| Speed skating at the II Olympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
 The St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink in 1928 | |
| Venue | St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink |
| Date | 13–14 February 1928 |
| No. of events | 4 |
| Competitors | 40 from 14 nations |
| Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| 500 m | men |
| 1500 m | men |
| 5000 m | men |
| 10,000 m | men |
At the1928 Winter Olympics inSt. Moritz, fourspeed skating events were scheduled, all for men, but medals were only awarded for three events, because the 10.000 m event was not completed. The Allround event, which was only organized in 1924, was removed from the program. The competitions were held on Monday, 13 February 1928 and on Tuesday, 14 February 1928.[1]
In the 10,000-meter race,Irving Jaffee was leading the competition, having outskated Norwegian defending world championBernt Evensen in their heat, when rising temperatures thawed the ice.[2] In a controversial ruling, the Norwegian referee canceled the entire competition. Although theInternational Olympic Committee reversed the referee's decision and awarded Jaffee the gold medal, theInternational Skating Union later overruled the IOC and restored the ruling.[3] Evensen, for his part, publicly said that Jaffee should be awarded the gold medal, but that never happened.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres details | Bernt Evensen Norway | 43.4 | none awarded | John Farrell United States | 43.6 | |
Clas Thunberg Finland | Jaakko Friman Finland | |||||
| Roald Larsen Norway | ||||||
| 1500 metres details | Clas Thunberg Finland | 2:21.1 | Bernt Evensen Norway | 2:21.9 | Ivar Ballangrud Norway | 2:22.6 |
| 5000 metres details | Ivar Ballangrud Norway | 8:50.5 | Julius Skutnabb Finland | 8:59.1 | Bernt Evensen Norway | 9:00.1 |
| 10,000 metres details | The competition was cancelled in the fifth heat because of thawing ice | |||||
A total of 40 speed skaters from 14 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:
Austria (3)
Canada (3)
Estonia (2) Finland (6)
France (2)
Germany (3)
Great Britain (3)
Hungary (1)
Latvia (1)
Lithuania (1)
Netherlands (2) Norway (8)
Sweden (1) United States (4)| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Finland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
