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 at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium |
Men's events
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Women's events
editAlthough 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]
Participating nations
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Czechoslovakia (8)
Finland (8)
France (20)
Great Britain (20)
Hungary (20)
Italy (20)
Luxembourg (8)
Netherlands (20)
Switzerland (8)
United States (8)
Yugoslavia (8)
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 |  Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
References
edit- ^ "Gymnastics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). pp. 644–673. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008.
Sources
edit- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 November 2006.