1928 Summer Olympics
Venues
Table:
Venue

Sports

Capacity

Ref.

Amersfoort
Modern pentathlon (riding)
Not listed

[4]: p.277

Amsterdam
Cycling (road)
Not listed

[4]: p.264

Buiten-IJ
Sailing
2,263

[4]: pp.271–4

Hilversum
Equestrian (dressage and cross-country), Modern pentathlon (running)
4,763

[4]: pp.167, 236, 694

Krachtsportgebouw
Boxing, Weightlifting, Wrestling
4,634

[4]: pp.200–1, 205

Monnikenhuize (Arnhem)
Football
7,500

[14]

Old Stadion
Field hockey, Football
29,787

[4]: pp.173–80

Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium
Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Swimming, Water polo
6,000

[4]: pp.205–9

Olympic Stadium
Athletics, Cycling (track), Equestrian (jumping), Football, Gymnastics, Korfball
33,025

[4]: pp.173–205

Schermzaal
Fencing, Modern pentathlon (fencing)
559

[4]: pp.170, 202, 205

Sloterringvaart, Sloten
Rowing
2,230

[4]: pp.172, 267–72

Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel (Rotterdam)
Football
11,026

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Zeeburg Shooting Grounds
Modern pentathlon (shooting)
10,455

[4]: p.277

Zuiderzee
Sailing
2,263

[4]: pp.271–4

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Amersfoort [ ˈaːmərsfoːrt ] ( listen ) is a city and municipality in the province of Utrecht , Netherlands and is situated at the eastern edge of the Randstad . As of January 1st 2019 , the municipality had a population of 156,286 , making it the second-largest of the province and fifteenth-largest of the country . Amersfoort is also one of the largest Dutch railway junctions with its three stations - Amersfoort Centraal , Schothorst and Vathorst - due to its location on two of the Netherlands ' main east to west and north to south railway lines . The city was used during the 1928 Summer Olympics as a venue for the modern pentathlon events . Amersfoort marked its 750th anniversary as a city in 2009 .
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , a single modern pentathlon event was contested .
Amsterdam ( /ˈæmstərdæm/ , UK also /ˌæmstərˈdæm/ ; Dutch : [ ɑmstərˈdɑm ] ( listen ) ) is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands with a population of 872,680 within the city proper , 1,380,872 in the urban area and 2,410,960 in the metropolitan area . Found within the province of North Holland , Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the Venice of the North , attributed by the large number of canals which form a UNESCO World Heritage Site . Amsterdam 's name derives from Amstelredamme , indicative of the city 's origin around a dam in the river Amstel . Originating as a small fishing village in the late 12th century , Amsterdam became one of the most important ports in the world in the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century and became the leading centre for finance and trade . In the 19th and 20th centuries , the city expanded , and many new neighbourhoods and suburbs were planned and built . The 17th-century canals of Amsterdam and the 19-20th century Defence Line of Amsterdam are on the UNESCO World Heritage List . Sloten , annexed in 1921 by the municipality of Amsterdam , is the oldest part of the city , dating to the 9th century . As the commercial capital of the Netherlands and one of the top financial centres in Europe , Amsterdam is considered an alpha-world city by the Globalization and World Cities ( GaWC ) study group . The city is also the cultural capital of the Netherlands . Many large Dutch institutions have their headquarters there , including Philips , AkzoNobel , TomTom and ING . Also , many of the world 's largest companies are based in Amsterdam or have established their European headquarters in the city , such as leading technology companies Uber , Netflix and Tesla . In 2012 , Amsterdam was ranked the second best city to live in by the Economist Intelligence Unit ( EIU ) and 12th globally on quality of living for environment and infrastructure by Mercer .
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 . The individual event in road cycling was a time trial over a distance of 168 km ; the team competition was decided by aggregating the times of the three fastest riders from each nation . The 50 km track event held in 1920 and 1924 was replaced by a 1 km time trial .
The IJ ( pronounced [ ɛi̯ ] ; sometimes shown on old maps as Y or Ye ) is a body of water , formerly a bay , in the Dutch province of North Holland . It is known for being Amsterdam 's waterfront . Its name is from an obsolete Dutch word meaning water ( cognate with the dialectal English ea ) . The name consists of the digraph ij , which behaves like a single letter . Therefore both letters are capitalized ; cf . IJmuiden .
Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad ( 1896 Olympics in Athens , Greece ) . With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics , sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule . The Sailing program of 1928 consisted of a total of three sailing classes . For each class races were scheduled from 2-9 August 1928 on the Buiten Y near Amsterdam and on the Zuiderzee . The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses .
Hilversum ( Dutch pronunciation : [ ˈɦɪlvərsʏm ] ( listen ) ) is a city and municipality in the province of North Holland , Netherlands . Located in the heart of the Gooi , it is the largest urban centre in that area . It is surrounded by heathland , woods , meadows , lakes , and smaller towns . Hilversum is part of the Randstad , one of the largest conurbations in Europe .
The equestrian events at the 1928 Summer Olympics included dressage , eventing , and show jumping . All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions . The competitions were held from 8 to 12 August 1928 . Teams were now fielded by three riders , rather than four , the purpose being to reduce pressure on national federations to find that many riders in order to compete for team medals . Riders had to be considered amateurs , which was defined as either an actively serving professional officer , or as a gentleman rider as defined by the rules of that rider 's national governing body . A total of 121 entries were present from 20 nations : Argentina , Austria , Belgium , Bulgaria , Czechoslovakia , Denmark , Finland , France , Germany , Hungary , Italy , Japan , the Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , and the USA . This was the first appearance for Hungary , Japan and Argentina in equestrian events at an Olympics . Additionally , after being shut out from two Olympic competitions , Germany also returned to the Games to win a few medals in the equestrian events . Horses were stabled in Hilversum , a town 30 kilometres ( 19 mi ) from Amsterdam and the location of the majority of the equestrian competition , with two jumping competitions taking place in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam . The equestrian competitions produced an income of over 150,000 guilders , out of a total of 1,435,000 guilders income for the entire Games .
Krachtsportgebouw ( [ krɑxt.spɔrt.ɣəˈbɑu̯ ] , strength sport bulding ) was a multi-purpose sports arena located in Amsterdam , Netherlands . Known during the 1928 Summer Olympics as the Wrestling Pavilion , it hosted the wrestling , boxing , and weightlifting events . Krachtsportgebouw was designed by architect Jan Wils . It could accommodate 2,840 people seated and 1,794 standing and included a shower , 15 dressing rooms , and an administrative office .
These are the results of the boxing competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam . Medals were awarded in eight weight classes . The competitions were held from 7 to 12 August .
The weightlifting competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam consisted of five weight classes , all for men only . The competitions were held on Saturday , 28 July 1928 , and on Sunday , 29 July 1928 .
At the 1928 Summer Olympics , thirteen wrestling events were contested , for all men . There were six weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and seven classes in freestyle wrestling . The freestyle competitions were held from July 30 to August 1 , 1928 and the Greco-Roman events were held from August 2 to August 5 , 1928 .
Monnikenhuize was a multi-use stadium in Arnhem , Netherlands . It was used mostly for football matches and hosted the home matches of SBV Vitesse . The stadium was able to hold 7,500 people . The stadium was opened in 1915 . It was closed in 1950 when Nieuw Monnikenhuize opened . For the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , it hosted the consolation first round match between Chile and Mexico on 5 June 1928 .
Arnhem ( /ˈɑːrnəm/ , also US : /ˈɑːrnhɛm/ , Dutch : [ ˈɑrnɛm ] ( listen ) or [ ˈɑrnɦɛm ] ( listen ) ; German : Arnheim ; South Guelderish : Èrnem ) is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands . It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located on both banks of the rivers Nederrijn and Sint-Jansbeek , which was the source of the city 's development . Arnhem had a population of 159,265 in 2019 and is one of the larger cities of the Netherlands . The municipality is part of the Arnhem-Nijmegen metropolitan area which has a combined 736,500 inhabitants . [ citation needed ] Arnhem is home to the Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen , ArtEZ Institute of the Arts , Netherlands Open Air Museum , Airborne Museum 'Hartenstein ' , Royal Burgers ' Zoo , NOC*NSF and National Sports Centre Papendal . The north corner of the municipality is part of the Hoge Veluwe National Park . It is approximately 55 square kilometers in area , consisting of heathlands , sand dunes , and woodlands . [ citation needed ]
Football was one of the tournaments at the 1928 Summer Olympics . It was won by Uruguay against Argentina , and was the last Olympic football tournament before the inception of the FIFA World Cup , which was held for the first time in 1930 .
The Oude Stadion ( Old Stadium ) , officially known as Het Nederlandsch Sportpark ( The Dutch Sports Park ) , and colloquially known as the Stadion ( until 1928 ) , was a multi-purpose sports stadium located in Amsterdam in the Netherlands . The stadium was built after the design by Harry Elte , with which he had won the contest for a national stadium in 1912 . The stadium was completed in 1914 . For some time it was the only stadium with brick tribunes in the country . Prior to the construction of the Olympic Stadium used for the 1928 Summer Olympics , it was the primary stadium used for the city until the 1928 Games . This was to the fact that the stadium could not handle track running and track cycling events though it could accommodate football games , seating 29,000 .
The 1928 Summer Olympics saw the third field Hockey tournament at Olympics . All games took place either in the new Olympisch Stadion or in the nearby Old Stadion . The field hockey tournament was held ( together with football ) in the first part of this Olympic games . All matches were played between Thursday , May 17 and Saturday , May 26 , 1928 . The entry rules allowed one team from each country . And one team was allowed to include 22 players , which means two complete teams . The Fédération Internationale de Hockey defined the amateur status as follows : An amateur is one who has never obtained any profit by practicing the sport , neither directly or indirectly . If a player or an official accepts from club , association , or federation an amount exceeding what is strictly necessary for traveling and hotel expenses , such an amount will be regarded as profit . Only a men 's competition occurred that year . Nine nations competed , after the retirement of Czechoslovakia .
The Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium was a venue used for the diving , swimming , water polo , and the swimming portion of the modern pentathlon events for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam . The swimming basin was made of reinforced concrete that was 50 m long by 18 m wide with the deepest part near the diving area at 5 m. Stands were erected at both sides with one of them at most accommodating 6000 spectators . There were 20 men 's and 16 women 's dressing rooms . A temporary structure , it was demolished following the Olympics in 1929 .
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , four diving events were contested . The men 's plain high diving event was dropped from the Olympic program . The competitions were held from Monday , August 6 , 1928 to Saturday , August 11 , 1928 .
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 .
Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1928 Summer Olympics :
The Olympic Stadium ( Dutch : Olympisch Stadion ) is the main stadium for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam . The venue is currently used mostly for athletics , football and music events . When completed , the stadium had a capacity of 31,600 . Following the completion of the rival De Kuip stadium in Rotterdam in 1937 , the Amsterdam authorities increased the capacity of the Olympic Stadium to 64,000 by adding a second ring to the stadium . In 1987 the stadium was listed as a national monument . AFC Ajax used the Olympic Stadium for international games until 1996 , when the Amsterdam Arena , since 2018 named Johan Cruyff Arena , was completed . Renovation started in 1996 , and the stadium was refurbished into the original construction of 1928 . The second ring of 1937 was removed , reducing capacity to 22,288 , and the stadium was made suitable for track and field competitions again . Since 2005 , the stadium is home to a sports museum , the Olympic Experience Amsterdam .
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , 27 athletics events were contested . The competition was held on a 400-meter track and would become the standard for athletics tracks in the future . For the first time , women 's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program . There was a total of 706 participants from 40 countries competing .
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 .
Korfball was a demonstration sport at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam . It took place at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam at 6 August 1928 . It was the second time that korfball was a demonstration sport at the Olympic Games . It was also a demonstration sport at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp .
The Schermzaal ( [ sxɛrm.zaːl ] , Fencing Hall ) was a sports venue located in Amsterdam , Netherlands . During the 1928 Summer Olympics , it hosted the fencing and the fencing part of the modern pentathlon events . Designed by architect Jan Wils , the venue contained eight runners , each 2 metres ( 7 feet ) wide by 19 metres ( 62 feet ) long . a wing to the building contained eight dressing rooms , a shower , and an administrative room . It was located next to the Olympic Stadium . The venue has since been demolished .
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , seven fencing events were contested , six for men and one for women .
The Ringvaart ( known in full as Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeer Polder ) is a canal in the province of North Holland , the Netherlands . The Ringvaart ( Dutch meaning ring canal ) is a true circular canal surrounding the Haarlemmermeer polder and forms the boundary of the Haarlemmermeer municipality . Ringvaart is also the name of the dike bordering the canal . Construction of the canal began in 1839 as the first step to reclaim land from Haarlemmermeer ( Dutch for Haarlem 's Lake ) . Thousands of laborers dug a canal through the existing land , as much as possible closely following the lake 's contour . But at three locations ( Vijfhuizen , Lisserbroek , and Huigsloot ) , the Ringvaart was dug through peninsulas which thereafter became part of Haarlemmermeer . In 1845 , the canal was completed and the lake could be drained , using the Ringvaart to drain the excess waters . The canal is 61 kilometres ( 38 mi ) long , and 2.4 metres ( 8 ft ) deep . It encloses an area of more than 180 square kilometres ( 70 sq mi ) . The removed earth was used to build a ring dike from 30 to 50 metres ( 30 to 54 yd ) wide around the polder . The Ringvaart is used for commercial and recreational boat traffic . A portion of it forms part of the sailroute from Hollands Diep to the IJsselmeer , passable for ships with masts over 6 meters ( 20 ft ) tall .
Sloten ( Dutch pronunciation : [ ˈsloːtə ( n ) ] ; 52°20′31″N 4°47′49″E / 52.342°N 4.797°E / 52.342 ; 4.797 ) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland . It is a part of the municipality of Amsterdam , and lies about 6 km west of the city centre . Sloten was a separate municipality until 1921 . Since then , Sloten ( founded in the year 990 ) became the oldest part of Amsterdam ( founded in 1254 ) . During the 1928 Summer Olympics , it hosted the rowing events . Now it is best known for the working windmill , transformed into the Rembrandt Sloten Windmill/Coopery Museum .
Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics featured seven events , for men only . The competitions were held from 2 to 10 August .
The Sparta Stadion , nicknamed Het Kasteel ( Dutch pronunciation : [ ət kɑsˈteːl ] ) is a football stadium in Rotterdam , Netherlands . It is the home ground of Sparta Rotterdam . It has a capacity of 11,026 .
Rotterdam ( /ˈrɒtərdæm/ , UK also /ˌrɒtərˈdæm/ ; Dutch : [ ˌrɔtərˈdɑm ] ( listen ) ) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands . It is the second-largest Dutch city after the capital Amsterdam , and is located in the province of South Holland , at the mouth of the Nieuwe Maas channel leading into the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta at the North Sea . Its history goes back to 1270 , when a dam was constructed in the Rotte , after which people settled around it for safety . In 1340 , Rotterdam was granted city rights by the Count of Holland . The Rotterdam-The Hague metropolitan area , with a population of approximately 2.7 million , is the 13th-largest in the European Union and the most populous in the country . Located in the west of the Netherlands , Rotterdam is in the centre of the Rijnmond conurbation and lies at the southwest corner of the larger Randstad conurbation . A major logistic and economic centre , Rotterdam is Europe 's largest seaport , and had previously been the largest port of the world for a long time . It has a population of 651,446 as of January 2020 and is home to over 180 nationalities . Rotterdam is known for its Erasmus University , its riverside setting , lively cultural life , maritime heritage and modern architecture . The near-complete destruction of the city centre in the World War II Rotterdam Blitz has resulted in a varied architectural landscape , including sky-scrapers ( an uncommon sight in other Dutch cities ) designed by renowned architects such as Rem Koolhaas , Piet Blom and Ben van Berkel . The Rhine , Meuse and Scheldt give waterway access into the heart of Western Europe , including the highly industrialized Ruhr . The extensive distribution system including rail , roads , and waterways have earned Rotterdam the nicknames Gateway to Europe and Gateway to the World .
Zeeburg is a former borough of Amsterdam . It had 52,701 residents ( January 2009 ) and an area of 19.31 km² . The construction of new islands to the east called IJburg made it the most rapidly growing borough of Amsterdam . On 1 May 2010 Zeeburg merged with the borough of Amsterdam-Oost .
The Zuiderzee or Zuider Zee ( /ˌzaɪdər ˈziː , - ˈzeɪ/ ZY-dər ZEE , -⁠ ZAY , also US : /ˌzɔɪdər ˈzeɪ/ ZOY-dər ZAY , Dutch : [ ˌzœydərˈzeː ] ( listen ) ; old spelling Zuyderzee or Zuyder Zee ) was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands , extending about 100 km ( 60 miles ) inland and at most 50 km ( 30 miles ) wide , with an overall depth of about 4 to 5 metres ( 13-16 feet ) and a coastline of about 300 km ( 200 miles ) . It covered 5,000 km2 ( 1,900 sq mi ) . Its name is Dutch for southern sea , indicating that the name originates in Friesland , to the north of the Zuiderzee ( cf . North Sea ) . [ citation needed ] In the 20th century the majority of the Zuiderzee was closed off from the North Sea by the construction of the Afsluitdijk , leaving the mouth of the inlet to become part of the Wadden Sea . The salt water inlet changed into a fresh water lake now called the IJsselmeer ( IJssel Lake ) after the river that drains into it , and by means of drainage and polders , an area of some 1,500 km2 ( 580 sq mi ) was reclaimed as land . This land eventually became the province of Flevoland , with a population of nearly 400,000 ( 2011 ) .