ISBN: | 978-5-5141-6956-6 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, 27 athletics events were contested. The competition was held on a 400 meter track and would become the standard for athletics tracks in the future. For the first time, women`s events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program. There was a total of 706 participants from 40 countries competing.