At the 1928 Winter Olympics, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, a military patrol competition was held. Because of a snowstorm the night before the competition, the start of the event was delayed 45 minutes to the cleaning up of the track. The competition was contested over a 30 km (19 mi) distance with an elevation difference of 1,100 m (3,600 ft). The starting point was on a height of 2,108 m (6,916 ft), the highest point at 2,877 m (9,439 ft), and the goal in the valley at 1,850 m (6,070 ft).[1] Nine countries with 36 military patrol runners participated in this event.
The event was held on Sunday, February 12, 1928. It was originally to be a full Olympic event, but its status was downgraded to that of demonstration sport.[2]
| Place | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Norway(Ole Reistad, Leif Skagnæs, Ole Stenen, Reidar Ødegaard) |
3:50:47 |
| 2 |  Finland(Eino Hjalmar Kuvaja, Kalle Tuppurainen, Esko Järvinen, Veikko Hannes Ruotsalainen |
3:54:37 |
| 3 |  Switzerland(Franz Kunz,[3] Hugo Lehner, Otto Furrer, Anton Julen) |
3:55:04 |
| 4 |  Italy(Enrico Silvestri, Daniele Pellissier, Erminio Confortola, Piero Maquignaz) |
4:07:30 |
| 5 |  Germany(Franz Raithel, Stefan Kistler, Josef Rehm, Ludwig Mayer) |
4:15:02 ½ |
| 6 |  Czechoslovakia(Otakar Německý, Josef Klouček, Jan Bedřich, Robert Möhwald) |
4:15:07 ½ |
| 7 |  Poland(Zbigniew Wóycicki, Władysław Żytkowicz, Władysław Czech, Tadeusz Zaydel) |
4:39:45 |
| 8 |  Romania(Toma Calista, Constantin Pascu, Ioan Rucăreanu, Ion Zăgănescu) |
5:00:16 |
| 9 |  France(Marcel Pourchier, R. Mandrillon, R. Gindre, M. Perrier) |
5:20:26 |
- ^ Norsk militæridrett: Tøff tur for Reistad[permanent dead link] (Norwegian), p. 11.
- ^ 1928 Winter Olympic Games Organising Committee. "Official Report" (PDF). p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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