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.Uruguay
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.Argentina (Manuel Ferreira, Fernando Paternoster, Luis Monti, Juan Evaristo,
Raimundo Orsi)
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3.Italy (Gianpiero Combi, Angelo Schiavio)
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) 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)
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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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