1928 Winter Olympics

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• Sonja Henie of Norway returned to the Winter Olympics, having taken part in 1924 at the age of 11, and made history by winning the ladies' figure skating aged 15. She became the youngest Olympic champion in history (a distinction she held for 70 years),{{cite web|title=St. Moritz 1928|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/St-Moritz-1928/|access-date=5 March 2010}} and went on to defend her title at the next two Winter Olympics.
• Norway's Ivar Ballangrud won the Olympic title in the 5,000-metre speed skating event, and Clas Thunberg of Finland won both the 500 m and the 1,500 m.
• Norway finished at the top of the medal table with a total of six gold medals, four silver, and five bronze, totalling 15 medals. The United States finished second in the table with six medals overall.
• Switzerland won a single bronze medal, the lowest medal haul by a host nation at any Olympic Games.
• American Irving Jaffee was leading the 10,000-metre speed skating race, having outskated Norwegian defending world champion Bernt Evensen in their heat, when rising temperatures thawed the ice.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xcfef_d2es4C&pg=PA43 |title=The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars |year= 2007|isbn=9781561719075 |access-date=February 27, 2011|last1=Horvitz |first1=Peter S. |publisher=SP Books }} In a controversial ruling, the Norwegian referee cancelled the entire competition; the International Olympic Committee stepped in to reverse the referee's decision and awarded Jaffee the gold medal, but the International Skating Union later overruled the IOC and restored the ruling.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qpiphgls99IC&pg=PA141 |title=The International Jewish Sports Hall ... |date=September 15, 1906 |isbn=9781561710287 |access-date=February 27, 2011|last1=Siegman |first1=Joseph M. |publisher=SP Books }} Evensen, for his part, stated publicly that Jaffee should be awarded the gold medal, but that did not happen.

Medals were awarded in 14 events contested in 4 sports (8 disciplines).

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• Ice skating
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• Skijoring

{{Main|Venues of the 1928 Winter Olympics}}

• St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink – Figure skating, Ice hockey, Speed skating
• Around the hills of St. Moritz – Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)
• Olympiaschanze St. Moritz – Nordic combined (ski jumping), Ski jumping
• St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun – Bobsleigh
• Cresta Run – Skeleton

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 (first participation of a delegation coming from a country belonging to the Southern Hemisphere), Estonia, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Romania.

{{Main|1928 Winter Olympics medal table}}

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• List of 1928 Winter Olympics medal winners

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080705133355/http://www.marcolympics.org/jeux/1928/winter/index.php The program of the 1928 St. Moritz Winter Olympics]
• [https://library.olympic.org/Default/doc/SYRACUSE/52442/rapport-general-du-comite-executif-des-iimes-jeux-olympiques-d-hiver-et-documents-officiels-divers?_lg=en-GB The official report of St. Moritz 1928] (French only)

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