Halina Konopacka of Poland became the first female Olympic track and field champion.
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Canada's Percy Williams surprised everyone by winning both the 100 m and 200 m sprint events.
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Paavo Nurmi of Finland won his ninth and final gold medal in the 10,000 m race.
The 1928 edition was postponed due to the participation of Chile, Uruguay and Argentina in the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where Uruguay and Argentina won gold and silver respectively.
At the 1928 Olympics, Dassler equipped many athletes, laying the foundation for the international expansion of the company.
While a Lieutenant, Newman competed in the 1928 Olympics and finished 16th in the pentathlon.
Men's field hockey became a permanent feature at the next Olympic Games, the 1928 Games in Amsterdam.
His maternal grandfather Edward Smouha won the bronze medal as a member of the Great Britain team in the 4 x 100 metre relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
His brother Karol Rómmel was also an officer of the Polish Army and a bronze medalist in equestrian eventing team at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
Ed Hamm (1906–1982) - American track and field athlete, who won the gold medal in long jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Prior to the 1928 Olympics, Luis F. Weihmüller was summoned to join the Argentinian squad that had a number of players who
In 1928, he served as a member of U.S. gymnastic team at the Olympic Games in Amsterdam.
He was Honorary Physician to the British Olympic team at the 1920 Summer Olympics (Antwerp) and to the Irish teams at the 1924 Summer Olympics (Paris) and 1928 Summer Olympics (Amsterdam), the first two occasions on which an independent Irish team competed.
Sixteen years later, Egypt won its first two gold medals, in weightlifting and wrestling, and a silver and bronze in diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
Although the club wanted the new stadium to retain the old name Stade Henri Jooris (named after Henri Jooris, former Lille OSC manager), the mayor proposed it to be called Stade Félix Grimonprez after Félix Grimonprez, a former field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Before the game Harris declared Pat O'Callaghan put the tricolour flying high here in the 1928 Olympics and it's up to you lads to see it is still flying high this evening.
During much of the 1920s, Doherty was the nation's best decathlon performer; he won a bronze medal in the decathlon at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam.
He represented New Zealand at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, competing in the triple jump and 110 m hurdles.
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At the inaugural FIFA World Cup in his home nation of Uruguay in 1930, Suppici dropped goalkeeper Andrés Mazali, who had won a gold medal in the 1928 Olympic final, from the national team after he was caught breaking curfew and failing to arrive at the team hotel in time in Montevideo prior to the tournament.
The men's bantamweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
The men's featherweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
The men's flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
The men's heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
The men's lightweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
The men's middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
The men's welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Charles "Charley" Edward Borah (November 11, 1906 – November 4, 1980) was an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Ernst Paulus (3 January 1897, in Marburg – 12 September 1986, in Reinickendorf) was a German athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
In 1928, she became a member of the Matchless Six, a group of 7 Canadian women who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, the first Olympics to allow female competitors in athletics.
Georges Berthet (18 September 1903 – 14 August 1979) was a French sportsman who took part in the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix and the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.
Hendrik Gustaaf "Hans" Fokker (February 18, 1900, Rotterdam - July 2, 1943, Thanbyuzayat) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
He competed for the United States in freestyle wrestling in the 1928 Summer Olympics, earning 4th place in the light heavyweight division.
Born in Altenburg, he competed for Germany in the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands in the 400 metres where he won the Bronze medal.
Born in Wilson, Kansas, Kuck competed for the United States at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands where he won the gold medal in the men's shot put event.
He also competed in the hockey event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
For the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, it hosted the consolation first round match between Chile and Mexico on 5 June 1928.
Johan Verner Laaksonen (7 November 1895 in Orimattila – 10 November 1985 in Helsinki) was a Finnish long-distance runner who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
The men's heavyweight or unlimited event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
The men's featherweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
The men's lightweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
The men's middleweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
The men's light heavyweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
William "Willie" James Goodsir-Cullen (29 March 1907 in Firozepur – 15 June 1994 in Wyoming, New South Wales, Australia) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.