Cross-country skiing at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing at the II Olympic Winter Games
Dates	14–17 February
No. of events	2
Competitors	74 from 15 nations
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Cross-country skiing at the 1928 Winter Olympics
18 km	men
50 km	men
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At the 1928 Winter Olympics, two cross-country skiing events were contested. The 50 km competition was held on Tuesday, 14 February 1928 while the 18 km event was held on Friday, 17 February 1928.^[1]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	1	1	1	3
	Sweden	1	1	1	3
Totals (2 entries)		2	2	2	6

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
18 km details	Johan Grøttumsbråten  Norway	1:37:01	Ole Hegge  Norway	1:39:01	Reidar Ødegaard  Norway	1:40:11
50 km details	Per-Erik Hedlund  Sweden	4:52:03	Gustaf Jonsson  Sweden	5:05:30	Volger Andersson  Sweden	5:05:46

Hedlund's margin of victory is the largest in Olympic history (13 minutes, 27 seconds).

Cross-country skiers from Austria, Canada, Hungary, and the United States only competed in the 18 km event. Nineteen cross-country skiers competed in both events.

A total of 74 cross-country skiers from 15 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

• International Olympic Committee results database