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II Olympic Winter Games
II Olympic Winter Games
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. St Moritz ( German: Sankt Moritz, Romansh: San Murezzan) is an exclusive resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The Olympic sports comprise all the Sports contested in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Edmund Schulthess ( Brugg, March 2, 1868 - April 22, 1944) was a Swiss politician The Olympic Oath is taken by one athlete and one judge at the opening ceremonies of each Olympic Games. Hans Eidenbenz (born January 30 1900, date of death unknown was a Swiss Nordic combined skier who competed in the 1920s The Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the big centrepiece Stadium of the Summer Olympic Games. St Moritz Olympic Ice Rink is an outdoor Stadium in St Moritz, Switzerland. The Winter Olympic Games are a winter Multi-sport event held every four years Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. St Moritz ( German: Sankt Moritz, Romansh: San Murezzan) is an exclusive resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics held on its own as they were not in conjunction with a Summer Olympics. The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an International Multi-sport event, usually quadrennial organised by the International The preceding 1924 Winter Olympics were retroactively renamed into Winter Olympics. The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games, were a Winter Multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix They were actually part of the 1924 Summer Olympics. The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in 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. The Nordic Games was the first international Multi-sport event that focused primarily on Winter sports, and was held at varying intervals between 1901 and 1926

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Highlights

Events

Demonstration sports

Participating nations

Athletes from 25 nations competed at these Games, up from 16 in 1924. At the 1928 Winter Olympics, a Bobsleigh event was contested Five-man Medal table At the 1928 Winter Olympics, three Figure skating events were contested At the 1928 Winter Olympics, the Ice hockey event was contested by 11 teams At the 1928 Winter Olympics, four Nordic skiing events were contested &ndash two Cross-country skiing events one Ski jumping At the 1928 Winter Olympics, two Cross country skiing events were contested At the 1928 Winter Olympics, one Nordic combined individual event was held Men's event Large hill Footnotes At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St Moritz, four Speed skating events were scheduled all for men These are the results of the men's skeleton competition at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St At the 1928 Winter Olympics, in St Moritz, Switzerland, in 1928, a Military patrol competition was held Nations making their first appearance at the Winter Olympic Games were Argentina (first participation of a delegation coming from a country belonging to the Southern Hemisphere), Estonia, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Romania. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the Luxembourg (Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small Landlocked country in Western Europe, bordered by The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania

Medal count

Main article: 1928 Winter Olympics medal count
 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Norway Norway 6 4 5 15
2 United States United States 2 2 2 6
3 Sweden Sweden 2 2 1 5
4 Finland Finland 2 1 1 4
5 Canada Canada 1 0 0 1
France France 1 0 0 1
7 Austria Austria 0 3 1 4
8 Belgium Belgium 0 0 1 1
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 0 0 1 1
Germany Germany 0 0 1 1
Great Britain Great Britain 0 0 1 1
Switzerland Switzerland (host nation) 0 0 1 1
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