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1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (; ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Swit ...

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St. Moritz St. Moritz ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in the administrative region of Maloja in the Swiss ...

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

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military patrol Military patrol is a team winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Formerly ski mountaineering was also part of the sport. It is usually contested between countries or milit ...

competition was held. Because of a snowstorm the night before the competition, the start of the event was delayed 45 minutes to the cleaning up of the track. The competition was contested over a distance with an elevation difference of . The starting point was on a height of , the highest point at , and the goal in the valley at .''Norsk militæridrett: Tøff tur for Reistad''
(Norwegian), p. 11. Nine countries with 36 military patrol runners participated in this event. The event was held on Sunday, February 12, 1928. It was originally to be a full Olympic event, but its status was downgraded to that of

demonstration sport A demonstration sport, or exhibition sport, is a sport which is played to promote it, rather than as part of standard medal competition. This occurs commonly during the Olympic Games but may also occur at other sporting events. Demonstration sport ...

References

Swiss Olympic Committee ''St. Moritz 1928'', 1928. pp.12-13 (digitized version)

Swiss Olympic Committee ''Résultats DES concours DES II^mes jeux Olympiques d'Hiver'', 1928. (digitized version)

External links

* Events at the 1928 Winter Olympics

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