1928 Winter Olympics - Medalists

The 2nd Winter Olympics

In 1928, 464 athletes competed in St. Mortiz, Switzerland in 14 events. The games opened on 11 Feb 1928.^[1] It was the first time the Skelton was a part of the winter competition.

Notables include:

• Andrée Joly and Pierre Brunet of France who won gold in 1928 and bronze in 1924. They were that country's first gold medal-winning Winter Olympic Champions. They married in 1929 and later immigrated to the US where they became skating coaches.^[2]

• Norway's Sonja (Henie) Onstad (1912-1969) who later became a Hollywood movie star.^[3]

• The Canadians won in Ice Hockey for the second time with a completely new team as compared to their 1924 team roster.

1928 Winter Olympics - Medalists

Medalists links pending to be added

Bobsled

Event	Gold Medal	Flag	Country	Silver Medal	Flag	Country	Bronze Medal	Flag	Country
Bobsleigh Fiveman, Men	Billy Fiske Geoffrey Travers Mason Clifford Barton Gray Nion Tucker DIck Parke		USA	Lynman Hine Jennison Heaton Tom Doe David Granger Jay O'Brien		USA	Sebastian Huber Hanns Kilian Hans Heb Hanns Nagle Valentin Krempl		Germany

Cross Country Skiing

Event	Gold Medal	Flag	Country	Silver Medal	Flag	Country	Bronze Medal	Flag	Country
18km Men	Johan Grottumsbraten		Norway	Ole Hegge		Norway	Reider Odegaard		Norway
50km Men	Per-Erik Hedlund		Sweden	Gustav Jonsson		Sweden	Volger Andersson		Sweden

Figure Skating

Event	Gold Medal	Flag	Country	Silver Medal	Flag	Country	Bronze Medal	Flag	Country
Individual Men	Gillis Grafstrom		Sweden	Willy Bockl		Austria	Robert Van Zeebroeck		Belgium
Individual Women	Sofia Henie		Norway	Fritzi Burger		Austria	Beatrix Loughran		USA
Pairs Mixed	Andree Brunet & Pierre Brunet		France	Lilly Scholz & Otto Kaiser		Austria	Melitta Bruner & Ludwig Wrede		Austria

Ice Hockey

Event	Gold Medal	Flag	Country	Silver Medal	Flag	Country	Bronze Medal	Flag	Country
Ice Hockey	Ross Croft Tayloe Grant Gordon Hugh John Plaxton Herbert Alfred Plaxton David Trottier Rogers Hayward Plaxton Charlie Delahey Norbert Edward Mueller Henry Louis Hudson Frank Gerald Sullivan John Chester Porter Joseph Taylor Sullivan Frank Fisher		Canada	Ernst Karlberg Niles Johansson Emil Bergman Kurt Sucksdorff Gustaf Johansson Wilhelm Peterson Birger Holmqvist Bertif Linde Sigfrid Oberg Karl Abrahansson Henry Johansson Erik Larsson		Sweden	Fritz Kraatz Albert Geromini Heini Meng Mezzi Andreossi Richard Torriana Louis Dufour Luzruedi Anton Morosani Robert Breiter Arnold Martignoni Charles Fasel Giannin Andreossi		Switzerland

Nordic Combined

Event	Gold Medal	Flag	Country	Silver Medal	Flag	Country	Bronze Medal	Flag	Country
Nordic Combined Men	Johan Grøttumsbråten		Norway	Hans Vinjarengen		Norway	John Snersrud		Norway

Skeleton

Event	Gold Medal	Flag	Country	Silver Medal	Flag	Country	Bronze Medal	Flag	Country
Skelton, Individual Men	Jennison Heaton		USA	Jack Heaton		USA	David Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk		Great Britain

Ski Jumping

Event	Gold Medal	Flag	Country	Silver Medal	Flag	Country	Bronze Medal	Flag	Country
Normal Hill Individual Men	Alf Andersen		Norway	Sigmund Rudd		Norway	Rudolf Berkert		Czechoslovakia

Speed Skating

Event	Gold Medal	Flag	Country	Silver Medal	Flag	Country	Bronze Medal	Flag	Country
1500m Men	Claud Thunberg		Finland	Bernt Evensen		Norway	Ivar Ballangrud		Norway
5000m Men	Ivar Ballangrud		Norway	Julius Skutnabb		Finland	Bernt Evensen		Norway
500m Men	Bernt Evensen		Norway	Clas Thunberg		Finland	John O Farrell		USA