Switzerland at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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Switzerland at the
1952 Winter Olympics
Flag of Switzerland.svg
IOC code SUI
NOC Swiss Olympic Association
Website www.swissolympic.ch  (in German and French)
in Oslo
Competitors55 (46 men, 9 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer Ulrich Poltera
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Switzerland competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Fritz Feierabend
Stephan Waser
Bobsleigh Two-man
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Fritz Feierabend
Albert Madörin
André Filippini
Stephan Waser
Bobsleigh Four-man

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Bernhard Perren Downhill2:46.126
Gottlieb Perren 2:37.110
Georges Schneider 2:37.09
Fredy Rubi 3:32.54
Fredy Rubi Giant Slalom2:34.012
Fernand Grosjean 2:33.811
Bernhard Perren 2:33.18
Georges Schneider 2:31.25
Georges Schneider Slalom1:11.548Did not advance
Fredy Rubi 1:03.617 Q59.712:03.37
Bernhard Perren 1:03.416 Q1:06.7242:10.121
Franz Bumann 1:02.715 Q1:02.172:04.810
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Silvia Glatthard Downhill1:54.915
Idly Walpoth 1:53.812
Ida Schöpfer 1:53.010
Madeleine Berthod-Chamot 1:50.76
Madeleine Berthod-Chamot Giant SlalomDSQ
Silvia Glatthard 2:23.129
Idly Walpoth 2:20.825
Ida Schöpfer 2:16.616
Ida Schöpfer Slalom1:24.334DSQDSQ
Edmée Abetel 1:13.9231:14.4312:28.325
Olivia Ausoni 1:07.451:09.6162:17.010
Madeleine Berthod-Chamot 1:06.731:08.2122:14.96

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
SUI-1 Fritz Feierabend
Stephan Waser
Two-man1:22.1341:22.4641:21.6731:21.4525:27.71Bronze medal icon.svg
SUI-2 Felix Endrich
Werner Spring
Two-man1:22.1451:22.3231:22.5041:22.1945:29.154
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
SUI-1 Fritz Feierabend
Albert Madörin
André Filippini
Stephan Waser
Four-man1:18.6741:18.0831:17.4041:17.5525:11.70Bronze medal icon.svg
SUI-2 Felix Endrich
Fritz Stöckli
Franz Kapus
Werner Spring
Four-man1:17.7531:19.4551:17.8851:18.9065:13.984

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
18 km Karl Bricker 1'12:1946
Josef Schnyder 1'10:5137
Walter Lötscher 1'10:4535
Alfred Kronig 1'10:1230
Alfons Supersaxo 1'09:3826
50 km Josef Schnyder 4'18:4520
Karl Hischier 4'13:4617
Alfred Roch 4'09:3916
Otto Beyeler 4'06:1515
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Fritz Kocher
Walter Lötscher
Alfred Kronig
Alfons Supersaxo
2'38:009

Figure skating

Men
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
François Pache 911139.922929
Women
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Yolande Jobin 1616132.47815118
Susi Wirz 1517135.57813615
Pairs
AthletesPointsPlacesRank
Silvia Grandjean
Michel Grandjean
10.300537

Ice hockey

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

TeamPldWLTGFGAPts
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 8701711415
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8611432113
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9720532214
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 9630502312
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 5th844040408
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 825121565
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 826021604
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 816121533
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 808015460
Contestants
Hans Bänninger
Gian Bazzi
François Blank
Bixio Celio
Reto Delnon
Walter Paul Dürst
Émile Golaz
Emil Handschin
Paul Hofer
Willy Pfister
Gebhard Poltera
Ulrich Poltera
Otto Schläpfer
Otto Schubiger
Alfred Streun
Hans-Martin Trepp
Paul Wyss

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 were allowed to perform three jumps, the best two jumps were counted and are shown here).

AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotal
PointsRankDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankPointsRank
Alfons Supersaxo Individual213.696860.562.5201.59415.19610

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Fritz Schneider Normal hill59.596.02759.593.530189.526
Hans Däscher 61.098.52260.0100.017198.520
Jacques Perreten 61.099.02159.094.027193.023
Andreas Däscher 62.0102.51561.098.021200.516

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