Norway at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Norway at the
1928 Winter Olympics
Norway at the; 1928 Winter Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in St. Moritz
Competitors	26 (23 men, 3 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Ole Reistad (Military patrol)
Medals; Ranked 1st	Gold 6 Silver 4 Bronze 5 Total 15
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; 2018; 2022; 2026;

Norway was represented at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports.

The Games marked the second Winter Olympics since their inception in 1924. In total, 26 athletes including 23 men and three women represented Norway in five different sports including cross-country skiing, figure skating, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating.

Norway again ranked first in the medal count after winning six gold, four silver and five bronze medals.

Competitors

In total, 26 athletes including 23 men and three women represented Norway at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Cross-country skiing	7	0	7
Figure skating	0	3	3
Nordic combined	4	0	4
Ski jumping	4	0	4
Speed skating	8	0	8
Total	23	3	26

Medalists

During the course of the games, Norway won six gold, four silver and five bronze medals.^[1] Norway came top of the medal table having won four more golds than any other country. Their total of 15 medals was also nine more than any other country.^[2]

Along with Finland's Clas Thunberg, Johan Grøttumsbraaten was the joint most successful athlete at the games after winning two gold medals. Bernt Evensen won three medals in total, the most of any athlete, after earning a goald, a silver and a bronze.^[2]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Johan Grøttumsbraaten	Cross-country skiing	Men's 18 km
Gold	Sonja Henie	Figure skating	Women's singles
Gold	Johan Grøttumsbraaten	Nordic combined	Men's individual
Gold	Alf Andersen	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
Gold	Bernt Evensen	Speed skating	Men's 500m
Gold	Ivar Ballangrud	Speed skating	Men's 5000m
Silver	Ole Hegge	Cross-country skiing	Men's 18 km
Silver	Hans Vinjarengen	Nordic combined	Men's individual
Silver	Sigmund Ruud	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
Silver	Bernt Evensen	Speed skating	Men's 1500m
Bronze	Reidar Ødegaard	Cross-country skiing	Men's 18 km
Bronze	Jon Snersrud	Nordic combined	Men's individual
Bronze	Roald Larsen	Speed skating	Men's 500m
Bronze	Ivar Ballangrud	Speed skating	Men's 1500m
Bronze	Bernt Evensen	Speed skating	Men's 5000m

Cross-country skiing

Men's cross-country skiing^[1]
Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
18 km	Hagbart Haakonsen	1'41:29	5
	Reidar Ødegaard	1'40:11
	Ole Hegge	1'39:01
	Johan Grøttumsbraaten	1'37:01
50 km	John Røen	DNF	–
	Johan Støa	5'25:30	8
	Ole Hegge	5'17:58	5
	Olav Kjelbotn	5'14:22	4

Figure skating

Women's figure skating^[1]
Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Karen Simensen	Women's singles	12	18	103	1811.75	16
Edel Randem		13	15	94	1880.75	13
Sonja Henie		1	1	8	2452.25

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.^[3]

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.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Cross-country			Ski Jumping				Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jon Snersrud	Individual	1'50:51	13.125	9	60.5	52.0	16.917	3	15.021
Ole Kolterud		1'50:17	13.375	7	59.0	65.5 (fall)	12.917	18	13.146	8
Hans Vinjarengen		1'41:44	17.750	2	59.5 (fall)	61.0	12.854	19	15.302
Johan Grøttumsbraaten		1'37:01	20.000	1	49.5	56.0	15.667	8	17.833

Ski jumping

Ski jumping^[1]
Athlete	Event	Jump 1 (Dist.)	Jump 2 (Dist.)	Total
Athlete	Event	Jump 1 (Dist.)	Jump 2 (Dist.)	Points	Rank
Hans Kleppen	Normal hill	56.5 (fall)	64.5 (fall)	6.500	36
Jacob Tullin Thams		56.5	73.0 (fall)	12.562	28
Sigmund Ruud		57.5	62.5	18.542
Alf Andersen		60.0	64.0	19.208

Speed skating

Men's speedskating^[1]
Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Oskar Olsen	44.7	9
	Haakon Pedersen	43.8	6
	Roald Larsen	43.6
	Bernt Evensen	43.4 OR
1500 m	Wollert Nygren	2:28.7	13
	Roald Larsen	2:25.3	4
	Ivar Ballangrud	2:22.6
	Bernt Evensen	2:21.9
5000 m	Michael Staksrud	9:07.3	7
	Armand Carlsen	9:01.5	5
	Bernt Evensen	9:01.1
	Ivar Ballangrud	8:50.5

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Norway at the 1928 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
^ ^a ^b "1928 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
^ "Nordic Combined". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 April 2025.

External links

[norway-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Norway at the 1928 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 April 2025.

[medals-2] "1928 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 April 2025.

[3] "Nordic Combined". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 April 2025.

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