Switzerland at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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Switzerland at the
1980 Winter Olympics
Flag of Switzerland.svg
IOC code SUI
NOC Swiss Olympic Association
Website www.swissolympic.ch  (in German and French)
in Lake Placid
Competitors44 (33 men, 11 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer Marie-Theres Nadig (alpine skiing)
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
3
Total
5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Switzerland competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Erich Schärer
Josef Benz
Bobsleigh Two-man
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Erich Schärer
Ulrich Bächli
Rudolf Marti
Josef Benz
Bobsleigh Four-man
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jacques Lüthy Alpine skiing Men's slalom
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Marie-Theres Nadig Alpine skiing Women's downhill
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Erika Hess Alpine skiing Women's slalom

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Toni Bürgler DownhillDNF
Erwin Josi 1:50.0324
Urs Räber 1:49.1618
Peter Müller 1:46.754
Jean-Luc Fournier Giant SlalomDNFDNF
Peter Lüscher DNFDNF
Jacques Lüthy 1:21.55111:21.2022:42.755
Joël Gaspoz 1:21.1051:21.9562:43.057
Peter Lüscher SlalomDNFDNF
Joël Gaspoz DNFDNF
Jean-Luc Fournier 58.952854.53231:53.4823
Jacques Lüthy 53.70251.3661:45.06Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Annemarie Bischofberger Downhill1:41.9320
Doris de Agostini 1:41.2617
Bernadette Zurbriggen 1:40.7411
Marie-Theres Nadig 1:38.36Bronze medal icon.svg
Marie-Theres Nadig Giant SlalomDNFDNF
Brigitte Nansoz 1:18.09181:30.11152:48.2016
Erika Hess 1:15.274DNFDNF
Marie-Theres Nadig SlalomDNFDNF
Brigitte Nansoz 45.5217DNFDNF
Erika Hess 43.50544.3951:27.89Bronze medal icon.svg

Biathlon

Men
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
10 km Sprint Roland Burn 536:52.3532
Urs Brechbühl 436:22.6630
EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 2Rank
20 km Roland Burn 1'10:12.97111'21:12.9737
Urs Berchbühl 1'11:59.1381'19:59.1334
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
SUI-1 Hans Hiltebrand
Walter Rahm
Two-man1:02.3721:02.9651:03.65111:02.6434:11.324
SUI-2 Erich Schärer
Sepp Benz
Two-man1:01.8711:02.7621:02.2911:02.4414:09.36Gold medal icon.svg
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
SUI-1 Erich Schärer
Ueli Bächli
Ruedi Marti
Sepp Benz
Four-man1:00.3131:00.4131:00.0221:00.1314:00.87Silver medal icon.svg
SUI-2 Hans Hiltebrand
Ulrich Schindler
Walter Rahm
Armin Baumgartner
Four-man1:01.1371:01.0051:00.5471:01.0264:03.696

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 km Alfred Schindler 44:52.9335
Hansueli Kreuzer 44:44.6632
Konrad Hallenbarter 44:42.1229
Franz Renggli 44:38.6627
30 km Francis Jacot 1'36:50.4642
Heinz Gähler 1'33:43.6829
Gaudenz Ambühl 1'32:06.2024
Eduard Hauser 1'31:20.0915
50 km Konrad Hallenbarter DNF
Gaudenz Ambühl DNF
Heinz Gähler 2'35:11.2014
Franz Renggli 2'33:27.5610
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Hansrüli Kreuzer
Konrad Hallenbarter
Eduard Hauser
Gaudenz Ambühl
2'03:36.577
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
5 km Cornelia Thomas 16:43.8534
Evi Kratzer 16:14.3423
10 km Cornelia Thomas 33:57.9436
Evi Kratzer 33:03.6527

Figure skating

Women
AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank
Danielle Rieder 91516165.4612514
Denise Biellmann 1211180.46434

Luge

Men
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ueli Schenkel DNFDNF
Markus Kägi 54.22428DNFDNF

Nordic combined

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotal
Distance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Ernst Beetschen Individual73.072.0170.32750:09.2198.29516368.59521
Karl Lustenberger 83.080.0212.7650:01.1199.51014412.2106

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRank
Paul Egloff Normal hill65.080.270.591.5171.743
Robert Mösching 74.097.673.095.0192.637
Hansjörg Sumi 83.0117.586.5125.1242.69
Paul Egloff Large hill91.587.788.079.4167.247
Karl Lustenberger 98.0104.495.098.7203.130
Robert Mösching 108.0118.498.5104.1222.517
Hansjörg Sumi 117.0135.0100.0107.7242.77

Speed skating

Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Silvia Brunner 43.7213
1000 m Silvia Brunner 1:31.7929

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