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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.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	6	2	3	11
2	Netherlands (NED)	1	2	0	3
3	Germany (GER)	1	1	1	3
	Japan (JPN)	1	1	1	3
5	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	1	2
6	Argentina (ARG)	1	0	0	1
7	Great Britain (GBR)	0	2	2	4
8	Australia (AUS)	0	2	0	2
9	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
10	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Philippines (PHI)	0	0	1	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		11	11	11	33

Medal summary

Men's events

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

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Albina Osipowich  United States	Eleanor Garatti  United States	Joyce Cooper  Great Britain
400 m freestyle details	Martha Norelius  United States	Marie Braun  Netherlands	Josephine McKim  United States
100 m backstroke details	Marie Braun  Netherlands	Ellen King  Great Britain	Joyce Cooper  Great Britain
200 m breaststroke details	Hilde Schrader  Germany	Marie Baron  Netherlands	Charlotte Mühe  Germany
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States (USA) Eleanor Garatti Adelaide Lambert Martha Norelius Albina Osipowich	Great Britain (GBR) Joyce Cooper Ellen King Cissie Stewart Iris Tanner	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.

References

1. "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-16.

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

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