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]

A female figure skater wearing a dark-colored dress and cloche hat performs a turn in an outdoor ice rink.
Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie won the first of her three consecutive Olympic gold medals at the 1928 Games.

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]

Sonja Henie of Norway won the gold medal in the women's individual figure skating competition, the first of three consecutive Winter Olympics where she would do so. She was only 15 years old when she competed at the 1928 Games, setting the record for the youngest person to win an Olympic medal, a record she held for 74 years. Competing with an injured knee, Swedish figure skater Gillis Grafström won the men's individual competition for the third consecutive Winter Games. In the 50–km cross-country skiing competition, Swedish athletes took all three medals. Per-Erik Hedlund won the race, which took place during unusual weather conditions (temperatures rose from 0 to 25 °C (32 to 77 °F)]), by a span of 13 minutes.[1] Norwegian speed skater Bernt Evensen topped the medal count, winning one gold, one silver, and one bronze medal. Four athletes won two medals each: Johan Grøttumsbråten and Ivar Ballangrud of Norway, Clas Thunberg of Finland, and Jennison Heaton of the United States. Both Grøttumsbråten and Thunberg were multiple medal winners in the previous Olympic Games as well.[4]

Bobsleigh

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Billy Fiske, a member of the gold medal-winning American bobsled team in 1928, in a 1940 photo during his service in the Royal Air Force
Event[5] Gold Silver Bronze
Five-man
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  United States (USA)
USA II
Billy Fiske
Clifford Gray
Geoffrey Mason
Richard Parke
Nion Tucker
  United States (USA)
USA I
Thomas Doe
David Granger
Jennison Heaton
Lyman Hine
Jay O'Brien
  Germany (GER)
Germany II
Hans Heß
Sebastian Huber
Hanns Kilian
Valentin Krempl
Hanns Nägle

Cross-country skiing

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Event[6] Gold Silver Bronze
18 km
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Johan Grøttumsbråten
  Norway
Ole Hegge
  Norway
Reidar Ødegaard
  Norway
50 km
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Per-Erik Hedlund
  Sweden
Gustaf Jonsson
  Sweden
Volger Andersson
  Sweden

Figure skating

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Swedish figure skater Gillis Grafström earned a gold medal in men's figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics, which was one of four Olympic Games in which he medaled.
Event[7] Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
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Gillis Grafström
  Sweden
Willy Böckl
  Austria
Robert van Zeebroeck
  Belgium
Ladies' singles
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Sonja Henie
  Norway
Fritzi Burger
  Austria
Beatrix Loughran
  United States
Pairs[8]
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  France (FRA)
Andrée Joly
Pierre Brunet
  Austria (AUT)
Lilly Scholz
Otto Kaiser
  Austria (AUT)
Melitta Brunner
Ludwig Wrede

Ice hockey

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The Canadian and Swedish ice hockey teams stand together at the end of the ice hockey tournament final.
Event[9] Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team
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  Canada (CAN)
Charles Delahaye
Frank Fisher
Louis Hudson
Norbert Mueller
Herbert Plaxton
Hugh Plaxton
Roger Plaxton
John Porter
Frank Sullivan
Joseph Sullivan
Ross Taylor
Dave Trottier
  Sweden (SWE)
Carl Abrahamsson
Emil Bergman
Birger Holmqvist
Gustaf Johansson
Henry Johansson
Nils Johansson
Ernst Karlberg
Erik Larsson
Bertil Linde
Sigfrid Öberg
Wilhelm Petersén
Kurt Sucksdorff
  Switzerland (SUI)
Giannin Andreossi
Mezzi Andreossi
Robert Breiter
Louis Dufour
Charles Fasel
Albert Geromini
Fritz Kraatz
Arnold Martignoni
Heini Meng
Anton Morosani
Luzius Rüedi
Richard Torriani

Nordic combined

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Event[10] Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual
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Johan Grøttumsbråten
  Norway
Hans Vinjarengen
  Norway
Jon Snersrud
  Norway

Skeleton

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An unknown athlete competing in the skeleton competition at the 1928 Games
Event[11] Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual
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Jennison Heaton
  United States
John Heaton
  United States
David Carnegie
  Great Britain

Ski jumping

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Event[12] Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual
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Alf Andersen
  Norway
Sigmund Ruud
  Norway
Rudolf Burkert
  Czechoslovakia

Speed skating

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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
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Bernt Evensen
  Norway
Clas Thunberg
  Finland
none awarded John Farrell
  United States
Jaakko Friman
  Finland
Roald Larsen
  Norway
1500 metres
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Clas Thunberg
  Finland
Bernt Evensen
  Norway
Ivar Ballangrud
  Norway
5000 metres
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Ivar Ballangrud
  Norway
Julius Skutnabb
  Finland
Bernt Evensen
  Norway
10000 metres
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The competition was cancelled because of thawing ice.[13]

Statistics

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Medal leaders

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Athletes who won multiple medals are listed below.[16]

Athlete Nation Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
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

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References

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  2. ^ "Chamonix 1924". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2009-10-04. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
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  8. ^ "Pairs, Mixed". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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  11. ^ "Skeleton at the 1928 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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  13. ^ a b Horvitz, Peter S. (2007). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. SP Books. ISBN 9781561719075. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  14. ^ Siegman, Joseph M. (September 15, 1906). The International Jewish Sports Hall ... SP Books. ISBN 9781561710287. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
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