Amsterdam 1928
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AMSTERDAM 1928 The Games of the IX Summer Olympiad. July 28 - August 12, 1928. Amsterdam, Netherlands. 1 ATHLETICS MEN 100 m: 1.Percy Williams (Canada) 200 m: 1.Percy Williams (Canada) 10000 m 1.Paavo Nurmi (Finland) 2.Ville Ritola (Finland) 5000 m: 1.Ville Ritola (Finland), 2.Paavo Nurmi (Finland) 3000 m steeplechase: 2.Paavo Nurmi (Finland) 2 400 m hurdles 1.David Burghley (Great Britain) 4 x 400 m 3.Canada (Phil Edwards) 3 Marathon 1.Boughera El Quafi (France) 4 Long jump 2.Silvio Cator (Haiti) Hammer throw 1.Pat O’Callaghan (Ireland) 5 Triple jump 1.Mikio Oda (Japan) Decathlon 1.Paavo Yrjola (Finland) 6 WOMEN 100 m 1.Betty Robinson (USA) 4 x 100 m: 2.USA (Betty Robinson) 7 800 m 1.Lina Radke (Germany) 2.Kinue Hitomi (Japan) 4 x 100 m: 1.Canada (Bobbie Rosenfeld) 100 m: 2.Bobbie Rosenfeld (Canada) 8 High jump 1.Ethel Catherwood (Canada) Discus throw 1.Halina Konopacka (Poland) 9 BOXING 160 lb 1.Piero Toscani (Italy) 10 DIVING WOMEN 3 m springboard 1.Helen Meany (USA) 10 m platform 1.Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (USA) 11 EQUESTRIAN Individual dressage 1.Carl Freiherr von Langen (Germany) Team dressage: 1.Germany (Carl Freiherr von Langen) Team eventing 14.Bulgaria (Vladimir Stoychev) 12 Individual eventing: 1.Charles Pahud de Mortanges (Netherlands) Team eventing: 1.Netherlands (Charles Pahud de Mortanges) Individual jumping 1.Frantisek Ventura (Czechoslovakia) 13 Team jumping 1.Spain (Jose Navarro, Jose Alvarez, Julio Garcia) 14 FENCING MEN Individual epee: 1.Lucien Gaudin (France) Individual foil: 1.Lucien Gaudin (France) Team foil: 2.France (Lucien Gaudin) Individual foil: 3.Guilio Gaudini (Italy) Team foil: 1.Italy (Guilio Gaudini) 15 Team foil: 2.France (Roger Ducret) 16 WOMEN Individual foil 1.Helene Mayer (Germany) 17 FIELD HOCKEY 1.India (Dhyan Chand) 18 FOOTBALL 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 19 1.Uruguay Andres Mazali (Uruguay) Hector Castro (Uruguay) Pedro Cea (Uruguay) Alvaro Gestido (Uruguay) Jose Leandro Andrade (Uruguay) Pedro Petrone (Uruguay) Lorenzo Fernandez (Uruguay) Pedro Arispe (Uruguay) Santos Urdinaran (Uruguay) 20 2.Argentina Angel Bossio, Rodolfo Orlandini, Fernando Paternoster (Argentina) Luis Monti, Raimundo Orsi (Argentina) Manuel Ferreira (Argentina) 21 3.Italy (Virginio Rosetta, Gianpiero Combi, Angelo Schiavio, Virgilio Felice Levratto, Giovanni De Pra) 22 GYMNASTICS MEN Individual all-around 3.Leon Stukelj (Yugoslavia) 23 Team all-around: 2.Czechoslovakia (Bedrich Supcik) Rings 1.Leon Stukelj (Yugoslavia) Team all-around: 3.Yugoslavia (Leon Stukelj) 24 Individual all-around: 1.Georges Miez (Switzerland) Team all-around: 1.Switzerland (Georges Miez) Horizontal bar: 1.Georges Miez (Switzerland) Pommel horse: 2.Georges Miez (Switzerland) Horizontal bar: 2.Romeo Neri (Italy) 25 WOMEN Team all-around 1.Netherlands 26 ROWING Single sculls 1.Bobby Pearce (Australia) Coxed eights 2.Great Britain (Jack Beresford) SAILING 6 Metre 1.Norna (Norway) (Crown Prince Olav) 27 SWIMMING MEN 1500 m freestyle 1.Arne Borg (Sweden) 400 m freestyle: 3.Arne Borg (Sweden) 200 m breaststroke 1.Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (Japan) 28 100 m freestyle: 1.Johnny Weissmuller (USA) 4 x 200 m freestyle: 1.USA (Johnny Weissmuller) 400 m freestyle: 2.Boy Charlton (Australia) 1500 m freestyle: 2.Boy Charlton (Australia) 29 WOMEN 100 m backstroke 1.Marie Braun (Netherlands) 400 m freestyle: 2.Marie Braun (Netherlands) 30 WEIGHTLIFTING 60 kg 2.Pierino Gabetti (Italy) 82.5 kg 2.Louis Hostin (France) 31 82.5+ kg 1.Josef Strassberger (Germany) 3.Jaroslav Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 32 WRESTLING FREESTYLE 65 kg 1.Osvald Kapp (Estonia) 33 GRECO-ROMAN 58 kg 1.Kurt Leucht (Germany) 62 kg 1.Voldemar Vali (Estonia) 34 MEDAL COUNT 1.USA (22-18-16) 2.GERMANY (10-7-14) 35 3.FINLAND (8-8-9) Previous Olympiad Next Olympiad (ST MORITZ 1928) (LAKE PLACID 1932) Previous Summer Olympiad Next Summer Olympiad (PARIS 1924) (LOS ANGELES 1932) Back to the Main Page (OLYMPIC HISTORY ON STAMPS) 36 .