Athletics at The 1928 Summer Olympics - Participating Nations

Participating Nations

706 athletes from 40 nations competed. Lithuania and Romania competed in athletics for the first time. Bulgaria, Egypt, Malta, Panama, Rhodesia, and Uruguay were the only six nations not to compete in athletics.

  • Argentina (7)
  • Australia (7)
  • Austria (4)
  • Belgium (32)
  • Canada (32)
  • Chile (8)
  • Cuba (1)
  • Czechoslovakia (11)
  • Denmark (10)
  • Estonia (4)
  • Finland (35)
  • France (50)
  • Germany (62)
  • Great Britain (55)
  • Greece (13)
  • Haiti (2)
  • Hungary (26)
  • India (7)
  • Ireland (10)
  • Italy (24)
  • Japan (16)
  • Latvia (6)
  • Lithuania (5)
  • Luxembourg (4)
  • Mexico (11)
  • Monaco (1)
  • Netherlands (50)
  • New Zealand (3)
  • Norway (13)
  • Philippines (2)
  • Poland (15)
  • Portugal (3)
  • Romania (13)
  • South Africa (9)
  • Spain (10)
  • Sweden (29)
  • Switzerland (9)
  • Turkey (5)
  • United States (98)
  • Yugoslavia (4)


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