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Encyclopedia > Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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At the 1928 Summer Olympics, 11 swimming events were contested. The Games of the IX Olympiad were held in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. ... Swimming is the method by which living creatures move themselves through water in a method not involving simply walking on the bottom. ...

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100 m Freestyle, Men

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Johnny Weissmuller (USA) 58.6
Silver István Bárány (HUN) 59.8
Bronze Katsuo Takaishi (JPN) 1:00.0

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400 m Freestyle, Men

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Victoriano Zorrilla (ARG) 5:01.6
Silver Andrew Charlton (AUS) 5:03.6
Bronze Arne Borg (SWE) 5:04.6

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1500 m Freestyle, Men

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Arne Borg (SWE) 19:51.8
Silver Andrew Charlton (AUS) 20:02.6
Bronze Clarence Crabbe (USA) 20:28.8

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100 m Backstroke, Men

Pos Athlete Time
Gold George Harold Kojac (USA) 1:08.2
Silver Walter Laufer (USA) 1:10.0
Bronze Paul Wyatt (USA) 1:12.0

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200 m Breaststroke, Men

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (JPN) 2:48.8
Silver Erich Rademacher (GER) 2:50.6
Bronze Teofilo Yldefonso (PHI) 2:56.4

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4 x 200 m Freestyle relay, Men

Pos Team Time
Gold Austin Rhone Clapp, Walter Laufer, George Harold Kojac, Johnny Weissmuller (USA) 9:36.2
Silver Hiroshi Yoneyama, Nobuo Arai, Tokuhei Sada, Katsuo Takaishi (JPN) 9:41.4
Bronze Frederick Munroe Bourne, James Thompson, Garnet Walter Ault, Walter Spence (CAN) 9:47.8

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100 m Freestyle, Women

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Albina Lucy Osipowich (USA) 1:11.0
Silver Eleanor Saville (USA) 1:11.4
Bronze Margaret Joyce Cooper (GBR) 1:13.6

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400 m Freestyle, Women

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Martha Norelius (USA) 5:42.8
Silver Maria Johanna Braun (NED) 5:57.8
Bronze Josephine McKim (USA) 6:00.2

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100 m Backstroke, Women

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Maria Johanna Braun (NED) 1:22.0
Silver Ellen Elizabeth King (GBR) 1:22.2
Bronze Margaret Joyce Cooper (GBR) 1:22.8

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200 m Breaststroke, Women

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Hilde Schrader (GER) 3:12.6
Silver Mietje Baron (NED) 3:15.2
Bronze Charlotte Mühe (GER) 3:17.6

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4 x 100m Freestyle relay, Women

Pos Team Time
Gold Adelaide Lambert, Albina Lucy Osipowich, Eleanor Saville, Martha Norelius (USA) 4:47.6
Silver Margaret Joyce Cooper, Vera Tanner, Sarah Gillow Marshal Stewart, Ellen Elizabeth King (GBR) 5:02.8
Bronze Rhoda Rennie, Frederica Johanna Van Der Goes, Marie Redford, Kathleen Russell (RSA) 5:13.4


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Swimming at the Summer Olympics
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Swimming has been a sport at every modern Olympic Games. ... At the 1896 Summer Olympics, four swimming events were contested. ... At the 1900 Summer Olympics, seven swimming events were contested. ... At the 1904 Summer Olympics, nine swimming events were contested. ... At the 1908 Summer Olympics, six swimming events were contested. ... At the 1912 Summer Olympics, nine swimming events were contested. ... At the 1920 Summer Olympics, nine swimming events were contested. ... Medals Awarded Swimming Gertrude Ederle Gold in 400 meter freestyle relay Bronze in 400 meter freestyle Bronze in 100 meter freestyle External link 1924 olympics medalists - from CBS Categories: Olympic stubs ... At the 1932 Summer Olympics, 11 swimming events were contested. ... At the 1936 Summer Olympics, 11 swimming events were contested. ... At the 1948 Summer Olympics, 11 swimming events were contested. ... At the 1952 Summer Olympics, 11 swimming events were contested. ... At the 1956 Summer Olympics, 13 swimming events were contested. ... Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics as usual was a part of the Swimming Sport, other two parts were Water Polo and Diving. ... Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics MENS EVENTS WOMENS EVENTS ... The 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. ... MENS EVENTS WOMENS EVENTS Categories: 1992 Summer Olympics ... At the 1996 Summer Olympics, 32 swimming events were contested. ... At the 2000 Summer Olympics, 32 swimming events were contested. ... Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. ...

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1928 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (297 words)
For the first time, the Olympic Flame was lit during the Olympics.
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At the 1896 Summer Olympics, four swimming events were contested.
Hajós, who had intended to sweep the three open swimming events, did not compete in the 500 because it was begun immediately after the 100 metres.
However, the competition is included in the International Olympic Committee's database of Olympic medallists and there is no record of Pierre de Coubertin or any other major figure in the beginning of the modern Olympic movement objecting to the consideration of the race as Olympic.
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