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)

100 m

NQF.Jose Barrientos (Cuba)

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5000 m

1.Ville Ritola (Finland)

2.Paavo Nurmi (Finland)

10000 m

1.Paavo Nurmi (Finland) 2.Ville Ritola (Finland)

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400 m hurdles 3000 m steeplechase

1.David Burghley (Great Britain) 2.Paavo Nurmi (Finland)

Marathon

1.Boughera El Ouafi (France)

Long jump

2.Silvio Cator (Haiti)

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Triple jump

1.Mikio Oda (Japan)

Hammer throw

1.Pat O’Callaghan (Ireland)

Decathlon

1.Paavo Yrjola (Finland)

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WOMEN

100 m

1.Betty Robinson (USA)

4 x 100 m: 1.Canada (Bobbie Rosenfeld) 100 m: 2.Bobbie Rosenfeld (Canada)

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800 m

2.Kinue Hitomi (Japan)

4 x 100 m

2.USA (Betty Robinson)

High jump

1.Ethel Catherwood (Canada)

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Discus throw

1.Halina Konopacka (Poland)

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BOXING

160 lb

1.Piero Toscani (Italy)

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DIVING

WOMEN

10 m platform

1.Elisabeth Becker-Pinkston (USA)

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EQUESTRIAN

Individual dressage

1.Carl Freiherr von Langen (Germany)

Team dressage

1.Germany (Carl Freiherr von Langen)

3.Netherlands

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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)

Team jumping

1.Spain

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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.Giulio Gaudini (Italy) Team foil: 1.Italy (Giulio Gaudini)

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Team foil

2.France (Roger Ducret)

WOMEN

Individual foil

1.Helene Mayer (Germany)

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FIELD HOCKEY

1.India (Dhyan Chand)

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FOOTBALL

1.

Andres Mazali (Uruguay) Hector Castro (Uruguay) Pedro Cea (Uruguay)

Jose Leandro Andrade (Uruguay) Pedro Petrone (Uruguay)

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Alvaro Gestido (Uruguay) Santos Urdinaran (Uruguay) Lorenzo Fernandez (Uruguay)

2. (Manuel Ferreira, , , ,

Raimundo Orsi)

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3.Italy (Gianpiero Combi, )

5-8.Spain (Pedro Vallana)

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9-16.Yugoslavia (Milutin Ivkovic)

9-16.Netherlands

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GYMNASTICS

MEN

Individual all-around: 1.Georges Miez (Switzerland) : 1.Georges Miez (Switzerland) : 2.Georges Miez (Switzerland) Team all-around: 1.Switzerland (Georges Miez)

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

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Horizontal bar

2.Romeo Neri (Italy)

Pommel horse

3.Heikki Savolainen (Finland)

Rings

1.Leon Stukelj (Yugoslavia)

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ROWING

Eights

2.Great Britain (Jack Beresford)

SAILING

6 Metre

1.Norna (Norway) (Crown Prince Olav)

8 Metre

2.Netherlands

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SWIMMING

MEN

100 m freestyle

1.Johnny Weissmuller (USA)

NQF.Adan Gordon (Panama)

400 m freestyle: 2.Boy Charlton (Australia) 1500 m freestyle: 2.Boy Charlton (Australia)

1500 m freestyle: 1.Arne Borg (Sweden) 400 m freestyle: 3.Arne Borg (Sweden)

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200 m breaststroke

1.Yoshiyki Tsuruta (Japan)

4 x 200 m freestyle

1.USA (Johnny Weissmuller)

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WOMEN

100 m backstroke

100 m backstroke: 1.Maria Braun (Netherlands) 400 m freestyle: 2.Maria Braun (Netherlands)

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WATER POLO

4.Great Britain (Paul Radmilovic)

5-8.USA (Johnny Weissmuller)

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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

66 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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MEDALS

1.USA (22-18-16)

2.GERMANY (10-7-14)

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3.FINLAND (8-8-9)

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