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) 100 m NQF.Jose Barrientos (Cuba) 2 5000 m 1.Ville Ritola (Finland) 2.Paavo Nurmi (Finland) 10000 m 1.Paavo Nurmi (Finland) 2.Ville Ritola (Finland) 3 400 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) 4 Triple jump 1.Mikio Oda (Japan) Hammer throw 1.Pat O’Callaghan (Ireland) Decathlon 1.Paavo Yrjola (Finland) 5 WOMEN 100 m 1.Betty Robinson (USA) 4 x 100 m: 1.Canada (Bobbie Rosenfeld) 100 m: 2.Bobbie Rosenfeld (Canada) 6 800 m 2.Kinue Hitomi (Japan) 4 x 100 m 2.USA (Betty Robinson) High jump 1.Ethel Catherwood (Canada) 7 Discus throw 1.Halina Konopacka (Poland) 8 BOXING 160 lb 1.Piero Toscani (Italy) 9 DIVING WOMEN 10 m platform 1.Elisabeth Becker-Pinkston (USA) 10 EQUESTRIAN Individual dressage 1.Carl Freiherr von Langen (Germany) Team dressage 1.Germany (Carl Freiherr von Langen) 3.Netherlands 11 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 12 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) 13 Team foil 2.France (Roger Ducret) WOMEN Individual foil 1.Helene Mayer (Germany) 14 FIELD HOCKEY 1.India (Dhyan Chand) 15 FOOTBALL 1.Uruguay Andres Mazali (Uruguay) Hector Castro (Uruguay) Pedro Cea (Uruguay) Jose Leandro Andrade (Uruguay) Pedro Petrone (Uruguay) 16 Alvaro Gestido (Uruguay) Santos Urdinaran (Uruguay) Lorenzo Fernandez (Uruguay) 2.Argentina (Manuel Ferreira, Fernando Paternoster, Luis Monti, Juan Evaristo, Raimundo Orsi) 17 3.Italy (Gianpiero Combi, Angelo Schiavio) 5-8.Spain (Pedro Vallana) 18 9-16.Yugoslavia (Milutin Ivkovic) 9-16.Netherlands 19 GYMNASTICS MEN Individual all-around: 1.Georges Miez (Switzerland) Horizontal bar: 1.Georges Miez (Switzerland) Pommel horse: 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) 20 Horizontal bar 2.Romeo Neri (Italy) Pommel horse 3.Heikki Savolainen (Finland) Rings 1.Leon Stukelj (Yugoslavia) 21 ROWING Eights 2.Great Britain (Jack Beresford) SAILING 6 Metre 1.Norna (Norway) (Crown Prince Olav) 8 Metre 2.Netherlands 22 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) 23 200 m breaststroke 1.Yoshiyki Tsuruta (Japan) 4 x 200 m freestyle 1.USA (Johnny Weissmuller) 24 WOMEN 100 m backstroke 100 m backstroke: 1.Maria Braun (Netherlands) 400 m freestyle: 2.Maria Braun (Netherlands) 25 WATER POLO 4.Great Britain (Paul Radmilovic) 5-8.USA (Johnny Weissmuller) 26 WEIGHTLIFTING 60 kg 2.Pierino Gabetti (Italy) 82.5 kg 2.Louis Hostin (France) 27 82.5+ kg 1.Josef Strassberger (Germany) 3.Jaroslav Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 28 WRESTLING FREESTYLE 66 kg 1.Osvald Kapp (Estonia) 29 GRECO-ROMAN 58 kg 1.Kurt Leucht (Germany) 62 kg 1.Voldemar Vali (Estonia) 30 MEDALS 1.USA (22-18-16) 2.GERMANY (10-7-14) 31 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) 32 .