1928 Winter Olympics / military patrol

Military patrol run at the II Winter Olympics
information
venue	St. Moritz
Nations	9
Athletes	36 (36 men)
date	February 12, 1928
decisions	1
← Chamonix 1924 Garmisch 1936 →

A military patrol took place at the II. Winter Olympics in St. Moritz in 1928 . Since no international association existed, the International Olympic Committee downgraded him to the demonstration competition . The organization was taken over by the military delegation of the Swiss Ski Association . The military patrol run is considered the predecessor of today's biathlon and today's ski mountaineering competitions .

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Norway	1	-	-	1
2	Finland	-	1	-	1
3	Switzerland	-	-	1	1

Military patrol run

space	country	athlete	Time (h)
1	NOR	Ole Reistad , Leif Skagnæs , Ole Stenen , Reidar Ødegaard	3: 50.45.0
2	FIN	Eino Kuvaja , Kalle Tuppurainen , Esko Järvinen , Veikko Ruotsalainen	3: 54,37.0
3	SUI	Fritz Kuhn , Hugo Lehner , Otto Furrer , Antoine Julen	3: 55.04.0
4th	ITA	Enrico Silvestri , Daniele Pellissier , Erminio Confortola , Pietro Maquignaz	4: 07,30.0
5	GER	Franz Raithel , Stefan Kistler , Josef Rehm , Ludwig Mayer	4: 15.02.5
6th	TCH	Otakar Německý , Josef Klouček , Jan Bedřich , Robert Möhwald	4: 17.07.5
7th	POLE	Zbigniew Wóycicki , Władysław Żytkowicz , Władysław Czech , Tadeusz Zaydel	4: 33.45.0
8th	ROME	Ion Zǎgǎnescu , Ioan Rucǎreanu , Constantin Pascu , Toma Calista	5: 00,16.0
9	FRA	Marcel Pourchier , Camille Mandrillon , R. Geindre, G. Périer	5: 20, 26.0

Date: February 12, 1928

Because of the snowfall the night before, the competition started 45 minutes late. It was held over a distance of 28 km and 1124 meters of altitude. Each patrol had to consist of an officer (who was not allowed to shoot), a non-commissioned officer and two soldiers. All members of a patrol had to pass the target within 30 seconds.

During the competition

The German team

Web links

• Military patrol run 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)