Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Gymnastics at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |
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Venue | Olympic Stadium |
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, eight events in gymnastics were contested. For the first time at the Olympic Games, women competed in gymnastics. The rope climbing and sidehorse vault events were dropped from the program.[1]
Men's events[]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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all-around, individual |
Georges Miez Switzerland |
Hermann Hänggi Switzerland |
Leon Štukelj Yugoslavia |
all-around, team |
Switzerland (SUI) Hans Grieder August Güttinger Hermann Hänggi Eugen Mack Georges Miez Otto Pfister Eduard Steinemann Melchior Wezel |
Czechoslovakia (TCH) Josef Effenberger Jan Gajdoš Jan Koutný Emanuel Löffler Bedřich Šupčík Ladislav Tikal Ladislav Vácha Václav Veselý |
Yugoslavia (YUG) Edvard Antosiewicz Dragutin Cioti Stane Derganc Boris Gregorka Anton Malej Ivan Porenta Josip Primožič Leon Štukelj |
horizontal bar |
Georges Miez Switzerland |
Romeo Neri Italy |
Eugen Mack Switzerland |
parallel bars |
Ladislav Vácha Czechoslovakia |
Josip Primožič Yugoslavia |
Hermann Hänggi Switzerland |
pommel horse |
Hermann Hänggi Switzerland |
Georges Miez Switzerland |
Heikki Savolainen Finland |
rings |
Leon Štukelj Yugoslavia |
Ladislav Vácha Czechoslovakia |
Emanuel Löffler Czechoslovakia |
vault |
Eugen Mack Switzerland |
Emanuel Löffler Czechoslovakia |
Stane Derganc Yugoslavia |
Women's events[]
Although extensive results detailing the performance of the men gymnasts, both teams and individuals, were published in the Official Olympic Report for these 1928 Summer Olympic Games, only the team results (both combined and with respect to exercise) were published for the women, providing no information whatsoever about the capacities of the various individual women who competed here.[2]
Participating nations[]
- Czechoslovakia (8)
- Finland (8)
- France (20)
- Great Britain (20)
- Hungary (20)
- Italy (20)
- Luxembourg (8)
- Netherlands (20)
- Switzerland (8)
- United States (8)
- Yugoslavia (8)
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Switzerland (SUI) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
2 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
4 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 nations) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
References[]
- ^ "Gymnastics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). p. 644-673. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2019.
Sources[]
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 November 2006.
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