Switzerland at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Switzerland competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
| Switzerland at the 1972 Winter Olympics | |
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| 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) | |
Medalists
| 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 |
Alpine skiing
- Men
| 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 | – | |
- Men's slalom
| 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 | |
- Women
| 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 | – | |
Bobsleigh
| 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 |
| 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 |
Cross-country skiing
- Men
| 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 | |
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Alfred Kälin Albert Giger Alois Kälin Eduard Hauser |
2'07:00.06 | |
Ice hockey
First round
Winners (in bold) entered the medal round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th–11th places.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
 United States |
5–3 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland |
Consolation round
Teams that lost their games in the qualification round played in this group.
| 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia |
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 1 |
- 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 |
Ski jumping
| 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 | |
References
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