Nordic combined at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Nordic Combined
at the II Olympic Winter Games

Venue

Olympiaschanze St. Moritz (ski jumping)
Around the hills of St. Moritz (cross-country skiing)

Dates

17-18 February

Competitors

35 from 14 nations

Winning Score

17.833

Medalists

	Johan Grøttumsbraaten	Norway
	Hans Vinjarengen	Norway
	Jon Snersrud	Norway

At the 1928 Winter Olympics one individual Nordic combined event was contested. It was held on Friday, February 17, 1928 (cross-country skiing) and on Saturday, February 18, 1928 (ski jumping). Unlike today the ski jump was the last event held. Both events were also individual medal events.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Johan Grøttumsbråten Norway (NOR)	Hans Vinjarengen Norway (NOR)	Jon Snersrud Norway (NOR)

Results

Final standings

Place	Competitor	Total
1	Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR)	17.833
2	Hans Vinjarengen (NOR)	15.303
3	Jon Snersrud (NOR)	15.021
4	Paavo Nuotio (FIN)	14.927
5	Esko Järvinen (FIN)	14.810
6	Sven Eriksson (SWE)	14.593
7	Ludwig Böck (GER)	13.260
8	Ole Kolterud (NOR)	13.146
9	Otakar Německý (TCH)	12.990
10	Bronisław Czech (POL)	12.645
11	Adolf Rubi (SUI)	12.625
12	Rudolf Burkert (TCH)	12.604
13	Stephan Lauener (SUI)	12.333
14	Max Kröckel (GER)	11.968
15	Walter Glaß (GER)	11.927
16	David Zogg (SUI)	11.906
17	Harald Paumgarten (AUT)	11.854
18	Walter Buchberger (TCH)	10.906
19	Hans Eidenbenz (SUI)	10.551
20	Vitale Venzi (ITA)	10.416
21	Gustl Müller (GER)	10.114
22	Aleksander Rozmus (POL)	8.781
23	Martial Payot (FRA)	7.896
24	Stanisław Motyka (POL)	7.531
25	Anders Haugen (USA)	7.447
26	Charles Proctor (USA)	7.208
27	Merritt Putman (CAN)	4.853
28	Klébert Balmat (FRA)	4.291
—	Marcel Beraud (FRA)	DNF
	Sakuta Takefushi (JPN)	DNF
	William Thompson (CAN)	DNF
	Franz Wende (TCH)	DNF
	Karl Neuner (GER)	DNF
	Gyula Szepes (HUN)	DNF
	Rolf Monsen (USA)	DNF

Participating nations

A total of 35 Nordic combined skiers from 14 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

Austria (1)
Canada (2)
Czechoslovakia (4)
Finland (2)
France (3)
Germany (5)
Hungary (1)
Italy (1)
Japan (1)
Norway (4)
Poland (3)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (4)
United States (3)

References

International Olympic Committee results database
Official Official Olympic Report
sports-reference
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 20 October 2008.

Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics

	1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

List of medalists List of venues

Events at the 1928 Winter Olympics (St. Moritz)

Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Figure skating Ice hockey Military patrol (demonstration) Nordic combined Skeleton Skijoring (demonstration) Ski jumping Speed skating

Olympic champions in Nordic combined 10 km individual normal hill

18 km/ 15 km individual	1924: Thorleif Haug (NOR) 1928: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) 1932: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) 1936: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR) 1948: Heikki Hasu (FIN) 1952: Simon Slåttvik (NOR) 1956: Sverre Stenersen (NOR) 1960: Georg Thoma (EUA) 1964: Tormod Knutsen (NOR) 1968: Franz Keller (FRG) 1972: Ulrich Wehling (GDR) 1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR) 1980: Ulrich Wehling (GDR) 1984: Tom Sandberg (NOR) 1988: Hippolyt Kempf (SUI) 1992: Fabrice Guy (FRA) 1994: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR) 1998: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR) 2002: Samppa Lajunen (FIN) 2006: Georg Hettich (GER)

10 km individual normal hill	2010: Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA) 2014: Eric Frenzel (GER)

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