1928 Summer Olympics - Participating Nations

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.

  • Argentina (81)
  • Australia (18)
  • Austria (73)
  • Belgium (186)
  • Bulgaria (5)
  • Canada (69)
  • Chile (38)
  • Cuba (1)
  • Czechoslovakia (70)
  • Denmark (91)
  • Egypt (32)
  • Estonia (20)
  • Finland (69)
  • France (255)
  • Germany (296)
  • Great Britain (232)
  • Greece (23)
  • Haiti (2)
  • Hungary (109)
  • India (21)
  • Ireland (27)
  • Italy (174)
  • Japan (43)
  • Latvia (14)
  • Lithuania (12)
  • Luxembourg (46)
  • Malta (9)
  • Mexico (30)
  • Monaco (7)
  • Netherlands (264) (Host nation)
  • New Zealand (10)
  • Norway (52)
  • Panama (1)
  • Philippines (4)
  • Poland (93)
  • Portugal (31)
  • Rhodesia (2)
  • Romania (29)
  • South Africa (24)
  • Spain (80)
  • Sweden (100)
  • Switzerland (133)
  • Turkey (31)
  • United States (280)
  • Uruguay (22)
  • Yugoslavia (34)

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