Olympic Regattas - 1928 Amsterdam

Stamp NED 1928 OG Amsterdam (image on magnet)
Brass Rowing plaque OG Amsterdam 1928
CC AUS 1933 GODFREY PHILLIPS CIGARETTES B.D.V. °Who's Who in Australian Sport°- R. Pearce (AUS), Olympic champion M1X 1928 and 1932
CC ESP 1964 NESTLE °Los Juegos Olimpicos 1896-1964° cromo No. 88 OG Amsterdam 1928 - M2+ gold medal winners Hans & Karl Schoechlin, cox Hans Bourquin (SUI)

A final of two brothers against two brothers

Gold medal: SUI       7:42,6 (Hans & Karl Schoechlin, cox Hans Bourquin)

Silver medal: FRA     7:48,4 (Armand & Edouard Marcelle, cox Henri Préaux)

Bronze medal: BEL   -------   (Léon Flament, Francois de Coninck, cox Georges Anthony)

The time of the Belgian crew is irrelevant as the course allowed only two boats abreast.
CC FRA 1928 BOGDANOFF-CIDA No. 433 OG Amsterdam - Leo Losert & Viktor Flessl (AUT), M2X bronze medal winners
CC FRA Chocolat Farvarger °Sports et Vues° series 10 No. 5 - Victor Saurin (FRA)

Victor Saurin lost the Olympic M1X quarterfinal at

OG Amsterdam 1928 against Henry Pearce (AUS)

who won the gold medal
CC GBR 1929 GODFREY PHILLIPS °Olympic Champions Amsterdam 1928° No. 33 - R. Pearce (AUS)
CC GBR 1929 GODFREY PHILLIPS °Olympic Champions Amsterdam 1928° No. 34 - H. W. G. Wright Jr. (CAN)

H. W. G. Wright Jr. won the 3rd preliminary M1X heat against NED and his

intermediate race against ITA, then lost the quarterfinal against GBR. In

the ranking table he was placed 5th overall among 15 competitors. He also

competed with his partner Jack Guest in the M2X event and won the silver

medal.

The Sloten course, about 15 km from the city centre, allowed only two boats

to race abreast in each race.
CC GBR 1931 CHURCHMAN'S CIGARETTES °Sporting Celebrities° No. 42 - H. R. Pearce (CAN), winner of the Diamont Sculls 1931 and professional World 's Sculling champion 1933- Worldwar II (undefeated retirement)
CC GER 1928 ERDAL-KWAK - OG Amsterdam No. 42 - Mueller & Moeschter (GER), M2- gold medal winners
CC GER 1928 GOERLITZER - OG Amsterdam series 14 No. 1 - Kurt Moeschter & Bruno Mueller (GER), M2- gold medal winners
CC GER 1928 GREILING OG Amsterdam No. 190 °Mueller - Moeschter GER° (M2- gold medal)
CC GER 1928 KORNFRANCK - OG Amsterdam series 12 No. 5 - Mueller & Moeschter (GER), winners of the M2- event
CC GER 1928 KORNFRANCK - OG Amsterdam series 12 No. 6 - Pearce (AUS), M1X gold medal winner
CC GER 1928 SALEM CIGARETTES - OG Amsterdam series 118 No. 3 - Pearce (AUS), winner of the single sculls
CC GER 1929 "SALEM" CIGARETTES - OG Amsterdam series 122 No. 3 - Kurt Moeschter & Bruno Moeller (GER), M2- gold medal winners
CC GER 1932 BULGARIA CIGARETTES - Sport photo No. 182 - Mueller - Moeschter (GER), M2- gold medal winners at OG Amsterdam 1928
CC GER 1934 Muratti Cigarettes °Brennpunkte des Deutschen Sports° Band I No. 23 - Robert ("Bobby") Pearce (AUS), Olympic M1X champion at OG Amsterdam 1928 and OG Los Angeles 1932
CC GER 1936 OG Berlin FRANCK-Sportbilder series 06 No. 3 - Henry Robert Pearce (AUS), Olympic M1X champion at OG Amsterdam 1928 and OG Los Angeles 1932
CC GER JOSETTI CIGARETTENFABRIK Berlin - OG Amsterdam 1928 series 118 No. 3 Pearce, M1X gold medal winner

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