1928 Summer Olympics / Participant (United States)

United States

22nd	18th	16

The United States participated in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , Netherlands , with a delegation of 235 athletes (198 men and 37 women).

Medalist

gold

Name (s)	sport	competition
Ray Barbuti	athletics	400 meters
Frank Wykoff , James Quinn , Charles Borah & Henry Russell	athletics	4 × 100 meters
George Baird , Emerson Spencer , Fred Alderman & Ray Barbuti	athletics	4 × 400 meters
Bob King	athletics	high jump
Sabin Carr	athletics	Pole vault
Ed Hamm	athletics	Long jump
John Kuck	athletics	Shot put
Bud Houser	athletics	Discus throw
Betty Robinson	athletics	Women, 100 meters
Allie Morrison	Wrestling	Featherweight, freestyle
Paul Costello & Charles McIlvaine	rowing	Double scull
Marvin Stalder , John Brinck , Francis Frederick , William Thompson , William Dally , James Workman , Hubert Caldwell , Peter Donlon & Donald Blessing	rowing	Eighth
Johnny Weissmüller	swim	100 meters freestyle
George Kojac	swim	100 meters back
Austin Clapp , Walter Laufer , George Kojac & Johnny Weissmüller	swim	4 × 200 meter freestyle
Albina Osipowich	swim	Women, 100 meters freestyle
Martha Norelius	swim	Women, 400 meters freestyle
Adelaide Lambert , Albina Osipowich , Eleanor Saville & Martha Norelius	swim	Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle
Pete Desjardins	Diving	Diving & diving
Helen Meany	Diving	Women, jumping
Elizabeth Becker	Diving	Women, diving

silver

Name (s)	sport	competition
John Daley	Boxing	Bantamweight
Stephen Halaiko	Boxing	lightweight
Stephen Anderson	athletics	110 meter hurdles
Frank Cuhel	athletics	400 meter hurdles
Benjamin Hedges	athletics	high jump
William Droegemueller	athletics	Pole vault
Levi Casey	athletics	Triple jump
Bruce Bennett	athletics	Shot put
Jessie Cross , Loretta McNeil , Betty Robinson & Mary Washburn	athletics	Women, 4 × 100 meters
Lillian Copeland	athletics	Women, discus throw
Lloyd Appleton	Wrestling	Welterweight, freestyle
Kenneth Myers	rowing	One
Charles Karle , William Miller , George Healis & Ernest Bayer	rowing	Foursome without a helmsman
Walter Laufer	swim	100 meters back
Eleanor Saville	swim	Women, 100 meters freestyle
Michael Galitzen	Diving	Jumping
Dorothy Poynton	Diving	Women, jumping
Georgia Coleman	Diving	Women, diving

bronze

Name (s)	sport	competition
Harold Devine	Boxing	Featherweight
George Calnan	fencing	Rapier, single
John Collier	athletics	110 meter hurdles
Morgan Taylor	athletics	400 meter hurdles
Charles McGinnis	athletics	Pole vault
Al Bates	athletics	Long jump
James Corson	athletics	Discus throw
Edmund Black	athletics	Hammer throw
Ken Doherty	athletics	Decathlon
Mildred Wiley	athletics	Women, high jump
Paul McDowell & John Schmitt	rowing	Two without a helmsman
Buster crabbe	swim	1500 meters freestyle
Paul Wyatt	swim	100 meters back
Josephine McKim	swim	Women, 400 meters freestyle
Michael Galitzen	Diving	Diving
Georgia Coleman	Diving	Women, jumping

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Hymie Miller

  Flyweight: 17th place

• John Daley

  Bantam weight: silver

• Harold Devine

  Featherweight: bronze

• Stephen Halaiko

  Lightweight: silver

• Tommy Lown

  Welterweight: 17th place

• Harry Henderson

  Middleweight: 5th place

• Leon Lucas

  Light heavyweight: 9th place

• Alexander Kaletchitz

  Heavyweight: 5th place

fencing

• Joseph Levis

  Foil, singles: 11th place

  Foil, team: 5th place

• George Calnan

  Foil, singles: semi-finals

  Foil, team: 5th place

  Epee, single: bronze

  Epee, team: 5th place

• Dernell Every

  Foil, singles: semi-finals

  Foil, team: 5th place

• René Peroy

  Foil, team: 5th place

• Harold Rayner

  Foil, team: 5th place

  Epee, team: 5th place

• Henry Breckinridge

  Foil, team: 5th place

  Epee, team: 5th place

• Allan Milner

  Epee, singles: 9th place

  Epee, team: 5th place

• Edward Barnett

  Epee, singles: preliminary round

  Epee, team: 5th place

• Arthur Lyon

  Epee, team: 5th place

  Saber, team: preliminary round

• John Huffman

  Saber, singles: semi-finals

  Saber, team: preliminary round

• Norman Cohn-Armitage

  Saber, singles: semi-finals

  Saber, team: preliminary round

• Nickolas Muray

  Saber, singles: preliminary round

  Saber, team: preliminary round

• Ervin Acel

  Saber, team: preliminary round

• Harold Van Buskirk

  Saber, team: preliminary round

• Marion Lloyd

  Women, foil, singles: semi-finals

• Irma Hopper

  Women, foil, singles: preliminary round

Soccer

• Men's team

  9th place

• Squad

  Bobby Aitken

  Albert Cooper

  Jack deal

  John Duffy

  William Findlay

  Jimmy Gallagher

  Rudy Kuntner

  Jack Lyons

  Razzo Carroll

  Francis Ryan

  Harry Smith

athletics

• Frank Wykoff

  100 meters: 4th place

  4 × 100 meters: gold

• Robert McAllister

  100 meters: 6th place

• Henry Russell

  100 meters: semi-finals

  4 × 100 meters: gold

• Claude Bracey

  100 meters: semi-finals

• Jackson Scholz

  200 meters: 4th place

• Charles Paddock

  200 meters: semi-finals

• Henry Cumming

  200 meters semifinals

• Charles Borah

  200 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 100 meters: gold

• Ray Barbuti

  400 meters: gold

  4 × 400 meters: gold

• Hermon Phillips

  400 meters: 6th place

• Emil Snider

  400 meters: quarter-finals

• Joseph Tierney

  400 meters: quarter-finals

• Lloyd Hahn

  800 meters: 5th place

  1500 meters: heats

• Earl Fuller

  800 meters: 7th place

• Ray Watson

  800 meters: 9th place

• John Sittig

  800 meters: semi-finals

• Ray Conger

  1500 meters: 10th place

• Nick Carter

  1500 meters: heats

• Sid Robinson

  1500 meters: heats

• Leo Lermond

  5000 meters: 4th place

• Macauley Smith

  5000 meters: 10th place

  10,000 meters: DNF

• Dave Abbott

  5000 meters: heats

• Charles Haworth

  5000 meters: heats

• Joie Ray

  10,000 meters: 14th place

  Marathon: 5th place

• John Romig

  10,000 meters: DNF

• Albert Michelsen

  Marathon: 9th place

• Clarence DeMar

  Marathon: 27th place

• James Henigan

  Marathon: 39th place

• Harvey Frick

  Marathon: 41st place

• William Agee

  Marathon: 44th place

• Stephen Anderson

  110 meter hurdles: silver

• John Collier

  110 meter hurdles: bronze

• Leighton Dye

  110 meter hurdles: 4th place

• Carl Ring

  110 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• Frank Cuhel

  400 meter hurdles: silver

• Morgan Taylor

  400 meter hurdles: bronze

• Johnny Gibson

  400 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• Robert Maxwell

  400 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• Melvin Dalton

  3000 meter obstacle: 7th place

• William Spencer

  3000 meter obstacle: 7th place

• Walter Gegan

  3000 meter obstacle: prelims

• Jesse Montgomery

  3000 meter obstacle: prelims

• James Quinn

  4 × 100 meters: gold

• George Baird

  4 × 400 meters: gold

• Emerson Spencer

  4 × 400 meters: gold

• Fred Alderman

  4 × 400 meters: gold

• Bob King

  High jump: gold

• Benjamin Hedges

  High jump: silver

• Harold Osborn

  High jump: 5th place

• Charles McGinnis

  High jump: 7th place

  Pole vault: bronze

• Sabin Carr

  Pole vault: gold

• William Droegemueller

  Pole vault: silver

• Lee Barnes

  Pole vault: 5th place

• Ed Hamm

  Long jump: gold

• Al Bates

  Long jump: bronze

• Ed Gordon

  Long jump: 7th place in qualification

• DeHart Hubbard

  Long jump: 11th place in qualification

• Levi Casey

  Triple jump: silver

• Sidney Bowman

  Triple jump: 9th place in qualification

• Lloyd Bourgeois

  Triple jump: 11th place in qualification

• Bob Kelley

  Triple jump: 20th place in qualification

• John Kuck

  Shot put: gold

• Bruce Bennett

  Shot put: silver

• Eric Krenz

  Shot put: 4th place

• Harlow Rothert

  Shot put: 7th place in qualification

• Bud Houser

  Discus throw: gold

• James Corson

  Discus throw: bronze

• John Anderson

  Discus throw: 5th place

• Fred Weicker

  Discus throw: 9th place in qualification

• Edmund Black

  Hammer throw: bronze

• Donald Gwinn

  Hammer throw: 5th place

• Frank Conner

  Hammer throw: 6th place

• Kenneth Caskey

  Hammer throw: 12th place in qualification

• Arthur Sager

  Javelin throw: 10th place in qualification

• Lee Bartlett

  Javelin throw: 16th place in qualification

• Creth Hines

  Javelin throw: 17th place in qualification

• Charles Harlow

  Javelin throw: 19th place in qualification

• Ken Doherty

  Decathlon: bronze

• James Stewart

  Decathlon: 4th place

• Thomas Churchill

  Decathlon: 5th place

• Barney Berlinger

  Decathlon: 17th place

• Betty Robinson

  Women, 100 meters: gold

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: silver

• Elta Cartwright

  Women, 100 meters: semi-finals

• Mary Washburn

  Women, 100 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: silver

• Anne Vrana-O'Brien

  Women, 100 meters: heats

• Florence MacDonald

  Women, 800 meters: 6th place

• Dee Boeckmann

  Women, 800 meters: heats

• Rayma Wilson

  Women, 800 meters: heats

• Jessie Cross

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: silver

• Loretta McNeil

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: silver

• Mildred Wiley

  Women, high jump: bronze

• Jean Shiley

  Women, high jump: 4th place

• Catherine Maguire

  Women, high jump: 8th place

• Marion Holley

  Women, high jump: 9th place

• Lillian Copeland

  Women, discus throw: silver

• Maybelle Reichardt

  Women, discus throw: 7th place

• Rena MacDonald

  Women, discus throw: 15th place

• Margaret Jenkins

  Women, discus throw: 19th place

Modern pentathlon

• Aubrey Newman

  Individual: 15th place

• Richard Mayo

  Individual: 19th place

• Peter Hains

  Individual: 20th place

Cycling

• Chester Nelsen senior

  Road race, individual: 51st place

  Road race, team: 15th place

• Henry O'Brien Junior

  Road race, individual: 58th place

  Road race, team: 15th place

• Peter Smessaert

  Road race, individual: 62nd place

  Road race, team: 15th place

• Charles Westerholm

  Road race, individual: DNF

horse riding

• Harry Chamberlin

  Show jumping, singles: 17th place

  Show jumping, team: 9th place

• Frank Carr

  Show jumping, singles: 21st place

  Show jumping, team: 9th place

  Versatility, singles: 22nd place

  Versatility, team: no result

• Adolphus Roffe

  Show jumping, singles: 33rd place

  Show jumping, team: 9th place

• Sloan Doak

  Versatility, singles: 17th place

  Versatility, team: no result

• Charles George

  Versatility, Individual: DNF

  Versatility, team: no result

Wrestling

• Robert Hewitt

  Bantamweight, freestyle: 5th place

• Allie Morrison

  Featherweight, freestyle: gold

• Clarence Berryman

  Lightweight, freestyle: 6th place

• Lloyd Appleton

  Welterweight, freestyle: silver

• Ralph Hammonds

  Middleweight, freestyle: 4th place

• Heywood Edwards

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 4th place

• Ed Don George

  Heavyweight, freestyle: 4th place

rowing

• Kenneth Myers

  One: silver

• Paul Costello

  Double sculls: gold

• Charles McIlvaine

  Double sculls: gold

• Paul McDowell

  Two without a helmsman: bronze

• John Schmitt

  Two without a helmsman: bronze

• Joe Dougherty

  Two with a helmsman: 2nd round

• Augustus Goetz

  Two with a helmsman: 2nd round

• Thomas Mack junior

  Two with a helmsman: 2nd round

• Charles Karle

  Four without a helmsman: silver

• William Miller

  Four without a helmsman: silver

• George Healis

  Four without a helmsman: silver

• Ernest Bayer

  Four without a helmsman: silver

• James Lawrence Junior

  Foursome with helmsman: 3rd round

• James Hubbard

  Foursome with helmsman: 3rd round

• Charles Mason junior

  Foursome with helmsman: 3rd round

• Allerton Cushman

  Foursome with helmsman: 3rd round

• Eugene Belisle

  Foursome with helmsman: 3rd round

• Marvin Stalder

  Eighth: gold

• John Brinck

  Eighth: gold

• Francis Frederick

  Eighth: gold

• William Thompson

  Eighth: gold

• William Dally

  Eighth: gold

• James Workman

  Eighth: gold

• Hubert Caldwell

  Eighth: gold

• Peter Donlon

  Eighth: gold

• Donald Blessing

  Eighth: gold

swim

• Johnny Weissmüller

  100 meters freestyle: gold

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold

• George Kojac

  100 meter freestyle: 4th place

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold

  100 meters back: gold

• Walter Laufer

  100 meters freestyle: 5th place

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold

  100 meter back: silver

• Buster crabbe

  400 meters freestyle: 4th place

  1500 meters freestyle: bronze

• Austin Clapp

  400 meters freestyle: 5th place

  1500 meters freestyle: prelims

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold

• Ray Ruddy

  400 meters freestyle: 6th place

  1500 meters freestyle: 4th place

• Paul Samson

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold

• David Young

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold

• Paul Wyatt

  100 meter back: bronze

• Thomas Blankenburg

  200 meters chest: semi-finals

• Albina Osipowich

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: gold

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: gold

• Eleanor Saville

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: silver

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: gold

• Susan Laird

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 5th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: gold

• Martha Norelius

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: gold

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: gold

• Josephine McKim

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: bronze

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: gold

• Ethel McGary

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: semi-finals

• Adelaide Lambert

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: gold

• Marian Gilman

  Women, 100 meters back: 4th place

• Eleanor Holm

  Women, 100 meters back: 5th place

• Lisa Lindstrom

  Women, 100 meters back: 5th place

• Margaret Hoffman

  Women, 200 meters chest: 5th place

• Agnes Geraghty

  Women, 200 meters chest: semi-finals

• Jane Fauntz

  Women, 200 meters chest: semi-finals

sailing

• Manfred Curry

  12-foot dinghy: 10th place

  8 meter class: 6th place

• Conway Olmstead

  6-meter class: 6th place

• Frederick Morris

  6-meter class: 6th place

• Herman Whiton

  6-meter class: 6th place

• Jim Thompson

  6-meter class: 6th place

• Willet's Outerbridge

  6-meter class: 6th place

• Ben Weston

  8 meter class: 6th place

• Frank Hekma

  8 meter class: 6th place

• Nicholas Hekma

  8 meter class: 6th place

• Owen Churchill

  8 meter class: 6th place

do gymnastics

• Alfred Jochim

  Individual all-around: 36th place

  Team all-around competition: 7th place

  Bars: 25th place

  Horse jump: 41st place

  Horizontal bar: 63rd place

  Rings: 15th place

  Pommel horse: 48th place

• Glenn Berry

  Individual all-around: 40th place

  Team all-around competition: 7th place

  Bars: 41st place

  Horse jump: 29th place

  Horizontal bar: 45th place

  Rings: 47th place

  Pommel horse: 53rd place

• Frank Kriz

  Individual all-around: 44th place

  Team all-around competition: 7th place

  Bars: 48th place

  Horse jump: 12th place

  Horizontal bar: 27th place

  Rings: 74th place

  Pommel horse: 43rd place

• Frank Haubold

  Individual all-around: 47th place

  Team all-around competition: 7th place

  Bars: 41st place

  Horse jump: 65th place

  Horizontal bar: 55th place

  Rings: 58th place

  Pommel horse: 30th place

• Harold Newhart

  Individual all-around: 47th place

  Team all-around competition: 7th place

  Bars: 57th place

  Horse jump: 10th place

  Horizontal bar: 41st place

  Rings: 62nd place

  Pommel horse: 37th place

• John Pearson

  Individual all-around: 50th place

  Team all-around competition: 7th place

  Bars: 39th place

  Horse jump: 49th place

  Horizontal bar: 57th place

  Rings: 68th place

  Pommel horse: 26th place

• Herman Funny

  Individual all-around: 51st place

  Team all-around competition: 7th place

  Bars: 46th place

  Horse jump: 7th place

  Horizontal bar: 49th place

  Rings: 61st place

  Pommel horse: 55th place

• Paul Krempel

  Individual all-around: 52nd place

  Team all-around competition: 7th place

  Bars: 62nd place

  Horse jump: 68th place

  Horizontal bar: 71st place

  Rings: 7th place

  Pommel horse: 44th place

Water polo

• Men's team

  5th place

• Squad

  Harry Daniels

  George Mitchell

  George Schroth

  Richard Greenberg

  Sam Greller

  Johnny Weissmüller

  Herbert Topp

  Paul Samson

  Wally O'Connor

Diving

• Pete Desjardins

  Jump jumping: gold

  Diving: gold

• Michael Galitzen

  Art jumping: silver

  Diving: bronze

• Harold Smith

  Art jumping: 4th place

• Walter Colbath

  Diving: 4th place

• Helen Meany

  Women, jumping: gold

• Dorothy Poynton

  Women, jumping: silver

• Georgia Coleman

  Women, jumping: bronze

  Women, diving: silver

• Elizabeth Becker

  Women, diving: gold

• Clarita Hunsberger

  Women, high diving: prelims

Web links

• United States Olympic Team from 1928 in Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )