Switzerland at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the
1956 Winter Olympics
Switzerland at the; 1956 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SUI; (SVI used at these Games)
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors	59 (51 men, 8 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Georges Schneider
Medals ; Ranked 4th	Gold3Silver2Bronze1Total6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated January 11, 2026

Switzerland competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Madeleine Berthod	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
Gold	Renée Colliard	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Gold	Franz Kapus Gottfried Diener Robert Alt Heinrich Angst	Bobsleigh	Four-man
Silver	Raymond Fellay	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
Silver	Frieda Dänzer	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
Bronze	Max Angst Harry Warburton	Bobsleigh	Two-man

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andreas Ruedi	Downhill					DSQ	–
Hans Forrer						3:08.0	13
Roger Staub						2:57.1	4
Raymond Fellay						2:55.7
Raymond Fellay	Giant Slalom					3:23.9	27
Martin Julen						3:18.5	19
Roland Blaesi						3:18.2	18
Georges Schneider						3:17.3	17
Martin Julen	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
René Rey		1:34.1	19	1:53.6	4	3:27.7	10
Raymond Fellay		1:32.8	13	1:59.3	12	3:32.1	11
Georges Schneider		1:29.0	4	1:53.6	4	3:22.6	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hedi Beeler	Downhill					1:54.0	25
Rosemarie Reichenbach						1:51.6	15
Frieda Dänzer						1:45.4
Madeleine Berthod						1:40.7
Hedi Beeler	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Annemarie Waser						2:02.3	14
Frieda Dänzer						2:00.9	11
Madeleine Berthod						1:58.3	4
Madeleine Berthod	Slalom	1:09.7 (+0:05)	26	58.7	4	2:08.3	17
Hedi Beeler		1:01.9	20	1:03.2	18	2:05.1	15
Freida Dänzer		59.2	12	59.7	9	1:58.9	10
Renée Colliard		55.6	1	56.7	1	1:52.3

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Max Angst Harry Warburton	Two-man	1:24.71	5	1:23.81	5	1:24.27	4	1:24.67	4	5:37.46
SUI-2	Franz Kapus Heinrich Angst	Two-man	1:24.74	6	1:24.50	8	1:24.70	6	1:26.17	13	5:40.11	7

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Franz Kapus Gottfried Diener Robert Alt Heinrich Angst	Four-man	1:18.00	4	1:17.19	1	1:17.09	1	1:18.16	1	5:10.44
SUI-2	Max Angst Aby Gartmann Harry Warburton Rolf Gerber	Four-man	1:17.41	1	1:17.85	2	1:18.68	5	1:20.33	9	5:14.27	4

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Erwin Hari	55:06	38
	Michel Rey	55:05	36
	Victor Kronig	54:43	33
	Werner Zwingli	53:40	20
30 km	Armand Genoud	2'01:05	41
	André Huguenin	1'58:40	34
	Fritz Kocher	1'55:18	27
	Marcel Huguenin	1'54:36	25
50 km	André Huguenin	3'31:04	27
	Alfred Kronig	3'23:21	24
	Fritz Zurbuchen	3'19:42	19
	Christian Wenger	3'17:49	18

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Werner Zwingli Victor Kronig Fritz Kocher Marcel Huguenin	2'24:30	7

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Hans Müller	12	12	135.28	112	12
François Pache	11	10	139.39	95	11

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Alice Fischer	18	20	137.69	203	18
Karin Borner	15	16	141.69	171	16

Ice hockey

Group C

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	2	2	0	15	4	4
2	Sweden	2	1	1	7	10	2
3	Switzerland	2	0	2	8	16	0

Sweden 6-5 Switzerland
USSR 10-3 Switzerland

Games for 7th-10th places

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
7	Italy	3	3	0	21	7	6
8	Poland	3	2	1	12	10	4
9	Switzerland	3	1	2	12	18	2
10	Austria	3	0	3	9	19	0

Switzerland 7-4 Austria
Poland 6-2 Switzerland
Italy 8-3 Switzerland

	Contestants Christian Conrad Martin Riesen Kurt Peter Georg Riesch Émile Golaz Rudolf Keller Sepp Weingärtner Paul Hofer Hans Ott Franz Berry Hans Pappa Fritz Naef Emil Handschin Bernhard Bagnoud Walter Keller Rätus Frei Otto Schläpfer

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Francis Perret	Normal hill	66.0	86.0	42	64.0	82.5	45	168.5	45
Conrad Rochat		68.5	89.5	40	68.5	87.5	41	177.0	40
Andreas Däscher		82.0	108.0	6	82.0	111.5	2	219.5	6

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Erich Kull	44.3	40
1500 m	Erich Kull	2:21.7	46
1500 m	Jürg Rohrbach	2:21.7	46
5000 m	Jürg Rohrbach	8:39.5	39

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Switzerland at the 1956 Winter Olympics

IOC code	SUI (SVI used at these Games)
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors	59 (51 men, 8 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Georges Schneider
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026