argentina (Juan Evaristo, Fernando Paternoster, Luis Monti, Manuel Ferreira, Raimundo Orsi)
3.Italy (Giampiero Combi, Angelo Schiavio)
Individual all-around
1.Georges Miez (Switzerland)
3.Leon Stukelj (Yugoslavia)
Team all-around
1.Switzerland (Georges Miez)
3.Yugoslavia (Leon Stukelj)
Horizontal bar
1.Georges Miez (Switzerland)
2.Romeo Neri (Italy)
Pommel horse
2.Georges Miez (Switzerland)
Rings
1.Leon Stukelj (Yugoslavia)
Single sculls
1.Bobby Pearce (Australia)
Coxed eights
2.Great Britain (Jack Beresford)
6 Metre
1.Norna (Norway) (Crown Prince Olav)
MEN
100 m freestyle
1.Johnny Weissmuller (USA)
400 m freestyle
2.Boy Charlton (Australia)
3.Arne Borg (Sweden)
1500 m freestyle
1.Arne Borg (Sweden)
2.Boy Charlton (Australia)
200 m breaststroke
1.Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (Japan)
4 x 200 m freestyle
1.USA (Johnny Weissmuller)
WOMEN
400 m freestyle
2.Marie Braun (Netherlands)
100 m backstroke
1.Marie Braun (Netherlands)
60 kg
2.Pierino Gabetti (Italy)
82.5 kg
2.Louis Hostin (France)
82.5+ kg
1.Josef Strassberger (Germany)
3.Jaroslav Skobla (Czechoslovakia)
FREESTYLE
65 kg
1.Osvald Kapp (Estonia)
GRECO-ROMAN
58 kg
1.Kurt Leucht (Germany)
62 kg
1.Voldemar Vali (Estonia)
1.USA (22-18-16)
2.GERMANY (10-7-14)
3.FINLAND (8-8-9)
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