Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Olympic event Template:Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, four speed 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.<ref name="SR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In the 10,000-meter race, Irving Jaffee was leading the competition, having outskated Norwegian defending world champion Bernt Evensen in their heat, when rising temperatures thawed the ice.<ref name="google5">Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref name="google6">Template:Cite book</ref> Evensen, for his part, publicly said that Jaffee should be awarded the gold medal, but that never happened.

Medal summary

500 metres Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	43.4	none awarded		Template:FlagIOCmedalist	43.6
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1500 metres Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	2:21.1	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	2:21.9	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	2:22.6
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10,000 metres Template:DetailsLink	The competition was cancelled in the fifth heat because of thawing ice

Participating nations

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The 5000 metres race between Armand Carlsen (left) and Erhard Mayke (right).

A total of 40 speed skaters from 14 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

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External links

• International Olympic Committee results database
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