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 from August 2, 1928 to August 9, 1928 on the Zuider Zee.
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[edit] Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 12 foot dinghy details |
 Sven ThorellSweden (SWE) |
 Henrik RobertNorway (NOR) |
 Bertil BromanFinland (FIN) |
| 6 metre class details |
Norway (NOR) Norna H.R.H. Crown Prince Olav Johan Anker Erik Anker Håkon Bryhn |
 Denmark (DEN)Hi-Hi Vilhelm Vett Nils Otto Møller Aage Høy-Petersen Peter Schlütter Sven Linck |
 Estonia (EST)Tutti V Nikolai Vekšin William von Wirén Eberhard Vogdt Georg Faehlmann Andreas Faehlmann |
| 8 metre class details |
 France (FRA)l'Aile VI Donatien Bouché Carl de la Sablière André Derrien Virginie Hériot André Lesauvage Jean Lesieur |
 Netherlands (NED)Hollandia Gerard de Vries Lentsch Maarten de Wit Lambertus Doedes Hendrik Kersken Johannes van Hoolwerff Cornelis van Staveren |
Sweden (SWE) Sylvia Clarence Hammar Tore Holm Carl Sandblom John Sandblom Philip Sandblom Wilhelm Törsleff |
[edit] Participating nations
A total of 127 sailors (126 men and 1(*) woman) from 23 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games:
Argentina (5)
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Belgium (6)
Czechoslovakia (1)- Denmark (6)
- Estonia (5)
- Finland (1)
- France (13)
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Germany (6)
Great Britain (7).svg/22px-Flag_of_Hungary_(state).svg.png)
Hungary (6).svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946).svg.png)
Italy (12)
Latvia (1)
Monaco (1)- Netherlands (11)
- Norway (9)
Poland (2)
Portugal (4)
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Spain (6)- Sweden (11)
Switzerland (1)
United States (11)
(*) NOTE: Only Mrs.Virginie Hériot competed for France as crew member of the l'Aile and won the gold medal.
[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] References
- Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-01-23.
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