United States at the 1928 Winter Olympics

United States at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in St. Moritz
Competitors	24 (21 men, 3 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Godfrey Dewey
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 2 2 6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Fiske, BillyBilly Fiske Clifford Grey Geoffrey Mason Richard Parke Nion Tocker	Bobsleigh	Men's five-man
Gold	Heaton, JennisonJennison Heaton	Skeleton	Men's individual
Silver	Doe, ThomasThomas Doe David Granger Jennison Heaton Lyman Hine Jay O'Brien	Bobsleigh	Men's five-man
Silver	Heaton, JohnJohn Heaton	Skeleton	Men's individual
Bronze	Loughran, BeatrixBeatrix Loughran	Figure skating	Ladies' singles
Bronze	Farrell, JohnJohn Farrell	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres

Bobsleigh

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

Cross-country skiing

Men

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

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Nathaniel Niles	Men's singles	16	13	103	1154.25	15
Sherwin Badger		13	9	73	1324.00	11
Roger Turner		9	12	67	1363.50	10

Women

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Theresa Blanchard	Women's singles	9	13	77	1970.25	10
Maribel Vinson		3	6	32	2224.50	4
Beatrix Loughran		4	4	28	2254.52

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Score	Final rank
Theresa Blanchard Nathaniel Niles	79.5	69.00	9
Beatrix Loughran Sherwin Badger	43	87.50	4

Nordic combined

Events:

• 18 km cross-country skiing
• normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event 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	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rolf Monsen	Individual	DNF	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF	–
Charles Proctor		2'35:00	0.000	28	47.0	51.5	14.417	15	7.208	26
Anders Haugen		2'30:30	0.000	27	51.0	49.0	14.895	13	7.447	25

Skeleton

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jack Heaton	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 (Dist.)	Jump 2 (Dist.)	Total
				Points	Rank
Charles Proctor	Normal hill	49.0	56.0	15.583	14
Anders Haugen		51.0	53.0	15.291	18
Rolf Monsen		53.0	59.5	16.687	6

Speed skating

Men

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

References

• Comité Olympique Suisse (1928). Résultats des Concours des II^mes 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