Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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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]

Gymnastics
Gymnastics

Men's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
all-around, individual
details
Georges Miez
 Switzerland
Hermann Hänggi
 Switzerland
Leon Štukelj
 Yugoslavia
all-around, team
details
 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
details
Georges Miez
 Switzerland
Romeo Neri
 Italy
Eugen Mack
 Switzerland
parallel bars
details
Ladislav Vácha
 Czechoslovakia
Josip Primožič
 Yugoslavia
Hermann Hänggi
 Switzerland
pommel horse
details
Hermann Hänggi
 Switzerland
Georges Miez
 Switzerland
Heikki Savolainen
 Finland
rings
details
Leon Štukelj
 Yugoslavia
Ladislav Vácha
 Czechoslovakia
Emanuel Löffler
 Czechoslovakia
vault
details
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]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
all-around, team
details
 Netherlands (NED)
Estella Agsteribbe
Jacomina van den Berg
Alida van den Bos
Petronella Burgerhof
Elka de Levie
Helena Nordheim
Ans Polak
Petronella van Randwijk
Hendrika van Rumt
Jud Simons
Jacoba Stelma
Anna van der Vegt
 Italy (ITA)
Bianca Ambrosetti
Lavinia Gianoni
Luigina Giavotti
Virginia Giorgi
Germana Malabarba
Carla Marangoni
Luigina Perversi
Diana Pissavini
Luisa Tanzini
Carolina Tronconi
Ines Vercesi
Rita Vittadini
 Great Britain (GBR)
Annie Broadbent
Lucy Desmond
Margaret Hartley
Amy Jagger
Isobel Judd
Jessie Kite
Marjorie Moreman
Edith Pickles
Ethel Seymour
Ada Smith
Hilda Smith
Doris Woods

Participating nations

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Switzerland (SUI)5229
2 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1315
3 Yugoslavia (YUG)1135
4 Netherlands (NED)1001
5 Italy (ITA)0202
6 Finland (FIN)0011
 Great Britain (GBR)0011
Totals (7 entries)88824

References

  1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  2. ^ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). pp. 644–673. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008.

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