1928 Winter Olympics
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| II Olympic Winter Games | |
| Nations participating | 25 |
| Athletes participating | 464 (438 men, 26 women) |
| Events | 14 events in 6 sports |
| Opening ceremony | February 11, 1928 |
| Closing ceremony | February 19, 1928 |
| Officially opened by | Edmund Schulthess |
| Athlete's Oath | Hans Eidenbenz |
| Judge's Oath | --- |
| Olympic Torch | --- |
The 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics, held on its own, and 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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2 Medal winners 3 Medal Count |
Highlights
- Sonja Henie wins her first gold medal in women's figure skating.
Medal winners
Medal Count
(Host nation in bold.)
| 1928 Winter Olympics medal count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 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 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Austria | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Olympic Games |
| Summer Olympic Games |
| 1896 | 1900 | 1904 | 1906* | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 |
| Winter Olympic Games |
| 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 |
| * The 1906 Olympic were organised by the IOC, but are currently not officially recognised by the IOC, although most Olympic historians disagree. |
