1928 Winter Olympics

Multi-sport event in Sankt Moritz, Switzerland 1928 Winter Olympics 1928 Winter Olympics poster.jpg 150 Hugo Laubi's poster for the 1928 Winter Olympics St. Moritz, Switzerland 25 467 (441 men, 26 women) 14Only 13 sets of medals were awarded, as the 10,000 metres speed skating competition was abandoned due to thawing ice. in 4 sports (8 disciplines) 11 February 1928 19 February 1928 President Edmund Schulthess St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink Chamonix 1924 Lake Placid 1932 Paris 1924 Amsterdam 1928 The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (fr IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; de II. Olympische Winterspiele; it II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (fr Saint-Moritz 1928; rm San Murezzan 1928), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics to be held as a stand-alone event, not in conjunction with a Summer Olympics. The preceding 1924 Winter Games were retroactively renamed the inaugural Winter Olympics, although they had in fact been organised alongside the 1924 Summer Olympics in France. Before 1924, the winter events were included in the schedule of the Summer Games and there were no separate Winter Games. The 1928 Winter Games also replaced the now redundant Nordic Games, which had been held at varying intervals since early in the 20th century. The hosts were challenged by fluctuating weather conditions; the opening ceremony was held in a blizzard, while warm weather conditions plagued sporting events throughout the rest of the Games. Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement https://books.google.com/books?id=QmXi_-Jujj0C 2004 Greenwood Press Westport, Connecticut 0-313-32278-3 Pelle Findling John E. Kimberly D. 290 The 10,000 metre speed-skating event was controversially abandoned and officially cancelled.1928 Sankt Moritz Winter Games Sports Reference LLC https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1928/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041048/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1928/ dead 17 April 2020 12 March 2009 Filmed footage of the games exists in a silent, feature-length documentary, The White Stadium. Highlights thumb|1928 St. Moritz venue Sonja Henie of Norway returned to the Winter Olympics, having taken part in 1924 at the age of 11, and made history by winning the ladies' figure skating aged 15. She became the youngest Olympic champion in history (a distinction she held for 70 years),St. Moritz 1928 International Olympic Committee http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/St-Moritz-1928/ 5 March 2010 and went on to defend her title at the next two Winter Olympics. Norway's Ivar Ballangrud won the Olympic title in the 5,000-metre speed skating event, and Clas Thunberg of Finland won both the 500 m and the 1,500 m. Norway finished at the top of the medal table with a total of six gold medals, four silver, and five bronze, totalling 15 medals. The United States finished second in the table with six medals overall. Switzerland won a single bronze medal, the lowest medal haul by a host nation at any Olympic Games. American Irving Jaffee was leading the 10,000-metre speed skating race, having outskated Norwegian defending world champion Bernt Evensen in their heat, when rising temperatures thawed the ice.https://books.google.com/books?id=Xcfef_d2es4C&pg=PA43 The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars 2007 9781561719075 February 27, 2011 Horvitz Peter S. SP Books In a controversial ruling, the Norwegian referee cancelled the entire competition; the International Olympic Committee stepped in to reverse the referee's decision and awarded Jaffee the gold medal, but the International Skating Union later overruled the IOC and restored the ruling.https://books.google.com/books?id=Qpiphgls99IC&pg=PA141 The International Jewish Sports Hall ... September 15, 1906 9781561710287 February 27, 2011 Siegman Joseph M. SP Books Evensen, for his part, stated publicly that Jaffee should be awarded the gold medal, but that did not happen. Events Medals were awarded in 14 events contested in 4 sports (8 disciplines). Bobsleigh Bobsleigh 1 Skeleton 1 Ice hockey 1 Ice skating Figure skating 3 Speed skating 4 Nordic skiing Cross-country skiing 2 Nordic combined 1 Ski jumping 1 Demonstration sports Military patrol Skijoring Venues Venues of the 1928 Winter Olympics St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink – Figure skating, Ice hockey, Speed skating Around the hills of St. Moritz – Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing) Olympiaschanze St. Moritz – Nordic combined (ski jumping), Ski jumping St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun – Bobsleigh Cresta Run – Skeleton Participating nations Athletes from 25 nations competed at these Games, up from 16 in 1924. Nations making their first appearance at the Winter Olympic Games were Argentina (first participation of a delegation coming from a country belonging to the Southern Hemisphere), Estonia, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Romania. Participating National Olympic Committees18em ARG 1928 Winter 10 AUT 1928 Winter 39 BEL 1928 Winter 25 CAN 1928 Winter 23 TCH 1928 Winter 29 EST 1928 Winter 2 FIN 1928 Winter 18 FRA 1928 Winter 38 GER 1928 Winter 44 GBR 1928 Winter 32 HUN 1928 Winter 13 ITA 1928 Winter 13 JPN 1928 Winter 6 LAT 1928 Winter 1 LTU 1928 Winter 1 LUX 1928 Winter 5 MEX 1928 Winter 5 NED 1928 Winter 7 NOR 1928 Winter 25 POL 1928 Winter 26 ROU 1928 Winter 10 SWE 1928 Winter 24 SUI 1928 Winter 41 (host) USA 1928 Winter 24 YUG 1928 Winter 6 Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees IOC Letter Code Country Athletes GER GER 1928 Winter 44 SUI SUI 1928 Winter 41 AUT AUT 1928 Winter 39 FRA FRA 1928 Winter 38 GBR GBR 1928 Winter 32 TCH TCH 1928 Winter 29 POL POL 1928 Winter 26 BEL BEL 1928 Winter 25 NOR NOR 1928 Winter 25 SWE SWE 1928 Winter 24 USA USA 1928 Winter 24 CAN CAN 1928 Winter 23 FIN FIN 1928 Winter 18 HUN HUN 1928 Winter 13 ITA ITA 1928 Winter 13 ARG ARG 1928 Winter 10 ROM ROM 1928 Winter 10 NED NED 1928 Winter 7 JPN JPN 1928 Winter 6 YUG YUG 1928 Winter 6 LUX LUX 1928 Winter 5 MEX MEX 1928 Winter 5 EST EST 1928 Winter 2 LAT LAT 1928 Winter 1 LTU LTU 1928 Winter 1 Total 464 Medal count 1928 Winter Olympics medal table SUI flagIOC 1928 Winter 6 4 5 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 yes Podium sweeps +DateSportEventNOCGoldSilverBronze14 FebruaryCross-country skiing Men's 50 kilometreSWE 1928 WinterPer-Erik HedlundGustaf JonssonVolger Andersson17 FebruaryCross-country skiing Men's 18 kilometreNOR 1928 WinterJohan GrøttumsbråtenOle HeggeReidar Ødegaard18 FebruaryNordic combined IndividualNOR 1928 WinterJohan GrøttumsbråtenHans VinjarengenJon Snersrud See also List of 1928 Winter Olympics medal winners 1928 Winter Olympics Notes lower-alpha References External links 1928 Winter Olympics The program of the 1928 St. Moritz Winter Olympics The official report of St. Moritz 1928 (French only) woly Chamonix II Olympic Winter GamesSt. Moritz 1928 Lake Placid Olympics Switzerland Sports 1920s Category:Olympic Games in Switzerland Category:Winter Olympics by year Category:1928 in Swiss sport Category:1928 in multi-sport events Category:Sport in St. Moritz Category:February 1928 sports events in Europe Category:Winter sports competitions in Switzerland