Luxembourg at the 1928 Winter Olympics

The Luxembourg team consisted of Marc Shoetter, Raoul Weckbecker, Willy Heldenstein, Pierre Kaempff, and Auguste Hilbert, who became the first Winter Olympic competitors for the country.^[4][5] Shoetter led the bobsleigh team.^[8] Heldenstein, who was the flag bearer, was the brother of 1924 Summer Olympics medalist Frantz Heldenstein.^[9] Hilbert was originally a footballer, who later took up bobsleigh after the First World War.^[10] Raoul Weckbecker, who was active in both skiing and bobsleigh, would go on to compete in the 1936 Winter Olympics in bobsleigh and alpine skiing.^[11] Kaempff competed in bobsleigh and cycling events.^[12]

Bobsleigh competitions were held on 13 and 14 February at Olympia Bobrun in St. Moritz.^[13] The event was run on a 1,722 m (5,650 ft) course with a vertical drop of 130 m (430 ft). The Luxembourg team finished third to last in the event with a combined time of just over three minutes and 32 seconds across the two runs.^[13]

• Olympic Winter Games 1928, full results by sports-reference.com