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The 20th Century Almanac · Olympics

The Amsterdam 1928 Olympics

100m Percy Williams CAN 200m Percy Williams CAN 400m Raymond Barbuti USA 800m Douglas Lowe GBR 1500m Harry Larva FIN 5000m Ville Ritola FIN 10,000m Paavo Nurmi FIN Marathon Mohamed El Ouafi FRA 110 Hurdles Sydney Atkinson SAF 400m Hurdles David Burghley GBR 3000m Steeplechase Toivo Loukola FIN 4x100m Relay USA 4x400 Relay USA High Jump Robert King USA Pole Vault Sabin Carr USA Long Jump Edward Hamm USA Triple Jump Mikio Oda JAP Shotput John Kuck USA Discus Clarence Houser USA Hammer Patrick OÕCallaghan IRL Javelin Erik Lundkvist SWE Decathlon Paavo Yrjoia FIN

100m(women) Elizabeth Robinson USA 800m(women) Lina Radke GER 4x100m Relay(women) CAN High Jump(women) Ethel Catherwood CAN Discus(women) Halina Konopacka POL

100m Freestyle Johnny Weissmuller USA 400m Freestyle Alberto Zorilla ARG 1500m Freestyle Arne Borg SWE 100m Backstroke George Kojac USA 200m Breastroke Yoshiyuki Tsurta JAP 4x200m Freestyle Relay USA S pringboard Diving Peter Desjardins USA Platfrom Diving Peter Desjardins USA Water Polo Germany

100m Freestyle(women) Albina Osipowich USA 400m Freestyle(women) Martha Norelius USA 200m Breaststroke(women) Hilde Schrader GER 100m Backstroke(women) Maria Johanna Braun NETH 4x100m Freestyle Relay(women) USA Springboard Diving Helen Meany USA Platform Diving(women) Elizabeth Pinkston-Becker USA

Flyweight (Boxing) Antal Kocsis HUN Bantamweight (boxing) Vittorio Tamagnini ITA Featherweight (boxing) Lambertus van Klaveren NETH Lightweight (boxing) Carlo Orlandi ITA Welterweight (boxing) Edward Morgan NZL Middleweight (boxing) Piero Toscani ITA Light Heavyweight (boxing) Victor Avendano ARG Heavyweight (boxing) Arturo Rodriguez JuradoARG

Bantamweight (Greco Roman Wrestling) Kurt Leucht GER Featherweight (Greco Roman Wrestling) Voldemar Vali EST Lightweight (Greco Roman Wrestling) Lajos Keresztes HUN Middleweight ( Greco Roman Wrestling) Vaino Kokkinen FIN Light Heavyweight ( Greco Roman Wrestling) Ibrahim Morrison EGY Heavyweight ( Greco Roman Wrestling) Rudolf Svensson SWE Freestyle Wrestling Bantamweight ( Freestyle Wrestling) Kaarlo Makinen FIN Featherweight ( Freestyle Wrestling) Allie Morrison USA Lightweight( Freestyle Wrestling) Osvald Kapp EST Welterweight( Freestyle Wrestling) Arvo Haavisto FIN Middleweight ( Freestyle Wrestling) Ernst Kyburz SUI Light Heavyweight( Freestyle Wresting) Thure Sjostedt SWE Heavyweight (Freestyle Wrestling) Johan Richthoff SWE

Foil Individual Lucien Gaudin FRA Foil team Italy Epee Individual Lucien Gaudin FRA Epee Team Italy Sabre Individual Odon Tersztyansky HUN Sabre Team Hungry Womens Fencing Foil Individual Helene Mayer GER

Sven Thofelt SWE Rowing Single Sculls Henry Pearce AUS Double Sculls USA Coxless Pairs Germany Coxed Pairs Germany Coxless Fours Great Britain Coxed Four Itlay Eights USA

Finn Sven Thorell SWE 6m Class Norway 8m Class France Road Race Individual Henry Hansen DEN

Team Time Trial Denmark 1,000m Time Trial Willy Falck Hansen DEN Sprint (1000m) Roger Beaufrand FRA Tadem Holland Pursuit Race Team Italy

3 Day Event Individual Charles F. Pahud de Mortangers NETH 3 Day Event Team Netherlands Dressage Individual Carl Friedrich frhr.V. Langen GER Dressage Team Germany Grand Prix Jumping Individual Frantisek Ventura TCH Grand Prix Jumping Team Spain

All-around Individual George Miez SUI Combined Exercises Team Switzerland Parallel bars Ladislav Vacha TCH Long Horse Vault Eugen Mack SUI Sidehorse Hermann Hanggi SUI Horizontal Bar Georges Miez SUI Rings Leon Stukelj YUG

Combined Exercises Team Netherlands Football Uraguay Field Hockey India

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