1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam

IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but was obliged to give way to war-torn Antwerp in Belgium for the 1920 Games and Pierre de Coubertin's Paris for the 1924 Games.
The only other candidate city for the 1928 Olympics was Los Angeles, which would eventually be selected to host the Olympics four years later.

host city for the Summer Olympic Games in 1912, even before the Netherlands Olympic Committee was established.
The Olympic Games were cancelled in 1916 due to World War I. In 1919, the Netherlands Olympic Committee abandoned the proposal of Amsterdam in favor of their support for the nomination of Amsterdam as host city for the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1921, Paris was selected for the 1924 Summer Olympics on the condition that the 1928 Summer Olympics would be organized in Amsterdam. This decision, supported by the Netherlands Olympic Committee, was announced by the International Olympic Committee on 2 June 1921.
The International Olympic Committee decision was disputed by the Americans, but their request to allocate the 1928 Summer Olympics to Los Angeles was without success in 1922 and again in 1923. Los Angeles was eventually selected as host city for the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Host city selection

duration of the Olympics, a tradition that continues to this day.The torch relay, however, would not take place until the 1936 Summer Olympics.
For the first time, the parade of nations started with Greece, which holds the origins of the Olympics, and ended with the host country, a tradition which has also continued ever since.
The Games were officially opened by Prince Hendrik, consort of Queen Wilhelmina, who had authorized her husband to deputise for her.The Queen was unable to attend the opening ceremony as she was on holiday in Norway and did not want to disrupt her trip.This was the second time a head of state had not personally officiated at an Olympic opening ceremony.The Queen had initially refused to make an appearance at either the opening or closing ceremony; it is thought that she objected to the Netherlands hosting the 1928 Games as she considered the Olympics to be a demonstration of paganism.However, she returned from Norway before the conclusion of the Games, to be present at the closing ceremony,and she presented the first prizes at the prize distribution which was held immediately beforehand.

Highlights

and 109 events in the tournament.
Aquatics
Diving
Swimming
Water polo
Athletics
Boxing
Cycling
Road
Track
Equestrian
Dressage
Eventing
Show jumping
Fencing
Football
Gymnastics
Modern pentathlon
Rowing
Field hockey
Sailing
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Freestyle
Greco-Roman

Sports

criticism. Halina Konopacka of Poland became the first female Olympic track and field champion. Reports that the 800 meter run ended with several of the competitors being completely exhausted were widely circulated. As a result, the IOC decided that women were too frail for long distance running, and women's Olympic running events were limited to 200 meters until the 1960s.
Tennis disappeared from the program, only to reappear in 1968 as a demonstration sport.

Chile
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Haiti
Hungary
India

Participating National Olympic Committees

Panama 
Philippines 
Poland
Portugal 
Rhodesia
 Romania   
South Africa
 Spain 
 Sweden 
 Switzerland
Turkey 
Uruguay
 Yugoslavia