United States at the 1928 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | USA |
NOC | United States Olympic Committee |
in St. Moritz | |
Competitors | 24 (21 men, 3 women) in 7 sports |
Flag bearer | Godfrey Dewey |
Medals Ranked 2nd |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The United States competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Medalists
[edit]The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
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Bobsleigh
[edit]Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Billy Fiske Nion Tocker Geoffrey Mason Clifford Grey Richard Parke |
Five-man | 1:38.9 | 1 | 1:41.6 | 5 | 3:20.5 | ![]() |
Jennison Heaton David Granger Lyman Hine Jay O'Brien Thomas Doe |
1:42.3 | 8 | 1:38.7 | 1 | 3:21.0 | ![]() |
Cross-country skiing
[edit]Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Anders Haugen | 18 km | 2:30:30 | 43 |
Rolf Monsen | 2:48:00 | 45 | |
Charles Proctor | 2:35:00 | 44 |
Figure skating
[edit]Individual
Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Total | ||
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Rank | Rank | Places | Points | Final rank | ||
Sherwin Badger | Men's singles | 13 | 9 | 73 | 1324.00 | 11 |
Nathaniel Niles | 16 | 13 | 103 | 1154.25 | 15 | |
Roger Turner | 9 | 12 | 67 | 1363.50 | 10 | |
Theresa Blanchard | Ladies' singles | 9 | 13 | 77 | 1970.25 | 10 |
Beatrix Loughran | 4 | 4 | 28 | 2254.52 | ![]() | |
Maribel Vinson | 3 | 6 | 32 | 2224.50 | 4 |
Mixed
Athlete | Event | Points | Score | Rank |
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Theresa Blanchard Nathaniel Niles |
Pairs | 79.5 | 69.00 | 9 |
Beatrix Loughran Sherwin Badger |
43 | 87.50 | 4 |
Nordic combined
[edit]The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the 18 km race 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.
Athlete | Event | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Total | ||||
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Time | Points | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Anders Haugen | Individual | 2:30:30 | 0.000 | 51.0 | 49.0 | 14.895 | 7.447 | 25 |
Rolf Monsen | DNF | |||||||
Charles Proctor | 2:35:00 | 0.000 | 47.0 | 51.5 | 14.417 | 7.208 | 26 |
Skeleton
[edit]Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Jack Heaton | Men's | 1:01.4 | 2 | 1:00.4 | 2 | 1:01.4 | 2 | 3:02.8 | ![]() |
Jennison Heaton | 1:00.2 | 1 | 1:00.2 | 1 | 1:01.0 | 1 | 3:01.8 | ![]() |
Ski jumping
[edit]Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |
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Distance | Distance | Points | Rank | ||
Anders Haugen | Normal hill | 51.0 | 53.0 | 15.291 | 18 |
Rolf Monsen | 53.0 | 59.5 | 16.687 | 6 | |
Charles Proctor | 49.0 | 56.0 | 15.583 | 14 |
Speed skating
[edit]In the 10,000-meter speed skating race, Irving Jaffee was leading the competition, having outskated Norwegian defending world champion Bernt Evensen in their heat, when rising temperatures thawed the ice.[1] In a controversial ruling, the Norwegian referee canceled the entire competition. Although the International Olympic Committee reversed the referee's decision and awarded Jaffee the gold medal, the International Skating Union later overruled the IOC and restored the ruling.[2] Evensen, for his part, publicly said that Jaffee should be awarded the gold medal, but that never happened.
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Valentine Bialas | 500 m | 46.5 | 17 |
John Farrell | 43.6 | ![]() | |
Irving Jaffee | 45.2 | 11 | |
Eddie Murphy | 44.9 | 10 | |
Valentine Bialas | 1500 m | 2:26.3 | 6 |
John Farrell | 2:26.8 | 8 | |
Irving Jaffee | 2:26.7 | 7 | |
Eddie Murphy | 2:25.9 | 5 | |
Valentine Bialas | 5000 m | 9:06.3 | 6 |
John Farrell | 9:29.2 | 17 | |
Irving Jaffee | 9:01.3 | 4 | |
Eddie Murphy | 9:19.5 | 14 |
References
[edit]- ^ The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
- ^ The International Jewish Sports Hall ... September 15, 1906. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
- Comité Olympique Suisse (1928). Résultats des Concours des IImes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: Imprimerie du Léman. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
- Olympic Winter Games 1928, full results by sports-reference.com