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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 4 sports
Flag bearer	Godfrey Dewey
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 6
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The United States competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Jennison Heaton Skeleton Men's February 17  Gold Billy Fiske Clifford Grey Geoffrey Mason Richard Parke Nion Tocker Bobsleigh Five-man February 18  Silver John Heaton Skeleton Men's February 17  Silver Thomas Doe David Granger Jennison Heaton Lyman Hine Jay O'Brien Bobsleigh Five-man February 18  Bronze John Farrell Speed skating 500 meters February 13  Bronze Beatrix Loughran Figure skating Women's singles February 18

Medals by sport Sport Total Bobsleigh 1 1 0 2 Skeleton 1 1 0 2 Figure skating 0 0 1 1 Speed skating 0 0 1 1 Total 2 2 2 6

Bobsleigh

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

Cross-country skiing

Figure skating

Individual

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Total
		Rank	Rank	Places	Points	Final rank
Sherwin Badger	Men's singles	13	9	73	1324.00	11
Nathaniel Niles		16	13	103	1154.25	15
Roger Turner		9	12	67	1363.50	10
Theresa Blanchard	Ladies' singles	9	13	77	1970.25	10
Beatrix Loughran		4	4	28	2254.52
Maribel Vinson		3	6	32	2224.50	4

Mixed

Nordic combined

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the 18 km race 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.

Skeleton

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jack Heaton	Men's	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

Speed skating

In the 10,000-meter speed skating race, Irving Jaffee was leading the competition, having outskated Norwegian defending world champion Bernt Evensen in their heat, when rising temperatures thawed the ice. In a controversial ruling, the Norwegian referee canceled the entire competition. Although the International Olympic Committee reversed the referee's decision and awarded Jaffee the gold medal, the International Skating Union later overruled the IOC and restored the ruling. Evensen, for his part, publicly said that Jaffee should be awarded the gold medal, but that never happened.

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

References

1. The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
2. The International Jewish Sports Hall ... September 15, 1906. Retrieved February 27, 2011.

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

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