| Switzerland at the 1952 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | SUI |
| NOC | Swiss Olympic Association |
| Website | www |
| in Oslo | |
| Competitors | 55 (46 men, 9 women) in 7 sports |
| Flag bearer | Ulrich Poltera |
| Medals Ranked 11th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Switzerland competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze | Fritz Feierabend Stephan Waser | Bobsleigh | Two-man |
| Bronze | Fritz Feierabend Albert Madörin André Filippini Stephan Waser | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Bernhard Perren | Downhill | 2:46.1 | 26 | ||||
| Gottlieb Perren | 2:37.1 | 10 | |||||
| Georges Schneider | 2:37.0 | 9 | |||||
| Fredy Rubi | 3:32.5 | 4 | |||||
| Fredy Rubi | Giant Slalom | 2:34.0 | 12 | ||||
| Fernand Grosjean | 2:33.8 | 11 | |||||
| Bernhard Perren | 2:33.1 | 8 | |||||
| Georges Schneider | 2:31.2 | 5 | |||||
| Georges Schneider | Slalom | 1:11.5 | 48 | Did not advance | |||
| Fredy Rubi | 1:03.6 | 17 Q | 59.7 | 1 | 2:03.3 | 7 | |
| Bernhard Perren | 1:03.4 | 16 Q | 1:06.7 | 24 | 2:10.1 | 21 | |
| Franz Bumann | 1:02.7 | 15 Q | 1:02.1 | 7 | 2:04.8 | 10 | |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Silvia Glatthard | Downhill | 1:54.9 | 15 | ||||
| Idly Walpoth | 1:53.8 | 12 | |||||
| Ida Schöpfer | 1:53.0 | 10 | |||||
| Madeleine Berthod-Chamot | 1:50.7 | 6 | |||||
| Madeleine Berthod-Chamot | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | ||||
| Silvia Glatthard | 2:23.1 | 29 | |||||
| Idly Walpoth | 2:20.8 | 25 | |||||
| Ida Schöpfer | 2:16.6 | 16 | |||||
| Ida Schöpfer | Slalom | 1:24.3 | 34 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Edmée Abetel | 1:13.9 | 23 | 1:14.4 | 31 | 2:28.3 | 25 | |
| Olivia Ausoni | 1:07.4 | 5 | 1:09.6 | 16 | 2:17.0 | 10 | |
| Madeleine Berthod-Chamot | 1:06.7 | 3 | 1:08.2 | 12 | 2:14.9 | 6 | |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SUI-1 | Fritz Feierabend Stephan Waser | Two-man | 1:22.13 | 4 | 1:22.46 | 4 | 1:21.67 | 3 | 1:21.45 | 2 | 5:27.71 | |
| SUI-2 | Felix Endrich Werner Spring | Two-man | 1:22.14 | 5 | 1:22.32 | 3 | 1:22.50 | 4 | 1:22.19 | 4 | 5:29.15 | 4 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SUI-1 | Fritz Feierabend Albert Madörin André Filippini Stephan Waser | Four-man | 1:18.67 | 4 | 1:18.08 | 3 | 1:17.40 | 4 | 1:17.55 | 2 | 5:11.70 | |
| SUI-2 | Felix Endrich Fritz Stöckli Franz Kapus Werner Spring | Four-man | 1:17.75 | 3 | 1:19.45 | 5 | 1:17.88 | 5 | 1:18.90 | 6 | 5:13.98 | 4 |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 18 km | Karl Bricker | 1'12:19 | 46 |
| Josef Schnyder | 1'10:51 | 37 | |
| Walter Lötscher | 1'10:45 | 35 | |
| Alfred Kronig | 1'10:12 | 30 | |
| Alfons Supersaxo | 1'09:38 | 26 | |
| 50 km | Josef Schnyder | 4'18:45 | 20 |
| Karl Hischier | 4'13:46 | 17 | |
| Alfred Roch | 4'09:39 | 16 | |
| Otto Beyeler | 4'06:15 | 15 | |
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Fritz Kocher Walter Lötscher Alfred Kronig Alfons Supersaxo | 2'38:00 | 9 |
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| François Pache | 9 | 11 | 139.922 | 92 | 9 |
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yolande Jobin | 16 | 16 | 132.478 | 151 | 18 |
| Susi Wirz | 15 | 17 | 135.578 | 136 | 15 |
| Athletes | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silvia Grandjean Michel Grandjean | 10.300 | 53 | 7 |
The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 14 | 15 |
 United States | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 21 | 13 |
 Sweden | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 22 | 14 |
 Czechoslovakia | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 23 | 12 |
 Switzerland 5th | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 8 |
 Poland | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 56 | 5 |
 Finland | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 60 | 4 |
 West Germany | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 53 | 3 |
 Norway | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 46 | 0 |
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 were allowed to perform three jumps, the best two jumps were counted and are shown here).
| Athlete | Event | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Alfons Supersaxo | Individual | 213.696 | 8 | 60.5 | 62.5 | 201.5 | 9 | 415.196 | 10 |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Fritz Schneider | Normal hill | 59.5 | 96.0 | 27 | 59.5 | 93.5 | 30 | 189.5 | 26 |
| Hans Däscher | 61.0 | 98.5 | 22 | 60.0 | 100.0 | 17 | 198.5 | 20 | |
| Jacques Perreten | 61.0 | 99.0 | 21 | 59.0 | 94.0 | 27 | 193.0 | 23 | |
| Andreas Däscher | 62.0 | 102.5 | 15 | 61.0 | 98.0 | 21 | 200.5 | 16 | |
The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 1952 in Oslo, the capital of Norway.
Canada competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
Sweden competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Sweden competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
The United States competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
France competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Norway competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Norway was the host nation for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
Austria competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Austria competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
Italy competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Nino Bibbia won the nation's first medal at the Winter Games.
Italy competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
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.
Finland competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Finland competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The country's only medal was a silver in ice hockey.
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
Germany competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway after not having been invited to the 1948 Winter Olympics because of their role in World War II, and because the NOC restored in 1947 as Deutscher Olympischer Ausschuß did not represent a recognized state yet. The Federal Republic of Germany was founded in 1949, the NOC for Germany was renamed and in 1951 recognized by the IOC while recognition of a separate NOC of the GDR was declined. East Germans were told to cooperate in a single team Germany, which they declined in 1952, but accepted for 1956 and later.
Romania competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
Japan competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. Japan returned to the Winter Games after not being invited to the 1948 Winter Olympics because of the nation's role in World War II.
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