Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, three events in sailing were contested. Races were held on the Zuider Zee.

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
12 foot dinghy	Sven Thorell Sweden (SWE)	Henrik Robert Norway (NOR)	Bertil Broman Finland (FIN)
6 metre class	Norway (NOR) H.R.H. Crown Prince Olav Johan Anker Erik Anker Haakon Bryhn	Denmark (DEN) Vilhelm Vett Edmund Möller Aage Hoy-Petersen Peter Schlütter S. Linck	Estonia (EST) Nikolai Vekšin William von Wirén Eberhard Vogdt Georg Faehlmann Andreas Faehlmann
8 metre class	France (FRA) Donatien Bouché Carl de la Sablière André Derrien Virginie Hériot André Lesauvage Jean Lesieur	Netherlands (NED) Gerardus de Vries Lentsch Maarten de Wit Lambertus Doedes Hendrik Kersken Johannes van Hoolwerff Cornelis van Staveren	Sweden (SWE) Clarence Hammar Tore Holm Carl Sandblom John Sandblom Philip Sandblom Wilhelm Törsleff

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	1	1	0	2
2	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	1	2
3	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
4	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
6	Estonia (EST)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1

[edit] Reference

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-01-23.

Events at the 1928 Summer Olympics (Amsterdam)
Athletics • Boxing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Lacrosse (demonstration) • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Swimming • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Sailing at the Summer Olympics
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in sailing