The 1928 Summer Olympics (Dutch: Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (Dutch: Spelen van de IXe Olympiade), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

In protest of the limited number of events, British women athletes, boycotted the Games.

Reports that the 800 meter run ended with several of the competitors being completely exhausted were widely (and erroneously) circulated.

These Games also included art competitions in five categories: architecture, painting, sculpture, literature, and music.

[23] The nations that participated in the previous games in Paris 1924 but was absent in Amsterdam 1928 was Brazil and Ecuador.

At the time, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and Ireland were all dominions of the British Empire.

The official poster for the Games displaying a running man in a white shirt was designed by Jos Rovers however the IOC never succeeded in obtaining the copyright of the image.

The IOC used a different poster, with the German text Olympische Spiele, and an athlete partly covered in the Dutch national flag, holding a peace leaf in his hand.

Marangoni died 18 January 2018, at the age of 102 as the oldest living Olympic medalist at the time of her death.