United States at the 1928 Winter Olympics

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United States at the
1928 Winter Olympics
US flag 48 stars.svg
IOC code USA
NOC United States Olympic Committee
in St. Moritz
Competitors24 (21 men, 3 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer Godfrey Dewey
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

The United States competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Contents

Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Bobsleigh

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Billy Fiske
Nion Tocker
Geoffrey Mason
Clifford Grey
Richard Parke
Five-man 1:38.911:41.653:20.5Gold medal icon.svg
Jennison Heaton
David Granger
Lyman Hine
Jay O'Brien
Thomas Doe
1:42.381:38.713:21.0Silver medal icon.svg

Cross-country skiing

AthleteEventTimeRank
Anders Haugen 18 km 2:30:3043
Rolf Monsen 2:48:0045
Charles Proctor 2:35:0044

Figure skating

Individual

AthleteEventCFFSTotal
RankRankPlacesPointsFinal rank
Sherwin Badger Men's singles 139731324.0011
Nathaniel Niles 16131031154.2515
Roger Turner 912671363.5010
Theresa Blanchard Ladies' singles 913771970.2510
Beatrix Loughran 44282254.52Bronze medal icon.svg
Maribel Vinson 36322224.504

Mixed

AthleteEventPointsScoreRank
Theresa Blanchard
Nathaniel Niles
Pairs 79.569.009
Beatrix Loughran
Sherwin Badger
4387.504

Nordic combined

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.

AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotal
TimePointsDistance 1Distance 2PointsPointsRank
Anders Haugen Individual 2:30:300.00051.049.014.8957.44725
Rolf Monsen DNF
Charles Proctor 2:35:000.00047.051.514.4177.20826

Skeleton

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Jack Heaton Men's 1:01.421:00.421:01.423:02.8Silver medal icon.svg
Jennison Heaton 1:00.211:00.211:01.013:01.8Gold medal icon.svg

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistanceDistancePointsRank
Anders Haugen Normal hill 51.053.015.29118
Rolf Monsen 53.059.516.6876
Charles Proctor 49.056.015.58314

Speed skating

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.

AthleteEventTimeRank
Valentine Bialas 500 m 46.517
John Farrell 43.6Bronze medal icon.svg
Irving Jaffee 45.211
Eddie Murphy 44.910
Valentine Bialas 1500 m 2:26.36
John Farrell 2:26.88
Irving Jaffee 2:26.77
Eddie Murphy 2:25.95
Valentine Bialas 5000 m 9:06.36
John Farrell 9:29.217
Irving Jaffee 9:01.34
Eddie Murphy 9:19.514

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References

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  2. The International Jewish Sports Hall ... September 15, 1906. Retrieved February 27, 2011.