Balasz placed 4th in his semifinal group, just missing the top 3 needed to advance.

Kittel's 8th place in the men's 1500 metres was the best result for Czechoslovakian athletes in Amsterdam.

Jan Heřmánek won the silver medal in the middleweight class; the other two boxers each lost their first bout.

František Ventura won gold in the individual jumping, Czechoslovakia's first equestrian medal.

Emanuel Thiel, who had had the nation's best result in 1924 at 6th in the individual dressage, bettered his own performance to 5th in 1928.

It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport, in which Czechoslovakia had competed each time it participated in the Games.

Bohumil Mořkovský, bronze medalist on Vault and 13th-place finisher in the Individual All-Around at the previous Olympics in Paris, died on July 16, 1928, less than a month before he could make a repeat Olympic appearance.

The team took the silver medal, 6.375 points behind Germany, with Ladislav Vácha having the best individual all-around result at 9th place.

Emanuel Löffler took two apparatus medals as well, the silver in the vault and bronze in the rings.

Josef Straka, whose son would compete in the Olympics in 1972 and 1976, reached the third round in the single sculls before being eliminated.