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.
Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke The women's 200 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which was established in 1924. The competition was held from Tuesday to Thursday, 7 to 9 August 1928. Twenty-one swimmers from twelve nations competed. These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics. In the first heat Hilde Schrader set a new Olympic record with 3:11.6 minutes. In the second semi-final she equalized