1928 Winter Olympics

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The 1928 Winter Olympics were the second edition of the Winter Games, held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and marked the first time a separate Winter Olympics took place in a different country from the Summer Games of the same year.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Winter Olympic Games
multi-sport event
athletesOathBy Richard "Bibi" Torriani
athletesOathByNationality Swiss
category 1928 in multi-sport events
Olympic Games
surface form: Olympic Games in Switzerland

Sport in St. Moritz
city St. Moritz
climateCondition unseasonably warm weather affected outdoor events
country Switzerland
endDate 1928-02-19
featuredDiscipline Nordic combined
bobsleigh
cross-country skiing
figure skating
ice hockey
ski jumping
speed skating
featuredSport Nordic skiing
bobsleigh
figure skating
ice hockey
speed skating
followedBy 1932 Winter Olympics
hostedBy St. Moritz
Switzerland
IOCSessionAwardingGames 1926 IOC Session in Lisbon
mainStadium Olympia Ice Stadium
medalTableLeader Norway
notableEvent 500 m speed skating race cancelled due to thawing ice
notableFeature first Winter Olympics held in a different country from the Summer Olympics of the same year
numberOfAthletes 464
numberOfDisciplines 5
numberOfEvents 14
numberOfFemaleAthletes 26
numberOfMaleAthletes 438
numberOfParticipatingNations 25
numberOfSports 4
officialName II Olympic Winter Games
OlympiadNumber 2
openingBy Edmund Schulthess
openingByOffice President of the Swiss Confederation
organizedBy International Olympic Committee
precededBy 1924 Winter Olympics
sameYearSummerHostCity Amsterdam
sameYearSummerHostCountry Netherlands
sameYearSummerOlympics 1928 Summer Olympics
slogan None (no official motto)
startDate 1928-02-11
topMedalWinningNation Norway
torchRelay no traditional torch relay held
year 1928

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1932 Winter Olympics previousWinterOlympics 1928 Winter Olympics
1924 Winter Olympics nextWinterOlympics 1928 Winter Olympics
St. Moritz hostedEvent 1928 Winter Olympics
Cecil Smith competedIn 1928 Winter Olympics
subject surface form: Cecil Smith (figure skater)
1930 IIHF World Championship precededBy 1928 Winter Olympics
this entity surface form: 1928 Winter Olympics ice hockey tournament