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1928 Winter Olympics

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Also known as St. Moritz 1928, II Olympic Winter Games, Sankt Moritz 1928

2nd edition of Winter Olympics, in Sankt Moritz, Switzerland

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The 1928 Winter Olympics were the second Winter Olympic Games, held in Sankt Moritz, Switzerland. This event helped establish the Winter Olympics as a major international sporting competition held separately from the Summer Games.

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Official name
II. Olympesch Wanterspiller
Location
St. Moritz
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point in time
1928-02-00
Commons category
1928 Winter Olympics
officially opened by
Edmund Schulthess
oath made by
Hans Eidenbenz
topic's main category
Category:1928 Winter Olympics
edition number
2
start time
1928-02-11
end time
1928-02-19
number of participants
464
sports season of league or competition
Winter Olympic Games
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Encyclopedic overview

The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (French: II Jeux olympiques d'hiver; German: II. Olympische Winterspiele; Italian: II Giochi olimpici invernali; Romansh: II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (French: Saint-Moritz 1928; Romansh: San Murezzan 1928), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

The 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics to be held as a stand-alone event, not in conjunction with a Summer Olympics. The preceding 1924 Winter Games were retroactively renamed the inaugural Winter Olympics, although they had in fact been organised alongside the 1924 Summer Olympics in France. Before 1924, the winter events were included in the schedule of the Summer Games and there were no separate Winter Games. The 1928 Winter Games also replaced the now redundant Nordic Games, which had been held at varying intervals since early in the 20th century.

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