AMSTERDAM 1928

The Games of the IX Summer Olympiad. July 28 - August 12, 1928. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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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)

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400 m hurdles

1.David Burghley (Great Britain)

4 x 400 m

3.Canada (Phil Edwards)

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Marathon

1.Boughera El Quafi (France)

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Long jump

2.Silvio Cator (Haiti)

Hammer throw

1.Pat O’Callaghan (Ireland)

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Triple jump

1.Mikio Oda (Japan)

Decathlon

1.Paavo Yrjola (Finland)

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WOMEN

100 m

1.Betty Robinson (USA)

4 x 100 m: 2.USA (Betty Robinson)

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800 m

1.Lina Radke (Germany)

2.Kinue Hitomi (Japan)

4 x 100 m: 1.Canada (Bobbie Rosenfeld)

100 m: 2.Bobbie Rosenfeld (Canada)

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High jump

1.Ethel Catherwood (Canada)

Discus throw

1.Halina Konopacka (Poland)

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BOXING

160 lb

1.Piero Toscani (Italy)

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DIVING

WOMEN

3 m springboard

1.Helen Meany (USA)

10 m platform

1.Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (USA)

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EQUESTRIAN

Individual dressage

1.Carl Freiherr von Langen (Germany)

Team dressage: 1.Germany (Carl Freiherr von Langen)

Team eventing

14.Bulgaria (Vladimir Stoychev)

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Individual eventing: 1.Charles Pahud de Mortanges (Netherlands) Team eventing: 1.Netherlands (Charles Pahud de Mortanges)

Individual jumping

1.Frantisek Ventura (Czechoslovakia)

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Team jumping

1.Spain (Jose Navarro, Jose Alvarez, Julio Garcia)

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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)

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Team foil: 2.France (Roger Ducret)

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WOMEN

Individual foil

1.Helene Mayer (Germany)

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FIELD HOCKEY

1.India (Dhyan Chand)

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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

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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)

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2.Argentina

Angel Bossio, Rodolfo Orlandini, Fernando Paternoster (Argentina)

Luis Monti, Raimundo Orsi (Argentina)

Manuel Ferreira (Argentina)

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3.Italy (Virginio Rosetta, Gianpiero Combi, Angelo Schiavio,

Virgilio Felice Levratto, Giovanni De Pra)

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GYMNASTICS

MEN

Individual all-around

3.Leon Stukelj (Yugoslavia)

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Team all-around: 2.Czechoslovakia (Bedrich Supcik)

Rings

1.Leon Stukelj (Yugoslavia)

Team all-around: 3.Yugoslavia (Leon Stukelj)

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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)

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WOMEN

Team all-around

1.Netherlands

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ROWING

Single sculls

1.Bobby Pearce (Australia)

Coxed eights

2.Great Britain (Jack Beresford)

SAILING

6 Metre

1.Norna (Norway) (Crown Prince Olav)

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SWIMMING

MEN

1500 m freestyle

1.Arne Borg (Sweden)

400 m freestyle: 3.Arne Borg (Sweden)

200 m breaststroke

1.Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (Japan)

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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)

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WOMEN

100 m backstroke

1.Marie Braun (Netherlands)

400 m freestyle: 2.Marie Braun (Netherlands)

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WEIGHTLIFTING

60 kg

2.Pierino Gabetti (Italy)

82.5 kg

2.Louis Hostin (France)

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82.5+ kg

1.Josef Strassberger (Germany)

3.Jaroslav Skobla (Czechoslovakia)

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WRESTLING

FREESTYLE

65 kg

1.Osvald Kapp (Estonia)

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GRECO-ROMAN

58 kg

1.Kurt Leucht (Germany)

62 kg

1.Voldemar Vali (Estonia)

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MEDAL COUNT

1.USA (22-18-16)

2.GERMANY (10-7-14)

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3.FINLAND (8-8-9)

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