Switzerland at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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Switzerland at the
1948 Winter Olympics
Flag of Switzerland.svg
IOC code SUI
NOC Swiss Olympic Association
Website www.swissolympic.ch  (in German and French)
in St. Moritz
Competitors70 (59 men, 11 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer Felix Endrich
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
3
Silver
4
Bronze
3
Total
10
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Switzerland was the host nation for the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. It was the second time that Switzerland had hosted the Winter Games, after the 1928 Winter Olympics, also in St. Moritz.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Edy Reinalter Alpine skiing Men's slalom
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hedy Schlunegger Alpine skiing Women's downhill
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Felix Endrich
Friedrich Waller
Bobsleigh Two-man
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Karl Molitor Alpine skiing Men's combined
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Antoinette Meyer Alpine skiing Women's slalom
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Fritz Feierabend
Paul Eberhard
Bobsleigh Two-man
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hans Gerschwiler Figure skating Men's singles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Karl Molitor Alpine skiing Men's downhill tie
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rolf Olinger Alpine skiing Men's downhill tie
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Switzerland men's national ice hockey team
Ice hockey Men's competition

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Alfred Stäger DownhillDNF
Edy Reinalter 3:11.022
Romedi Spada 3:09.218
Adolf Odermatt 3:06.411
Fernand Grosjean 3:03.18
Ralph Olinger 3:00.3Bronze medal icon.svg
Karl Molitor 3:00.3Bronze medal icon.svg
Karl Gamma SlalomDNFDNF
Georges Schneider 1:11.9141:06.5132:18.413
Karl Molitor 1:10.261:06.0112:16.28
Edy Reinalter 1:07.731:02.612:10.3Gold medal icon.svg

Men's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

AthleteSlalomTotal (downhill + slalom)
Time 1Time 2RankPointsRank
Adolf Odermatt 1:19.81:15.81915.6415
Fernand Grosjean 1:19.61:22.7 (+0:05)3016.6116
Edy Reinalter 1:16.31:05.8412.0110
Karl Molitor 1:14.01:08.566.44Silver medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Olivia Ausoni Downhill2:45.124
Irène Molitor 2:37.214
Antoinette Meyer 2:35.411
Rosemarie Bleuer 2:33.39
Lina Mittner 2:31.25
Hedy Schlunegger 2:28.3Gold medal icon.svg
Olivia Ausoni Slalom1:18.72259.982:18.617
Rosemarie Bleuer 1:06.2131:04.4142:10.613
Renée Clerc 1:03.881:02.092:05.85
Antoinette Meyer 1:00.7457.011:57.7Silver medal icon.svg

Women's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

AthleteSlalomTotal (downhill + slalom)
Time 1Time 2RankPointsRank
Olivia Ausoni 1:44.41:08.52738.0226
Hedy Schlunegger 1:11.41:07.11510.208
Rosemarie Bleuer 1:05.51:03.868.806
Lina Mittner 1:03.31:16.31712.5414

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
SUI-1 Fritz Feierabend
Paul Eberhard
Two-man1:23.721:24.021:21.411:21.315:30.4Silver medal icon.svg
SUI-2 Felix Endrich
Friedrich Waller
Two-man1:22.411:22.711:21.721:22.425:29.2Gold medal icon.svg
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
SUI-1 Fritz Feierabend
Friedrich Waller
Felix Endrich
Heinrich Angst
Four-man1:16.911:21.281:22.371:21.735:22.14
SUI-2 Franz Kapus
Werner Spring
Bernhard Schilter
Paul Eberhard
Four-man1:17.661:20.831:22.371:24.7125:25.48

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
18 km Gottlieb Perren 1'26:2743
Karl Bricker 1'25:4741
Alfons Supersaxo 1'24:2934
Theo Allenbach 1'23:5430
Robert Zurbriggen 1'22:5126
Max Müller 1'22:4025
Niklaus Stump 1'22:1520
Edy Schild 1'22:1520
50 km Louis Bourban 4'33:5019
Max Müller 4'30:5117
Edy Schild 4'05:376
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Niklaus Stump
Robert Zurbriggen
Max Müller
Edi Schild
2'48:075

Figure skating

Men
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesFinal rank
Karl Enderlin 1410154.24411014
Hans Gerschwiler 23181.12223Silver medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesFinal rank
Doris Blanc 2425122.62222125
Lotti Höner 2022134.21118623
Maja Hug 1319141.52213715
Pairs
AthletesPointsPlacesFinal rank
Luny Unold
Hans Kuster
9.28112012

Ice hockey

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

PldWLTGFGAPts
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 870169515
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 8701801815
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland Bronze medal icon.svg8620672112
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 844055288
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 835039476
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 826029974
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 817033772
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8080241560
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States *8530863310

* United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked.

Bronze:
Hans Bänninger
Reto Perl
Emil Handschin
Ferdinand Cattini
Hans Cattini
Hanggi Boller
Hans Dürst
Walter Paul Dürst
Bibi Torriani
Gebhard Poltera
Ulrich Poltera
Hans-Martin Trepp
Beat Rüedi
Fredy Bieler
Heini Lohrer
Werner Lohrer
Otto Schubiger

Nordic combined

Events:

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

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. Athletes would perform three jumps, of which the two best jumps (distance and form) were counted.

AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotal
PointsRankDistance 1Distance 2Distance 3PointsRankPointsRank
Gottlieb Perren Individual186.002056.057.556.5187.826373.8018
Alfons Supersaxo 196.501663.057.061.5203.913400.4013
Theo Allenbach 199.501252.552.050.0176.632376.1017
Niklaus Stump 208.50765.563.5 (fall)60.0213.05421.504

Skeleton

AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Run 6Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Christian Fischbacher DNFDNF
Dialma Baseglia 49.21149.01048.66DNFDNF
Gottfried Kägi 48.91048.8848.771:00.841:01.651:01.145:29.95
Milo Bigler 48.4748.4548.772:00.2101:02.18DNFDNF

Ski jumping

AthleteEventDistance 1Distance 2Total pointsRank
Willi Klopfenstein Normal hill60.062.5209.313
Andreas Däscher 61.061.0203.817
Hans Zurbriggen 61.067.0214.010
Fritz Tschannen 64.566.0214.89

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Rudolf Kleiner 47.839
1500 m Sepp Rogger 2:34.743
Rudolf Kleiner 2:33.042
Hanspeter Vogt 2:30.534
5000 m Alfred Altenburger 9:40.639
Sepp Rogger 9:29.334
Heinz Hügelshofer 9:21.333

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