At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, a single modern pentathlon event was contested.
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.
Participating nations A total of 37 pentathletes (all men) from 14 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games:
Results Source: Official results
RankCompetitorNationShootingrankSwimming rankFencing rankRunning rankEquestrian rankTotal Sven Thofelt 6 2 4 21 14 47 Bo Lindman 15 5 22 3 5 50 Helmuth Kahl 10 9 2 19 12 52 4 Ingvar Berg 3 11 36 7 1 58 5 Heinz Hax 1 15 21 20 2 59 6 David Turquand-Young 24 7 15 9 10 65 7T Christiaan Tonnet 8 24 27 4 6 69 7T Hermann Hölter 16 8 11 13 21 69 9 Willem van Rhijn 11 10 5 17 28 71 10 Helge Jensen 4 20 1 29 19 73 11 Eugenio Pagnini 9 1 29 6 29 74 12 Zenon Małłysko 18 19 9 18 13 77 13 Lauri Kettunen 20 22 18 10 11 81 14 Otto Olsen 2 37 6 11 26 82 15T Aubrey Newman 30 4 10 8 31 83 15T Henrik Avellan 31 17 16 15 4 83 15T Luigi Petrillo 13 6 33 16 15 83 18 Carlo Simonetti 19 16 14 32 3 84 19 Richard Mayo 12 23 3 11 37 86 20 Peter Hains 7 26 25 22 7 87 21T Tauno Lampola 35 3 31 2 18 89 21T Alfred Goodwin 5 32 23 14 25 99 23 Tivadar Filótás 22 28 8 33 16 107 24T Tjeerd Pasma 32 13 34 5 24 108 24T Lance East 17 29 24 30 8 108 26 Stefan Szelestowski 26 12 35 1 36 110 27 Édouard Écuyer de le Court 27 14 12 25 33 111 28 Charles-Jean LeVavasseur 14 21 17 26 35 113 29 Paul Coche 23 33 7 35 21 119 30 Rudolf Růžička 21 25 19 28 34 127 31 Sebastião Herédia 36 18 20 27 32 133 32 Charles Vannerom 25 27 26 34 23 135 33 André Crémon 33 35 32 24 17 141 34 Franciszek Koprowski 28 34 30 23 27 142 35T Josef Schejbal 34 36 13 31 30 144 35T Charles Cumont 29 31 28 36 20 144 37 Kamil Gampe 37 30 37 37 9 150
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