These are the results of the men's skeleton

Skeleton (sport)

Skeleton is a fast winter sliding sport in which an individual person rides a small sled down a frozen track while lying face down, during which athletes experience forces up to 5g. It originated in St. Moritz, Switzerland as a spin-off from the popular British sport of Cresta Sledding...

competition at the 1928 Winter Olympics

1928 Winter Olympics

The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 11–19, 1928 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics held on its own as they were not in conjunction with a Summer Olympics...

in St. Moritz

St. Moritz

St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...

. In many locations the sport was referred to as tobogganing during these and the 1948 Games

1948 Winter Olympics

The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been twelve years since the last Winter Games in 1936...

. The competition took place on the Cresta Run

Cresta Run

The Cresta Run is a natural ice 1,212.5 m long skeleton racing toboggan track in the Swiss winter sports town of St. Moritz, and one of the few runs dedicated primarily to skeleton. It was built in 1884 near the hamlet of Cresta in the municipality of Celerina/Schlarigna by Major Bulpett, eventual...

 and medals were awarded after a total of three runs down the course.

Medalists

Jennison and Jack Heaton were brothers. The skeleton sled on which Jennison Heaton won the gold medal is currently on display in the Hotel Soldanella in St. Moritz. This skeleton was owned by and used by USAF Maj. Gen. Lawrence C. Ames from 1948 until 1977. His last ride was on his eightieth birthday. At that time he was the oldest man ever to have run the Cresta Run. Jack Heaton would also win the silver medal in 1948.

The bronze medalist, David Carnegie

David Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk

David Ludovic George Hopetoun Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk , elected a Scottish representative peer, was also an Olympic medallist....

, was also Earl of Northesk

Earl of Northesk

Earl of Northesk is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1662 for John Carnegie, who notably served as Sheriff of Forfarshire. He was given the subsidiary title of Lord Rosehill and Eglismauldie at the same time. Carnegie had already been created Earl of Ethie and Lord Lour in...

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Results

Rank	|Run 1	|Run 3	|Diff.
		1:00.2	1:00.2	1:01.4	3:01.8	—
		1:01.4	1:00.4	1:01.0	3:02.8	+1.0
		1:02.7	1:01.0	1:01.4	3:05.1	+3.3
4		1:02.1	1:02.4	1:04.2	3:08.7	+6.9
5		1:03.4	1:03.4	1:02.0	3:08.8	+7.0
6		1:05.9	1:03.4	1:04.2	3:13.5	+11.7
7		1:05.6	1:04.7	1:04.6	3:14.9	+13.1
8		1:15.4	1:10.9	1:10.4	3:36.7	+34.9
9		1:04.8	DNF	—	—	—
10		DNF	—	—	—	—

Medal table

1		1	1	0	2
2		0	0	1	1