1928 Summer Olympics / Swimming

Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Amsterdam
Competition venue	Olympic Zwemstadion
Nations	28
Athletes	182 (110 , 72 )
date	August 4-11, 1928
decisions	11
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With the IX. At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , eleven swimming competitions were held, six for men and five for women.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	6th	2	3	11
2	Netherlands	1	2	-	3
3	German Empire	1	1	1	3
	Japan	1	1	1	3
5	Sweden	1	-	1	2
6th	Argentina	1	-	-	1
7th	Great Britain	-	2	2	4th
8th	Australia	-	2	-	2
9	Hungary	-	1	-	1
10	Canada	-	-	1	1
	Philippines	-	-	1	1
	South African Union	-	-	1	1
total		11	11	11	33

Medalist

Men

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
100 m freestyle	Johnny Weissmüller	István Bárány	Katsuo Takaishi
400 m freestyle	Alberto Zorrilla	Andrew Charlton	Arne Borg
1500 m freestyle	Arne Borg	Andrew Charlton	Clarence Crabbe
100 m back	George Kojac	Walter Laufer	Paul Wyatt
200 m chest	Tsuruta Yoshiyuki	Erich Rademacher	Teófilo Yldefonso
4 × 200 m freestyle	United States Austin Clapp Walter Laufer George Kojac Johnny Weissmüller	Japan Hiroshi Yoneyama Nobuo Arai Tokuhei Sada Katsuo Takaishi	Canada Frederick Bourne James Thompson Garnet Ault Walter Spence

Women

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
100 m freestyle	Albina Osipowich	Eleanor Saville	Margaret Cooper
400 m freestyle	Martha Norelius	Marie Braun	Josephine McKim
100 m back	Marie Braun	Ellen King	Margaret Cooper
200 m chest	Hilde Schrader	Mietje Baron	Lotte trouble
4 × 100 m freestyle	United States Adelaide Lambert Albina Osipowich Eleanor Saville Martha Norelius	Great Britain Margaret Cooper Vera Tanner Sarah Stewart Ellen King	South African Union Rhoda Rennie Frederica van der Goes Marie Redford Kathleen Russell

Men

100 m freestyle

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space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Johnny Weissmüller	58.6 s ( OR )
2	HUN	István Bárány	59.8 s
3	JPN	Katsuo Takaishi	1: 00.0 min
4th	United States	George Kojac	1: 00.8 min
5	United States	Walter Laufer	1: 01.0 min
6th	CAN	Walter Spence	1: 01.4 min
7th	ARG	Alberto Zorrilla	1: 01.6 min

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	ARG	Alberto Zorrilla	5: 01.6 min ( OR )
2	OUT	Andrew Charlton	5: 03.6 min
3	SWE	Arne Borg	5: 04.6 min
4th	United States	Buster crabbe	5: 05.4 min
5	United States	Austin Clapp	5: 16.0 min
6th	United States	Ray Ruddy	5: 25.0 min

1500 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	SWE	Arne Borg	19: 51.8 min ( OR )
2	OUT	Andrew Charlton	20: 02.6 min
3	United States	Clarence Crabbe	20: 28.8 min
4th	United States	Ray Ruddy	21: 05.0 min
5	ARG	Alberto Zorrilla	21: 23.8 min
6th	CAN	Garnet Ault	21: 46.0 min

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	George Kojac	1: 08.2 min ( WR )
2	United States	Walter Laufer	1: 10.0 min
3	United States	Paul Wyatt	1: 12.0 min
4th	JPN	Toshio Irie	1: 13.6 min
5	GER	Ernst Küppers	1: 13.8 min
6th	GBR	John Besford	1: 15.4 min

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	JPN	Yoshiyuki Tsuruta	2: 48.8 min ( OR )
2	GER	Erich Rademacher	2: 50.6 min
3	PHI	Teófilo Yldefonso	2: 56.4 min
4th	GER	Erwin Sietas	2: 56.6 min
5	SWE	Erik Harling	2: 56.8 min
6th	CAN	Walter Spence	2: 57.2 min

4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Austin Clapp Walter Laufer George Kojac Johnny Weissmüller	9: 36.2 min
2	JPN	Hiroshi Yoneyama Nobuo Arai Tokuhei Sada Katsuo Takaishi	9: 41.4 min
3	CAN	Frederick Bourne James Thompson Garnet Ault Walter Spence	9: 47.8 min
4th	HUN	András Wanié Rezső Wanié Géza Szigritz István Bárány	9: 57.0 min
5	SWE	Aulo Gustafsson Sven-Pelle Pettersson Eskil Lundahl Arne Borg	10:01.8 min
6th	GBR	Reginald Sutton Joseph Whiteside Edward Peter Albert Dickin	10: 15.8 min
7th	ESP	José González Estanislao Artal Ramón Artigas Francisco Segalá	11: 43.0 min

Women

100 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Albina Osipowich	1: 11.0 min ( OR )
2	United States	Eleanor Saville	1: 11.4 min
3	GBR	Margaret Cooper	1: 13.6 min
4th	GBR	Jean McDowell	1: 13.8 min
5	United States	Susan Laird	1: 14.6 min
6th	GER	Charlotte Lehmann	1: 15.2 min

400 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Martha Norelius	5: 42.8 min ( WR )
2	NED	Marie Braun	5: 57.8 min
3	United States	Josephine McKim	6: 00.2 min
4th	GBR	Cissie Stewart	6: 07.0 min
5	SAF	Freddie van der Goes	6: 07.2 min
6th	GBR	Iris Tanner	6: 11.6 min

100 m back

space	country	Athlete	time
1	NED	Marie Braun	1: 22.0 min
2	GBR	Ellen King	1: 22.2 min
3	GBR	Margaret Cooper	1: 22.8 min
4th	United States	Marian Gilman	1: 24.2 min
5	United States	Eleanor Holm	1: 24.4 min
6th	United States	Lisa Lindstrom	1: 24.4 min
7th	NZL	Ena Stockley	1: 24.4 min

200 m chest

space	country	Athlete	time
1	GER	Hilde Schrader	3: 12.6 min
2	NED	Mietje Baron	3: 15.2 min
3	GER	Lotte trouble	3: 17.6 min
4th	THE	Else Jacobsen	3: 19.0 min
5	United States	Margaret Hoffman	3: 19.2 min
6th	SWE	Brita Hazelius	3: 23.0 min

4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Adelaide Lambert Albina Osipowich Eleanor Saville Martha Norelius	4: 47.6 min
2	GBR	Margaret Cooper Vera Tanner Sarah Stewart Ellen King	5: 02.8 min
3	SAF	Rhoda Rennie Frederica van der Goes Marie Redford Kathleen Russell	5: 13.4 min
4th	GER	Charlotte Lehmann Herta Wunder Irmintraut Tailor Reni Erkens	5: 14.4 min
5	FRA	Bienna Pélégry Anne Dupire Marguerite Ledoux Claire Horrent	5: 32.0 min
6th	NED	Eva Smits Truus master builder Marie Vierdag Marie Braun	DSQ