Korfball at the 1928 Summer Olympics Korfball at the 1928 Summer Olympics Korfball was a demonstration sport at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. It took place at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam at 6 August 1928. It was the second time that korfball was a demonstration sport at the Olympic Games. It was also a demonstration sport at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp. Two Dutch teams of 12 players played a match against each other at 6 August 1928. One team wore red-white shirts and the other team played in red-black shirts. The referee was H. W. Vliegen, LL. B. and the Assistant referees
Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle The men's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event, which had not been featured only at the 1900 Games. The competition was held on Friday and Saturday, 10 and 11 August 1928. Thirty swimmers from 17 nations competed. These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics. Johnny Weissmuller improved his own Olympic record in the semi-finals with 58.6 seconds and equalized