Cross-country skiing at the II Olympic Winter Games
Dates	14–17 February
No. of events	2
Competitors	74 from 15 nations
←  1924 1932 →

Cross-country skiing at the 1928 Winter Olympics
18 km	men
50 km	men
v t e

At the 1928 Winter Olympics, two cross-country skiing events were contested. The 50 km competition was held on Tuesday, 14 February 1928 while the 18 km event was held on Friday, 17 February 1928. ^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	1	1	1	3
	Sweden	1	1	1	3
Totals (2 entries)		2	2	2	6

Events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
18 km details	Johan Grøttumsbråten   Norway	1:37:01	Ole Hegge   Norway	1:39:01	Reidar Ødegaard   Norway	1:40:11
50 km details	Per-Erik Hedlund   Sweden	4:52:03	Gustaf Jonsson   Sweden	5:05:30	Volger Andersson   Sweden	5:05:46

Hedlund's margin of victory is the largest in Olympic history (13 minutes, 27 seconds).

Participating nations

Cross-country skiers from Austria, Canada, Hungary, and the United States only competed in the 18 km event. Nineteen cross-country skiers competed in both events.

A total of 74 cross-country skiers from 15 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

References

External links

• International Olympic Committee results database