Encyclopedia > Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics
At the 1928 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. The II Olympic Winter Games were held in 1928 in Sankt-Moritz, Switzerland. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ...
Figure skating, Men
Pos
Athlete
1
Gillis Grafström (SWE) 12
2
Willy Böckl (AUT) 13
3
Robert von Zeebroeck (BEL) 27
Gillis Grafström (born June 7, 1893 in Stockholm, Sweden; â April 14, 1938 in Potsdam, Germany) was a Swedish figure skater. ...
The 10000 m speed skating was abandoned in the 5th pair, and the 50 km cross-country ended with a temperature of 25 °F (−4 °C), forcing a third of the field to abandon competition.
This decision caused the Swiss and Austrian skiers to boycott the Olympics.
The 1940 WinterOlympics had originally been awarded to Japan, and were supposed to be held in Sapporo, but Japan had to give the Games back in 1938, because of the Japanese invasion of China in the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945).