1928 Winter Olympics
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The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1928 in Sankt-Moritz, Switzerland. The 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics held on its own as they were not in conjunction with a Summer Olympics. The preceding 1924 Winter Olympics were retroactively renamed into Winter Olympics. They were actually part of the 1924 Summer Olympics. All preceding Winter Events of the Olympic Games were the winter sports part of the schedule of the Summer Games, and not as a separate Winter Games. These games also replaced the now redundant Nordic Games, that were held quadrennially since early in the century.
Highlights
- Sonja Henie wins her first gold medal in women's figure skating.
Medal winners
- Bobsleigh
- Figure skating
- Ice hockey
- Military patrol (demonstration)
- Nordic skiing
- Speed skating
- Tobogganing (skeleton)
Medal count
(Host nation in bold.)
| 1928 Winter Olympics medal count |
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 |
Norway | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 |
United States | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 |
Sweden | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |
Finland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |
France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |
Austria | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 |
Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Participating NOCs
Articles about Saint-Moritz Winter Olympics by nation:
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| at the 1928 Winter Olympics (St. Moritz) |
| Bobsleigh | Figure skating | Ice hockey | Military patrol (demonstration) | Nordic skiing | Speed skating | Tobogganing (skeleton) |
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