Switzerland at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the 1936 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch  (in German and French)
in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Competitors	34 (30 men, 4 women) in 7 sports
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 3
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Switzerland competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Pierre Musy Arnold Gartmann Charles Bouvier Joseph Beerli	Bobsleigh	Four-man
Silver	Fritz Feierabend Joseph Beerli	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Silver	Reto Capadrutt Hans Aichele Fritz Feierabend Hans Bütikofer	Bobsleigh	Four-man

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Downhill		Slalom			Total
		Time	Rank	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Total points	Rank
Marcelle Bühler	Combined	5:51.6	9	1:45.1 (+0:06)	1:34.6	12	78.87	10
Erna Steuri		5:20.4	4	1:17.2	1:21.2	3	92.36	4

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Reto Capadrutt Charles Bouvier	Two-man	1:25.45	3	1:23.69	5	1:34.09	18	1:23.00	5	5:46.23	7
SUI-2	Fritz Feierabend Joseph Beerli	Two-man	1:26.34	6	1:20.31	1	1:24.11	1	1:19.88	1	5:30.64

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Reto Capadrutt Hans Aichele Fritz Feierabend Hans Bütikofer	Four-man	1:23.49	7	1:19.88	3	1:20.75	5	1:18.61	1	5:22.73
SUI-2	Pierre Musy Arnold Gartmann Charles Bouvier Joseph Beerli	Four-man	1:22.45	3	1:18.78	1	1:19.60	1	1:19.02	3	5:19.85

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Eduard Müller	1'32:04	51
	Adolf Freiburghaus	1'27:08	40
	Willi Bernath	1'25:12	31
	August Sonderegger	1'24:27	26

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Lucian Büeler	Men's singles	15	21	119	343.6	17

Women

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Angela Anderes	Women's singles	15	16	101	355.4	13

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Group B

Top two teams advanced to semifinals

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	5	1	4
United States	3	2	1	0	5	2	4
Italy	3	1	2	0	2	5	2
Switzerland	3	1	2	0	1	5	2

7 February	United States	3-0 (0-0,3-0,0-0)	Switzerland
8 February	Germany	2-0 (0-0,1-0,1-0)	Switzerland
9 February	Switzerland	1-0 (0-0,1-0,0-0)	Italy

Contestants Albert Künzler Arnold Hirtz Oskar Schmidt Ernst Hug Adolf Martignoni Hans Cattini Bibi Torriani Ferdinand Cattini Urs Wietlisbach Otto Heller Charles Kessler Thomas Pleisch

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Events:

• 18 km cross-country skiing
• normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. 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.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country			Ski Jumping				Total
		Time	Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ernst Berger	Individual	1'27:13	175.2	27	36.5	47.5	174.9	34	350.1	30
Oswald Julen		1'25:43	183.0	21	43.0	45.0	184.3	24	367.3	21
Willi Bernath		1'25:12	185.7	17	43.5	47.0	180.7	30	366.4	22

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Reto Badrutt	Normal hill	64.5	95.7	34	65.0	95.5	33	191.2	34
Marcel Raymond		64.0	96.4	32	68.5	100.9	24	197.3	28
Richard Bühler		63.0	102.0	18	63.0	102.0	20	204.0	19

References

• Peter von le Fort (1936). IV. Olympische Winterspiele 1936 Amtlicher Bericht (PDF) (in German). Berlin: Reichssportverlag. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1936, full results by sports-reference.com