Sports · February 11, 1928

1928 Winter Olympics

Name: 1928 Winter Olympics
Start: 1928-02-11
Location: Switzerland

98 years ago · Switzerland

98th anniversary

The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (French: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; German: II. Olympische Winterspiele; Italian: II Giochi olimpici invernali; Romansh: II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St.

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1979

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2018

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