List of 1928 Winter Olympics medal winners
The 1928 Winter Olympics, referred to by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the II Olympic Winter Games, were held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, from February 11 through February 18, 1928. A total of 464 athletes from 25 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these Games. Overall, 14 events were contested in 8 disciplines. Athletes competed in skeleton for the first time, but unlike the previous Olympic Games there was no curling competition and military patrol was a demonstration event rather than a medal event.[1][2] Both men and women competed in these Games, although women were only allowed to compete in the figure skating ladies' singles and pairs events.[3]
Eighty-three individual athletes won medals, but the ones representing Norway far surpassed their competitors in the medal count, winning fifteen medals to the six won by the nearest NOC, the United States. The only three other NOCs that had medalists in more than one event were Sweden, Finland, and Austria. Twelve of the 25 participating NOCs secured at least one medal, and among these, six NOCs won at least one gold medal.[4]
Bobsleigh
Event[5] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Five-man |
Nion Tucker
|
United States (USA) USA I Thomas Doe David Granger Jennison Heaton Lyman Hine Jay O'Brien |
Cross-country skiing
Event[6] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
18 km |
Johan Grøttumsbråten Norway |
Ole Hegge Norway |
Reidar Ødegaard Norway |
50 km |
Per-Erik Hedlund Sweden |
Gustaf Jonsson Sweden |
Volger Andersson Sweden |
Figure skating
Event[7] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's singles |
Gillis Grafström Sweden |
Willy Böckl Austria |
|
Ladies' singles |
Sonja Henie Norway |
Fritzi Burger Austria |
Beatrix Loughran United States |
Pairs[8] |
France (FRA) Andrée Joly Pierre Brunet |
Austria (AUT) Lilly Scholz Otto Kaiser |
Austria (AUT) Melitta Brunner Ludwig Wrede |
Ice hockey
Nordic combined
Event[10] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's individual |
Johan Grøttumsbråten Norway |
Hans Vinjarengen Norway |
Jon Snersrud Norway |
Skeleton
Event[11] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's individual |
Jennison Heaton United States |
John Heaton United States |
David Carnegie Great Britain |
Ski jumping
Event[12] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's individual |
Alf Andersen Norway |
Sigmund Ruud Norway |
Rudolf Burkert Czechoslovakia |
Speed skating
In the 10,000-meter race, Irving Jaffee was leading the competition, having outskated Norwegian defending world champion Bernt Evensen in their heat, when rising temperatures thawed the ice.[13] In a controversial ruling, the Norwegian referee canceled the entire competition. Although the International Olympic Committee reversed the referee's decision and awarded Jaffee the gold medal, the International Skating Union later overruled the IOC and restored the ruling.[14] Evensen, for his part, publicly said that Jaffee should be awarded the gold medal, but that never happened.
Event[15] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
500 metres |
Bernt Evensen Norway Clas Thunberg Finland |
none awarded | |
1500 metres |
Clas Thunberg Finland |
Bernt Evensen Norway |
Ivar Ballangrud Norway |
5000 metres |
Ivar Ballangrud Norway |
Julius Skutnabb Finland |
Bernt Evensen Norway |
10000 metres |
The competition was cancelled because of thawing ice.[13] |
Statistics
Medal leaders
Athletes who won multiple medals are listed below.[16]
Athlete | Nation | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Johan Grøttumsbråten | Norway (NOR) | Cross-country skiing & Nordic combined | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Clas Thunberg | Finland (FIN) | Speed skating | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Bernt Evensen | Norway (NOR) | Speed skating | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Jennison Heaton | United States (USA) | Skeleton & Bobsleigh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Ivar Ballangrud | Norway (NOR) | Speed skating | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "St. Moritz 1928". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2009-10-08. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ^ "Chamonix 1924". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2009-10-04. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ^ Comité Olympique Suisse (1928). Résultats des Concours des IImes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: Imprimerie du Léman. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ a b "All the medalists since 1896". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2016-05-10. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ^ "Four/Five, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1928 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Figure Skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Pairs, Mixed". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Ice Hockey, Men". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Nordic Combined at the 1928 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Skeleton at the 1928 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Ski Jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ ISBN 9781561719075. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
- ISBN 9781561710287. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "1928 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
External links
- "St Moritz 1928". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.