Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics 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. Source: As venue for the Amsterdam Olympics the Zuiderzee near Amsterdam was chosen.
Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg The men's featherweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed weightlifters of up to 60 kilograms (132 pounds). The competition was held on Saturday, July 28, 1928. These were the standing world and Olympic records (in kilograms) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics. "(*)" Originally a five lift competition. All four Olympic records were improved in this competition. Hans Wölpert and Giuseppe Conca in press and Franz Andrysek in clean and jerk equalized the standing world