What is 1928 Winter Olympics?
{{Infobox Olympic games|1928|Winter|Olympics | host_city = [[St. Moritz]], [[Grisons]], [[Switzerland]] | nations = 25 | athletes = 464 (438 men, 26 women) | events = 14 in 4 [[Olympic sports|sports]] (8 disciplines) | opening = 11 February | closing = 19 February | opened_by = [[President of the Swiss Confederation|President]] [[Edmund Schulthess]] | stadium = [[St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink]] | winter_prev = [[1924 Winter Olympics|Chamonix 1924]] | winter_next = [[1932 Winter Olympics|Lake Placid 1932]] | summer_prev = [[1924 Summer Olympics|Paris 1924]] | summer_next = [[1928 Summer Olympics|Amsterdam 1928]] }} The '''1928 [[Winter Olympics]]''', officially known as the '''II Olympic Winter Games''', were held in 1928 in [[St. Moritz]], [[Switzerland]]. The 1928 Games were the first true ''Winter Olympics'' held on its own and not as a part of a ''[[Summer Olympics]]''. The preceding [[1924 Winter Olympics]] were later renamed as Winter Olympics. They were actually part of the [[1924 Summer Olympics]]. All preceding Winter Events of the Olympic Games were the winter sports part of the schedule of the Summer Games, and not as a separate Winter Games. == Participating nations == Athletes from 25 nations competed at these Games, up from 16 in 1924. This was the first time many countries attended the Winter Olympic Games, including [[Argentina]], [[Estonia]], [[Germany]], [[Japan]], [[Lithuania]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Mexico]], the [[Netherlands]], and [[Romania]]. {{col-begin}} {{col-break}} * {{flag|Argentina|1861}} * {{flag|Austria|state}} * {{flag|Belgium|state}} * {{flag|Canada|1921}} * {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} * {{flag|Estonia}} * {{flag|Finland}} * {{flag|France|1794}} * {{flag|Germany}} {{col-break}} * {{flag|UK|name=United Kingdom}} * {{flag|Hungary|1920}} * {{flag|Italy|1861}} * {{flag|Japan|1870}} * {{flag|Latvia}} * {{flag|Lithuania|1918}} * {{flag|Luxembourg}} * {{flag|Mexico|1917}} {{col-break}} * {{flag|Netherlands|name=The Netherlands}} * {{flag|Norway}} * {{flag|Poland|192