United States at the 1928 Winter Olympics

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

United States at the
1928 Winter Olympics
IOC codeUSA
NOCUnited States Olympic Committee
in St. Moritz
Competitors24 (21 men, 3 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearerGodfrey Dewey
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

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

Bobsleigh

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Billy Fiske
Nion Tocker
Geoffrey Mason
Clifford Grey
Richard Parke
Five-man 1:38.9 1 1:41.6 5 3:20.5
Jennison Heaton
David Granger
Lyman Hine
Jay O'Brien
Thomas Doe
1:42.3 8 1:38.7 1 3:21.0

Cross-country skiing

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Anders Haugen 18 km 2:30:30 43
Rolf Monsen 2:48:00 45
Charles Proctor 2:35:00 44

Figure skating

Individual
Athlete Event CF FS Total
Rank Rank Places Points Final rank
Sherwin Badger Men's singles 13 9 73 1324.00 11
Nathaniel Niles 16 13 103 1154.25 15
Roger Turner 9 12 67 1363.50 10
Theresa Blanchard Ladies' singles 9 13 77 1970.25 10
Beatrix Loughran 4 4 28 2254.52
Maribel Vinson 3 6 32 2224.50 4
Pairs
Athlete Event Points Score Rank
Theresa Blanchard
Nathaniel Niles
Pairs 79.5 69.00 9
Beatrix Loughran
Sherwin Badger
43 87.50 4

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.

Athlete Event Cross-country Ski Jumping Total
Time Points Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Points Rank
Anders Haugen Individual 2:30:30 0.000 51.0 49.0 14.895 7.447 25
Rolf Monsen DNF
Charles Proctor 2:35:00 0.000 47.0 51.5 14.417 7.208 26

Skeleton

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jack Heaton Men's 1:01.4 2 1:00.4 2 1:01.4 2 3:02.8
Jennison Heaton 1:00.2 1 1:00.2 1 1:01.0 1 3:01.8

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Distance Points Rank
Anders Haugen Normal hill 51.0 53.0 15.291 18
Rolf Monsen 53.0 59.5 16.687 6
Charles Proctor 49.0 56.0 15.583 14

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.

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Valentine Bialas 500 m 46.5 17
John Farrell 43.6
Irving Jaffee 45.2 11
Eddie Murphy 44.9 10
Valentine Bialas 1500 m 2:26.3 6
John Farrell 2:26.8 8
Irving Jaffee 2:26.7 7
Eddie Murphy 2:25.9 5
Valentine Bialas 5000 m 9:06.3 6
John Farrell 9:29.2 17
Irving Jaffee 9:01.3 4
Eddie Murphy 9:19.5 14

References

  • Comité Olympique Suisse (1928). Résultats des Concours des IImes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: Imprimerie du Léman. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
  • Olympic Winter Games 1928, full results by sports-reference.com


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