The Second Winter Olympics held in Saint Moritz, Switzerland in 1928

From February 11th, 1928 to February 19th, 1928, the Second Winter Olympic Games was held in St Moritz, Switzerland. 491 athletes from 25 countries and regions participated in the competition, including 26 female athletes.

There are 13 individual events in this Winter Olympics, and 14 gold medals have been won (two people tied for the champion in 5-meter speed skating). Norway ranked first in the medal list, winning six gold medals, four silver medals and five bronze medals. The United States and Sweden both won two gold medals and two silver medals, but the United States won two bronze medals, one more than Sweden. The United States and Switzerland are second and third respectively. Of the other four gold medals, Finland won two, Canada and France each won one.

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From this session, the Winter Olympic Games will be held in different countries from the Summer Olympic Games. The number of athletes has almost doubled compared with last year. The countries that participated in the competition for the first time were Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Japan, Argentina and Estonia, but the number of medals decreased from 16 to 14.

In addition, the events have changed slightly. In the last session, about 4 people in bobsleigh were changed to 5 people. In addition, a single-person snowboarding competition was added, and only one performance event was military skiing shooting, with a total of 4 events and 14 events.

St. Moritz has always been famous for its good climate, but this year's winter is changeable, with rare high temperature and melting ice and snow, which greatly affects skiing. Due to the changeable weather, this year's speed skating only held three events: 5, 15 and 5 meters. In the 5-meter race, Finland's Dick Dunberg and Norway's Bay evenson, the winners of the last three gold medals, reached the finish line at the same time in 43.4 seconds.

tied for the championship; Joe Farrell of the United States, Julia Freeman of Finland and Luo Larsen of Norway all scored 43.6 seconds, and each won a bronze medal. Donberg won the second gold medal in the 1,5m race, but in the 5,m race, Donberg suffered a crushing defeat, only finishing 12th, and Norwegian young player ivar Baran Grudd won the championship.