Netherlands Amsterdam
IX Summer International Olympic Games

The IOC had received only one bid for the right to host the Games of the IX Olympiad, and naturally it had been accepted due to lack of competitors. It was the bid of the Dutch city of Amsterdam. Athletes of Malta, Panama and Northern Rhodesia made their first appearance at the Olympics. After 16-year absence, Germany at last was invited to these Games.
Totally, 2883 athletes (including 277 female ones) of 46 nations competed in the Olympic events.
109 sets of medals had been played for in 17 sports.
The Athlete’s Oath was voiced by Dutch football defender Harry Denis.
The Olympics were officially opened by Prince Hendrik.
The IOC invited bids for the winner medal design. Professor Giuseppe Cassioli of Florence had won the bidding. Olympic winner medals were made according to his design up to the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics.

OBVERSE: a figure of the Greek Goddess of Victory, holding a laurel wreath in her right hand, hand raised, and a palm leaf in her left hand. On the left of the goddess, there is a Panathenaean amphora* with depicted competing athletes. A view of an amphitheatre looking like the Roman Coliseum appears on the right of the goddess. A horizontal four-line inscription in Dutch reading “IX – Olympiade – Amsterdam – 1928” is engraved in the right upper segment.
REVERSE: a scene of an Olympic champion with a palm leaf in his left hand carried in triumph by other athletes; his right hand is raised to hail. The designer’s initials “G.C.” (Giuseppe Cassioli) are engraved at the right edge of the medal next to an athlete figure.

OBVERSE: a scene of an altar bowl in the center and nude male and female athletes on the sides holding the Olympic Torch over it. Both athletes are also holding grape-vines; underneath are the scales, the symbol of justice, with olive branches on the right and on the left of the scales.
REVERSE: a scene of Nike flying over a stadium holding the laurel wreath and trumpet in her hands. The stadium is decorated with flying colors. Below, there are two hemispheres with the Amsterdam coat of arms between them, olive trees in the background, and date 1928 underneath. A legend in Dutch around the medal rim reads: “IX Olympiade Amsterdam” (English: IX Olympiad, Amsterdam).
The design of the commemorative medal was made by well-known Dutch designer J. C. Wienecke.

GOLD WINNER MEDAL (FIRST PRIZE)

Metal	silver-gilt
Diameter	55 mm
Thickness	3 mm
Weight	66 g
Designer	Ciuseppe Cassioli
Mint	Dutch State Mint (Utrecht, Netherlands)

SILVER WINNER MEDAL (SECOND PRIZE) 

Metal	silver
Diameter	55 mm
Thickness	3 mm
Weight	65 g
Designer	Ciuseppe Cassioli
Mint	Dutch State Mint (Utrecht, Netherlands)

BRONZE WINNER MEDAL (THIRD PRIZE)

Metal	bronze
Diameter	55 mm
Thickness	3.8 mm
Weight	74 g
Designer	Ciuseppe Cassioli
Mint	Dutch State Mint (Utrecht, Netherlands)

GILT-BRONZE COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL

Metal	gilt-bronze
Diameter	55 mm
Thickness	4 mm
Weight	61,4 g
Designer	J. C. Wienecke
Mint	Gerrisen & Van Kempen (Zeist, Netherlands)

SILVER COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL

Metal	silver
Diameter	55 mm
Thickness	4 mm
Weight	58 g
Designer	J. C. Wienecke
Mint	Gerrisen & Van Kempen (Zeist, Netherlands)