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The first Winter Olympic Games were actually called “The International Winter Sports Week” and went on for 11 days in the French Alps, 60 miles northeast of Grenoble.
As expected, the Scandinavians dominated the 16–nation field. Norway and Finland won 27 of the 43 medals available, including all four Nordic events and four of the five speed skating races. Speed skater Clas Thunberg of Finland and Norwegian Nordic skier and jumper Thorleif Haug each won three gold medals.
American speed skater Charles Jewtraw won the first event of the Games with an upset in the 500 meters. But the most remarkable U.S. medal was the bronze won by Anders Haugen in the ski jump. Due to a scoring error at the time he didn't receive it until 1974 – when he was 83 years old.
In its first four hockey games, Canada beat Switzerland 33–0, Czechoslovakia 30–0, Sweden 22–0 and Great Britain 19–2, before winning the tournament with a 6–1 victory over the U.S. in the final.
Top 5 Standings
National medal standings are not recognized by the IOC. The unofficial point totals are based on 3 points for a gold medal, 2 for a silver and 1 for a bronze. Total medals are in parentheses.
| | | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Points |
|---|
| 1 | Norway (17) | 4 | 7 | 6 | 32 |
| 2 | Finland (10) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | Austria (3) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| | USA (4) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Switzerland (2) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| | Great Britain (3) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Leading Medal Winners
Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right.
| No | | Sport | G-S-B |
|---|
| 5 | Clas Thunberg, FIN | Sp. Skate | 3-1-1 |
| 5 | Roald Larsen, NOR | Sp. Skate | 0-2-3 |
| 3 | Thorleif Haug, NOR | X-country | |
| | & Nordic Combined | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Julius Skutnabb, FIN | Sp. Skate | 1-1-1 |
| 3 | Johan Gröttumsbråten, NOR | X-country | |
| | & Nordic Combined | 0-1-2 |
| 2 | Thoralf Strömstad, NOR | X-country | |
| | & Nordic Combined | 0-2-0 |
Bobsled
| Event | | Time |
|---|
| 4-Man | SWI (Eduard Scherrer, Alfred Neveu, Alfred Schläppi, Heinrich Schläppi) | 5:45.54 |
Figure Skating
| Event | | Points |
|---|
| Men | Gillis Grafström, SWE | 367.89 |
| Women | Herma Planck-Szabó, AUT | 299.17 |
| Pairs | Helene Engelmann & Albert Berger, AUT | 10.64 |
Ice Hockey
Championship Round
Records include games played in two 4–team preliminary pools. Canada and Sweden qualified from one pool, the U.S. and Britain from the other.
| | | Gm | W-L-T | GF | GA |
|---|
| 1 | Canada | 5 | 5-0-0 | 110 | 3 |
| 2 | USA | 5 | 4-1-0 | 73 | 6 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 5 | 3-2-0 | 40 | 38 |
| 4 | Sweden | 5 | 2-3-0 | 21 | 49 |
Semifinals: Canada over Britain, 19–2; USA over Sweden, 20–0. Third place: Britain over Sweden, 4–3 (also decided European title). Final: Canada over USA, 6–1.
Nordic Skiing
Cross Country
| Event | | Time |
|---|
| 18km | Thorleif Haug, NOR | 1:14:31 |
| 50km | Thorleif Haug, NOR | 3:44:32 |
Ski Jumping
| Event | | Points |
|---|
| 90m | Jacob Thams, NOR | 18.906 |
Nordic Combined
| Event | | Points |
|---|
| 18km/Jump | Thorleif Haug, NOR | 18.906 |
Speed Skating
| Event | | Time |
|---|
| 500m | Charles Jewtraw, USA | 44.0 |
| 1500m | Clas Thunberg, FIN | 2:20.8 |
| 5000m | Clas Thunberg, FIN | 8:39.0 |
| 10,000m | Julius Skutnabb, FIN | 18:04.8 |
| Combined | Clas Thunberg, FIN | 5.5 pts |
