United States at the 1928 Summer Olympics

United States at the
1928 Summer Olympics
United States at the; 1928 Summer Olympics
	Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Amsterdam
Competitors	280 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Bud Houser
Medals ; Ranked 1st	Gold22Silver18Bronze16Total56
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Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Last updated April 20, 2025

The United States competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 280 competitors, 236 men and 44 women, took part in 96 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	John Kuck	Athletics	Men's shot put	July 29
Gold	Bob King	Athletics	Men's high jump	July 29
Gold	Ed Hamm	Athletics	Men's long jump	July 31
Gold	Betty Robinson	Athletics	Women's 100 m	July 31
Gold	Sabin Carr	Athletics	Men's pole vault	August 1
Gold	Bud Houser	Athletics	Men's discus throw	August 1
Gold	Allie Morrison	Wrestling	Men's freestyle featherweight	August 1
Gold	Ray Barbuti	Athletics	Men's 400 m	August 3
Gold	Charles Borah Henry Russell James Quinn Frank Wykoff	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	August 5
Gold	Fred Alderman George Baird Ray Barbuti Emerson Spencer	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 m relay	August 5
Gold	Martha Norelius	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	August 6
Gold	Pete Desjardins	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard	August 8
Gold	Helen Meany	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	August 9
Gold	George Kojac	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	August 9
Gold	Eleanor Garatti Adelaide Lambert Martha Norelius Albina Osipowich	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	August 9
Gold	Paul Costello Charles McIlvaine	Rowing	Men's double sculls	August 10
Gold	Donald Blessing John Brinck Hubert A. Caldwell William Dally Peter Donlon Francis Frederick Marvin Stalder William Thompson James Workman	Rowing	Men's eight	August 10
Gold	Pete Desjardins	Diving	Men's 10 m platform	August 11
Gold	Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	August 11
Gold	Johnny Weissmuller	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	August 11
Gold	Austin Clapp George Kojac Walter Laufer Johnny Weissmuller	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	August 11
Gold	Albina Osipowich	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle	August 11
Silver	John Daley	Boxing	Men's bantamweight	July 11
Silver	Stephen Halaiko	Boxing	Men's lightweight	July 11
Silver	Benjamin Hedges	Athletics	Men's high jump	July 29
Silver	Herman Brix	Athletics	Men's shot put	July 29
Silver	Frank Cuhel	Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles	July 30
Silver	Lillian Copeland	Athletics	Women's discus throw	July 31
Silver	Steve Anderson	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles	August 1
Silver	William Droegemueller	Athletics	Men's pole vault	August 1
Silver	Lloyd Appleton	Wrestling	Men's freestyle welterweight	August 1
Silver	Levi Casey	Athletics	Men's triple jump	August 2
Silver	Jessie Cross Loretta McNeil Betty Robinson Mary Washburn	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 m relay	August 5
Silver	Michael Galitzen	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard	August 8
Silver	Dorothy Poynton	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	August 9
Silver	Walter Laufer	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	August 9
Silver	Kenneth Myers	Rowing	Men's single sculls	August 10
Silver	Ernest Bayer George Healis Charles Karle William Miller	Rowing	Men's coxless four	August 10
Silver	Georgia Coleman	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	August 11
Silver	Eleanor Garatti	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle	August 11
Bronze	Harold Devine	Boxing	Men's featherweight	July 11
Bronze	Morgan Taylor	Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles	July 30
Bronze	Edmund Black	Athletics	Men's hammer throw	July 30
Bronze	Al Bates	Athletics	Men's long jump	July 31
Bronze	John Collier	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles	August 1
Bronze	Charles McGinnis	Athletics	Men's pole vault	August 1
Bronze	James Corson	Athletics	Men's discus throw	August 1
Bronze	Ken Doherty	Athletics	Men's decathlon	August 5
Bronze	Mildred Wiley	Athletics	Women's high jump	August 5
Bronze	Buster Crabbe	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	August 6
Bronze	Josephine McKim	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	August 6
Bronze	George Calnan	Fencing	Men's épée	August 7
Bronze	Georgia Coleman	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	August 9
Bronze	Paul Wyatt	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	August 9
Bronze	Paul McDowell John Schmitt	Rowing	Men's coxless pair	August 10
Bronze	Michael Galitzen	Diving	Men's 10 m platform	August 11

Athletics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Elta Cartwright	100 m	Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	4	Did not advance
Betty Robinson		Unknown	2 Q	12.4 OR	1 Q	12.2 WR
Anne Vrana-O'Brien		13.1	3	Did not advance
Mary Washburn		12.8	2 Q	Unknown	4	Did not advance
Dee Boeckmann	800 m	Unknown	—		6	Did not advance
Florence MacDonald		Unknown			2 Q	2:22.6	6
Rayma Wilson		Unknown			10	Did not advance
Jessie Cross Loretta McNeil Betty Robinson Mary Washburn	4 × 100 m	49.8			1 Q	48.8

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mildred Wiley	High jump	1.40	-	1.56
Jean Shiley		1.40	-	1.51	4
Catherine Maguire		1.40	-	1.48	8
Marion Holley		1.40	-	1.48	9
Lillian Copeland	Discus throw	36.66	2 Q	37.08
Maybelle Reichardt		33.52	7	Did not advance
Rena MacDonald		30.25	15	Did not advance
Margaret Jenkins		27.07	19	Did not advance

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)

Hyman Miller

First Round — Lost to Robert Sartos (BEL), points

Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)

Alexander Kaletchetz

First Round — Bye
Quarterfinals — Lost to Sverre Sørsdal (NOR), KO-1

Cycling

Four cyclists, all men, represented the United States in 1928.

Individual road race

Team road race

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

16 fencers, 14 men and 2 women, represented the United States in 1928.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

George Calnan, René Peroy, Joe Levis, Harold Rayner, Henry Breckinridge, Dernell Every

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Arthur Lyon, George Calnan, Allen Milner, Harold Rayner, Henry Breckinridge, Edward Barnett

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Ervin Acel, Norman Cohn-Armitage, John Huffman, Arthur Lyon, Nickolas Muray, Harold Van Buskirk

Women's foil

Football

Results

United States 2–11 Argentina

Roster

Coach: George Burford

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1928.

Aubrey Newman
Richard Mayo
Peter Hains

Rowing

Sailing

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
George Kojac	100 m freestyle	1:01.6		1:01.0		1:00.8	4
Walter Laufer		1:00.8		1:00.6		1:01.0	5
Johnny Weissmuller		1:00.0		58.6 OR		58.6 =OR
Austin Clapp	400 m freestyle	5:13.4		5:06.8		5:16.0	5
Buster Crabbe		5:09.8		5:06.2		5:05.4	4
Ray Ruddy		5:26.4		5:20.6		5:25.0	6
Austin Clapp	1500 m freestyle	21:31.0		DNS		Did not advance
Buster Crabbe		20:17.8		20:55.4		20:28.8
Ray Ruddy		22:12.0		21:31.2		21:05.0	4
George Kojac	100 m backstroke	1:09.2 OR		1:10.0		1:08.2 WR
Walter Laufer		1:12.8		1:12.6		1:10.0
Paul Wyatt		1:14.0		1:14.2		1:12.0
Thomas Blankenburg	200 m breaststroke	3:04.2		Unknown		Did not advance
Austin Clapp Walter Laufer George Kojac Johnny Weissmuller Paul Samson David Young	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	—		9:38.8 WR		9:36.2 WR

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eleanor Garatti	100 m freestyle	1:14.8		1:11.4 OR		1:11.4
Susan Laird		1:14.2		1:13.8		1:14.6	5
Albina Osipowich		1:12.4		1:12.2 =OR		1:11.0
Ethel McGary	400 m freestyle	6:04.6		Unknown		Did not advance
Josephine McKim		6:10.0		5:55.0		6:00.2
Martha Norelius		5:45.4 WR	1 Q	5:58.0		5:42.8 WR
Marian Gilman	100 m backstroke	1:24.0		—		1:24.2	4
Eleanor Holm		1:23.6		—		1:24.4	=5
Lisa Lindstrom		1:23.0		—		1:24.4	=5
Jane Fauntz	200 m breaststroke	3:29.0		Unknown		Did not advance
Agnes Geraghty		3:18.8		Unknown		Did not advance
Margaret Hoffman		3:21.6		3:22.4		3:19.2	5
Adelaide Lambert Albina Osipowich Eleanor Garatti Martha Norelius Josephine McKim Susan Laird	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	—		4:55.6 WR	1 Q	4:47.6 WR

Water Polo

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

↑ "United States at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 1, 2010.

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