The United States competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Medalists
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" | MedalNameSportEventDateSkeletonMen'sClifford GreyGeoffrey MasonRichard ParkeNion TuckerBobsleighFive-manSkeletonMen'sDavid GrangerJennison HeatonLyman HineJay O'BrienBobsleighFive-manSpeed skating500 metersFigure skatingWomen's singles
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+Medals by sportSportTotalBobsleigh1102Skeleton1102Figure skating0011Speed skating0011Total2226
Bobsleigh
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBilly FiskeNion TuckerGeoffrey MasonClifford GreyRichard ParkeFive-man1:38.911:41.653:20.5Jennison HeatonDavid GrangerLyman HineJay O'BrienThomas Doe1:42.381:38.713:21.0
Cross-country skiing
AthleteEventTimeRankAnders Haugen18 km2:30:3043Rolf Monsen2:48:0045Charles Proctor2:35:0044
Figure skating
Individual AthleteEventTotalRankRankPlacesPointsFinal rankSherwin BadgerMen's singles139731324.0011Nathaniel Niles16131031154.2515Roger Turner912671363.5010Theresa BlanchardLadies' singles913771970.2510Beatrix Loughran44282254.52Maribel Vinson36322224.504
Mixed AthleteEventPointsScoreRankTheresa BlanchardNathaniel NilesPairs79.569.009Beatrix LoughranSherwin Badger4387.504
Nordic combined
The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the 18 km race 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.
AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotalTimePointsDistance 1Distance 2PointsPointsRankAnders HaugenIndividual2:30:300.00051.049.014.8957.44725Rolf MonsenCharles Proctor2:35:000.00047.051.514.4177.20826
Skeleton
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJack HeatonMen's1:01.421:00.421:01.423:02.8Jennison Heaton1:00.211:00.211:01.013:01.8
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistanceDistancePointsRankAnders HaugenNormal hill51.053.015.29118Rolf Monsen53.059.516.6876Charles Proctor49.056.015.58314
Speed skating
In the 10,000-meter speed skating race, Irving Jaffee was leading the competition, having outskated Norwegian defending world champion Bernt Evensen in their heat, when rising temperatures thawed the ice. In a controversial ruling, the Norwegian referee canceled the entire competition. Although the International Olympic Committee reversed the referee's decision and awarded Jaffee the gold medal, the International Skating Union later overruled the IOC and restored the ruling. Evensen, for his part, publicly said that Jaffee should be awarded the gold medal, but that never happened.
AthleteEventTimeRankValentine Bialas500 m46.517John Farrell43.6Irving Jaffee45.211Eddie Murphy44.910Valentine Bialas1500 m2:26.36John Farrell2:26.88Irving Jaffee2:26.77Eddie Murphy2:25.95Valentine Bialas5000 m9:06.36John Farrell9:29.217Irving Jaffee9:01.34Eddie Murphy9:19.514
References
Olympic Winter Games 1928, full results by sports-reference.com