Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium
Dates	4–11 August 1928
No. of events	11
Competitors	182 from 28 nations
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At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women. ^[1] The competitions were held from Saturday August 4, 1928, to Saturday August 11, 1928.

There were 182 participants from 28 countries competing.

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
Totals (12 entries)		11	11	11	33

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Johnny Weissmuller   United States	István Bárány   Hungary	Katsuo Takaishi   Japan
400 m freestyle details	Alberto Zorrilla   Argentina	Boy Charlton   Australia	Arne Borg   Sweden
1500 m freestyle details	Arne Borg   Sweden	Boy Charlton   Australia	Buster Crabbe   United States
100 m backstroke details	George Kojac   United States	Walter Laufer   United States	Paul Wyatt   United States
200 m breaststroke details	Yoshiyuki Tsuruta   Japan	Erich Rademacher   Germany	Teófilo Yldefonso   Philippines
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	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

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Albina Osipowich   United States	Eleanor Garatti   United States	Joyce Cooper   Great Britain
400 m freestyle details	Martha Norelius   United States	Marie Braun   Netherlands	Josephine McKim   United States
100 m backstroke details	Marie Braun   Netherlands	Ellen King   Great Britain	Joyce Cooper   Great Britain
200 m breaststroke details	Hilde Schrader   Germany	Marie Baron   Netherlands	Charlotte Mühe   Germany
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	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

1. "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-16.

• "Olympic Medal Wrs". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2007-01-26.

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