Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
Breaststroke
200 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		women
4×200 m	men

At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, eleven swimming 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, won 11 of the 33 medals, and 6 of the 11 gold medals.

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
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	Philippines (PHI)	0	0	1	1
	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1

Total		11	11	11	33

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	Johnny Weissmuller United States	István Bárány Hungary	Katsuo Takaishi Japan
400 m freestyle	Alberto Zorrilla Argentina	Boy Charlton Australia	Arne Borg Sweden
1500 m freestyle	Arne Borg Sweden	Boy Charlton Australia	Buster Crabbe United States
100 m backstroke	George Kojac United States	Walter Laufer United States	Paul Wyatt United States
200 m breaststroke	Yoshiyuki Tsuruta Japan	Erich Rademacher Germany	Teófilo Yldefonso Philippines
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Austin Clapp George Kojac Walter Laufer Johnny Weissmuller	Japan (JPN) Nobuo Arai Tokuhei Sada Katsuo Takaishi Hiroshi Yoneyama	Canada (CAN) Garnet Ault Munroe Bourne Walter Spence James Thompson

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	Albina Osipowich United States	Eleanor Garatti United States	Joyce Cooper Great Britain
400 m freestyle	Martha Norelius United States	Marie Braun Netherlands	Josephine McKim United States
100 m backstroke	Marie Braun Netherlands	Ellen King Great Britain	Joyce Cooper Great Britain
200 m breaststroke	Hilde Schrader Germany	Marie Baron Netherlands	Charlotte Mühe Germany
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Eleanor Garatti Adelaide Lambert Martha Norelius Albina Osipowich	Great Britain (GBR) Joyce Cooper Ellen King Cissie Stewart Iris Tanner	South Africa (RSA) Mary Bedford Freddie van der Goes Rhoda Rennie Kathleen Russell

Participating nations

182 swimmers from 28 nations competed. Chile, Ireland, Panama, the Philippines, and Poland competed in swimming for the first time.

Argentina (4)
Australia (5)
Austria (3)
Belgium (5)
Canada (6)
Chile (4)
Czechoslovakia (1)
Denmark (5)
Finland (1)
France (13)

Germany (19)
Great Britain (21)
Hungary (8)
Ireland (2)
Italy (5)
Japan (10)
Luxembourg (3)
Netherlands (14)
New Zealand (4)
Norway (1)

Panama (1)
Philippines (2)
Poland (2)
South Africa (5)
Spain (5)
Sweden (9)
Switzerland (1)
United States (23)

References

"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-01-26.

Events at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam

Athletics Boxing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Kaatsen (unofficial) Korfball (demonstration) Lacrosse (demonstration) Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Swimming Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Art competitions (unofficial)

Swimming at the Summer Olympics

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Coordinates: 52°20′51″N 4°51′22″E / 52.3475°N 4.8561°E / 52.3475; 4.8561

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