Military patrol at the 1928 Winter Olympics

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 distance with an elevation difference of . The starting point was on a height of , the highest point at , and the goal in the valley at . 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. {| class='wikitable' |- bgcolor='#efefef' ! Place ! Team ! Time |- |align=center| 1 ||
(Ole Reistad, Leif Skagnæs, Ole Stenen, Reidar Ødegaard) ||  3:50:47 |- |align=center| 2 ||
(Eino Hjalmar Kuvaja, Kalle Tuppurainen, Esko Järvinen, Veikko Hannes Ruotsalainen ||  3:54:37 |- |align=center| 3 ||
(Franz Kunz, Hugo Lehner, Otto Furrer, Anton Julen) ||  3:55:04 |- |align=center| 4 ||
(Enrico Silvestri, Daniele Pellissier, Erminio Confortola, Piero Maquignaz) ||  4:07:30 |- |align=center| 5 ||
(Franz Raithel, Stefan Kistler, Josef Rehm, Ludwig Mayer) ||  4:15:02 ½ |- |align=center| 6 ||
(Otakar Německý, Josef Klouček, Jan Bedřich, Robert Möhwald) ||  4:15:07 ½ |- |align=center| 7 ||
(Zbigniew Wóycicki, Władysław Żytkowicz, Władysław Czech, Tadeusz Zaydel) ||  4:39:45 |- |align=center| 8 ||
(Toma Calista, Constantin Pascu, Ioan Rucăreanu, Ion Zăgănescu) ||  5:00:16 |- |align=center| 9 ||
(Marcel Pourchier, R. Mandrillon, R. Gindre, M. Perrier) ||  5:20:26 |} Provided by Wikipedia