Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Figure skating at the II Winter Olympics
Champions
Men's singles:  Sweden (SWE) Gillis Grafström
Ladies' singles:  Norway (NOR) Sonja Henie
Pair skating:  France (FRA) Andrée Joly and Pierre Brunet
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Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Individual		men		ladies
Pairs		mixed

At the 1928 Winter Olympics, three figure skating 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.

Gillis Grafström during the compulsory figures at the 1928 Olymipcs.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Gillis Grafström Sweden (SWE)	Willy Böckl Austria (AUT)	Robert Van Zeebroeck Belgium (BEL)
Ladies' singles	Sonja Henie Norway (NOR)	Fritzi Burger Austria (AUT)	Beatrix Loughran United States (USA)
Pairs	France (FRA) Andrée Joly Pierre Brunet	Austria (AUT) Lilly Scholz Otto Kaiser	Austria (AUT) Melitta Brunner Ludwig Wrede

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:

• Austria (9) (men:4 women:5)
• Belgium (2) (men:1 women:1)
• Canada (5) (men:2 women:3)
• Czechoslovakia (3) (men:2 women:1)
• Finland (3) (men:2 women:1)
• France (3) (men:1 women:2)
• Germany (8) (men:3 women:5)
• Great Britain (5) (men:3 women:2)
• Norway (4) (men:0 women:4)
• Sweden (1) (men:1 women:0)
• Switzerland (2) (men:1 women:1)
• United States (6) (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.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden	1	0	0	1
	Norway	1	0	0	1
	France	1	0	0	1
4	Austria	0	3	1	4
5	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Total		3	3	3	9

References

• International Olympic Committee results database