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Military patrol at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Military patrol at the 1928 Winter Olympics

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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 distance with an elevation difference of 1100 metres. The starting point was on a height of 2,108 metres, the highest point at 2,877 metres, and the goal in the valley at 1,850 metres.[1] Nine countries with 36 military patrol runners participated in this event.

The German team.
Referees from France, Italy, Switzerland and Poland

The event was held on Sunday, February 12, 1928.

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  1. [1]
    Norsk militæridrett: Tøff tur for Reistad[permanent dead link] (Norwegian), p. 11.
  2. [2]
    also findable as "Oberleutnant Kunz"


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