Athletics | Boxing | Cycling | Diving | Equestrian | Fencing | Football | Gymnastics | Hockey | Modern Pentathlon | Rowing | Sailing | Shooting | Swimming | Water Polo | Weightlifting | Wrestling | The Games of the IX Olympiad were held in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. ... Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 742,951(1 January 2005) Coordinates 52°22′N 4°54′E Website www. ... Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics // Medals Results Flyweight 112 lb (51 kg) Bantamweight 118 lb (53. ... The Equestrian Events at the 1928 Summer Olympics included Dressage, Eventing, and Show Jumping. ... Final results for the Hockey competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics: Only a men competition occurred that year. ... 12 foot dinghy individual Mixed 6m Mixed 8m Mixed Categories: 1928 Summer Olympics ... At the 1928 Summer Olympics, 11 swimming events were contested. ...
The Olympics were of fundamental religious importance, contests alternating with sacrifices and ceremonies honouring both Zeus (whose colossal statue stood at Olympia), and Pelops, divine hero and mythical king of Olympia famous for his legendary chariot race, in whose honor the games were held.
The growth of the Olympics also means that some less popular (modern pentathlon) or expensive (white water canoeing) sports have to fear for their place on the Olympic programme.
The first Olympic athlete to test positive for doping use was Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, a Swedish pentathlete at the 1968 SummerOlympics, who lost his bronze medal for alcohol use.
The 1936 SummerOlympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, were held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany.
The Berlin Olympics also saw the introduction to the ceremonies of the Olympic Torch bringing the Olympic Flame by relay from Olympia.
The Olympic Flame was used for the second time at these games, but they marked the first time it was brought to the Olympic Town by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.
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