Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, 11 swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women.

Contents 1 Medal summary 1.1 Men's events 1.2 Women's events 2 Medal table 3 Reference

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Johnny Weissmuller United States (USA)	58.6	István Bárány Hungary (HUN)	59.8	Katsuo Takaishi Japan (JPN)	1:00.0
400 m freestyle	Victoriano Zorrilla Argentina (ARG)	5:01.6	Boy Charlton Australia (AUS)	5:03.6	Arne Borg Sweden (SWE)	5:04.6
1500 m freestyle	Arne Borg Sweden (SWE)	19:51.8	Boy Charlton Australia (AUS)	20:02.6	Buster Crabbe United States (USA)	20:28.8
100 m backstroke	George Kojac United States (USA)	1:08.2	Walter Laufer United States (USA)	1:10.0	Paul Wyatt United States (USA)	1:12.0
200 m breaststroke	Yoshiyuki Tsuruta Japan (JPN)	2:48.8	Erich Rademacher Germany (GER)	2:50.6	Teofilo Yldefonso Philippines (PHI)	2:56.4
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Austin Clapp Walter Laufer George Kojac Johnny Weissmuller	9:36.2	Japan (JPN) Hiroshi Yoneyama Nobuo Arai Tokuhei Sada Katsuo Takaishi	9:41.4	Canada (CAN) Frederick Bourne James Thompson Garnet Ault Walter Spence	9:47.8

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Albina Osipowich United States (USA)	1:11.0	Eleanor Saville United States (USA)	1:11.4	Margaret Cooper Great Britain (GBR)	1:13.6
400 m freestyle	Martha Norelius United States (USA)	5:42.8	Maria Braun Netherlands (NED)	5:57.8	Josephine McKim United States (USA)	6:00.2
100 m backstroke	Maria Braun Netherlands (NED)	1:22.0	Ellen King Great Britain (GBR)	1:22.2	Margaret Cooper Great Britain (GBR)	1:22.8
200 m breaststroke	Hilde Schrader Germany (GER)	3:12.6	Mietje Baron Netherlands (NED)	3:15.2	Charlotte Mühe Germany (GER)	3:17.6
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Adelaide Lambert Albina Lucy Osipowich Eleanor Saville Martha Norelius	4:47.6	Great Britain (GBR) Margaret Cooper Vera Tanner Sarah Stewart Ellen King	5:02.8	South Africa (RSA) Rhoda Rennie Frederica van der Goes Marie Redford Kathleen Russell	5:13.4

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	6	2	3	11
2	Netherlands (NED)	1	2	0	3
3	Germany (GER)	1	1	1	3
	Japan (JPN)	1	1	1	3
5	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	1	2
6	Argentina (ARG)	1	0	0	1
7	Great Britain (GBR)	0	2	2	4
8	Australia (AUS)	0	2	0	2
9	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
10	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Philippines (PHI)	0	0	1	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1

[edit] Reference

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on January 26, 2007.

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

Swimming 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 swimming (men) and List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)