1928 Summer Olympics

Prince Hendrik
	Poster for the 1928 Summer Olympics
Nations	46
Athletes	2,883 (2,606 men, 277 women)
Opened by	Prince Hendrik
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Winter

The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, were held at Amsterdam in the Netherlands.^[1]

The games were thought to be a success. Half of the expense of the games was covered by the Dutch government.^[2]

Participating nations

A total of 46 nations were represented at the Amsterdam Games. Malta, Panama, and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) competed at the Olympic Games for the first time. Germany returned after having been banned in 1920 and 1924.^[3]

Participating National Olympic Committees
[[Image:Template:Country flag IOC alias ARG\|22x20px\|border\|alt=\|link=]] [[Template:Country IOC alias ARG at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias ARG]] (81) Australia (18) Austria (73) Belgium (186) [[Image:Template:Country flag IOC alias BUL\|22x20px\|border\|alt=\|link=]] [[Template:Country IOC alias BUL at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias BUL]] (5) Canada (69) [[Image:Template:Country flag IOC alias CHI\|22x20px\|border\|alt=\|link=]] [[Template:Country IOC alias CHI at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias CHI]] (38) Cuba (1) [[Image:Template:Country flag IOC alias TCH\|22x20px\|border\|alt=\|link=]] [[Template:Country IOC alias TCH at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias TCH]] (70) Denmark (91) Egypt (32) [[Image:Template:Country flag IOC alias EST\|22x20px\|border\|alt=\|link=]] [[Template:Country IOC alias EST at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias EST]] (20) Finland (69) France (255) Germany (296) Great Britain (232) Greece (23) [[Image:Template:Country flag IOC alias HAI\|22x20px\|border\|alt=\|link=]] [[Template:Country IOC alias HAI at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias HAI]] (2) [[Template:Country IOC alias HUN at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias HUN]] (109) India (21) Ireland (27) Italy (174) Japan (43) [[Image:Template:Country flag IOC alias LAT\|22x20px\|border\|alt=\|link=]] [[Template:Country IOC alias LAT at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias LAT]] (14) Lithuania (12) [[Image:Template:Country flag IOC alias LUX\|22x20px\|border\|alt=\|link=]] [[Template:Country IOC alias LUX at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias LUX]] (46) [[Image:Template:Country flag IOC alias MLT\|22x20px\|border\|alt=\|link=]] [[Template:Country IOC alias MLT at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias MLT]] (9) Mexico (30) [[Image:Template:Country flag IOC alias MON\|22x20px\|border\|alt=\|link=]] [[Template:Country IOC alias MON at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias MON]] (7) Netherlands (264) (host) New Zealand (10) [[Template:Country IOC alias NOR at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias NOR]] (52) [[Image:Template:Country flag IOC alias PAN\|22x20px\|border\|alt=\|link=]] [[Template:Country IOC alias PAN at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias PAN]] (1) [[Image:Template:Country flag IOC alias PHI\|22x20px\|border\|alt=\|link=]] [[Template:Country IOC alias PHI at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias PHI]] (4) Poland (93) Portugal (31) [[Image:Template:Country flag IOC alias RHO\|22x20px\|border\|alt=\|link=]] [[Template:Country IOC alias RHO at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias RHO]] (2) [[Template:Country IOC alias ROU at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias ROU]] (29) [[Template:Country IOC alias RSA at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias RSA]] (24) Spain (80) Sweden (100) Switzerland (133) [[Image:Template:Country flag IOC alias TUR\|22x20px\|border\|alt=\|link=]] [[Template:Country IOC alias TUR at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias TUR]] (31) United States (280) [[Image:Template:Country flag IOC alias URU\|22x20px\|border\|alt=\|link=]] [[Template:Country IOC alias URU at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias URU]] (22) [[Image:Template:Country flag IOC alias YUG\|22x20px\|border\|alt=\|link=]] [[Template:Country IOC alias YUG at the 1928 Summer Olympics\|Template:Country IOC alias YUG]] (34)

1928 Summer Olympics Media

The Olympic cauldron in front of the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium.
Prince Hendrik watching the football match Netherlands–Uruguay (0–2)
The Olympisch Stadion in 1928
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Olympische Sommerspiele 1928 — Anzahl der Athleten

Related pages

List of IOC country codes

References

Countries at the 1928 Olympics

↑ Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "1928 Amsterdam Summer Games" Archived 2008-08-26 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-24.
↑ Zarnowski, C. Frank. "A Look at Olympic Costs," Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine Citius, Altius, Fortius (US). Summer 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 1, p. 21 [6 of 17 PDF]; retrieved 2012-7-24.
↑ Guttmann, Allen (1992). The Olympics: A History of the Modern Games. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. pp. 38. ISBN 0-252-01701-3.

Other websites

Media related to 1928 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

Amsterdam 1928 at Olympic.org

Olympic Games

Summer Games: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, (1916), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028
Winter Games: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 — Sochi 2014 — Rio 2016 — Pyeongchang 2018 — Tokyo 2020 Games in italics will be held in the future, and those in (brackets) were cancelled because of war. See also: Ancient Olympic Games

Youth Olympic Games

Summer Games: 2010, 2014, 2018
Winter Games: 2012, 2016
Singapore 2010 — Innsbruck 2012 — Nanjing 2014

[1] Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "1928 Amsterdam Summer Games" Archived 2008-08-26 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-24.

[2] Zarnowski, C. Frank. "A Look at Olympic Costs," Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine Citius, Altius, Fortius (US). Summer 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 1, p. 21 [6 of 17 PDF]; retrieved 2012-7-24.

[GuttmannGermany-3] Guttmann, Allen (1992). The Olympics: A History of the Modern Games. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. pp. 38. ISBN 0-252-01701-3.

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