1928 Winter Olympics / Skeleton

Skeleton at the II Winter Olympics
information
venue	St. Moritz
Competition venue	Cresta Run
Nations	6th
Athletes	10 (10 men)
date	February 17, 1928
decisions	1
St. Moritz 1948 →

A skeleton competition was held for the first time at the II. Olympic Winter Games in St. Moritz in 1928 . The venue was the Cresta Run natural track with a length of 1210 m, a height difference of 157 m and 15 curves.

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	1	1	-	2
2	Great Britain	-	-	1	1

Result

Date: February 17, 1928

The competition consisted of three runs, the results of which were added together. A total of ten athletes took part, but two could not finish all runs. The Heaton brothers were regular guests in St. Moritz. John Heaton was able to win the silver medal again in St. Moritz in 1948 . David Carnegie, who came third, held the title of Earl of Northesk .

space	country	athlete	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	total
1	United States	Jennison Heaton	1: 00.2 min	1: 00.2 min	1: 01.4 min	3: 01.8 min
2	United States	John Heaton	1: 01.4 min	1: 00.4 min	1: 01.0 min	3: 02.8 min
3	GBR	David Carnegie	1: 02.7 min	1: 01.0 min	1: 01.4 min	3: 05.1 min
4th	ITA	Agostino Lanfranchi	1: 02.1 min	1: 02.4 min	1: 04.2 min	3: 08.7 min
5	SUI	Alexander Berner	1: 03.4 min	1: 03.4 min	1: 02.0 min	3: 08.8 min
6th	AUT	Franz Unterlechner	1: 05.9 min	1: 03.4 min	1: 04.2 min	3: 13.5 min
7th	ITA	Alessandro del Torso	1: 05.6 min	1: 04.7 min	1: 04.6 min	3: 14.9 min
8th	AUT	Louis Hasenknopf	1: 15.4 min	1: 10.9 min	1: 10.4 min	3: 36.7 min
9	SUI	Willy von Eschen	1: 04.8 min	DNF	-	-
10	FRA	Pierre Dormeuil	DNF	-	-	-

A driver during the competition

Web links

• Skeleton at the 1928 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1928 Winter Olympics (PDF; 1.3 MB)