1928 Winter Olympics
2nd edition of Winter Olympics, in Sankt Moritz, Switzerland
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Summary
1928 Winter Olympics is a Winter Olympic Games edition[1]. It draws 622 Wikipedia views per month (winter olympic games edition category, ranking #29 of 29).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Canton of the Grisons[3]
- Country: Switzerland[4]
- Instance of: international sporting event[5]
- Follows: 1924 Winter Olympics[6]
- Followed by: 1932 Winter Olympics[7]
- Location: St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink[8], St. Moritz[9]
- Commons category: 1928 Winter Olympics[10]
- Edition number: 2[11]
- Has part(s): cross-country skiing at the 1928 Winter Olympics[12], Nordic combined at the 1928 Winter Olympics[13], ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics[14], skeleton at the 1928 Winter Olympics[15], military patrol at the 1928 Winter Olympics[16], speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics[17], skijoring at the 1928 Winter Olympics[18], Nordic skiing at the 1928 Winter Olympics[19], ski jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics[20], bobsleigh at the 1928 Winter Olympics[21], figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics[22]
- Officially opened by: Edmund Schulthess[23]
- Oath made by: Hans Eidenbenz[24]
- Start time: February 11, 1928[25]
- End time: February 19, 1928[26]
- Point in time: February 1928[27]
- Sport: winter sport[28]
- Official website: https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-moritz-1928[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:1928 Winter Olympics[30]
- Described at URL: https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1928/[31]
- Number of participants: 25[32], 464[33]
- Official name: II. Olympesch Wanterspiller[34]
- Has part(s) of the class: Olympic sporting event[35]
- Sports season of league or competition: Winter Olympic Games[36]
Why It Matters
1928 Winter Olympics has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]