1928 Winter Olympics

II Olympic Winter Games
Host city	St. Moritz, Grisons, Switzerland
Nations	25
Athletes	464 (438 men, 26 women)
Events	14 in 4 sports (8 disciplines)
Opening	11 February
Closing	19 February
Opened by	President Edmund Schulthess
Stadium	St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Winter
Summer

The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games, were held 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.