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Athletics At The 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 Metres
The women's 800 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics took place between August 1 and August 2. Some press reports of the event claimed that many of the competitors were exhausted or failed to finish the race. According to Lynne Emery, these reports were inaccurate and the athletes were excess post-exercise oxygen consumption, winded as normal after a race. In any case, the idea that the distance was too great for women prompted the IOC to drop it from the Olympic programme. It was reintroduced Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres, in 1960. Results Heats Heat 1 Key: OR = Olympic record, Q = Qualified Heat 2 Key: Q = Qualified Heat 3 Key: Q = Qualified Finals Key: WR = World record References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics - Women's 800 metres Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics, Women's 800 metre 800 metres at the Olympics 1928 in women's athletics Women's events at the 1928 Summer Olympics, Ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam)
The Olympic Stadium (, ) is a sporting venue which was used as the main stadium for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. The venue is currently used mostly for Sport of athletics, athletics, other sports events and music concerts. When completed, the stadium had a capacity of 31,600. Following the completion of the rival De Kuip stadium in Rotterdam in 1937, the Amsterdam authorities increased the capacity of the Olympic Stadium to 64,000 by adding a second ring to the stadium. In 1987, the stadium was listed as a national monument. Ajax Amsterdam, Ajax used the Olympic Stadium for international games until 1996, when the Amsterdam Arena, since 2018 renamed Johan Cruyff Arena, was completed. Renovation started in 1996, and the stadium was refurbished into the original construction of 1928. The second ring of 1937 was removed, reducing capacity to 22,288, and the stadium was made suitable for track and field competitions again. Since 2005, the stadium is home to a sports museum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edie Robinson
Edith Frances "Edie" Robinson (26 February 1906 – 7 October 2000) was an Australian sprinter who was the first Australian female track and field athlete to compete at an Olympic Games. In the 1928 Amsterdam Games, the first to feature women's athletics events, Robinson was run out in the semi-finals of the 100 metres and the heats of the 800 metres. Though Robinson had never before competed in an 800m race, she was urged to run by her male Olympic colleagues. Later, Robinson won Australian Championships The Australian Open (stylized ΛO) is a tennis tournament organised by Tennis Australia annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events every year, held be ... over 100 yards (1935) and 220 yards (1933/1935/1936), but never again represented Australia. In 1934, she unofficially tied the world record for 100 yards of 11.0 seconds and, through her career, set Australian records from 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josefine Lauterbach
Josefine Lauterbach (22 March 1909 – 4 November 1972Als Geburtsjahr wird in einigen modernen Sportdatenbanken ohne Quellenangabe 1903 genannt. Das widerspricht einem Zeitungsartikel von 1936 über Josefine Lauterbach, indem es heißt, dass sie 1924 schon als 15-Jährige Fußball spielte, was auf Geburtsjahr 1908/1909 hinweist. IGeburtenbuch der Pfarre Wien X St. Johann Ev.(das ist jene Pfarre, die dem Sportplatz von Lauterbachs erstem Sportverein Hertha am nächsten lag), finden sich für Josefine Lauterbach die oben genannten Lebensdaten.) was an Austrian middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 800 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for .... References 1903 births 1972 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otylia Tabacka
Otylia Tabacka-Kałuża (23 May 1907 – 23 October 1981) was a Polish middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 800 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for .... References External links * 1907 births 1981 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Polish female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Poland Place of birth missing People from Mikołów County Athletes from Silesian Voivodeship 20th-century Polish sportswomen {{Poland-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelle Neveu
Marcelle Neveu (2 November 1906 – 3 June 1993) was a French middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 800 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for .... References External links * 1906 births 1993 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics French female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for France Women's World Games medalists 20th-century French sportswomen {{France-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Degrande
Ida Degrande (5 February 1910 – 16 August 1992) was a Belgian middle-distance runner. In 1924 the participated in the 1924 Women's Olympiad winning the bronze medal in running 1000 metres. She competed in the women's 800 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for .... References External links * 1910 births 1992 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Belgian female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Belgium Place of birth missing Women's World Games medalists 20th-century Belgian sportswomen {{Belgium-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mien Duchateau
Mien Duchateau (9 November 1904 – 28 April 1999) was a Dutch middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 800 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for .... References External links * 1904 births 1999 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Dutch female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for the Netherlands Place of birth missing 20th-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elfriede Wever
Elfriede Wever (later Senden, 6 July 1900 – 30 November 1941) was a German runner. She competed at the 1928 Olympics in the 800 m event and finished in ninth place. References 1900 births 1941 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany German female middle-distance runners Sportspeople from Remscheid Athletes from Düsseldorf (region) 20th-century German sportswomen {{Germany-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence MacDonald
Florence E. MacDonald (October 28, 1909 – May 6, 2008) was an American middle-distance runner. She competed at the 1928 Olympics in the 800 m event and finished in sixth place, setting a new national record at 2:22.6. MacDonald was born to Angus R. and Mary (Currie) MacDonald and had two sisters, Christina E. MacDonald and Margaret Janowicz. She married Peter Campbell and gave birth to a daughter, June Marie Russo, and a son, John Scott Campbell. For 25 years she worked as a nurse at a school of medicine. References https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=1909-58200896&Event=birth&ID=237627 {{DEFAULTSORT:MacDonald, Florence 1909 births 2008 deaths Sportspeople from Sydney, Nova Scotia Canadian emigrants to the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for the United States American female middle-distance runners 20th-century American sportswomen Track and field athletes from Nova Scot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Thompson (athlete)
Jean "Jenny" Thompson (later Barker; October 15, 1910 (or August 10) – September 16, 1976) was a Canadian middle-distance runner. She finished in fourth place in the 800 m at the 1928 Summer Olympics, when women competitions were first introduced to the Olympic Games. Thompson was the fifth of seven children of David and Margaret Thompson. She was born in Toronto, but her family later moved to Hamilton and then to Penetanguishene. In 1924 her mother died in a car accident. Thompson started training in athletics in 1925, soon after enrolling to Penetang High School, and already in 1928 won the national title in the 800 m, setting a world record and qualifying for the Olympics. Despite her small size, she also competed in throwing, and in 1929 won national titles in the shot put, discus throw and in the long jump; she also won competitions in the 100 yd, 220 yd, high jump and javelin throw. In 1930 she graduated from the Margaret Eaton School of Physical Education and later worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayma Wilson
Rayma Wilson (August 28, 1910 – June 21, 1985) was an American middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 800 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for .... References External links * 1910 births 1985 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics American female middle-distance runners Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Place of birth missing 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannina Marchini
Giannina Marchini (18 January 1906 – 9 September 1976) was an Italian sprinter and middle distance runner. She was born in Florence. Achievements National titles Marchini won the individual national championship twice. *1 win in 400 metres (1928) *1 win in Cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and soil, earth, pass through woodlands and ope ... (1929) See also * Italy national relay team References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marchini, Giannina 1906 births 1976 deaths Athletes from Florence Italian female sprinters Italian female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Italy Olympic female sprinters Italian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Italian sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
