Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics
| Figure skating at the II Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Olympic Games |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Gillis Grafström | |
Ladies' singles:  Sonja Henie | |
Pairs:  Andrée Joly / Pierre Brunet | |
| Previous: 1924 Winter Olympics | |
| Next: 1932 Winter Olympics | |
| Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Singles | men | ladies |
| Pairs | mixed | |
At the 1928 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Tuesday, February 14 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.[1]
Medal summary
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |  Gillis Grafström (SWE)
|
 Willy Böckl (AUT)
|
 Robert Van Zeebroeck (BEL)
|
| Ladies' singles |  Sonja Henie (NOR)
|
Fritzi Burger (AUT)
|
 Beatrix Loughran (USA)
|
| Pair skating |  Andrée Joly / Pierre Brunet (FRA) |
Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser (AUT) |
Melitta Brunner / Ludwig Wrede (AUT) |
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 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Austria | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
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)
References
- ^ "The Olympics: 1920, 1924, and 1928", Skating magazine, December 1959
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