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.
Medal table
Medal summary
Men's events
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| 100 m freestyle<br>
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| 400 m freestyle<br>
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| 1500 m freestyle<br>
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| 100 m backstroke<br>
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| 200 m breaststroke<br>
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| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay<br>
| <br>Austin Clapp<br>George Kojac<br>Walter Laufer<br>Johnny Weissmuller
| <br>Nobuo Arai<br>Tokuhei Sada<br>Katsuo Takaishi<br>Hiroshi Yoneyama
| <br>Garnet Ault<br>Munroe Bourne<br>Walter Spence<br>James Thompson
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Women's events
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| 100 m freestyle<br>
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| 400 m freestyle<br>
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| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay<br>
| <br>Eleanor Garatti<br>Adelaide Lambert<br>Martha Norelius<br>Albina Osipowich
| <br>Joyce Cooper<br>Ellen King<br>Cissie Stewart<br>Iris Tanner
| <br>Mary Bedford<br>Freddie van der Goes<br>Rhoda Rennie<br>Kathleen Russell
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Participating nations
182 swimmers from 28 nations competed. Chile, Ireland, Panama, the Philippines, and Poland competed in swimming for the first time.
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