1928 Winter Olympics medal table

none February 2025 1928 Winter Olympics medals Johan Grøttumsbråten.jpg Johan Grøttumsbråten tied for most gold medals won at the 1928 Winter Olympics, winning two in the individual Nordic combined and ski jumping events. Johan Grøttumsbråten skiing on snow with the silhouettes of seven skiers in the background. Image is in black and white. St. Moritz, SUI 1928 Winter Most total medals NOR 1928 Winter 15 Most gold medals NOR 1928 Winter 6 Medalling NOCs 12 1924 Olympics medal tables 1932 thumb|right|450px|1928 Winter Olympic Games medal map Legend: #ffc500Gold represents countries that won at least one gold medal silverSilver represents countries that won at least one silver medal #cc9966Bronze represents countries that won at least one bronze medal #d40000Red represents countries that did not win any medals #ecececGrey represents countries that did not participate The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928, were an international multi-sport event held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, from 11 to 19 February 1928. A total of 464 athletes representing 25 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated, which included 9 NOCs more than the inaugural Winter Games held four years earlier in Chamonix, France. The 9 NOCs were all first time entrants at the Winter Games: Argentina, Estonia, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Romania.https://www.olympics.com/en/news/the-first-true-olympic-winter-games https://web.archive.org/web/20240816052151/https://www.olympics.com/en/news/the-first-true-olympic-winter-games 16 August 2024 14 February 2025 The first true Olympic Winter Games International Olympic Committee live The games featured 14 events in 4 sports in 8 disciplines, with skeleton making its debut appearance.https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/The-Olympic-Winter-Games.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20221130171949/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/The-Olympic-Winter-Games.pdf 30 November 2022 14 October 2021 1 Factsheet: The Winter Olympic Games International Olympic Committee 14 February 2025 livehttps://www.olympedia.org/sports/SKN https://web.archive.org/web/20250214145922/https://www.olympedia.org/sports/SKN Skeleton 14 February 2025 1 March 2025 Olympedia live These games were the first Winter Games to be held as a stand-alone event, not in conjunction with a Summer Olympics. It also replaced the Nordic Games, a former international multi-sport event that also focused primarily on winter sports.https://isoh.org/wp-content/uploads/JOH-Archives/JOHv2n2h.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20250211075306/https://isoh.org/wp-content/uploads/JOH-Archives/JOHv2n2h.pdf 11 February 2025 14 February 2025 1994 International Society of Olympic Historians Journal of Olympic History 2 Edgeworth Ron 34–35 The Nordic Games and the Origins of the Winter Olympic Games Overall, athletes representing 12 NOCs won at least one medal, and 6 NOCs won at least one gold medal. Norway won the most gold medals and the most overall medals, with 6 and 15 respectively. France's team won their first Winter Olympic gold medal, with figure skaters Andrée Joly and Pierre Brunet winning gold in the pair skating event.978-0810868595 Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating Hines James R. 45 22 April 2011 Germany's and Czechoslovakia's teams obtained their first Winter Olympic medals, with the former winning bronze in the five-man bobsleigh event from bobsledders Hans Heß, Sebastian Huber, Hanns Kilian, Valentin Krempl, and Hanns Nägle,https://www.olympedia.org/results/236 https://web.archive.org/web/20250126131032/https://www.olympedia.org/results/236 26 January 2025 Olympedia live Four/Five, Men and the latter also winning bronze but in the men's individual ski jumping event from Rudolf Burkert.https://www.olympijskytym.cz/en/athlete/rudolf-burkert https://web.archive.org/web/20241213171553/https://www.olympijskytym.cz/en/athlete/rudolf-burkert 13 December 2024 Rudolph Burkert cs Czech Olympic Committee live Skier Johan Grøttumsbraaten of Norway and speed skater Clas Thunberg of Finland tied for the most gold medals won by an individual at the games, with two each. Speed skater Bernt Evensen of Norway won the most overall medals for an individual at the games, winning three medals with one gold, one silver, and one bronze.https://www.olympedia.org/editions/30/medal https://web.archive.org/web/20240826084626/https://www.olympedia.org/editions/30/medal 26 August 2024 Medal winners Sankt Moritz 1928 Olympedia live 14 February 2025 Sweden and Norway achieved podium sweeps at the games, with the latter achieving two. The former swept the men's 50 kilometre event in cross-country skiing with Per-Erik Hedlund winning the gold, Gustaf Jonsson winning the silver, and Volger Andersson winning the bronze.https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-journal-protest-cancellation/165453532/ 14 February 1928 The Evening Journal Newspapers.com 14 February 2025 Protest Cancellation of Olympic Ice Race with America on Top Associated Press 14 The latter swept the men's 18 kilometre event in cross-country skiing with Grøttumsbråten winning the gold, Ole Hegge winning the silver, and Reidar Ødegaard winning the bronze,https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-winter-olympic-cross-co/165205835/ Toronto Star Winter Olympic Cross-country Sweeps 24 February 2014 Newspapers.com 49 2 February 2025 and the individual Nordic combined event with Grøttumsbråten again winning the gold, Hans Vinjarengen winning the silver, and Jon Snersrud winning the bronze.https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-moritz-1928/results/nordic-combined https://web.archive.org/web/20241001134100/https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-moritz-1928/results/nordic-combined 1 October 2024 St. Moritz 1928 Nordic Combined Results International Olympic Committee live 14 February 2025 Medals Olympic medal Rudolf Burkert won the first Winter Olympic medal for Czechoslovakia, winning bronze in the men's individual ski jumping event.|thumb |alt=Rudolf Bukert from the torso up wearing a sweater. Image is in black and white. The medals used for the 1928 Winter Olympics were minted by Huguenin Frères in Le Locle and were designed by Arnold Hünerwadel. The obverse of the medals featured a design of a female figure skater surrounded with snowflakes. The reverse of the medals featured the Olympic rings, the official name of the games and the host city in French, and an olive branch on the left- and right-hand sides.https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-moritz-1928/medal-design https://web.archive.org/web/20240911065006/https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-moritz-1928/medal-design 11 September 2024 1 February 2025 St. Moritz 1928 Olympic Medals - Design, History & Photos International Olympic Committee live Medal table The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2580716.html The Independent 11 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html 12 August 2024 live Ostlere Lawrence 12 August 2024 enA Medal Count That Adds Up To Little https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html The New York Times 18 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html 21 March 2023 live Araton Harvey subscription 25 July 2024 If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ Diario AS 10 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ 11 August 2024 live Cons Roddy 11 August 2024 en-us In speed skating, two gold medals and three bronze medals with no silver medal were awarded in the men's 500 metres event after a tie for first place and a three-way tie for third place.https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-moritz-1928/results/speed-skating/500m-men https://web.archive.org/web/20241009092344/https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-moritz-1928/results/speed-skating/500m-men 9 October 2024 live 13 February 2025 International Olympic Committee St. Moritz 1928 Speed skating 500m men Results The men's 10,000 metres event resulted in having no medals being awarded after the finals were cancelled by a referee due to thawing ice. Irving Jaffee of the United States was briefly credited as the champion of the event by the IOC but the decision was overruled by the International Skating Union (ISU) and the ruling that there would be no medalists was restored. The United States NOC submitted a protest to the decision by the ISU but it was rejected as they had submitted it too late.https://www.olympedia.org/results/964 https://web.archive.org/web/20250114124805/https://www.olympedia.org/results/964 14 January 2025 10,000 metres, Men Olympedia live 14 February 2025 1928 Winter Olympics medal tablehttps://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-moritz-1928/medals https://web.archive.org/web/20240911071951/https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-moritz-1928/medals 11 September 2024 1 February 2025 St. Moritz 1928 Olympic Medal Table - Gold, Silver & Bronze International Olympic Committee live 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 References External links 1928 Winter Olympics 1928 Winter Olympics Olympedia.com http://www.olympedia.org/editions/30 24 February 2021 Medal table Category:Winter Olympics medal tables