Editing 1928 Summer Olympics (section)

==Athlete highlights==
* [[Paavo Nurmi]] of [[Finland]] won his ninth, and final, gold medal in the [[Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000&nbsp;m race]].
* [[Canadians|Canadian]] athlete [[Percy Williams (sprinter)|Percy Williams]] exceeded expectations by winning both the [[Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100&nbsp;m]] and [[Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200&nbsp;m]] sprint events.
* [[Olav V of Norway|Crown Prince Olav]], who would later become King of Norway, won a gold medal in the [[Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre|6&nbsp;meter sailing]] event.
* [[Pat O'Callaghan]] won the first ever medal for a newly independent [[Ireland]], taking gold in the [[Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw|hammer throw]].
* [[Mikio Oda]] of [[Japan]] won the [[Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump|triple jump]] event with a result of {{convert|15.21|m|ftin|2|abbr=on}}, becoming the first gold medalist from an Asian country.
* [[Betty Robinson]] of the USA won the women's 100 metres in a world record time of 12.2 seconds. She was still just 16 years of age at the time. 
* Algerian-born marathon runner [[Boughera El Ouafi]] won a gold medal for France in the [[Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|men's marathon]].
* [[Johnny Weissmuller]], who later appeared in several [[Tarzan]] movies, won two gold medals in [[Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics|swimming]]: an individual gold in the [[Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|men's 100&nbsp;m freestyle]], and a team gold in the [[Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|men's 4&nbsp;×&nbsp;200&nbsp;m freestyle relay]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kirsch|first=George B.|last2=Othello |first2=Harris|last3=Nolte |first3=Claire Elaine|title=Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States|publisher=Greenwood |year=2000|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofet0000unse_u6f6/page/488 488]|isbn=0-313-29911-0|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofet0000unse_u6f6/page/488}}</ref><ref name=sr>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/johnny-weissmuller-1.html |title=Johnny Weissmuller |website=SR |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229120721/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/johnny-weissmuller-1.html |archive-date=29 December 2008 |access-date=12 November 2015}}</ref>