Jacobsen was the only Danish swimmer to advance to an event final; she placed 4th in the 200 metre breaststroke.

None of the Danish athletes advanced past the initial round of their events.

Nikolajsen's 10th place finish in the pole vault was the best ranking for Denmark in athletics in Amsterdam.

Nielsen, the defending champion in the lightweight, was one of two Danish boxers to reach the semifinals, along with Michaelsen.

Willy Hansen, one of the members of that tandem, won Denmark's first Olympic cycling championship in the track time trial.

Two days later, the road race team, led by Henry Hansen, won the second and third gold medals for Denmark in cycling with a team victory and an individual championship for Hansen.

One rider, Magnus Fog, competed in the dressage competition, finishing in 16th place.

The following is the Denmark roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Denmark was one of five nations to have competed in each edition of the Olympic modern pentathlon.

Both of the Danish pentathletes had competed previously in 1924, with Jensen placing 6th and Olsen 15th.

Neither man was able to achieve more than a middle-of-the-pack result in running or equestrian, however, and they finished in 10th (Jensen) and 14th (Olsen) overall among the 37 competitors.

His results in the fifth and sixth races did not improve his position, however, and he did not start the seventh and eighth.

Jørgensen, however, had lost to the eventual gold medalist and therefore advanced to the silver medal tournament under the Bergvall system in use at the time.

Jacobsen had the best performance among the Greco-Roman wrestlers, winning his first three bouts before two consecutive losses (separated by a bye) put him over the 5 point elimination threshold.