title: Norway at the 1928 Winter Olympics
text: # Norway at the 1928 Winter Olympics
  
  Norway competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Norway ranked first in the total medal count, as they had in the inaugural 1924 Games.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | 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
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 18 km | Hagbart Haakonsen | 1'41:29 | 5 |
  | 18 km | Reidar Ødegaard | 1'40:11 | |
  | 18 km | Ole Hegge | 1'39:01 | |
  | 18 km | Johan Grøttumsbraaten | 1'37:01 | |
  | 50 km | John Røen | DNF | – |
  | 50 km | Johan Støa | 5'25:30 | 8 |
  | 50 km | Ole Hegge | 5'17:58 | 5 |
  | 50 km | Olav Kjelbotn | 5'14:22 | 4 |
  
  ## Figure skating
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Places | Points | Final rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Karen Simensen | Women's singles | 12 | 18 | 103 | 1811.75 | 16 |
  | Edel Randem | Women's singles | 13 | 15 | 94 | 1880.75 | 13 |
  | Sonja Henie | Women's singles | 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.
  
  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.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Total | 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 | Individual | 1'50:17 | 13.375 | 7 | 59.0 | 65.5 (fall) | 12.917 | 18 | 13.146 | 8 |
  | Hans Vinjarengen | Individual | 1'41:44 | 17.750 | 2 | 59.5 (fall) | 61.0 | 12.854 | 19 | 15.302 | |
  | Johan Grøttumsbraaten | Individual | 1'37:01 | 20.000 | 1 | 49.5 | 56.0 | 15.667 | 8 | 17.833 | |
  
  ## Ski jumping
  
  | Athlete | Event | Jump 1 (Dist.) | Jump 2 (Dist.) | Total | 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 | Normal hill | 56.5 | 73.0 (fall) | 12.562 | 28 |
  | Sigmund Ruud | Normal hill | 57.5 | 62.5 | 18.542 | |
  | Alf Andersen | Normal hill | 60.0 | 64.0 | 19.208 | |
  
  ## Speed skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 500 m | Oskar Olsen | 44.7 | 9 |
  | 500 m | Haakon Pedersen | 43.8 | 6 |
  | 500 m | Roald Larsen | 43.6 | |
  | 500 m | Bernt Evensen | 43.4 OR | |
  | 1500 m | Wollert Nygren | 2:28.7 | 13 |
  | 1500 m | Roald Larsen | 2:25.3 | 4 |
  | 1500 m | Ivar Ballangrud | 2:22.6 | |
  | 1500 m | Bernt Evensen | 2:21.9 | |
  | 5000 m | Michael Staksrud | 9:07.3 | 7 |
  | 5000 m | Armand Carlsen | 9:01.5 | 5 |
  | 5000 m | Bernt Evensen | 9:01.1 | |
  | 5000 m | Ivar Ballangrud | 8:50.5 | |
  