Sports year 1928

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Events

Olympic games

Percy Williams after winning the 100 meter Olympic race

badminton

All England 1928
Irish Open 1928
The Singapore Badminton Championships are held for the first time

Soccer

athletics

Athletics world records

sprint

May 25 : Helmut Körnig , Germany, runs the men's 200 meters in 21.0 seconds.
May 12 : Emerson Spencer , USA, runs the men's 400 meters in 47.0 s.

Middle distance run

August 2nd : Lina Radke , Germany, runs the women's 800 meters in 2: 16.8 minutes.
August 7th : Lloyd Hahn , USA, runs the men's 800 meters in 1: 51.4 minutes.

Hurdles

July 4 : Morgan Taylor , USA, runs the men's 400 meter hurdles in 52.0 s.
July 31 : George Weightman , South Africa, runs the men's 110 meter hurdles in 14.6 seconds.

Go

May 16 : Romano Vecchietti , Italy, completed the men's 50-kilometer walk in 4:30:22 hours.

Throwing disciplines

June 3 : Ruth Lange , Germany, hits 11.52 m in the women's shot put .
June 30th : Guschi Hargus , Germany, reaches 38.36 m in the women's javelin .
July 15 : Grete Heublein , Germany, hits 11.96 m in the women's shot put.
July 28 : Elisabeth Schumann , Germany, reaches 38.40 m in the women's javelin.
August 15 : Erik Lundqvist , Sweden, throws 71.01 m in the men's javelin.
August 18 : Guschi Hargus , Germany, reaches 38.39 m in the women's javelin.
August 22nd : Hans Hoffmeister , Germany, reaches 48.77 m in the men's discus throw .
August 26 : Emil Hirschfeld , Germany, hits 16.04 m in the men's shot put.
August 31 : Halina Konopacka , Poland, reaches 39.62 m in the women's discus throw.

Jump disciplines

April 28 : Lee Barnes , USA, jumps 4.30 m in the men's pole vault .
May 9 : Sylvio Cator , Haiti, reaches 7.93 m in the men's long jump .
May 20 : Kinue Hitomi , Japan, reaches 5.98 m in the women's long jump.
July 7th : Ed Hamm , USA, jumps 7.90 m in the men's long jump.

All-around

May 31 : Paavo Yrjola , Finland, scores 8053 points in the men's decathlon .

Motorsport

Motorcycling

European motorcycle championship

At the European motorcycle championship held on the Circuit de Meyrin in Switzerland, local Paul Lehmann on Moser wins the title in the 125 cc class, which is held for the first time, ahead of his compatriot and brand colleague W. Brehm and the Italian Omobono Tenni ( GD ).
In the 175s, the Italian Alfredo Panella on Ladetto-Blatto wins ahead of his compatriot Riccardo Brusi ( Benelli ) and the French Albert Sourdot ( Monet et Goyon ).
In the quarter liter class, the Briton Cecil Ashby prevailed on OK-Supreme against his compatriot Jock Porter ( New Gerrard ) and the local Orlindo Geisler ( Moto Guzzi ).
In the 350s, the Briton Wal Handley wins on Motosacoche ahead of his compatriot Jimmie Guthrie ( Norton ) and the Swiss Bruno Martinelli (also Motosacoche).
Wal Handley also wins in the 500 cc class, this time on AJS , ahead of his compatriots and Rudge pilots Ernie Nott and Graham Walker .
The first run of the 350 cm³ sidecar, in which only two vehicles reach the finish, was won by Brit Syd Crabtree with an unknown co-driver in an Excelsior ahead of local E. Pfister ( Royal Enfield ).
In the 600 cc team race, which is also held for the first time, the local Edgar d'Eternod on Sunbeam wins ahead of Ernie Nott (Rudge) and the Swiss couple Hans and Cilly strengkle ( Scott )
No starter reached the finish line in the 1000 cc team race.

German motorcycle road championship

German champions are Arthur Geiss ( DKW , 175 cm³), Walfried Winkler (DKW, 250 cm³), Erich Pätzold ( Sunbeam , 350 cm³), Hans Soenius ( BMW , 500 cm³) and Toni Bauhofer ( BMW , over 500 cm³).

Cycling

chess

Chess Olympiad 1928

Table tennis

Table tennis world championship 1928 January 25th to 29th in Stockholm (Sweden)

Winter sports

Born

January to April

0January 1 : Hap Sharp , American racing driver († 1993 )
January 12 : Bill Lange , American football player († 1995 )
January 12 : Lloyd Ruby , American racing car driver († 2009 )
January 18 : Alexander Gomelski , Russian basketball player and coach († 2005 )

0February 3 : Svend Wad , Danish boxer († 2004 )
0February 6 : Sjel de Bruijckere , Dutch football player († 2011 )
0February 9 : Rinus Michels , Dutch football coach († 2005 )
February 21 : Cecil Sandford , British motorcycle racer
February 24th : Ursel Burmeister , German handball player
February 25 : Paul Elvstrøm , Danish sailor († 2016 )

0March 8 : Bill Lomas , British motorcycle racer († 2007 )
March 16 : Wakanohana Kanji I. , Japanese sumo wrestler and 45th yokozuna († 2010 )
March 18 : Antonio Pacenza , Argentine boxer († 1999 )
March 19 : Emil Handschin , Swiss ice hockey player († 1990 )
March 25 : Roald Aas , Norwegian speed skater († 2012 )
March 31 : Gordie Howe , Canadian ice hockey player († 2016 )

0April 2 : Gino Munaron , Italian racing driver († 2009 )
0April 3 : Earl Lloyd , American basketball player, first African American in the NBA († 2015 )
0April 4 : Bud Tingelstad , American racing driver († 1981 )
0April 9 : Paul Arizin , American basketball player († 2006 )
0April 9 : Georg Miske , German weightlifter († 2009 )
April 13 : Gianni Marzotto , Italian racing driver († 2012 )
April 20 : Robert Byrne , American chess grandmaster († 2013 )
April 20 : Heinz Melkus , German racing car driver and designer of racing cars († 2005 )

May to August

0May 1 : Madeleine Moreau , French diver († 1995 )
0May 1 : Desmond Titterington , British racing driver († 2002 )
0May 4 : Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips , German racing driver († 1961 )
0May 9 : Pancho Gonzales , American tennis player († 1995 )
May 10 : Lothar Schmid , German publisher and chess player († 2013 )
May 18 : Jo Schlesser , French racing car driver († 1968 )
May 19 : Colin Chapman , British racing car designer († 1982 )
May 19 : Dolph Schayes , American basketball player († 2015 )
May 23 : Jesse Thomas , American football player († 2010 )
May 28 : Ivan Kisimow , Russian dressage rider and Olympic champion in 1968 and 1972

0June 5 : Umberto Maglioli , Italian racing driver († 1999 )
June 16 : Dagmar Rom , Austrian ski racer

0July 4th : Giampiero Boniperti , Italian football player and Honorary President of Juventus Turin
0July 9 : Federico Bahamontes , Spanish cyclist
July 10 : Alejandro de Tomaso , Argentine racing car driver and entrepreneur († 2003 )
July 13 : Sven Davidson , Swedish tennis player († 2008 )
July 14 : John Davies , Canadian ice hockey player († 2009 )
July 15 : Pál Benkő , Hungarian-American chess grandmaster and study composer († 2019 )
July 15 : Elmer George , American racing car driver († 1976 )
July 23 : Don Scott , British boxer († 2013 )
July 26th : Don Beauman , British racing car driver († 1955 )
July 27 : Karl Mai , German soccer player († 1993 )
July 27 : Dick Yelvington , American football player († 2013 )
July 28th : Guy Verrier , French racing car driver

04th August : Christian Goethals , Belgian racing driver († 2003 )
0August 8 : François Remetter , French football player
0August 9 : Bob Cousy , American basketball player
August 10 : Gerino Gerini , Italian racing driver († 2013 )
August 14 : Arsenius Butscher , German motorcycle racer († 2013 )
August 21 : Chris Brasher , British athlete and Olympic champion († 2003 )
August 21 : Elmo Langley , American racing driver († 1996 )
August 30th : Lloyd Casner , American racing driver and team owner († 1965 )

September to December

0September 2nd : Hans Ackermann , German soccer player
0September 6th : Rudolf Plukfelder , Soviet weightlifter and Olympic champion in 1964
0September 6 : Sid Watkins , British neurosurgeon, chief physician of Formula 1 († 2012 )
0September 9 : Fritz Herkenrath , German football player († 2016 )
September 13 : Diane Foster , Canadian athlete and Olympian
September 23 : Jakob Miltz , German soccer player († 1984 )
September 24th : Jürgen Isberg , German handball player
September 25 : Ottavio Bugatti , Italian football player
September 28 : Hans Geister , German athlete († 2012 )
September 28 : Günther Steines , German athlete († 1982 )
September 30th : Emilio Caprile , Italian football player

0October 1 : Willy Mairesse , Belgian racing driver († 1969 )

0October 2 : Willy Tröger , German soccer player († 2004 )

0October 4 : Bob Scott , American racing driver († 1954 )

0October 4th : Erich Vanis , Austrian mountaineer, author († 2004 )

0October 5 : Kurt Tschenscher , German soccer referee († 2014 )

0October 6 : Alfred Hans Zoller , German composer, jazz pianist, cantor and organist († 2006 )

0October 8 : Valdir Pereira , Brazilian soccer player († 2001 )

0October 9 : Pat O'Connor , American racing car driver († 1958 )

October 11 : Alfonso de Portago , Spanish automobile racing driver and bobsleigh athlete († 1957 )

October 14 : Héctor Rial Laguía , Argentinian football player († 1991 )

October 17 : Bobby Walston , American football player († 1987 )

October 19 : Mustapha Zitouni , Algerian-French football player and coach († 2014 )

October 21 : Whitey Ford , American baseball player

October 21 : Ardico Magnini , Italian football player

October 23 : Mario Alborghetti , Italian racing driver († 1955 )

0November 2 : Leon Hart , American football player († 2002 )
0November 3 : George Yardley , American basketball player († 2004 )
November 18 : Rudolf Spengler , German handball player and coach († 2019 )
November 19 : Ernst Hiller , German motorcycle racer († 2008 )
November 22nd : Gösta Nordahl , Swedish football player († 2003 )

December 13th : Jutta Müller , German figure skating coach
December 20 : Jack Christiansen , US-Canadian American football player and coach († 1986 )
December 31 : Hugh McElhenny , American football player

Died

April 15 : Pietro Bordino , Italian racing driver (* 1887 )

May 20 : Rupert Karner , Austrian motorcycle racer (* 1896 )

0July 2 : Willi Henkelmann , German motorcycle racer (* 1899 )
July 15 : Čeněk Junek , Czechoslovak banker and racing car driver (* 1894 )
July 16 : Ernst von Halle , German automobile racing driver (* 1905 )

August 13 : Fernand Charron , French cyclist and automobile racer (* 1866 )
August 20 : Huldreich Heusser , German automobile racing driver (* 1889 )

0September 9 : Emilio Materassi , Italian racing car driver (* 1894 )

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