Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics
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At the 1928 Winter Olympics
in St. Moritz
, four speed skating
events were scheduled, all for men, but medals were only awarded for three events, because the 10.000 m event was not completed. The Allround event, which was only organized in 1924, was removed from the program. The competitions were held on Monday, February 13, 1928 and on Tuesday, February 14, 1928.
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...
in St. Moritz
St. Moritz
St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...
, four speed skating
Speed skating
Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
events were scheduled, all for men, but medals were only awarded for three events, because the 10.000 m event was not completed. The Allround event, which was only organized in 1924, was removed from the program. The competitions were held on Monday, February 13, 1928 and on Tuesday, February 14, 1928.
Medal summary
| 500 metres |
none awarded | ||
| 1500 metres |
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| 5000 metres |
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| 10000 metres |
The competition was cancelled in the fifth heat because of thawing ice | ||
Participating nations
A total of 40 speed skaters from 14 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:Medal table
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |