At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women. [1]
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual foil | Helene Mayer  Germany | Muriel Freeman  Great Britain | Olga Oelkers Germany |
A total of 259 fencers (232 men, 27 women) from 27 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games: [1]
Argentina (9)
Austria (6)
Belgium (21)
Bulgaria (2)
Chile (6)
Czechoslovakia (7)
Denmark (10)
Egypt (8)
Finland (2)
France (20)
Germany (13)
Great Britain (19)
Greece (5)
Hungary (17)
Italy (18)
Mexico (2)
Netherlands (20)
Norway (5)
Poland (6)
Portugal (7)
Romania (8)
Spain (9)
Sweden (8)
Switzerland (9)
Turkey (4)
United States (16)
Yugoslavia (2)| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 nations) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but was obliged to give way to war-torn Antwerp in Belgium for the 1920 Games and Pierre de Coubertin's Paris for the 1924 Games.
The 1928 Summer Olympics saw the third field hockey tournament at Olympics. All games took place either in the new Olympisch Stadion or in the nearby Old Stadion. The field hockey tournament was held in the first part of this Olympic games. All matches were played between Thursday, May 17 and Saturday, May 26, 1928.
Italy competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 268 competitors, 222 men and 46 women, took part in 151 events in 23 sports.
Austria competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 102 competitors, 71 men and 31 women, took part in 72 events in 18 sports.
West Germany competed at the Olympic Games for the last time as an independent nation at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Following German reunification in 1990, a single German team would compete in the 1992 Summer Olympics. 347 competitors, 244 men and 103 women, took part in 194 events in 24 sports.
Italy competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 253 competitors, 212 men and 41 women, took part in 140 events in 23 sports.
Italy competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 340 competitors, 236 men and 104 women, took part in 172 events in 27 sports.
Argentina competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 81 competitors, all men, took part in 41 events in 12 sports. Argentina competed in equestrian, football, sailing, water polo, and wrestling for the first time. Argentina won 3 gold medals, its first Olympic championships in boxing and swimming. The team also won its first medals of any sort in fencing and football.
Football was one of the tournaments at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was won by Uruguay against Argentina, and was the last Olympic football tournament before the inception of the FIFA World Cup, which was held for the first time in 1930.
The Netherlands was the host nation for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. 266 competitors, 222 men and 44 women, took part in 103 events in 17 sports.
Belgium competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 187 competitors, 176 men and 11 women, took part in 90 events in 15 sports.
Denmark competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 91 competitors took part in 55 events in 14 sports.
Romania competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 21 athletes competed in 16 events across two sports.
Turkey competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Portugal competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics featured seven events, for men only. The competitions were held from 2 to 10 August.
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, eight events in gymnastics were contested. For the first time at the Olympic Games, women competed in gymnastics. The rope climbing and sidehorse vault events were dropped from the program.
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, four diving events were contested. The men's plain high diving event was dropped from the Olympic program. The competitions were held from Monday, 6 August 1928 to Saturday, 11 August 1928.
Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1928 Summer Olympics:
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