The
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
competed at the
1928 Winter Olympics
The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (; ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Swit ...
in
St. Moritz
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,
Switzerland
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.
Medalists
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
Cross-country skiing
Figure skating
Individual
Mixed
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.
Skeleton
Ski jumping
Speed skating
In the 10,000-meter speed skating race,
Irving Jaffee
Irving Warren Jaffee (September 15, 1906 in New York City – March 20, 1981 in San Diego, California) was an American Speed skating, speed skater who won two gold medals at the 1932 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there alon ...
was leading the competition, having outskated Norwegian defending world champion
Bernt Evensen
Bernt Sverre Evensen (18 April 1905 – 24 August 1979) was a Norway, Norwegian Speed skating, speed skater and racing cyclist who competed in skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics, 1928 and 1932 Winter Olympics.
In 1928 he became the first Norwe ...
in their heat, when rising temperatures thawed the ice.
In a controversial ruling, the Norwegian referee canceled the entire competition. Although the
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; , CIO) is the international, non-governmental, sports governing body of the modern Olympic Games. Founded in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas, it is based i ...
reversed the referee's decision and awarded Jaffee the gold medal, the
International Skating Union
The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international sport governing body, governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded ...
later overruled the IOC and restored the ruling.
Evensen, for his part, publicly said that Jaffee should be awarded the gold medal, but that never happened.
References
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Olympic Winter Games 1928, full results by sports-reference.com
Nations at the 1928 Winter Olympics
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Events January
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Olympics, Winter
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