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.
Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump The men's long jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 31, 1928. Forty-one long jumpers from 23 nations competed. These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics. "(*)" Robert LeGendre set the Olympic record in the 1924 pentathlon contest The best six long jumpers qualified for the final. Two jumpers, Hannes de Boer and Ed Gordon, tied for sixth place, but only de Boer advanced to