| Swimming at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium |
| Dates | 4–11 August 1928 |
| No. of events | 11 |
| Competitors | 182 from 28 nations |
| Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | women | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
At the1928 Summer Olympics inAmsterdam, elevenswimming events were contested, six for men and five for women.[1] The competitions were held from Saturday August 4, 1928, to Saturday August 11, 1928.
There were 182 participants from 28 countries competing.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  United States (USA) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 |  Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 100 m freestyle details | Johnny Weissmuller United States | István Bárány Hungary | Katsuo Takaishi Japan |
| 400 m freestyle details | Alberto Zorrilla Argentina | Boy Charlton Australia | Arne Borg Sweden |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Arne Borg Sweden | Boy Charlton Australia | Buster Crabbe United States |
| 100 m backstroke details | George Kojac United States | Walter Laufer United States | Paul Wyatt United States |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Yoshiyuki Tsuruta Japan | Erich Rademacher Germany | Teófilo Yldefonso Philippines |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | United States (USA) Austin Clapp George Kojac Walter Laufer Johnny Weissmuller | Japan (JPN) Nobuo Arai Tokuhei Sada Katsuo Takaishi Hiroshi Yoneyama | Canada (CAN) Garnet Ault Munroe Bourne Walter Spence James Thompson |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 100 m freestyle details | Albina Osipowich United States | Eleanor Garatti United States | Joyce Cooper Great Britain |
| 400 m freestyle details | Martha Norelius United States | Marie Braun Netherlands | Josephine McKim United States |
| 100 m backstroke details | Marie Braun Netherlands | Ellen King Great Britain | Joyce Cooper Great Britain |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Hilde Schrader Germany | Marie Baron Netherlands | Charlotte Mühe Germany |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | United States (USA) Eleanor Garatti Adelaide Lambert Martha Norelius Albina Osipowich | Great Britain (GBR) Joyce Cooper Ellen King Cissie Stewart Iris Tanner | South Africa (RSA) Mary Bedford Freddie van der Goes Rhoda Rennie Kathleen Russell |
182 swimmers from 28 nations competed. Chile, Ireland, Panama, the Philippines, and Poland competed in swimming for the first time.
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