| Men's modern pentathlon at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | July 31 – August 4, 1928 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 37 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
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At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, a single modern pentathlon event was contested. [1]
The 1928 modern pentathlon was notable in the sport's Olympic history as it marked the first time in four editions of the competition that a non-Swedish competitor won a medal. Sweden had recorded a podium sweep in 1912, 1920, and 1924.
A total of 37 pentathletes (all men) from 14 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games: [1]
Belgium (3)
Czechoslovakia (3)
Denmark (2)
Finland (3)
France (3)
Germany (3)
Great Britain (3)
Hungary (1)
Italy (3)
Netherlands (3)
Poland (3)
Portugal (1)
Sweden (3)
United States (3)Source: Official results [2]
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