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were used. The main stadium hosted the figure skating, ice hockey, and speed skating events. Skeleton was first held at the Cresta Run. Bobsleigh was held at the bob run. St. Moritz itself served as cross-country skiing venue and the cross-country part of the Nordic combined event. Weather gave two
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took place on 14 February around the hills of St. Moritz with time markers at Silvaplan (5 km (3.1 mi)), Sils (9.4 km (5.8 mi)), Plaun da Lei (15 km (9.3 mi)), Maloja (20 km (12 mi)), Isola (24 km (15 mi)), Fex (38 km (24 mi)), and Surlej
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event at the ice rink, the event was stopped 2000 meters into the fifth and final pair due to thawing ice. Officials in charge ordered the day's times cancelled and the races rerun. The problem was that by the time the decision was reached to rerun the event,
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was event champion and had left for their home country. The contest was cancelled as a result. Skaters involved in the event considered it settled when Jaffee came from behind to edge Norway's
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The ski jump was built originally in 1905 and renovated in 1927 for the 1928 Games. It was renovated in 1963 to get it to the K-point of 90 m (300 ft). It was closed in 2006.
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events run at these games problems, creating the largest margin of victory in Olympic history for one and the cancellation of the other.
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Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Cross-Country (Nordic) Skiing, Men: 50 Kilometers". In
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Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Speed Skating, Men: 10,000 Meters". In
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The bob run, which opened in 1904, is still in use and has hosted the
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FIBT men's skeleton world championships results since 1989.
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Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930.
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Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931.
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All five venues used for these games were reused for the
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The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition
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Index

1928 Winter Olympics
St. Moritz
Switzerland
St. Moritz
Cross-country skiing
Nordic combined
Cresta Run
Skeleton
Olympiaschanze St. Moritz
Ski jumping
St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Figure skating
Ice hockey
Speed skating
St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun
Bobsleigh
50 km cross-country skiing event
Sweden
Per-Erik Hedlund
Gustaf Jonsson
10,000 m speed skating
Norway
American
Irving Jaffee
Bernt Evensen
David Wallechinsky
Winter Olympics
twenty years later
FIBT World Championships
2013

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