The United States competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

This was not always the case due to the maximum number of athletes that could represent a country per event.

In the 10,000-meter speed skating race, Irving Jaffee was leading the competition, having outskated Norwegian defending world champion Bernt Evensen in their heat, when rising temperatures thawed the ice.

[1] In a controversial ruling, the Norwegian referee canceled the entire competition.

[2] Evensen, for his part, publicly said that Jaffee should be awarded the gold medal, but that never happened.