# Modern pentathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics

At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, a single modern pentathlon event was contested.
The 1928 modern pentathlon was notable in the sport's Olympic history as it marked the first time in four editions of the competition that a non-Swedish competitor won a medal. Sweden had recorded a podium sweep in 1912, 1920, and 1924.

## Participating nations

A total of 37 pentathletes (all men) from 14 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games:
* Belgium (3)
* Czechoslovakia (3)
* Denmark (2)
* Finland (3)
* France (3)
* Germany (3)
* Great Britain (3)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (3)
* Netherlands (3)
* Poland (3)
* Portugal (1)
* Sweden (3)
* United States (3)

## Results

Source: Official results
| Rank | Competitor | Nation | Shooting rank | Swimming rank | Fencing rank | Running rank | Equestrian rank | Total |
| | Sven Thofelt | Sweden | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 47 |
| | Bo Lindman | Sweden | 15 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 50 |
| | Helmuth Kahl | Germany | 10 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 52 |
| 4 | Ingvar Berg | Sweden | 3 | 11 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 58 |
| 5 | Heinz Hax | Germany | 1 | 15 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 59 |
| 6 | David Turquand-Young | Great Britain | 24 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 65 |
| 7T | Christiaan Tonnet | Netherlands | 8 | 24 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 69 |
| 7T | Hermann Hölter | Germany | 16 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 69 |
| 9 | Willem van Rhijn | Netherlands | 11 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 28 | 71 |
| 10 | Helge Jensen | Denmark | 4 | 20 | 1 | 29 | 19 | 73 |
| 11 | Eugenio Pagnini | Italy | 9 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 29 | 74 |
| 12 | Zenon Małłysko | Poland | 18 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 77 |
| 13 | Lauri Kettunen | Finland | 20 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 81 |
| 14 | Otto Olsen | Denmark | 2 | 37 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 82 |
| 15T | Aubrey Newman | United States | 30 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 83 |
| 15T | Henrik Avellan | Finland | 31 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 83 |
| 15T | Luigi Petrillo | Italy | 13 | 6 | 33 | 16 | 15 | 83 |
| 18 | Carlo Simonetti | Italy | 19 | 16 | 14 | 32 | 3 | 84 |
| 19 | Richard Mayo | United States | 12 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 86 |
| 20 | Peter Hains | United States | 7 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 87 |
| 21T | Tauno Lampola | Finland | 35 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 18 | 89 |
| 21T | Alfred Goodwin | Great Britain | 5 | 32 | 23 | 14 | 25 | 99 |
| 23 | Tivadar Filótás | Hungary | 22 | 28 | 8 | 33 | 16 | 107 |
| 24T | Tjeerd Pasma | Netherlands | 32 | 13 | 34 | 5 | 24 | 108 |
| 24T | Lance East | Great Britain | 17 | 29 | 24 | 30 | 8 | 108 |
| 26 | Stefan Szelestowski | Poland | 26 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 36 | 110 |
| 27 | Édouard Écuyer de le Court | Belgium | 27 | 14 | 12 | 25 | 33 | 111 |
| 28 | Charles-Jean LeVavasseur | France | 14 | 21 | 17 | 26 | 35 | 113 |
| 29 | Paul Coche | France | 23 | 33 | 7 | 35 | 21 | 119 |
| 30 | Rudolf Růžička | Czechoslovakia | 21 | 25 | 19 | 28 | 34 | 127 |
| 31 | Sebastião Herédia | Portugal | 36 | 18 | 20 | 27 | 32 | 133 |
| 32 | Charles Vannerom | Belgium | 25 | 27 | 26 | 34 | 23 | 135 |
| 33 | André Crémon | France | 33 | 35 | 32 | 24 | 17 | 141 |
| 34 | Franciszek Koprowski | Poland | 28 | 34 | 30 | 23 | 27 | 142 |
| 35T | Josef Schejbal | Czechoslovakia | 34 | 36 | 13 | 31 | 30 | 144 |
| 35T | Charles Cumont | Belgium | 29 | 31 | 28 | 36 | 20 | 144 |
| 37 | Kamil Gampe | Czechoslovakia | 37 | 30 | 37 | 37 | 9 | 150 |