The , officially known as the '''II Olympic Winter Games''', were celebrated in
1928 in
St. Moritz ,
Switzerland . The 1928 Games were the first true ''Winter Olympics'' held on its own as they were not in conjunction with a ''
Summer Olympics ''. The preceding
1924 Winter Olympics were retroactively renamed into Winter Olympics. They were actually part of the
1924 Summer Olympics . All preceding Winter Events of the Olympic Games were the winter sports part of the schedule of the Summer Games, and not as a separate Winter Games. These games also replaced the now redundant
Nordic Games , that were held quadrennially since early in the century.
- Sonja Henie wins her first gold medal in women's Figure Skating .
- Ivar Ballangrud won the olympic Title in the 5,000m speed skating and Clas Thunberg won the 500m and the 1,500m.
- Norway won the games with a total accumulation of 6 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 5 bronze medals, a total of 15 medals, over the USA total amount of 6 medals.
Athletes from 25 nations competed at these Games, up from 16 in 1924. Nations making their first appearance at the Winter Olympic Games were
Argentina (first participation of a delegation coming from a country belonging to the Southern Hemisphere ever),
Estonia ,
Germany ,
Japan ,
Lithuania ,
Luxembourg ,
Mexico , the
Netherlands , and
Romania .
See Also: 1928 Winter Olympics medal count
