1928 Winter Olympics
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| II Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Host city | St. Moritz, Switzerland |
| Nations participating | 25 |
| Athletes participating | 464 (438 men, 26 women) |
| Events | 14 in 6 sports |
| Opening ceremony | February 11 |
| Closing ceremony | February 19 |
| Officially opened by | Edmund Schulthess |
| Athlete's Oath | Hans Eidenbenz |
| Stadium | St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink |
The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1928 in St. 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.
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[edit] Highlights
- Sonja Henie wins her first gold medal in women's figure skating.
- Ivar Ballangrud won the olympic title in the 5,000m speed skating and Clas Thunberg won the 500m and the 10,000m.
- Norway won the games with a total accumilation of 6 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 5 bronze medals with total of 15 medals over the USA total amount of 6 medals.
[edit] Events
[edit] Demonstration sports
- Military patrol
- Skijoring
[edit] Participating nations
Athletes from 25 nations competed at these Games, up from 16 in 1924. Nations making their first appearance at the Winter Olympic Games were Argentina, Estonia, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Romania.
[edit] Medal count
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 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 |  Canada |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 France |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Austria |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 |  Belgium |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Czechoslovakia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Germany |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Great Britain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (host nation) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sports • Medal counts • NOCs Medalists • Symbols |
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| Summer Games: 1896, 1900, 1904, 19061, 1908, 1912, (1916)2, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940)2, (1944)2, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024 |
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| Winter Games: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940)2, (1944)2, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 | ||
| Recent and Upcoming Games Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 |
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