At the 1928 Winter Olympics

1928 Winter Olympics

The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 11–19, 1928 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics held on its own as they were not in conjunction with a Summer Olympics...

, three figure skating

Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

events were contested. The competitions were held from Tuesday, February 14, 1928 to Sunday, February 19, 1928.

Unseasonably warm weather in St. Moritz during the Games caused difficulty for the figure skating events, as the ice surface was outdoors. It was even proposed to move the competition to an indoor rink in Berlin or London, but colder weather returned before a decision could be made. However, the ice surface remained in poor condition during the Games. During the ladies' free skating, red flags were placed to mark the especially bad places, which became more numerous as the day wore on.

Medal summary

Men's singles
Ladies' singles
Pairs	Andrée Joly Andrée Brunet Andrée Brunet was a French figure skater and two-time Olympic champion in pair skating.-Biography:... Pierre Brunet	Lilly Scholz Lilly Scholz Lilly Scholz was an Austrian pair skater. She and partner Otto Kaiser won the 1929 World Championship in pair skating. They won the silver medal at the 1928 Winter Olympics... Otto Kaiser Otto Kaiser (figure skater) Otto Kaiser was an Austrian pair skater. He and his partner Lilly Scholz won the 1929 World Championship in pair skating...	Melitta Brunner Melitta Brunner Melitta Brunner was an Austrian figure skater in both pairs and singles. As a single skater, she won the bronze medal at the 1929 World Championships. As a pair skater, she skated with Ludwig Wrede and won the bronze at the 1928 Olympics in St. Moritz... Ludwig Wrede Ludwig Wrede Ludwig Wrede was an Austrian figure skater in both pairs and singles skating.He competed with Herma Szabo and won the World Championships in 1925 and 1927. They won the bronze in 1926. After Szabo retired, Wrede competed with Melitta Brunner, with whom he won the bronze medal at the 1928 Winter...

Participating nations

Twelve figure skater (seven men and five ladies) competed in both the singles and the pairs event.

A total of 51 figure skaters (23 men and 28 ladies) from eleven nations (men from eleven nations and ladies from eleven nations) competed at the St. Moritz Games:
(men:4 women:5) (men:1 women:1) (men:2 women:3) (men:2 women:1) (men:2 women:1) (men:1 women:2) (men:3 women:5) (men:3 women:2) (men:0 women:4) (men:1 women:0) (men:1 women:1) (men:3 women:3)

Medal table

Again only Austria was able to win more than one medal but this time without winning a gold medal.

1		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
4		0	3	1	4
5		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
Total		3	3	3	9