Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics 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 events. New Olympic records were set in 16 of the 27 events. 706 athletes from 40 nations competed. Lithuania and Romania competed
Olympic Summer Games (video game) Olympic Summer Games (video game) Olympic Summer Games is an official video game of the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games. It is the successor to "Olympic Gold" and "Winter Olympics". It was the last "Olympic" video game released for the fourth generation of consoles, as well as the Game Boy. It follows the already common button mashing techniques of previous (and future) games, with the usual exceptions. It has 10 events (three more than "Olympic Gold"), with all but two based on track and field events. Unlike "Winter Olympics", there are no major differences between each event on different platforms. The