Gold

• Athletics
  • Women's 100m: Betty Robinson
    Betty Robinson
    Elizabeth Robinson , later Elizabeth R. Schwartz was an American athlete and winner of the first Olympic 100 m for women....
    
    
  • Men's 400m: Ray Barbuti
    Ray Barbuti
    Raymond James Barbuti was an American athlete and American football player, winner of two gold medals at the 1928 Summer Olympics....
    
    
  • Men's 4x100m relay: United States team
  • Men's 4x400m relay: United States team
  • Men's discus throw
    Discus throw
    The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...
    
    : Bud Houser
  • Men's high jump
    High jump
    The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
    
    : Bob King
  • Men's long jump
    Long jump
    The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...
    
    : Edward Hamm
  • Men's pole vault
    Pole vault
    Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...
    
    : Sabin Carr
    Sabin Carr
    Sabin William Carr was an American athlete who competed in the men's pole vault. He competed in Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam and won gold....
    
    
  • Men's shot put
    Shot put
    The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....
    
    : John Kuck
    John Kuck
    John Henry Kuck was an American athlete who mainly competed in the shot put.Born in Wilson, Kansas, Kuck competed for the United States at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands where he won the gold medal in the men's shot put event.-References:*...
    
    

• Diving
  • Men's 10m platform: Peter Desjardins
  • Women's 10m platform: Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston
    Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston
    Elizabeth "Betty" Anna Becker-Pinkston was an American diver who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics....
    
    
  • Men's 3m springboard: Peter Desjardins
  • Women's 3m springboard: Helen Meany
    Helen Meany
    Helen Meany was an American diver who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics, in the 1924 Summer Olympics, and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.She was born in New York City....
    
    

• Rowing
  • Double sculls: Paul Costello
    Paul Costello
    Paul Vincent Costello was an American triple Olympic Gold Medal winner in rowing and he was the first person to win a gold medal in the same event, the double scull , at three consecutive Olympics...
    
     and Charles McIlvaine
    Charles McIlvaine (rower)
    Charles Joseph McIlvaine was an American rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He died in Broward County, Florida.In 1928 he won the gold medal with his partner Paul Costello in the double sculls competition....
    
    
  • Eights: United States team

• Swimming
  • Men's 100m backstroke: George Kojac
    George Kojac
    George Harold Kojac was an American swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In the 1928 Olympics he won a gold medals in the 100 m backstroke event and in the 4x200 m freestyle relay event. He was also fourth in the 100 m freestyle event.He was born in New York City and died in...
    
    
  • Men's 100m freestyle: Johnny Weissmuller
    Johnny Weissmuller
    Johnny Weissmuller was an Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor best known for playing Tarzan in movies. Weissmuller was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. He won fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven...
    
    
  • Women's 100m freestyle: Albina Osipowich
    Albina Osipowich
    Albina Lucy Charlotte Osipowich Van Aiken was an American swimmer, with Lithuanian or Belarusian roots, who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics....
    
    
  • Women's 400m freestyle: Martha Norelius
    Martha Norelius
    Martha Norelius was an American swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics.In the 1924 Olympics she won a gold medal in the 400 m freestyle event....
    
    
  • Women's 4x100m freestyle relay: United States team
  • Men's 4x200m freestyle relay: United States team

• Wrestling
  • Freestyle featherweight: Allie Morrison
    Allie Morrison
    Medals:- Gold 1926,Gold 1927,Gold 1928Allie Morrison was an American wrestler World and Olympic champion. Morrison competed at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, where he received a gold medal in freestyle featherweight...
    
    

Silver

• Athletics
  • Men's 110m hurdles: Steve Anderson
    Steve Anderson (athlete)
    Steve Anderson was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 110 metre hurdles....
    
    
  • Men's 400m hurdles: Frank Cuhel
    Frank Cuhel
    Frank Cuhel was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles....
    
    
  • Women's 4x100m relay: United States team
  • Women's discus throw
    Discus throw
    The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...
    
    : Lillian Copeland
    Lillian Copeland
    Lillian Copeland was an American athlete, who excelled in weight throwing. She has been called "the most successful female discus thrower in U.S...
    
    
  • Men's high jump
    High jump
    The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
    
    : Benjamin Hedges
    Benjamin Hedges
    Benjamin Hedges was an American athlete who competed mainly in the high jump....
    
    
  • Men's pole vault
    Pole vault
    Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...
    
    : William Droegemuller
  • Men's shot put
    Shot put
    The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....
    
    : Herman Brix
  • Men's triple jump
    Triple jump
    The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...
    
    : Levi Casey

• Boxing
  • Bantamweight: John Daley
  • Lightweight: Steve Halaiko

• Diving
  • Women's 10m platform: Georgia Coleman
    Georgia Coleman
    Georgia Coleman was an American diver who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics....
    
    
  • Men's 3m springboard: Michael Galitzen
    Michael Galitzen
    Michael Riley Galitzen, also known as Mickey Riley was an American diver who won four total medals, one gold, at the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics....
    
    
  • Women's 3m springboard: Dorothy Poynton

• Rowing
  • Coxless four: United States team
  • Single scull: Kenneth Myers
    Kenneth Myers
    Kenneth Myers was an American rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics, in the 1928 Summer Olympics, and in the 1932 Summer Olympics....
    
    

• Swimming
  • Men's 100m backstroke: Walter Laufer
    Walter Laufer
    Walter Laufer was an American swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In the 1928 Olympics he won a gold medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay event and silver medal in the 100 m backstroke event...
    
    
  • Women's 100m freestyle: Eleanor Saville

• Wrestling
  • Freestyle welterweight: Lloyd Appleton
    Lloyd Appleton
    Lloyd Otto Appleton was an American wrestler who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he won the silver medal in the Freestyle Welterweight competition....
    
    

Bronze

• Athletics
  • Men's 110m hurdles: John Collier
    John Collier (athlete)
    John Collier was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 110 metre hurdles....
    
    
  • Men's 400m hurdles: Morgan Taylor
    Morgan Taylor
    Frederick Morgan Taylor was an American hurdler, winner of three Olympic medals. Morgan Taylor, from Sioux City, Iowa, competed in both track and field and football at Grinnell College...
    
    
  • Men's decathlon
    Decathlon
    The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...
    
    : Ken Doherty
    Ken Doherty (track)
    Ken Doherty was an American decathlon champion, college track and field coach, author and longtime director of the Penn Relays. While a student at the University of Michigan, Doherty won the American decathlon championship in 1928 and 1929 and won the bronze medal in the event at the 1928 Summer...
    
    
  • Men's discus throw
    Discus throw
    The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...
    
    : James Corson
    James Corson
    James Corson was an American athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.Corson attended the University of Southern California...
    
    
  • Men's hammer throw
    Hammer throw
    The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...
    
    : Edmund Black
    Edmund Black
    Edmund Black was an American athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw....
    
    
  • Women's high jump
    High jump
    The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
    
    : Mildred Wiley
    Mildred Wiley
    Mildred Olive Wiley was an American athlete who competed mainly in the high jump.She competed for the United States in the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in the High Jump where she won the bronze medal. She died in Falmouth, Massachusetts in 2000 at the age of 98. Her...
    
    
  • Men's long jump
    Long jump
    The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...
    
    : Al Bates
  • Men's pole vault
    Pole vault
    Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...
    
    : Charles McGinnis
    Charles McGinnis
    Charles McGinnis was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault....
    
    

• Boxing
  • Featherweight: Harold Devine
    Harold Devine
    Harold "Harry" George Devine was an American boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was born in New Haven, Connecticut and died in North Oxford, Massachusetts.-Amateur career:...
    
    

• Diving
  • Men's 10m platform: Michael Galitzen
    Michael Galitzen
    Michael Riley Galitzen, also known as Mickey Riley was an American diver who won four total medals, one gold, at the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics....
    
    
  • Women's 3m springboard: Georgia Coleman
    Georgia Coleman
    Georgia Coleman was an American diver who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics....
    
    

• Fencing
  • Men's Individual epee: George Calnan
    George Calnan
    George Charles Calnan was a United States Navy officer who also competed for the United States as a fencer...
    
    

• Rowing
  • Coxless pair: Paul McDowell
    Paul McDowell
    Paul L. McDowell was an American rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he won the bronze medal with his partner John Schmitt in the coxless pairs competition.-External links:*...
    
     and John Schmitt
    John Schmitt (rower)
    John Victor Schmitt was an American rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he won the bronze medal with his partner Paul McDowell in the coxless pairs competition.-External links:*...
    
    

• Swimming
  • Men's 100m backstroke: Paul Wyatt
    Paul Wyatt
    Paul Wyatt was an American swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics.He was born in south western Pennsylviania in the town of Brownsville....
    
    
  • Men's 1500m freestyle: Buster Crabbe
    Buster Crabbe
    Clarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe was an American athlete and actor, who starred in a number of popular serials in the 1930s and 1940s.-Birth:...
    
    
  • Women's 400m freestyle: Josephine McKim
    Josephine McKim
    Josephine Eveline McKim was a champion American swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics....
    
    

Boxing

• Hyman Miller
  Hyman Miller
  Hyman "Hymie" Miller was an American boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died in Rochester, New York....
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Robert Sartos (BEL), points

• Alexander Kaletchetz
• First Round — Bye
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Sverre Sørsdal
  Sverre Sørsdal
  Sverre Sørsdal was a Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics, in the 1924 Summer Olympics, and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was born in Hamar....
  
   (NOR), KO-1

Fencing

• Joe Levis
• George Calnan
  George Calnan
  George Charles Calnan was a United States Navy officer who also competed for the United States as a fencer...
  
  
• Dernell Every

• George Calnan
  George Calnan
  George Charles Calnan was a United States Navy officer who also competed for the United States as a fencer...
  
  , René Peroy
  René Peroy
  René Peroy was an American Olympic fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Joe Levis, Harold Rayner
  Harold Rayner
  Harold Rayner was an American Olympic fencer and modern pentathlete. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Henry Breckinridge, Dernell Every

• George Calnan
  George Calnan
  George Charles Calnan was a United States Navy officer who also competed for the United States as a fencer...
  
  
• Allan Milner
  Allan Milner
  Allan Milner was an American Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Edward Barnett
  Edward Barnett
  Edward Barnett was an American Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

• Arthur Lyon
  Arthur Lyon
  Arthur Lyon was an American Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , George Calnan
  George Calnan
  George Charles Calnan was a United States Navy officer who also competed for the United States as a fencer...
  
  , Allan Milner
  Allan Milner
  Allan Milner was an American Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Harold Rayner
  Harold Rayner
  Harold Rayner was an American Olympic fencer and modern pentathlete. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Henry Breckinridge, Edward Barnett
  Edward Barnett
  Edward Barnett was an American Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

• John Huffman
  John Huffman
  John Huffman was an American Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Norman Cohn-Armitage
• Nickolas Muray
  Nickolas Muray
  Nickolas Muray was a Hungarian-born American photographer and Olympic fencer.-Biography:...
  
  

• Ervin Acel, Norman Cohn-Armitage, John Huffman
  John Huffman
  John Huffman was an American Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Arthur Lyon
  Arthur Lyon
  Arthur Lyon was an American Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Nickolas Muray
  Nickolas Muray
  Nickolas Muray was a Hungarian-born American photographer and Olympic fencer.-Biography:...
  
  , Harold Van Buskirk
  Harold Van Buskirk
  Harold Van Buskirk was an American architect and fencing champion, and a three-time member of the US Olympic fencing team...
  
  

• Marion Lloyd
  Marion Lloyd
  Marion Lloyd was an American fencer. She competed at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Irma Hopper
  Irma Hopper
  Irma Hopper was an American fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil events at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Football

United States 2-11 Argentina

Argentina national football team

The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...

• Albert Cooper
  Albert Cooper (soccer)
  Albert Cooper, Jr. was a former U.S. soccer goalkeeper. Cooper earned two cap with the U.S. national team in 1928. The first came at the 1928 Summer Olympics when the U.S. lost to Argentina 11-2. Following this loss, the U.S. tied Poland, 3-3, on June 10, 1928...
  
  
• John Duffy
  John Duffy (soccer)
  John Duffy was a former U.S. soccer full back. Duffy played five years in the American Soccer League and earned two caps with the U.S. national team in 1928.-American Soccer League:...
  
  
• Harry Smith
  Harry Smith (soccer)
  Harry Smith was a former U.S. soccer full back. Smith earned two caps with the U.S. national team in 1928. The first came at the 1928 Summer Olympics when the U.S. lost to Argentina 11-2. Following this loss, the U.S. tied Poland, 3-3, on June 10, 1928. At the time, he played for Lighthouse...
  
  
• Francis Ryan
  Francis Ryan
  Francis John “Hun” Ryan is a deceased U.S. soccer midfielder. He earned three caps, scoring one goal, with the U.S. national team between 1928 and 1936. He was also a member of the U.S. teams at the 1928 Summer Olympics, 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1934 FIFA World Cup...
  
  
• Jack Lyons
  Jack Lyons (soccer)
  John P. "Jack" Lyons was a Scottish-American soccer fullback who played part of two season in the American Soccer League and earned two caps with the United States men's national soccer team in 1928.-Professional:...
  
  
• Robert Aitken
  Robert Aitken (soccer)
  Robert "Bobby" Aitken, Jr. was an American soccer player who earned two caps with the United States national team. His first came in the 11-2 loss to Argentina at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Following that game, the United States played a June 10, 1928 exhibition game with Poland. The game ended in...
  
  
• William Findlay
  William Findlay (soccer)
  William Findlay was a former U.S. soccer Wing Forward who earned four caps with the U.S. national team in 1924 and 1928. He also spent two seasons in the American Soccer League-Olympic teams:In 1924, Findlay was selected to the U.S. soccer team which competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Jack Deal
• Rudy Kuntner
  Rudy Kuntner
  Rudy Kuntner was a U.S.-Austrian soccer forward who was a member of the U.S. team at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He is also known as a long time stage manager for the Metropolitan Opera and is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame-Youth:Kuntner immigrated to the U.S. with his family when he...
  
  
• Henry Carroll
• Jimmy Gallagher
  Jimmy Gallagher
  Jimmy Gallagher was a Scottish American soccer right wing midfielder who spent eleven seasons in the American Soccer League. He was a member of the U.S. soccer teams at the 1930 FIFA World Cup and 1934 FIFA World Cup...