Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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.

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
all-around, individual	Georges Miez Switzerland	Hermann Hänggi Switzerland	Leon Štukelj Yugoslavia
all-around, team	Switzerland (SUI) Hans Grieder August Güttinger Hermann Hänggi Eugen Mack Georges Miez Otto Pfister Eduard Steinemann Melchior Wezel	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Josef Effenberger Jan Gajdoš Jan Koutný Emanuel Löffler Bedřich Šupčík Ladislav Tikal Ladislav Vácha Václav Veselý	Yugoslavia (YUG) Edvard Antosiewicz Dragutin Cioti Stane Derganc Boris Gregorka Anton Malej Ivan Porenta Josip Primožič Leon Štukelj
horizontal bar	Georges Miez Switzerland	Romeo Neri Italy	Eugen Mack Switzerland
parallel bars	Ladislav Vácha Czechoslovakia	Josip Primožič Yugoslavia	Hermann Hänggi Switzerland
pommel horse	Hermann Hänggi Switzerland	Georges Miez Switzerland	Heikki Savolainen Finland
rings	Leon Štukelj Yugoslavia	Ladislav Vácha Czechoslovakia	Emanuel Löffler Czechoslovakia
vault	Eugen Mack Switzerland	Emanuel Löffler Czechoslovakia	Stane Derganc Yugoslavia

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
all-around, team	Netherlands (NED) Estella Agsteribbe Jacomina van den Berg Alida van den Bos Petronella Burgerhof Elka de Levie Helena Nordheim Ans Polak Petronella van Randwijk Hendrika van Rumt Jud Simons Jacoba Stelma Anna van der Vegt	Italy (ITA) Bianca Ambrosetti Lavinia Gianoni Luigina Giavotti Virginia Giorgi Germana Malabarba Clara Marangoni Luigina Perversi Diana Pizzavini Luisa Tanzini Carolina Tronconi Ines Vercesi Rita Vittadini	Great Britain (GBR) Annie Broadbent Lucy Desmond Margaret Hartley Amy Jagger Isobel Judd Jessie Kite Marjorie Moreman Edith Pickles Ethel Seymour Ada Smith Hilda Smith Doris Woods

Participating nations

Czechoslovakia (8)
Finland (8)
France (20)
Great Britain (20)
Hungary (20)
Italy (20)

Medal table

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
6	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1

References

Results at sports-reference
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-11-18.

Events at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam

Athletics Boxing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Kaatsen (unofficial) Korfball (demonstration) Lacrosse (demonstration) Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Swimming Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Art competitions (unofficial)

Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics

	1896 1900 1904 (1906) 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

List of medalists men women List of venues

Coordinates: 52°20′36″N 4°51′15″E / 52.3434°N 4.8542°E / 52.3434; 4.8542

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