Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics in athletics for the first time. Bulgaria, Egypt, Malta, Panama, Rhodesia, and Uruguay were the only six nations not to compete in athletics. Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics 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. During the 1928 Summer Olympic Games 9 new world records were set in the
Athletics at the 1990 South American Games Deporte de la Nación"). Eduardo Biscayart supplied the list of winners and their results. More results were assembled from other sources. Athletics at the 1990 South American Games Athletics events at the 1990 South American Games were held at the Estadio Atlético de San Luis next to the Estadio Nacional in Lima, Perú, between December 6-9, 1990. A total of 42 events were contested, 23 by men and 19 by women. Medal winners were published in a book by written Argentinian journalist Ernesto Rodríguez III with support of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Spanish: "Comité Olímpico Argentino") under the auspices of