| Luxembourg at the 1928 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | LUX |
| NOC | Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee |
| Website | www |
| in St. Moritz | |
| Competitors | 5 (men) in 1 sport |
| Flag bearer | Willy Heldenstein [1] |
| Medals |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Athletes from Luxembourg competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time in 1928 in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| LUX | Marc Shoetter Raoul Weckbecker Willy Heldenstein Pierre Kaempff Auguste Hilbert | Five-man | 1:45.8 | 20 | 1:46.9 | 19 | 3:32.7 | 20 |
Several tropical nations have participated in the Winter Olympics despite not having the climate for winter sports. Partly because of that, their entries are a subject of human interest stories during the Games. No tropical nation has ever won a Winter Olympic medal.
Argentina competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The nation sent two bobsleigh teams, which finished in fourth and fifth place in the event. This participation is the best performance in the Winter Olympics of Argentina and any other Latin American nation.
Estonia competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Japan competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Lithuania competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Lithuania was represented by a single athlete, Kęstutis Bulota.
Mexico competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time in 1928 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. It would be another 56 years before another Mexican team would attend the Winter Games.
Romania competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Austria competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Belgium competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
France competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Norway competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Norway ranked first in the total medal count, as they had in the inaugural 1924 Games.
Athletes from Sweden competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Switzerland was the host nation for the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. The lone bronze medal won in men's ice hockey remains the lowest output by a host nation at a modern Olympic games.
Athletes for Latvia competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Poland competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Hungary competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. These games marked the first time in Olympic History that Great Britain didn't take a gold medal.
Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
The United States competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Skijoring was a demonstration sport at the 1928 Winter Olympics, held in St. Moritz, Switzerland from February 11 through 19, 1928. The sole skijoring event of the Games was held on February 12, the second day of the Games. The sport of skijoring is one in which a person on skis is pulled by dogs, horses, or a form of mechanized transportation such as a snowmobile. In the 1928 Olympics, athletes were towed behind horses.
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