Volta
Culture11–19 February 1928

1928 St. Moritz Winter Olympics

Also called: II Olympic Winter Games, 1928 Winter Olympics, Sankt Moritz 1928

The Swiss Alpine resort of St. Moritz hosted the first Games planned from the outset as Winter Olympics; 15-year-old Sonja Henie won the figure-skating title.

The Olympic ski jump at St. Moritz, 1928
The Olympic ski jump at St. Moritz, 1928

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Twenty-five nations took part from 11 to 19 February. These were the first Winter Games held in a different country from the Summer Games (Amsterdam). Sudden warm weather forced the cancellation of the 10,000 m speed skating, and the weather troubled the Games throughout. Norway’s Sonja Henie won the women’s figure skating at 15, and skeleton was contested for the first time on St. Moritz’s famous Cresta Run.

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States at the time
Switzerland · host

People

  • Sonja Henie1912 – 1969

    participant · Norwegian figure skater who won three successive Olympic titles in women’s singles (1928, 1932, 1936) and then became a Hollywood film star in the United States

Before and after

Earlier
1920 Founding of the League of Nations
Later
1933 The Lytton Report and Japan’s Withdrawal from the League of Nations

Themes that include this event

  • Winter Olympics1924 – 2026

    From the “International Winter Sports Week” at Chamonix to PyeongChang and Milano Cortina — a century on snow and ice, with Korea’s first appearance and first gold