Military patrol at the 1928 Winter Olympics

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At the 1928 Winter Olympics, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, a military patrol competition was held. Because of a snowstorm the night before the competition, the start of the event was delayed 45 minutes to the cleaning up of the track. The competition was contested over a {{cvt|30|km}} distance with an elevation difference of {{cvt|1100|m}}. The starting point was on a height of {{cvt|2,108|m}}, the highest point at {{cvt|2,877|m}}, and the goal in the valley at {{cvt|1850|m}}.[http://www.mil.no/multimedia/archive/00058/Norsk_Milit_ridrett_58955a.pdf Norsk militæridrett: Tøff tur for Reistad]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (Norwegian), p. 11. Nine countries with 36 military patrol runners participated in this event.

The event was held on Sunday, February 12, 1928. It was originally to be a full Olympic event, but its status was downgraded to that of demonstration sport.{{cite web|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1928/1928w2.pdf#page=19|title=Official Report|last=1928 Winter Olympic Games Organising Committee|page=19|access-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101010324/http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1928/1928w2.pdf|archive-date=1 November 2013|url-status=dead}}