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Norway at the 1928 Winter Olympics

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Norway at the
1928 Winter Olympics
IOC codeNOR
NOCNorwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Websitewww.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in St. Moritz
Competitors25 (22 men, 3 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearerOle Reistad (Military patrol)
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
6
Silver
4
Bronze
5
Total
15
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Norway competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Norway ranked first in the total medal count, as they had in the inaugural 1924 Games.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Johan Grøttumsbraaten Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km
 Gold Sonja Henie Figure skating Women's singles
 Gold Johan Grøttumsbraaten Nordic combined Men's individual
 Gold Alf Andersen Ski jumping Men's normal hill
 Gold Bernt Evensen Speed skating Men's 500m
 Gold Ivar Ballangrud Speed skating Men's 5000m
 Silver Ole Hegge Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km
 Silver Hans Vinjarengen Nordic combined Men's individual
 Silver Sigmund Ruud Ski jumping Men's normal hill
 Silver Bernt Evensen Speed skating Men's 1500m
 Bronze Reidar Ødegaard Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km
 Bronze Jon Snersrud Nordic combined Men's individual
 Bronze Roald Larsen Speed skating Men's 500m
 Bronze Ivar Ballangrud Speed skating Men's 1500m
 Bronze Bernt Evensen Speed skating Men's 5000m

Cross-country skiing

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Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Hagbart Haakonsen 1'41:29 5
Reidar Ødegaard 1'40:11 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ole Hegge 1'39:01 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Johan Grøttumsbraaten 1'37:01 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 km John Røen DNF
Johan Støa 5'25:30 8
Ole Hegge 5'17:58 5
Olav Kjelbotn 5'14:22 4

Figure skating

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Women
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Karen Simensen Women's singles 12 18 103 1811.75 16
Edel Randem 13 15 94 1880.75 13
Sonja Henie 1 1 8 2452.25 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Nordic combined

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Events:

  • 18 km cross-country skiing
  • normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events. One would expect that athletes competing at the Nordic combined event, would participate in the cross-country skiing event as well, as they would have the opportunity to win more than one medal. This was not always the case due to the maximum number of athletes that could represent a country per event.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete Event Cross-country Ski Jumping Total
Time Points Rank Distance 1 Distance 2 Total points Rank Points Rank
Jon Snersrud Individual 1'50:51 13.125 9 60.5 52.0 16.917 3 15.021 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ole Kolterud 1'50:17 13.375 7 59.0 65.5 (fall) 12.917 18 13.146 8
Hans Vinjarengen 1'41:44 17.750 2 59.5 (fall) 61.0 12.854 19 15.302 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Johan Grøttumsbraaten 1'37:01 20.000 1 49.5 56.0 15.667 8 17.833 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Ski jumping

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Athlete Event Jump 1 (Dist.) Jump 2 (Dist.) Total
Points Rank
Hans Kleppen Normal hill 56.5 (fall) 64.5 (fall) 6.500 36
Jacob Tullin Thams 56.5 73.0 (fall) 12.562 28
Sigmund Ruud 57.5 62.5 18.542 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Alf Andersen 60.0 64.0 19.208 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Speed skating

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Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Oskar Olsen 44.7 9
Haakon Pedersen 43.8 6
Roald Larsen 43.6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Bernt Evensen 43.4 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1500 m Wollert Nygren 2:28.7 13
Roald Larsen 2:25.3 4
Ivar Ballangrud 2:22.6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Bernt Evensen 2:21.9 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
5000 m Michael Staksrud 9:07.3 7
Armand Carlsen 9:01.5 5
Bernt Evensen 9:01.1 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ivar Ballangrud 8:50.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  • Comité Olympique Suisse (1928). Résultats des Concours des IImes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: Imprimerie du Léman. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  • Olympic Winter Games 1928, full results by sports-reference.com