1928 Winter Olympics medal table

1928 Winter Olympics medals
Johan Grøttumsbråten tied for most gold medals won at the 1928 Winter Olympics, winning two in the individual nordic combined and ski jumping events.
LocationSt. Moritz,  Switzerland
Highlights
Most gold medals Norway (6)
Most total medals Norway (15)
Medalling NOCs12

The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928, were an international multi-sport event held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, from 11 to 19 February 1928. A total of 464 athletes representing 25 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated, which included 9 NOCs more than the inaugural Winter Games held four years earlier in Chamonix, France. The 9 NOCs were all first time entrants at the Winter Games: Argentina, Estonia, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Romania. The games featured 14 events in 4 sports in 8 disciplines, with skeleton making its debut appearance. These games were the first Winter Games to be held as a stand-alone event, not in conjunction with a Summer Olympics. It also replaced the Nordic Games, a former international multi-sport event that also focused primarily on winter sports.

Overall, athletes representing 12 NOCs won at least one medal, and 6 NOCs won at least one gold medal. Norway won the most gold medals and the most overall medals, with 6 and 15 respectively. France's team won their first Winter Olympic gold medal, with figure skaters Andrée Joly and Pierre Brunet winning gold in the pair skating event. Germany's and Czechoslovakia's teams obtained their first Winter Olympic medals, with the former winning bronze in the five-man bobsleigh event from bobsledders Hans Heß, Sebastian Huber, Hanns Kilian, Valentin Krempl, and Hanns Nägle, and the latter also winning bronze but in the men's individual ski jumping event from Rudolf Burkert.

Skier Johan Grøttumsbraaten of Norway and speed skater Clas Thunberg of Finland tied for the most gold medals won by an individual at the games, with two each. Speed skater Bernt Evensen of Norway won the most overall medals for an individual at the games, winning three medals with one gold, one silver, and one bronze.

Sweden and Norway achieved podium sweeps at the games, with the latter achieving two. The former swept the men's 50 kilometre event in cross-country skiing with Per-Erik Hedlund winning the gold, Gustaf Jonsson winning the silver, and Volger Andersson winning the bronze. The latter swept the men's 18 kilometre event in cross-country skiing with Grøttumsbråten winning the gold, Ole Hegge winning the silver, and Reidar Ødegaard winning the bronze, and the individual nordic combined event with Grøttumsbråten again winning the gold, Hans Vinjarengen winning the silver, and Jon Snersrud winning the bronze.