Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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At the 1928 Summer Olympics
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...

in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

, eleven swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

events were contested, six for men and five for women. The competitions were held from Saturday August 4, 1928 to Saturday August 11, 1928.

There were 182 participants from 28 countries competing. The United States team, coached by Bill Bachrach
Bill Bachrach
William Bachrach was an American swimming and water polo coach.-Early life:...

, won 11 of the 33 medals, and 6 of the 11 gold medals.

Medal table

1 6 2 3 11
2 1 2 0 3
3 1 1 1 3
1 1 1 3
5 1 0 1 2
6 1 0 0 1
7 0 2 2 4
8 0 2 0 2
9 0 1 0 1
10 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
Total 11 11 11 33

Men's events

100 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
100 m backstroke
200 m breaststroke
4×200 m freestyle relay

Austin Clapp
Austin Clapp
Austin Rhone Clapp was an American swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in New Hampshire and died in Santa Clara, California...


George Kojac
George Kojac
George Harold Kojac was an American swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In the 1928 Olympics he won a gold medals in the 100 m backstroke event and in the 4x200 m freestyle relay event. He was also fourth in the 100 m freestyle event.He was born in New York City and died in...


Walter Laufer
Walter Laufer
Walter Laufer was an American swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In the 1928 Olympics he won a gold medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay event and silver medal in the 100 m backstroke event...


Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny Weissmuller was an Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor best known for playing Tarzan in movies. Weissmuller was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. He won fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven...


Nobuo Arai
Nobuo Arai
was a Japanese swimmer who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam where he won a silver medal in Men's 4x200m freestyle relay event. He was also fourth in the semifinal of 1500 m freestyle event and did not start in the semifinal of 400 m freestyle event and did not advance in both...


Tokuhei Sada
Tokuhei Sada
was a Japanese swimmer who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. There he won the silver medal in Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay event.-External links:*...


Katsuo Takaishi
Katsuo Takaishi
was a Japanese swimmer who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics and the 1928 Summer Olympics.At the 1924 Olympics he was fourth in the 4x200 m freestyle relay event and fifth in the 100 m freestyle event and in the 1500 m freestyle event....


Hiroshi Yoneyama
Hiroshi Yoneyama
was a Japanese swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In the 1928 Olympics he won a silver medal in 4x200 m freestyle relay event. He was also fifth in the semifinal of 400 m freestyle event and did not advance.-External links:*...


Garnet Ault
Garnet Ault
Garnet Walter Ault was a Canadian swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In the 1928 Olympics he won a bronze medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay event...


Munroe Bourne
Munroe Bourne
Frederick Munroe Bourne was an international backstroke and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics....


Walter Spence
Walter Spence
Walter Percy Spence was a swimmer from British Guiana who competed for Canada in the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics...


James Thompson
James Thompson (swimmer)
James Thompson was a Canadian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was born in Dundee, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1906....


Women's events

100 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
100 m backstroke
200 m breaststroke
4×100 m freestyle relay

Eleanor Garatti
Eleanor Garatti
Eleanor A. Garatti was an American swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics.She died in Orinda, California....


Adelaide Lambert
Adelaide Lambert
Adelaide T. Lambert was an American swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics where she won the gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay event.She died in Bremerton, Washington....


Martha Norelius
Martha Norelius
Martha Norelius was an American swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics.In the 1924 Olympics she won a gold medal in the 400 m freestyle event....


Albina Osipowich
Albina Osipowich
Albina Lucy Charlotte Osipowich Van Aiken was an American swimmer, with Lithuanian or Belarusian roots, who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics....


Joyce Cooper
Ellen King
Ellen King
Ellen Elizabeth King was a Scottish swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1930 British Empire Games...


Cissie Stewart
Iris Tanner

Marie Bedford
Marie Bedford
Marie E. Bedford is a South African freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 she was a member of the South African relay team which won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay event...


Freddie van der Goes
Freddie van der Goes
Frederika "Freddie" Jacoba van der Goes was a South African freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.She was born and died in Pretoria....


Rhoda Rennie
Rhoda Rennie
Rhoda Lillian Rennie was a South African freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 she was a member of the South African relay team which won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay event...


Kathleen Russell
Kathleen Russell
Kathleen Russell is a South African freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 she was a member of the South African relay team which won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay event...

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