Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics Also the city of Amsterdam reclaimed land from the sea and moved towards the lake. When the sailors from the 1928 Summer Olympics could return to their venue they would hardly recognize it. Source: Source: Source: Sourcce: This Olympic sailing regatta can be considered as the first Olympic regatta with a high quality of racing since there were: During the sailing regattas at the 1928 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes: Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in
Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's eight Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's eight The men's eight event was part of the rowing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was one of seven rowing events for men and was the seventh appearance of the event, which had been on the programme for every Olympic Games since rowing was added in 1900. Source: Official results; De Wael Winners advanced to the second round. Losers competed in the first repechage. Winners advanced to the second round, but were ineligible for a second repechage if they lost there. Losers were eliminated. Winners advanced to the third round.