At the 1928 Winter Olympics, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, a military patrol competition was held. Because of a snowstorm the night before the competition, the start of the event was delayed 45 minutes to the cleaning up of the track. The competition was contested over a 30 km distance with an elevation difference of 1100 metres. The starting point was on a height of 2,108 metres, the highest point at 2,877 metres, and the goal in the valley at 1,850 metres. [1] Nine countries with 36 military patrol runners participated in this event.
The event was held on Sunday, February 12, 1928.
Place | Team | Time |
---|---|---|
1 |
Norway ( Ole Reistad, Leif Skagnæs, Ole Stenen, Reidar Ødegaard) |
3:50:47 |
2 |
Finland ( Eino Hjalmar Kuvaja, Kalle Tuppurainen, Esko Järvinen, Veikko Hannes Ruotsalainen |
3:54:37 |
3 |
Switzerland ( Franz Kunz, [2] Hugo Lehner, Otto Furrer, Anton Julen) |
3:55:04 |
4 |
Italy ( Enrico Silvestri, Daniele Pellissier, Erminio Confortola, Piero Maquignaz) |
4:07:30 |
5 |
Germany (Franz Raithel, Stefan Kistler, Josef Rehm, Ludwig Mayer) |
4:15:02 ½ |
6 |
Czechoslovakia ( Otakar Německý, Josef Klouček, Jan Bedřich, Robert Möhwald) |
4:15:07 ½ |
7 |
Poland ( Zbigniew Wóycicki, Władysław Żytkowicz, Władysław Czech, Tadeusz Zaydel) |
4:39:45 |
8 |
Romania ( Toma Calista, Constantin Pascu, Ioan Rucăreanu, Ion Zăgănescu) |
5:00:16 |
9 |
France ( Marcel Pourchier, R. Mandrillon, R. Gindre, M. Perrier) |
5:20:26 |
At the 1928 Winter Olympics, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, a military patrol competition was held. Because of a snowstorm the night before the competition, the start of the event was delayed 45 minutes to the cleaning up of the track. The competition was contested over a 30 km distance with an elevation difference of 1100 metres. The starting point was on a height of 2,108 metres, the highest point at 2,877 metres, and the goal in the valley at 1,850 metres. [1] Nine countries with 36 military patrol runners participated in this event.
The event was held on Sunday, February 12, 1928.
Place | Team | Time |
---|---|---|
1 |
Norway ( Ole Reistad, Leif Skagnæs, Ole Stenen, Reidar Ødegaard) |
3:50:47 |
2 |
Finland ( Eino Hjalmar Kuvaja, Kalle Tuppurainen, Esko Järvinen, Veikko Hannes Ruotsalainen |
3:54:37 |
3 |
Switzerland ( Franz Kunz, [2] Hugo Lehner, Otto Furrer, Anton Julen) |
3:55:04 |
4 |
Italy ( Enrico Silvestri, Daniele Pellissier, Erminio Confortola, Piero Maquignaz) |
4:07:30 |
5 |
Germany (Franz Raithel, Stefan Kistler, Josef Rehm, Ludwig Mayer) |
4:15:02 ½ |
6 |
Czechoslovakia ( Otakar Německý, Josef Klouček, Jan Bedřich, Robert Möhwald) |
4:15:07 ½ |
7 |
Poland ( Zbigniew Wóycicki, Władysław Żytkowicz, Władysław Czech, Tadeusz Zaydel) |
4:39:45 |
8 |
Romania ( Toma Calista, Constantin Pascu, Ioan Rucăreanu, Ion Zăgănescu) |
5:00:16 |
9 |
France ( Marcel Pourchier, R. Mandrillon, R. Gindre, M. Perrier) |
5:20:26 |