Germany at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Germany at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  GER
NOC German Olympic Sports Confederation
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At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz
Competitors 44 (39 men, 5 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer Karl Neuner (nordic combined)
Medals
Rank: 8
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games
Intercalated Games
1906
Other related appearances
Unified Team of Germany (1956–1964)
West Germany (1968–1988)
East Germany (1968–1988)
Saar (1952)

Germany competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Germany had not been invited to the inaugural 1924 Games.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Bronze Kilian, HannsHanns Kilian
Krempl, ValentinValentin Krempl
Hans Hess
Huber, SebastianSebastian Huber
Nägle, HannsHanns Nägle
Bobsleigh Five-man

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
GER-1 Hans-Edgar Endres
Paul Martin
Karl Reinhardt
Paul Volkhardt
Rudolf Soenning
Five-man 1:48.0 22 1:43.9 9 3:31.9 18
GER-2 Hanns Kilian
Hans Heß
Sebastian Huber
Valentin Krempl
Hanns Nägle
Five-man 1:41.7 5 1:40.2 2 3:21.9 3rd

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Wilhelm Braun 2'03:52 29
Hans Bauer 1'57:03 20
Otto Wahl 1'55:00 19
Ludwig Böck 1'48:56 14
50 km Fritz Pellkofer 5'41:00 16
Hans Bauer 5'36:21 12
Otto Wahl 5'34:02 10

Figure skating

Men
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Werner Rittberger Men's singles DNF 12
Paul Franke 14 10 76 1326.00 12
Women
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Elly Winter Women's singles 18 11 110 1765.75 18
Else Flebbe 16 12 103 1833.50 15
Margrit Bernhardt 14 14 91 1890.00 12
Ellen Brockhöft 8 10 67 2003.00 9
Pairs
Athletes Points Score Final rank
Ilse Kishauer
Ernst Gaste
63 75.75 8

Ice hockey

Group C

The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.

Team GP W L T GF GA
  Switzerland210154
 Austria200244
 Germany201101
February 11  Austria 0:0
-
 Germany
February 16   Switzerland 1:0
(1:0,0:0,0:0)
 Germany
 Germany (GER)
Gustav Jaenecke (Berliner SC)
Wolfgang Kittel (Berliner SC)
Franz Kreisel (SC Riessersee)
Matthias Leis (SC Riessersee)
Fritz Rammelmayr (SC Riessersee)
Erich Römer (Berliner SC)
Walter Sachs (Berliner SC)
Hans Schmid (SC Riessersee)
Martin Schröttle (SC Riessersee)
Marquardt Slevogt (SC Riessersee)
Alfred Steinke (Berliner SC)
Rolf Reschke

Nordic combined

Events:

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events. One would expect that athletes competing at the Nordic combined event, would participate in the cross-country skiing event as well, as they would have the opportunity to win more than one medal. This was not always the case due to the maximum number of athletes that could represent a country per event.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete Event Cross-country Ski Jumping Total
Time Points Rank Distance 1 Distance 2 Total points Rank Points Rank
Karl Neuner Individual DNF DNF
Max Kröckel 2'00:59 8.125 17 53.5 51.5 15.812 6 11.968 14
Walter Glaß 2'00:57 8.750 15 45.0 55.0 15.104 11 11.927 15
Gustl Müller 1'52:43 12.250 12 41.5 60.5 (fall) 7.978 28 10.114 21
Ludwig Böck 1'48:56 14.125 5 36.0 48.0 12.395 21 13.260 7

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 (Dist.) Jump 2 (Dist.) Total
Points Rank
Franz Thannheimer Normal hill 46.5 55.5 15.333 17
Erich Recknagel 48.5 62.0 16.020 11
Alois Kratzer 49.5 54.0 14.853 19
Martin Neuner 50.0 57.0 16.291 9

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Erhard Mayke 49.1 24
Fritz Jungblut 47.2 20
1500 m Arthur Vollstedt 2:39.9 23
Fritz Jungblut 2:28.2 11
5000 m Erhard Mayke DNF
Arthur Vollstedt 9:58.5 28
Fritz Jungblut 9:26.7 16

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