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United States At The 1928 Summer Olympics
The United States competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 280 competitors, 236 men and 44 women, took part in 96 events in 15 sports. Medalists Ed Hamm Athletics Boxing Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg) * Hyman Miller :* First Round — Lost to Robert Sartos (BEL), points Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg) * Alexander Kaletchetz :* First Round — Bye :* Quarterfinals — Lost to Sverre Sørsdal Sverre Sørsdal (5 August 1900 – 21 March 1996) was a Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics, in the 1924 Summer Olympics, and in the 1928 Summer Olympics. Sørsdal was born in Hamar, Norway. He trained as a medical ... (NOR), KO-1 Cycling Four cyclists, all men, represented the United States in 1928. ; Individual road race * Chester Nelsen, Sr. * Henry O'Brien, Jr. * Peter Smessaert * Charles Westerholm ; Team road race * Chester Nelsen, Sr. * Henry O'Brien, Jr. * Peter Smessaert Diving E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Olympic Committee
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee for the United States. It was founded in 1895 as the United States Olympic Committee, and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The USOPC is one of only four NOCs in the world that also serve as the National Paralympic Committee for their country. The USOPC is responsible for supporting, entering and overseeing U.S. teams for the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Youth Olympic Games, Pan American Games, and Parapan American Games and serves as the steward of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements in the United States. The Olympic Movement is overseen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC is supported by 35 international federations that govern each sport on a global level, National Olympic Committees that oversee Olympic sport as a whole in their respective nations, and national federations that administer each sport at the nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's Long Jump
The men's long jump event was part of the Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics, track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 31, 1928. Forty-one long jumpers from 23 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4.Official Report, p. 374. The event was won by Ed Hamm of the United States, the nation's second consecutive and seventh overall victory in the event. Silvio Cator earned Haiti's first medal in the event by taking silver. Background This was the eighth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1924 Games were the defending champion, DeHart Hubbard of the United States, and fourth-place finisher Vilho Tuulos of Finland. Hubbard had an ankle injury, however. Ed Hamm had set the world record at the 1928 AAU championship and was the "heavy favorite." Chile, Denmark, Ireland, South Africa, and Spain ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing At The 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's Double Sculls
The men's double sculls event was part of the rowing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from .... It was one of seven rowing events for men and was the fourth appearance of the event. Results Source: Official results; De Wael Round 1 Winners advanced to the second round. Losers competed in the first repechage. Repechage 1 Winners advanced to the second round, but were ineligible for a second repechage if they lost there. Losers were eliminated. Round 2 Winners advanced to the third round. Losers competed in the second repechage, if they had advanced by winning in the first round, or were eliminated if they had advanced through the first repechage. Repechage 2 Winners advanced to the third round, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing At The 1928 Summer Olympics ...
Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics featured seven events, for men only. The competitions were held from 2 to 10 August. Medal summary Participating nations A total of 244 rowers from 19 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Only one rower ( Joseph Wright Jr.) and one coxswain (Georges Anthony) competed in more than one event. Medal table See also *Rowing at the Summer Olympics References External links International Olympic Committee medal database {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowing At The 1928 Summer Olympics 1928 Summer Olympics events 1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles McIlvaine (rower)
Charles Joseph McIlvaine Sr. (August 6, 1903 – January 30, 1975) was an American rower who won a gold medal in the double sculls at the 1928 Olympics, together with Paul Costello Paul Vincent Costello (December 27, 1894 – April 17, 1986) was an American triple Olympic Gold Medal winner in rowing. He was the first rower to win a gold medal in the same event, double sculls, at three consecutive Olympics. He also won num .... His son, Charles McIlvaine Jr., also became a competitive rower and won a gold medal at the 1955 Pan-American Games. References External links * 1903 births 1975 deaths Rowers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing American male rowers Rowers from Philadelphia Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in rowing Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Rowers at the 1955 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games {{US-rowing-Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diving At The 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 Metre Platform
The women's 10 metre platform, also reported as ''high diving'', was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 10 metre and 5 metre boards. Divers performed a total of four compulsory dives: a standing plain header and running plain header from both the 10 metre and 5 metre platforms. The competition was held on Friday 10 August 1928, and on Saturday 11 August 1928. Seventeen divers from eight nations competed. Results First round The three divers who scored the smallest number of points in each group of the first round advanced to the final. Group 1 Group 2 Final References Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics - Women's 10 metre platform Women 1928 1928 in women's diving Div Div or DIV may refer to: Science and technology * Division (mathematics), the mathematical operation that is the inverse of multiplication * Span and div, HTML tags that implement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diving At The 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 Metre Springboard
The women's 3 metre springboard, also reported as ''fancy diving'', was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 3 metre and 1 metre boards. Divers performed three compulsory dives from the 3 metre board – running plain header forward, standing backward header, backward spring and forward dive – and three dives of the competitor's choice (different from the compulsory), from either board, for a total of six dives. The competition was held on Thursday 9 August 1928. Ten divers from four nations competed. Results Since there were only ten entries for this event, instead of groups, a direct final was contested. References Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 metre springboard Women 1928 1928 in women's diving Div Div or DIV may refer to: Science and technology * Division (mathematics), the mathematical operation that is the inverse of multiplicatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diving At The 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 Metre Platform
The men's 10 metre platform, also reported as ''high diving'', was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 10 metre and 5 metre boards. Divers performed four compulsory dives – running plain dive, backward somersault (5 metre platform), standing plain dive, running plain dive (10 metre platform) – and four dives of the competitor's choice (different from the compulsory), from either platform, for a total of eight dives. The competition was held from Thursday 9 August 1928 to Saturday 11 August 1928. Twenty-four divers from twelve nations competed. Results First round The three divers who scored the smallest number of points in each group of the first round advanced to the final. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Final Simiaka was originally announced as the winner of the competition, and the Egyptian national anthem was played. The officials then declared that a mistake had been made, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diving At The 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 Metre Springboard
The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as ''fancy diving'', was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 3 metre and 1 metre boards. Divers performed five compulsory dives from the 3 metre board – running plain header forward, standing backward header, running isander (half gainer), backward spring and forward dive, running header forward with half screw – and six dives of the competitor's choice (different from the compulsory), from either board, for a total of eleven dives. The competition was held from Monday 6 August 1928 to Wednesday 8 August 1928. Twenty-three divers from fifteen nations competed. Results First round A point-for-place system was used to determine qualification for the final. Each of the five judges arrived at a final score for each diver. The diver with the best score from a judge received 1 point, second-best received 2 points, and so on; this process repeated for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diving At The 1928 Summer Olympics
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, four diving events were contested. The men's plain high diving event was dropped from the Olympic program. The competitions were held from Monday, 6 August 1928 to Saturday, 11 August 1928. Medal summary The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ..., and appeared on the 1928 Official Report as ''fancy diving'' and ''high diving'', respectively. The platform events included dives from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms, while the springboard events included dives from 3 metre and 1 metre springboards. Men Women Participating nations A total of 61 divers (38 men and 23 women) from 17 nations (men from 16 nations - women fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 Metres ...
The women's 100 metres event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between July 30 & July 31. Results Heats Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 5 Heat 6 Heat 7 Heat 8 Heat 9 Semifinals Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Semifinal 3 Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics At The 1928 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 Metres Women's 100 metre 100 metres at the Olympics 1928 in women's athletics Ath Ath (; nl, Aat, ; pcd, Ât; wa, Ate) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Arbre, Ath, Bouvignies, Ghislenghien, Gibecq, Houtaing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's Discus Throw
The men's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Wednesday, August 1, 1928. Thirty-four discus throwers from 19 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4.Official Report, p. 374. The event was won by Bud Houser, the second man to successfully defend Olympic gold in the discus throw (after Martin Sheridan). It was the fifth American victory in the event. As in 1924, silver went to Finland (this time by Antero Kivi) and bronze to the United States (James Corson). Background This was the eighth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from 1924 were defending champion Bud Houser of the United States and fifth-place finisher Ketil Askildt of Norway. Houser had also taken the world record in 1926 and was the favorite in this competition. Chile, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Romani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
