List of 1928 Summer Olympics medal winners

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The 1928 Summer Olympics were held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from 28 July to 12 August 1928.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Netherlands)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)98825
2 Finland (FIN)55414
3 Canada (CAN)4228
4 Great Britain (GBR)2215
5 Germany (GER)1269
6 Sweden (SWE)1247
7 France (FRA)1113
8 Japan (JPN)1102
9 Ireland (IRL)1001
 Poland (POL)1001
 South Africa (RSA)1001
12 Chile (CHI)0101
 Haiti (HAI)0101
 Hungary (HUN)0101
 Netherlands (NED)*0101
16 Norway (NOR)0011
Totals (16 entries)27272781

Men's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
details
Percy Williams
 Canada
Jack London
 Great Britain
Georg Lammers
 Germany
200 metres
details
Percy Williams
 Canada
Walter Rangeley
 Great Britain
Helmut Körnig
 Germany
400 metres
details
Ray Barbuti
 United States
James Ball
 Canada
Joachim Büchner
 Germany
800 metres
details
Douglas Lowe
 Great Britain
Erik Byléhn
 Sweden
Hermann Engelhard
 Germany
1500 metres
details
Harri Larva
 Finland
Jules Ladoumegue
 France
Eino Purje
 Finland
5000 metres
details
Ville Ritola
 Finland
Paavo Nurmi
 Finland
Edvin Wide
 Sweden
10,000 metres
details
Paavo Nurmi
 Finland
Ville Ritola
 Finland
Edvin Wide
 Sweden
110 metres hurdles
details
Sydney Atkinson
 South Africa
Steve Anderson
 United States
John Collier
 United States
400 metres hurdles
details
David Burghley
 Great Britain
Frank Cuhel
 United States
Morgan Taylor
 United States
3000 metres steeplechase
details
Toivo Loukola
 Finland
Paavo Nurmi
 Finland
Ove Andersen
 Finland
4 × 100 metres relay
details
 United States
Frank Wykoff
James Quinn
Charles Borah
Henry Russell
 Germany
Georg Lammers
Richard Corts
Hubert Houben
Helmut Körnig
 Great Britain
Cyril Gill
Edward Smouha
Walter Rangeley
Jack London
4 × 400 metres relay
details
 United States
George Baird
Fred Alderman
Emerson Spencer
Ray Barbuti
 Germany
Otto Neumann
Harry Werner Storz
Richard Krebs
Hermann Engelhard
 Canada
James Ball
Stanley Glover
Phil Edwards
Alex Wilson
Marathon
details
Boughera El Ouafi
 France
Manuel Plaza
 Chile
Martti Marttelin
 Finland
High jump
details
Bob King
 United States
Benjamin Hedges
 United States
Claude Ménard
 France
Pole vault
details
Sabin Carr
 United States
William Droegemuller
 United States
Charles McGinnis
 United States
Long jump
details
Edward Hamm
 United States
Silvio Cator
 Haiti
Alfred Bates
 United States
Triple jump
details
Mikio Oda
 Japan
Levi Casey
 United States
Vilho Tuulos
 Finland
Shot put
details
John Kuck
 United States
Herman Brix
 United States
Emil Hirschfeld
 Germany
Discus throw
details
Bud Houser
 United States
Antero Kivi
 Finland
James Corson
 United States
Hammer throw
details
Pat O'Callaghan
 Ireland
Ossian Skiöld
 Sweden
Edmund Black
 United States
Javelin throw
details
Erik Lundqvist
 Sweden
Béla Szepes
 Hungary
Olav Sunde
 Norway
Decathlon
details
Paavo Yrjölä
 Finland
Akilles Järvinen
 Finland
Ken Doherty
 United States

Women's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
details
Betty Robinson
 United States
Bobbie Rosenfeld
 Canada
Ethel Smith
 Canada
800 metres
details
Lina Radke
 Germany
Kinue Hitomi
 Japan
Inga Gentzel
 Sweden
4 × 100 metres relay
details
 Canada
Myrtle Cook
Ethel Smith
Bobbie Rosenfeld
Jane Bell
 United States
Jessie Cross
Loretta McNeil
Betty Robinson
Mary Washburn
 Germany
Anni Holdmann
Leni Junker
Rosa Kellner
Leni Schmidt
High jump
details
Ethel Catherwood
 Canada
Lien Gisolf
 Netherlands
Mildred Wiley
 United States
Discus throw
details
Halina Konopacka
 Poland
Lillian Copeland
 United States
Ruth Svedberg
 Sweden

Boxing

Cycling

Diving

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States4329
2 Egypt0112
3 Sweden0011
Totals (3 entries)44412

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard
details
Pete Desjardins
 United States
Michael Galitzen
 United States
Farid Simaika
 Egypt
10 m platform
details
Pete Desjardins
 United States
Farid Simaika
 Egypt
Michael Galitzen
 United States

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard
details
Helen Meany
 United States
Dorothy Poynton
 United States
Georgia Coleman
 United States
10 m platform
details
Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston
 United States
Georgia Coleman
 United States
Laura Sjöqvist
 Sweden

Equestrian events

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Netherlands)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands*2114
2 Germany2013
3 Czechoslovakia1001
 Spain1001
5 France0202
6 Sweden0123
7 Poland0112
8 Norway0101
9 Switzerland0011
Totals (9 entries)66618

Medalists

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual dressage
details
 Carl Freiherr von Langen
on Draufgänger (GER)
 Charles Marion
on Linon (FRA)
 Ragnar Olson
on Günstling (SWE)
Team dressage
details
 Germany
Carl Freiherr von Langen
on Draufgänger
Hermann Linkenbach
on Gimpel
Eugen Freiherr von Lotzbeck
on Caracalla
 Sweden
Ragnar Olson
on Günstling
Janne Lundblad
on Blackmar
Carl Bonde
on Ingo
 Netherlands
Jan van Reede
on Hans
Pierre Versteegh
on His Excellence
Gerard le Heux
on Valérine
Individual eventing
details
 Charles Pahud de Mortanges
on Marcroix (NED)
 Gerard de Kruijff
on Va-T'en (NED)
 Bruno Neumann
on Ilja (GER)
Team eventing
details
 Netherlands
Charles Pahud de Mortanges
on Marcroix
Gerard de Kruijff
on Va-T'en
Adolph van der Voort van Zijp
on Silver Piece
 Norway
Bjart Ording
on And Over
Arthur Qvist
on Hidalgo
Eugen Johansen
on Baby
 Poland
Michał Antoniewicz
on Moja Miła
Józef Trenkwald
on Lwi Pazur
Karol Rómmel
on Doneuse
Individual jumping
details
 František Ventura
and Eliot (TCH)
 Pierre Bertran de Balanda
and Papillon (FRA)
 Charles-Gustave Kuhn
and Pepita (SUI)
Team jumping
details
 Spain
Count of Casa Loja
and Zapatazo
Marquess of Trujillos
and Zalamero
Julio García Fernández de los Ríos
and Revistade
 Poland
Kazimierz Gzowski
and Mylord
Kazimierz Szosland
and Ali
Michał Antoniewicz
and Readgleadt
 Sweden
Karl Hansen
and Gerold
Carl Björnstjerna
and Kornett
Ernst Hallberg
and Loke

Fencing

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France2305
2 Italy2125
3 Hungary2103
4 Germany1113
5 Great Britain0101
6 Argentina0011
 Poland0011
 Portugal0011
 United States0011
Totals (9 entries)77721

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual épée
details
Lucien Gaudin
 France
Georges Buchard
 France
George Calnan
 United States
Team épée
details
 Italy
Giulio Basletta
Marcello Bertinetti
Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici
Carlo Agostoni
Renzo Minoli
Franco Riccardi
 France
Georges Buchard
Gaston Amson
Émile Cornic
Bernard Schmetz
René Barbier
 Portugal
Paulo Leal
Mário de Noronha
Jorge de Paiva
Frederico Paredes
João Sassetti
Henrique da Silveira
Individual foil
details
Lucien Gaudin
 France
Erwin Casmir
 Germany
Giulio Gaudini
 Italy
Team foil
details
 Italy
Ugo Pignotti
Giulio Gaudini
Giorgio Pessina
Gioachino Guaragna
Oreste Puliti
Giorgio Chiavacci
 France
Philippe Cattiau
Roger Ducret
André Labattut
Lucien Gaudin
Raymond Flacher
André Gaboriaud
 Argentina
Roberto Larraz
Raúl Anganuzzi
Luis Lucchetti
Héctor Lucchetti
Carmelo Camet
Individual sabre
details
Ödön Tersztyánszky
 Hungary
Attila Petschauer
 Hungary
Bino Bini
 Italy
Team sabre
details
 Hungary
Ödön von Tersztyánszky
János Garay
Attila Petschauer
József Rády
Sándor Gombos
Gyula Glykais
 Italy
Bino Bini
Oreste Puliti
Giulio Sarrocchi
Renato Anselmi
Emilio Salafia
Gustavo Marzi
 Poland
Adam Papée
Tadeusz Friedrich
Kazimierz Laskowski
Władysław Segda
Aleksander Małecki
Jerzy Zabielski

Women's event

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual foil
details
Helene Mayer
 Germany
Muriel Freeman
 Great Britain
Olga Oelkers
 Germany

Field hockey

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Netherlands)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 India1001
2 Netherlands*0101
3 Germany0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Medalists

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Men's  India
Richard Allen
Dhyan Chand
Michael Gateley
William Goodsir-Cullen
Leslie Hammond
Feroze Khan
George Marthins
Rex Norris
Broome Pinniger
Michael Rocque
Frederic Seaman
Ali Shaukat
Jaipal Singh (Captain)
Shahzada Muhammad Yusuf
Kehar Singh Gill
 Netherlands
Jan Ankerman
Jan Brand
Rein de Waal
Emile Duson
Gerrit Jannink
Adriaan Katte
August Kop
Ab Tresling
Paul van de Rovaart
Robert van der Veen
Haas Visser 't Hooft
C. J. J. Hardebeck
T. F. Hubrecht
G. Leembruggen
H. J. L. Mangelaar Meertens
Otto Muller von Czernicki
W. J. van Citters
C. J. van der Hagen
Tonny van Lierop
J. J. van Tienhoven van den Bogaard
J. M. van Voorst van Beest
N. Wenholt
 Germany
Bruno Boche
Georg Brunner
Heinz Förstendorf
Erwin Franzkowiak
Werner Freyberg
Theodor Haag
Hans Haußmann
Kurt Haverbeck
Aribert Heymann
Herbert Hobein
Fritz Horn
Karl-Heinz Irmer
Herbert Kemmer
Herbert Müller
Werner Proft
Gerd Strantzen
Rolf Wollner
Heinz Wöltje
Erich Zander
Fritz Lincke
Heinz Schäfer
Kurt Weiß

Note: The players above the line played at least one game in this tournament, the players below the line were probably only squad members. Nevertheless, the International Olympic Committee medal database exclusively credits them all as medalists. If or why they could have received medals is uncertain. However the National Olympic Committee of the Netherlands does not even show the Dutch players as competitors.

Football

Gymnastics

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Netherlands)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Switzerland5229
2 Czechoslovakia1315
3 Yugoslavia1135
4 Netherlands*1001
5 Italy0202
6 Finland0011
 Great Britain0011
Totals (7 entries)88824

Men's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual all-around
details
Georges Miez
 Switzerland
Hermann Hänggi
 Switzerland
Leon Štukelj
 Yugoslavia
Team all-around
details
 Switzerland
Hans Grieder
August Güttinger
Hermann Hänggi
Eugen Mack
Georges Miez
Otto Pfister
Eduard Steinemann
Melchior Wezel
 Czechoslovakia
Josef Effenberger
Jan Gajdoš
Jan Koutný
Emanuel Löffler
Bedřich Šupčík
Ladislav Tikal
Ladislav Vácha
Václav Veselý
 Yugoslavia
Edvard Antosiewicz
Dragutin Cioti
Stane Derganc
Boris Gregorka
Anton Malej
Ivan Porenta
Josip Primožič
Leon Štukelj
Horizontal bar
details
Georges Miez
 Switzerland
Romeo Neri
 Italy
Eugen Mack
 Switzerland
Parallel bars
details
Ladislav Vácha
 Czechoslovakia
Josip Primožič
 Yugoslavia
Hermann Hänggi
 Switzerland
Pommel horse
details
Hermann Hänggi
 Switzerland
Georges Miez
 Switzerland
Heikki Savolainen
 Finland
Rings
details
Leon Štukelj
 Yugoslavia
Ladislav Vácha
 Czechoslovakia
Emanuel Löffler
 Czechoslovakia
Vault
details
Eugen Mack
 Switzerland
Emanuel Löffler
 Czechoslovakia
Stane Derganc
 Yugoslavia

Women's event

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Team all-around
details
 Netherlands
Estella Agsteribbe
Jacomina van den Berg
Alida van den Bos
Petronella Burgerhof
Elka de Levie
Helena Nordheim
Ans Polak
Petronella van Randwijk
Hendrika van Rumt
Jud Simons
Jacoba Stelma
Anna van der Vegt
 Italy
Bianca Ambrosetti
Lavinia Gianoni
Luigina Giavotti
Virginia Giorgi
Germana Malabarba
Carla Marangoni
Luigina Perversi
Diana Pissavini
Luisa Tanzini
Carolina Tronconi
Ines Vercesi
Rita Vittadini
 Great Britain
Annie Broadbent
Lucy Desmond
Margaret Hartley
Amy Jagger
Isobel Judd
Jessie Kite
Marjorie Moreman
Edith Pickles
Ethel Seymour
Ada Smith
Hilda Smith
Doris Woods

Modern pentathlon

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Sweden1102
2 Germany0011
Totals (2 entries)1113

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual Sven Thofelt
 Sweden
Bo Lindman
 Sweden
Helmuth Kahl
 Germany

Rowing

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States2215
2 Great Britain1214
3 Switzerland1102
4 Italy1012
5 Australia1001
 Germany1001
7 Canada0112
8 France0101
9 Austria0011
 Belgium0011
 Poland0011
Totals (11 entries)77721

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Single sculls
details
Bobby Pearce
 Australia
Ken Myers
 United States
David Collet
 Great Britain
Double sculls
details
 United States
Paul Costello
Charles McIlvaine
 Canada
Joseph Wright Jr.
Jack Guest
 Austria
Leo Losert
Viktor Flessl
Coxless pair
details
 Germany
Kurt Moeschter
Bruno Müller
 Great Britain
Terence O'Brien
Robert Nisbet
 United States
Paul McDowell
John Schmitt
Coxed pair
details
 Switzerland
Hans Schöchlin
Karl Schöchlin
Hans Bourquin
 France
Armand Marcelle
Édouard Marcelle
Henri Préaux
 Belgium
Léon Flament
François de Coninck
Georges Anthony
Coxless four
details
 Great Britain
John Lander
Michael Warriner
Richard Beesly
Edward Vaughan Bevan
 United States
Charles Karle
William Miller
George Healis
Ernest Bayer
 Italy
Cesare Rossi
Pietro Freschi
Umberto Bonadè
Paolo Gennari
Coxed four
details
 Italy
Valerio Perentin
Giliante D'Este
Nicolò Vittori
Giovanni Delise
Renato Petronio
 Switzerland
Ernst Haas
Joseph Meyer
Otto Bucher
Karl Schwegler
Fritz Bösch
 Poland
Franciszek Bronikowski
Edmund Jankowski
Leon Birkholc
Bernard Ormanowski
Bolesław Drewek
Eight
details
 United States
Marvin Stalder
John Brinck
Francis Frederick
William Thompson
William Dally
James Workman
Hubert A. Caldwell
Peter Donlon
Donald Blessing
 Great Britain
Jamie Hamilton
Guy Oliver Nickalls
John Badcock
Donald Gollan
Harold Lane
Gordon Killick
Jack Beresford
Harold West
Arthur Sulley
 Canada
Frederick Hedges
Frank Fiddes
John Hand
Herbert Richardson
Jack Murdoch
Athol Meech
Edgar Norris
William Ross
John Donnelly

Sailing

Swimming

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Netherlands)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States62311
2 Netherlands*1203
3 Germany1113
 Japan1113
5 Sweden1012
6 Argentina1001
7 Great Britain0224
8 Australia0202
9 Hungary0101
10 Canada0011
 Philippines0011
 South Africa0011
Totals (12 entries)11111133

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
Austin Clapp
George Kojac
Walter Laufer
Johnny Weissmuller
 Japan
Nobuo Arai
Tokuhei Sada
Katsuo Takaishi
Hiroshi Yoneyama
 Canada
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
Eleanor Garatti
Adelaide Lambert
Martha Norelius
Albina Osipowich
 Great Britain
Joyce Cooper
Ellen King
Cissie Stewart
Iris Tanner
 South Africa
Mary Bedford
Freddie van der Goes
Rhoda Rennie
Kathleen Russell

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Weightlifting

Wrestling

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