Summer Olympic Games Jacques Rogge described the Games as "Happy and Glorious". The host nation won 29 gold medals, the best haul for Great Britain since the 1908 Games in London. The United States returned to the top of the medal table after China dominated in 2008. The IOC had removed baseball and softball from the 2012 program. On a commercial level the Games were successful as they were the first in history to completely sell out every ticket, with as many as 1 million applications for 40,000 tickets for both the Opening Ceremony and the 100m Men's Sprint Final. Such was the
Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics Britain in 1928. Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1928. Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. British athletes won only three gold medals (down from nine in 1924), and twenty medals overall, finishing eleventh. 232 competitors, 201 men and 31 women, took part in 84 events in 14 sports. Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg) <br> Men's Lightweight (– 61.2 kg) <br> Men's Light Heavyweight (– 79.4 kg) <br> Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg) 12 cyclists, all men, represented Great Britain