The 1928 Summer Olympics were held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and were the first Games to feature a standardized Olympic flame lit for the duration of the event and a formal parade of nations led by Greece and closed by the host country. Women were permitted to compete in track and field events for the first time, though the level of exhaustion seen after the women's 800 meters led officials to remove the event from the program for several decades afterward. The Games also marked Germany's return to Olympic competition after being excluded from the two previous editions.
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The 1928 Summer Olympics were held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and were the first Games to feature a standardized Olympic flame lit for the duration of the event and a formal parade of nations led by Greece and closed by the host country. Women were permitted to compete in track and field events
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from 28 July to 12 August 1928
Wikipedia: Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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Football was one of the tournaments at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Wikipedia: Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, 27 athletics events were contested.
Wikipedia: Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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These are the results of the boxing competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
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The cycling competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.
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At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, four diving events were contested.
Wikipedia: Equestrian events at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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The equestrian events at the 1928 Summer Olympics included dressage, eventing, and show jumping.
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At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women.
Wikipedia: Field hockey at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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The 1928 Summer Olympics saw the third field hockey tournament at Olympics.
Wikipedia: Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, eight events in gymnastics were contested.
Wikipedia: Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics featured seven events, for men only.
Wikipedia: Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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The Sailing program of 1928 consisted of a total of three sailing classes.
Wikipedia: Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women.
Wikipedia: Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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The 1928 Summer Olympics Water Polo event was held between the fourth and eleventh of August.
Wikipedia: Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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The weightlifting competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam consisted of five weight classes, all for men only.
Wikipedia: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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At the 1928 Summer Olympics, thirteen wrestling events were contested, for all men.
Hermann Engelhard (Wikipedia)
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was a German middle-distance runner who won two medals at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Wikipedia, Paavo Nurmi
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At the 1928 Summer Olympics, Nurmi recaptured the 10,000 m title but was beaten for the gold in the 5,000 m and the 3,000 m steeplechase.
Bobbie Rosenfeld (Wikipedia)
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Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld (December 28, 1904, November 14, 1969) was a Canadian track and field athlete and sports journalist who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay and a silver medal in the 100 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
Lina Radke (Wikipedia)
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The highlight of Radke's career were those 1928 Summer Olympics, as she won the inaugural title in the 800 m, earning the first German gold medal in athletics.
Hans Haas (Wikipedia)
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Hans Haas (17 October 1906-14 May 1973) was an Austrian Jewish weightlifter who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
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