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.[1]
During the course of the games, Norway won six gold, four silver and five bronze medals.[1] 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.[2]
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.[2]
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 18km 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.[3]
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.[1]
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