The 1928 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad , were held in 1928 in Amsterdam , Netherlands . Amsterdam had made a bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games , but had to give way to war-victim Belgium and De Coubertin 's Paris before finally being awarded with the organization . In 1921 , the city of Paris was selected for the 1924 Summer Olympics on the condition that the 1928 Summer Olympics would be organized in Amsterdam .