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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

1928 Winter Olympics

The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1928 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics held on its own and not as a part of a Summer Olympics. The preceding 1924 Winter Olympics were later renamed as Winter Olympics. They were actually part of the 1924 Summer Olympics. All preceding Winter Events of the Olympic Games were the winter sports part of the schedule of the Summer Games, and not as a separate Winter Games.

Participating nations

Athletes from 25 nations competed at these Games, up from 16 in 1924. This was the first time many countries attended the Winter Olympic Games, including Argentina, Estonia, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Romania.
 Argentina
 Austria
 Belgium
 Canada
 Czechoslovakia
 Estonia
 Finland
 France
 Germany
 Great Britain
 Hungary
 Italy
 Japan
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Luxembourg
 Mexico
 The Netherlands
 Norway
 Poland
 Romania
 Sweden
 Switzerland
 USA
 Yugoslavia

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