Editing 1928 Winter Olympics (section)

== Highlights ==
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-05457, St. Moritz, Winterolympiade.jpg|thumb|1928 St. Moritz venue]]
* [[Sonja Henie]] of Norway returned to the Winter Olympics, having taken part in [[1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] at the age of 11, and made history by winning the [[Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics|ladies' figure skating]] aged 15. She became the youngest Olympic champion in history (a distinction she held for 70&nbsp;years),<ref name=1928games>{{cite web|title=St. Moritz 1928|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/St-Moritz-1928/|access-date=5 March 2010}}</ref> and went on to defend her title at the next two Winter Olympics.
* Norway's [[Ivar Ballangrud]] won the Olympic title in the 5,000-metre speed skating event, and [[Clas Thunberg]] of Finland won both the 500&nbsp;m and the 1,500&nbsp;m.
* [[Norway at the 1928 Winter Olympics|Norway]] finished at the top of the medal table with a total of six gold medals, four silver, and five bronze, totalling 15&nbsp;medals. The [[United States at the 1928 Winter Olympics|United States]] finished second in the table with six medals overall.
* [[Switzerland at the 1928 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]] won a single bronze medal, the lowest medal haul by a host nation at any Olympic Games.
* American [[Irving Jaffee]] was leading the 10,000-metre speed skating race, having outskated Norwegian defending world champion [[Bernt Evensen]] in their heat, when rising temperatures thawed the ice.<ref name="google5">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xcfef_d2es4C&pg=PA43 |title=The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars |year= 2007|isbn=9781561719075 |access-date=February 27, 2011|last1=Horvitz |first1=Peter S. |publisher=SP Books }}</ref> In a controversial ruling, the Norwegian referee cancelled the entire competition; the [[International Olympic Committee]] stepped in to reverse the referee's decision and awarded Jaffee the gold medal, but the [[International Skating Union]] later overruled the IOC and restored the ruling.<ref name="google6">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qpiphgls99IC&pg=PA141 |title=The International Jewish Sports Hall ... |date=September 15, 1906 |isbn=9781561710287 |access-date=February 27, 2011|last1=Siegman |first1=Joseph M. |publisher=SP Books }}</ref> Evensen, for his part, stated publicly that Jaffee should be awarded the gold medal, but that did not happen.