| Rowing at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |
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) Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics on a stamp of the Netherlands | |
| Dates | 2–10 August |
| Competitors | 245 from 19 nations |
Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics featured seven events, for men only. The competitions were held from 2 to 10 August.[1]
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls |  Bobby Pearce (AUS) | .svg.png){kind=small} Ken Myers (USA) |  David Collet (GBR) |
| Double sculls | Paul Costello and Charles McIlvaine (USA) | .svg.png){kind=small} Joseph Wright Jr.and Jack Guest (CAN) |  Leo Losertand Viktor Flessl (AUT) |
| Coxless pair | .svg.png){kind=small} Kurt Moeschterand Bruno Müller (GER) | Terence O'Brien and Robert Nisbet (GBR) | Paul McDowell and John Schmitt (USA) |
| Coxed pair |  Switzerland (SUI)Hans Schöchlin Karl Schöchlin Hans Bourquin |  France (FRA)Armand Marcelle Édouard Marcelle Henri Préaux | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium (BEL)Léon Flament François de Coninck Georges Anthony |
| Coxless four | Great Britain (GBR) John Lander Michael Warriner Richard Beesly Edward Vaughan Bevan | United States (USA) Charles Karle William Miller George Healis Ernest Bayer | .svg.png){kind=small} Italy (ITA)Cesare Rossi Pietro Freschi Umberto Bonadè Paolo Gennari |
| Coxed four | Italy (ITA) Valerio Perentin Giliante D'Este Nicolò Vittori Giovanni Delise Renato Petronio | Switzerland (SUI) Ernst Haas Joseph Meyer Otto Bucher Karl Schwegler Fritz Bösch | .svg.png){kind=small} Poland (POL)Franciszek Bronikowski Edmund Jankowski Leon Birkholc Bernard Ormanowski Bolesław Drewek |
| Eight | United States (USA) Marvin Stalder John Brinck Francis Frederick William Thompson William Dally James Workman Hubert A. Caldwell Peter Donlon Donald Blessing | Great Britain (GBR) Jamie Hamilton Guy Oliver Nickalls John Badcock Donald Gollan Harold Lane Gordon Killick Jack Beresford Harold West Arthur Sulley | Canada (CAN) Frederick Hedges Frank Fiddes John Hand Herbert Richardson Jack Murdoch Athol Meech Edgar Norris William Ross John Donnelly |
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
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 nations) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
See also
References
- ^ "Rowing at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
External links