Norway was represented at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports.
The Games marked the second Winter Olympics since their inception in 1924. In total, 26 athletes including 23 men and three women represented Norway in five different sports including cross-country skiing, figure skating, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating.
Norway again ranked first in the medal count after winning six gold, four silver and five bronze medals.
Competitors In total, 26 athletes including 23 men and three women represented Norway at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. SportMenWomenTotalCross-country skiing 7 0 7Figure skating 0 3 3Nordic combined 4 0 4Ski jumping 4 0 4Speed skating 8 0 8 Total 23 3 26
Medalists During the course of the games, Norway won six gold, four silver and five bronze medals. Norway came top of the medal table having won four more golds than any other country. Their total of 15 medals was also nine more than any other country.
Along with Finland's Clas Thunberg, Johan Grøttumsbraaten was the joint most successful athlete at the games after winning two gold medals. Bernt Evensen won three medals in total, the most of any athlete, after earning a gold, a silver and a bronze. MedalNameSportEvent Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km Figure skating Women's singles Nordic combined Men's individual Ski jumping Men's normal hill Speed skating Men's 500m Speed skating Men's 5000m Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km Nordic combined Men's individual Ski jumping Men's normal hill Speed skating Men's 1500m Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km Nordic combined Men's individual Speed skating Men's 500m Speed skating Men's 1500m Speed skating Men's 5000m
Cross-country skiing
+Men's cross-country skiingEventAthleteRaceTimeRank18 kmHagbart Haakonsen1'41:295Reidar Ødegaard1'40:11Ole Hegge1'39:01Johan Grøttumsbraaten1'37:0150 kmJohn RøenDNF–Johan Støa5'25:308Ole Hegge5'17:585Olav Kjelbotn5'14:224
Figure skating
+Women's figure skatingAthleteEventCFFSPlacesPointsFinal rank Karen SimensenWomen's singles12181031811.7516 Edel Randem1315941880.7513 Sonja Henie1182452.25
Nordic combined
Events: 18 km cross-country skiing normal hill ski jumping
The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events. One would expect that athletes competing at the Nordic combined event, would participate in the cross-country skiing event as well, as they would have the opportunity to win more than one medal. This was not always the case due to the maximum number of athletes that could represent a country per event.
The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.
AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotalTimePointsRankDistance 1Distance 2Total pointsRankPointsRankJon SnersrudIndividual1'50:5113.125960.552.016.917315.021Ole Kolterud1'50:1713.375759.065.5 (fall)12.9171813.1468Hans Vinjarengen1'41:4417.750259.5 (fall)61.012.8541915.302Johan Grøttumsbraaten1'37:0120.000149.556.015.667817.833
Ski jumping
+Ski jumpingAthleteEventJump 1 (Dist.)Jump 2 (Dist.)TotalPointsRankHans KleppenNormal hill56.5 (fall)64.5 (fall)6.50036Jacob Tullin Thams56.573.0 (fall)12.56228Sigmund Ruud57.562.518.542Alf Andersen60.064.019.208
Speed skating
+Men's speedskatingEventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mOskar Olsen44.79Haakon Pedersen43.86Roald Larsen43.6Bernt Evensen43.4 OR1500 mWollert Nygren2:28.713Roald Larsen2:25.34Ivar Ballangrud2:22.6Bernt Evensen2:21.95000 mMichael Staksrud9:07.37Armand Carlsen9:01.55Bernt Evensen9:01.1Ivar Ballangrud8:50.5
References
External links Résultats des Concours des IImes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver, LA84 Foundation Olympic Medal Winners, IOC Olympic Winter Games 1928, full results by sports-reference.com