1928 Summer Olympics / Participant (Australia)

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Australia took part in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , the Netherlands . Due to economic problems, the state of Australia was only able to provide funding for ten athletes as the cost of the trip was 720 Australian dollars . Nevertheless, other athletes were allowed to participate, on the condition that the costs were covered by either private or municipal donors. This allowed eight other athletes to participate, including Dunc Gray , who later won a bronze medal.

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Henry Pearce	rowing	One

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Andrew Charlton	swim	400 meters freestyle & 1500 meters freestyle

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Dunc Gray	Cycling	1000 meter time trial

Participants by sport

athletics

• Jimmy Carlton

  100 meters: quarter-finals

  200 meters: quarter-finals

• Charles Stuart

  400 meters: heats

  800 meters: heats

• William Whyte

  800 meters: heats

  1500 meters: 9th place

• George Hyde

  1500 meters: heats

  5000 meters: heats

• Alf Watson

  110 meter hurdles: prelims

  400 meter hurdles: prelims

• Nick Winter

  Triple jump: 12th place in qualification

• Edie Robinson

  Women, 100 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 800 meters: heats

Cycling

• Jack Standen

  Sprint: 5th place

• Dunc Gray

  1000 meter individual time trial: bronze

Wrestling

• Arthur Ford

  Bantamweight, freestyle: 7th place

• Harry Morris

  Welterweight, freestyle: 5th place

• Tom Bolger

  Middleweight, freestyle: 6th place

rowing

• Henry Pearce

  One: gold

swim

• Andrew Charlton

  400 meters freestyle: silver

  1500 meters freestyle: silver

• Tom Boast

  100 meters back: semi-finals

• Bonnie Mealing

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 100 meters back: heats

• Edna Davey

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: prelims

• Doris Thompson

  Women, 200 meters chest: semi-finals

Diving

• Harry Morris

  Art jumping: preliminary round

  High diving: preliminary round

literature

• Malcolm Andrews: Australia at the Olympics. Revised edition. ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney 2000, ISBN 0-7333-0884-8 .

Web links

• Official Olympic reports
• International Olympic Committee
• Australian Olympic team from 1928 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )