Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, four diving events were contested. The men's plain high diving event was dropped from the Olympic program. The competitions were held from Monday, August 6, 1928 to Saturday, August 11, 1928. The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee, and appeared on the 1928 Official Report as "fancy diving" and "high diving", respectively. The platform events included dives from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms, while the springboard events included dives from 3 metre and 1 metre
Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg The men's middleweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the third-lightest contested, and allowed weightlifters of up to 75 kilograms (165 pounds). The competition was held on Sunday, July 29, 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. Carlo Galimberti set a new world record in press with 105 kilograms. Guus Scheffer set a new world