Switzerland_at_the_1972_Winter_Olympics
Switzerland at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Switzerland competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Quick Facts Switzerland at the 1972 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
| Switzerland at the 1972 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | SUI |
| NOC | Swiss Olympic Association |
| Website | www |
| in Sapporo | |
| Competitors | 52 (46 men, 6 women) in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Edmund Bruggmann (alpine skiing) |
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Bernhard Russi | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
| Gold | Marie-Theres Nadig | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill |
| Gold | Marie-Theres Nadig | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom |
| Gold | Jean Wicki Hans Leutenegger Werner Camichel Edy Hubacher | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
 Silver | Roland Collombin | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
| Silver | Edmund Bruggmann | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
| Silver | Walter Steiner | Ski jumping | Men's large hill (90m) |
 Bronze | Werner Mattle | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
| Bronze | Jean Wicki Edy Hubacher | Bobsleigh | Two-man |
| Bronze | Alfred Kälin Albert Giger Alois Kälin Eduard Hauser | Cross-country skiing | Men's relay |
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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Walter Tresch | Downhill | 1:53.19 | 6 | ||||
| Andreas Sprecher | 1:53.11 | 4 | |||||
| Roland Collombin | 1:52.07 | | |||||
| Bernhard Russi | 1:51.43 | | |||||
| Walter Tresch | Giant Slalom | 1:35.86 | 24 | 1:38.89 | 8 | 3:14.75 | 14 |
| Werner Mattle | 1:33.44 | 11 | 1:37.55 | 3 | 3:10.99 | | |
| Edmund Bruggmann | 1:33.43 | 10 | 1:37.32 | 1 | 3:10.75 | | |
| Adolf Rösti | 1:33.27 | 7 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – | |
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- Men's slalom
More information Athlete, Classification ...
| Athlete | Classification | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | |
| Adolf Rösti | 1:44.20 | 1 | 58.08 | 17 | 56.08 | 16 | 1:54.16 | 15 |
| Andreas Sprecher | 1:44.60 | 2 | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Walter Tresch | 1:43.91 | 2 | 57.90 | 16 | 55.61 | 15 | 1:53.51 | 13 |
| Edmund Bruggmann | bye | 57.49 | 12 | 54.54 | 7 | 1:52.03 | 8 | |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Silvia Stump | Downhill | 1:40.92 | 18 | ||||
| Marianne Hefti | 1:40.38 | 12 | |||||
| Bernadette Zurbriggen | 1:39.49 | 7 | |||||
| Marie-Theres Nadig | 1:36.68 | | |||||
| Rita Good | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | ||||
| Silvia Stump | DNF | – | |||||
| Bernadette Zurbriggen | 1:34.17 | 18 | |||||
| Marie-Theres Nadig | 1:29.90 | | |||||
| Rita Good | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Bernadette Zurbriggen | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – | |
| Marie-Theres Nadig | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – | |
| Silvia Stump | 49.19 | 16 | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics
More information Sled, Athletes ...
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SUI-1 | Jean Wicki Edy Hubacher |
Two-man | 1:15.61 | 2 | 1:15.36 | 3 | 1:14.36 | 6 | 1:14.00 | 3 | 4:59.33 | |
| SUI-2 | Hans Candrian Heinz Schenker |
Two-man | 1:15.89 | 4 | 1:16.84 | 11 | 1:14.38 | 8 | 1:14.33 | 5 | 5:01.44 | 7 |
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More information Sled, Athletes ...
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SUI-1 | Jean Wicki Hans Leutenegger Werner Camichel Edy Hubacher |
Four-man | 1:10.71 | 1 | 1:11.44 | 2 | 1:10.21 | 3 | 1:10.71 | 3 | 4:43.07 | |
| SUI-2 | Hans Candrian Erwin Juon Gaudenz Beeli Heinz Schenker |
Four-man | 1:12.36 | 14 | 1:11.89 | 5 | 1:10.09 | 1 | 1:10.22 | 1 | 4:44.56 | 4 |
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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Hansueli Kreuzer | 48:55.37 | 34 |
| Alois Kälin | 46:50.31 | 17 | |
| Albert Giger | 46:38.36 | 14 | |
| Eduard Hauser | 46:30.53 | 11 | |
| 30 km | Werner Geeser | 1'46:20.36 | 41 |
| Alfred Kälin | 1'41:35.34 | 17 | |
| Eduard Hauser | 1'40:14.98 | 14 | |
| Alois Kälin | 1'38:40.72 | 7 | |
| 50 km | Giuseppe Dermon | 2'56:24.21 | 26 |
| Louis Jäggi | 2'53:00.78 | 23 | |
| Ulrich Wenger | 2'49:35.35 | 14 | |
| Werner Geeser | 2'44:34.13 | 6 | |
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- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Alfred Kälin Albert Giger Alois Kälin Eduard Hauser |
2'07:00.06 | |
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Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Women
More information Athlete, CF ...
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Walter | 7 | 13 | 2467.3 | 86 | 9 |
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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics
First round
Winners (in bold) entered the medal round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th–11th places.
Consolation round
Teams that lost their games in the qualification round played in this group.
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 |  West Germany |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 6 |
| 8 |  Norway |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 6 |
| 9 |  Japan |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 5 |
| 10 |  Switzerland |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 2 |
| 11 |  Yugoslavia |
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 1 |
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- West Germany 5-0 Switzerland
- Japan 3-3 Switzerland
- Switzerland 3-3 Yugoslavia
- Norway 5-3 Switzerland
| Contestants Gérard Rigolet Alfio Molina Marcel Squaldo Charles Henzen Gaston Furrer René Huguenin Peter Aeschlimann René Berra Jacques Pousaz Heini Jenni Hans Keller Michel Türler Paul Probst Gérard Dubi Francis Reinhard Anton Neininger Guy Dubois Peter Lehmann |
Main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Josef Zehnder | Normal hill | 76.0 | 105.8 | 72.0 | 97.9 | 203.7 | 28 |
| Hans Schmid | 76.5 | 106.6 | 73.5 | 102.3 | 208.9 | 22 | |
| Ernst von Grünigen | 78.0 | 109.5 | 74.5 | 102.9 | 212.4 | 16 | |
| Walter Steiner | 79.0 | 110.6 | 76.0 | 106.8 | 217.4 | 14 | |
| Ernst von Grünigen | Large hill | 82.0 | 79.8 | 78.0 | 73.2 | 153.0 | 44 |
| Josef Zehnder | 92.5 | 97.0 | 84.0 | 84.1 | 181.1 | 22 | |
| Walter Steiner | 94.0 | 101.6 | 103.0 | 118.2 | 219.8 | | |
| Hans Schmid | 94.5 | 101.8 | 89.0 (fall) | 54.6 | 156.4 | 42 | |
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