1928 Winter Olympics

The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (French: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; German: II. Olympische Winterspiele; Italian: II Giochi olimpici invernali; Romansh: II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (French: Saint-Moritz 1928; Romansh: San Murezzan 1928), was an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

The 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympic to be held as a stand-alone event, not in conjunction with a Summer Olympics. The preceding 1924 Winter Games were retroactively renamed the inaugural Winter Olympics, although they had in fact been organised alongside the 1924 Summer Olympics in France. Before 1924, the winter events were included in the schedule of the Summer Games and there were no separate Winter Games.

Events
Medals were awarded in 14 events contested in 4 sports (8 disciplines).*Bobsleigh
 * Ice skating
 * Ice skating
 * Ice skating
 * Ice skating

Venues

 * St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink – Figure skating, Ice hockey, Speed skating
 * Around the hills of St. Moritz – Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)
 * Olympiaschanze St. Moritz – Nordic combined (ski jumping), Ski jumping
 * St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun – Bobsleigh
 * Cresta Run – Skeleton

Participating Nations
Athletes from 25 nations competed at these Games, up from 16 in 1924.