Great Britain at the 1928 Winter Olympics
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competed as Great Britain at the
1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M ...
in St. Moritz, Switzerland. These games marked the first time in Olympic History that Great Britain didn't take a gold medal.


Medallists


Bobsleigh


Figure skating

;Men ;Women ;Pairs


Ice hockey


Group A

The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.


Medal round

The top teams from each of the three groups, plus
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, which had received a bye into the medal round, played a 3-game round-robin to determine the medal winners.


Skeleton


Speed skating

;Men


References

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Olympic Winter Games 1928, full results by sports-reference.com
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Olympics, Winter Winter sports in the United Kingdom