Amsterdam 1928 - Swimming - Olympic Data Project

Men: 100m freestyle

Date: 9 August 1928 / 10 August 1928 / 11 August 1928

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Johnny Weissmuller	USA	58.6
2	Istvan Barany	HUN	59.8
3	Katsuo Takaishi	JPN	1:00.0
4	George Kojac	USA	1:00.8
5	Walter Laufer	USA	1:01.0
6	Walter Spence	CAN	1:01.4
7	Alberto Zorrilla	ARG
Semi-finals
8	August Heitmann	GER	1:03.6

Men: 400m freestyle

Date: 7 August 1928 / 8 August 1928 / 9 August 1928

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Alberto Zorrilla	ARG	5:01.6
2	Andrew "Boy" Charlton	AUS	5:03.6
3	Arne Borg	SWE	5:04.6
4	Clarence "Buster" Crabbe	USA	5:05.4
5	Austin Clapp	USA	5:16.0
6	Raymond Ruddy	USA	5:25.0
Semi-finals
7	Garnet Ault	CAN
7	Albert Vandeplancke	FRA

Men: 1500m freestyle

Date: 4 August 1928 / 5 August 1928 / 6 August 1928

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Arne Borg	SWE	19:51.8
2	Andrew "Boy" Charlton	AUS	20:02.6
3	Clarence "Buster" Crabbe	USA	20:28.8
4	Raymond Ruddy	USA	21:05.0
5	Alberto Zorrilla	ARG	21:23.8
6	Garnet Ault	CAN	21:46.0
Semi-finals
7	Giuseppe Perentin	ITA
7	Nobuo Arai	JPN

Men: 100m backstroke

Date: 7 August 1928 / 8 August 1928 / 9 August 1928

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	George Kojac	USA	1:08.2
2	Walter Laufer	USA	1:10.0
3	Paul Wyatt	USA	1:12.0
4	Toshio Irie	JPN	1:13.6
5	Ernst Kuppers	GER	1:13.8
6	John Besford	GBR	1:15.4
Semi-finals
7	Thomas Boast	AUS
7	Munroe Bourne	CAN

Men: 200m breaststroke

Date: 6 August 1928 / 7 August 1928 / 8 August 1928

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Yoshiyuki Tsuruta	JPN	2:48.8
2	Erich Rademacher	GER	2:50.6
3	Teofilo Yldefonzo	PHI	2:56.4
4	Erwin Sietas	GER	2:56.6
5	Eric Harling	SWE	2:56.8
6	Walter Spence	CAN	2:57.2
Semi-finals
7	Robert Wyss	SUI
7	Karl Schäfer	AUT

Men: 4x200m freestyle relay

Date: 10 August 1928 / 11 August 1928

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Austin Clapp; Walter Laufer; George Kojac; Johnny Weissmuller { + Paul Samson; David Young}	USA	9:36.2
2	Hiroshi Yoneyama; Nobuo Arai; Tokuhei Sada; Katsuo Takaishi { + K.? Noda}	JPN	9:41.4
3	Munroe Bourne; James Thompson; Garnet Ault; Walter Spence	CAN	9:47.8
4	Andras Wanie; Geza Szigritz; Rezso Wanie; Istvan Barany	HUN	9:57.0
5	Aulo Gustafsson; Sven Pettersson; Eskil Lundahl; Arne Borg	SWE	10:01.8
6	Reginald Sutton; Joseph Whiteside; Percy Peter; Albert Dickin	GBR	10:15.8
7	Jose Gonzalez; Estanislao Artal; Ramon Artigas; Francisco Segala	ESP
Heats
8	Philippe Tison; Gustave Klein; Jean Taris; Albert Vandeplancke	FRA	10:31.4

Women: 100m freestyle

Date: 9 August 1928 / 10 August 1928 / 11 August 1928

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Albina Osipowich	USA	1:11.0
2	Eleanor Garatti	USA	1:11.4
3	Joyce Cooper	GBR	1:13.6
4	Jean McDowell	GBR	1:13.8
5	Susan Laird	USA	1:14.6
6	Charlotte Lehmann	GER	1:15.2
Semi-finals
7	Kathleen Russell	RSA
7	Irene Tanner	GBR

Women: 400m freestyle

Date: 4 August 1928 / 5 August 1928 / 6 August 1928

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Martha Norelius	USA	5:42.8
2	Maria "Zus" Braun	NED	5:57.8
3	Josephine McKim	USA	6:00.2
4	Sarah Stewart	GBR	6:07.0
5	Frederica van der Goes	RSA	6:07.2
6	Irene Tanner	GBR	6:11.6
Semi-finals
7	Ethel McGary	USA
7	Edith Mayne	GBR

Women: 100m backstroke

Date: 10 August 1928 / 11 August 1928

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Maria "Zus" Braun	NED	1:22.0
2	Ellen King	GBR	1:22.2
3	Joyce Cooper	GBR	1:22.8
4	Marion Gilman	USA	1:24.2
5	Lisa Lindstrom	USA	1:24.4
5	Eleanor Holm	USA	1:24.4
7	Elizabeth Stockley	NZL
Heats
8	Adriana "Jeanne" Grendel	NED	1:26.2

Women: 200m breaststroke

Date: 7 August 1928 / 8 August 1928 / 9 August 1928

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Hilde Schrader	GER	3:12.6
2	Marie Baron	NED	3:15.2
3	Lotte Muhe	GER	3:17.6
4	Else Jacobsen	DEN	3:19.0
5	Margaret Hoffman	USA	3:19.2
6	Brita Hazelius	SWE	3:23.0
Semi-finals
7	Margaretha van Norden	NED
7	Agnes Geraghty	USA

Women: 4x100m freestyle relay

Date: 8 August 1928 / 9 August 1928

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Adelaide Lambert; Albina Osipowich; Eleanor Garatti; Martha Norelius { + Josephine McKim; Susan Laird}	USA	4:47.6
2	Joyce Cooper; Sarah Stewart; Irene Tanner; Ellen King	GBR	5:02.8
3	Kathleen Russell; Rhoda Rennie; Marie Bedford; Frederica van der Goes	RSA	5:13.4
4	Charlotte Lehmann; Herta Wunder; Irmintraut Schneider; Renate Erkens	GER	5:14.4
5	Bienna Pelegry; Marguerite Ledoux; Anne Dupire; Claire Horrent { + Georgette Roty}	FRA	5:32.0
6	Eva Smits; Truus Baumeister; Rie Vierdag; Maria "Zus" Braun	NED
Heats
7	Lilian Staugaard; Rigmor Olsen; Gerda Bredgaard; Agnete Olsen	DEN

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