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Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics 50px
Freestyle
100 m	men		women
400 m	men		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men		women
Breaststroke
200 m	men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m			women
4×200 m	men

At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women. The competitions were held from Saturday August 4, 1928 to Saturday August 11, 1928.

There were 182 participants from 28 countries competing. The United States team, coached by Bill Bachrach, won 11 of the 33 medals, and 6 of the 11 gold medals.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States United States (USA)	6	2	3	11
2	Netherlands Netherlands (NED)	1	2	0	3
3	Germany Germany (GER)	1	1	1	3
	Japan Japan (JPN)	1	1	1	3
5	Sweden Sweden (SWE)	1	0	1	2
6	Argentina Argentina (ARG)	1	0	0	1
7	Great Britain Great Britain (GBR)	0	2	2	4
8	Australia Australia (AUS)	0	2	0	2
9	Hungary Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
10	Philippines Philippines (PHI)	0	0	1	1
	Canada Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	South Africa South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1
Total		11	11	11	33

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	22x20px Johnny Weissmuller United States (USA)	22x20px István Bárány Hungary (HUN)	22x20px Katsuo Takaishi Japan (JPN)
400 m freestyle	22x20px Alberto Zorrilla Argentina (ARG)	22x20px Boy Charlton Australia (AUS)	22x20px Arne Borg Sweden (SWE)
1500 m freestyle	22x20px Arne Borg Sweden (SWE)	22x20px Boy Charlton Australia (AUS)	22x20px Buster Crabbe United States (USA)
100 m backstroke	22x20px George Kojac United States (USA)	22x20px Walter Laufer United States (USA)	22x20px Paul Wyatt United States (USA)
200 m breaststroke	22x20px Yoshiyuki Tsuruta Japan (JPN)	22x20px Erich Rademacher Germany (GER)	22x20px Teófilo Yldefonso Philippines (PHI)
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States United States (USA) Austin Clapp George Kojac Walter Laufer Johnny Weissmuller	Japan Japan (JPN) Nobuo Arai Tokuhei Sada Katsuo Takaishi Hiroshi Yoneyama	Canada Canada (CAN) Garnet Ault Munroe Bourne Walter Spence James Thompson

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	22x20px Albina Osipowich United States (USA)	22x20px Eleanor Garatti United States (USA)	22x20px Joyce Cooper Great Britain (GBR)
400 m freestyle	22x20px Martha Norelius United States (USA)	22x20px Marie Braun Netherlands (NED)	22x20px Josephine McKim United States (USA)
100 m backstroke	22x20px Marie Braun Netherlands (NED)	22x20px Ellen King Great Britain (GBR)	22x20px Joyce Cooper Great Britain (GBR)
200 m breaststroke	22x20px Hilde Schrader Germany (GER)	22x20px Marie Baron Netherlands (NED)	22x20px Charlotte Mühe Germany (GER)
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States United States (USA) Eleanor Garatti Adelaide Lambert Martha Norelius Albina Osipowich	Great Britain Great Britain (GBR) Joyce Cooper Ellen King Cissie Stewart Iris Tanner	South Africa South Africa (RSA) Mary Bedford Freddie van der Goes Rhoda Rennie Kathleen Russell

Participating nations

182 swimmers from 28 nations competed. Chile, Ireland, Panama, the Philippines, and Poland competed in swimming for the first time.

22x20px Argentina (4) 22x20px Australia (5) 22x20px Austria (3) 22x20px Belgium (5) 22x20px Canada (6) 22x20px Chile (4) 22x20px Czechoslovakia (1) 22x20px Denmark (5) 22x20px Finland (1) 22x20px France (13)

22x20px Germany (19) 22x20px Great Britain (21) 22x20px Hungary (8) 22x20px Ireland (2) 22x20px Italy (5) 22x20px Japan (10) 22x20px Luxembourg (3) 22x20px Netherlands (14) 22x20px New Zealand (4) 22x20px Norway (1)

22x20px Panama (1) 22x20px Philippines (2) 22x20px Poland (2) 22x20px South Africa (5) 22x20px Spain (5) 22x20px Sweden (9) 22x20px Switzerland (1) 22x20px United States (23)

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-01-26. 

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