Switzerland at the 1932 Winter Olympics

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Switzerland at the
1932 Winter Olympics
Flag of Switzerland.svg
IOC code SUI
NOC Swiss Olympic Association
Website www.swissolympic.ch  (in German and French)
in Lake Placid
Competitors7 (men) in 3 sports
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Switzerland competed at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Reto Capadrutt
Oscar Geier
Bobsleigh Two-man

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
SUI-1 Reto Capadrutt
Oscar Geier
Two-man2:05.8812:07.2122:03.5221:59.6728:16.28Silver medal icon.svg
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
SUI-1 Reto Capadrutt
Hans Eisenhut
Charles Jenny
Oscar Geier
Four-man2:06.8142:03.4042:01.4742:00.5058:12.184

Nordic combined

Events:

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotal
TimePointsRankDistance 1Distance 2Total pointsRankPointsRank
Fritz Kaufmann Individual1'59:2097.503259.560.5223.21320.7023
Cesare Chiogna 1'58:33102.003058.059.5219.64321.6022
Fritz Steuri 1'54:57115.502651.051.0200.411315.9026

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Fritz Steuri Normal hill58.097.61553.594.820192.418
Cesare Chiogna 60.0102.1963.0107.79209.89
Fritz Kaufmann 63.5106.5665.5109.35215.86

References