Switzerland at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the
1988 Winter Olympics
Switzerland at the; 1988 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Calgary
Competitors	70 (56 men, 14 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Michela Figini (alpine skiing)
Medals ; Ranked 3rd	Gold5Silver5Bronze5Total15
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated September 07, 2022

Switzerland competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Pirmin Zurbriggen	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill	15 February
Gold	Vreni Schneider	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	24 February
Gold	Vreni Schneider	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom	26 February
Gold	Ekkehard Fasser Kurt Meier Marcel Fässler Werner Stocker	Bobsleigh	Four-man	28 February
Gold	Hippolyt Kempf	Nordic combined	Individual	28 February
Silver	Peter Müller	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill	15 February
Silver	Brigitte Oertli	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill	19 February
Silver	Brigitte Oertli	Alpine skiing	Women's combined	21 February
Silver	Michela Figini	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G	22 February
Silver	Andreas Schaad Hippolyt Kempf Fredy Glanzmann	Nordic combined	Team	24 February
Bronze	Paul Accola	Alpine skiing	Men's combined	17 February
Bronze	Maria Walliser	Alpine skiing	Women's combined	21 February
Bronze	Maria Walliser	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	24 February
Bronze	Pirmin Zurbriggen	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom	25 February
Bronze	Andreas Grünenfelder	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 kilometre freestyle	27 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	9	8	17
Bobsleigh	10	–	10
Cross-country skiing	6	5	11
Figure skating	1	1	2
Ice hockey	22	–	22
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Ski jumping	4	–	4
Total	56	14	70

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Franz Heinzer	Downhill			2:03.36	17
Daniel Mahrer				2:03.18	12
Peter Müller				2:00.14
Pirmin Zurbriggen				1:59.63
Martin Hangl	Super-G			DNF	–
Daniel Mahrer				DNF	–
Franz Heinzer				1:43.32	15
Pirmin Zurbriggen				1:41.96	5
Martin Hangl	Giant Slalom	1:07.51	DNF	DNF	–
Joël Gaspoz		1:06.70	1:02.87	2:09.57	10
Hans Pieren		1:06.46	1:04.22	2:10.68	14
Pirmin Zurbriggen		1:05.57	1:02.82	2:08.39
Paul Accola	Slalom	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Hans Pieren		DNF	–	DNF	–
Joël Gaspoz		DNF	–	DNF	–
Pirmin Zurbriggen		52.05	48.43	1:40.48	7

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Bernhard Fahner	1:51.78	47.56	45.81	120.45	15
Martin Hangl	1:51.48	DNF	–	DNF	–
Paul Accola	1:51.27	42.58	42.35	48.24
Pirmin Zurbriggen	1:46.90	44.32	DNF	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Chantal Bournissen	Downhill			1:27.46	11
Michela Figini				1:27.26	9
Maria Walliser				1:26.89	4
Brigitte Oertli				1:26.61
Brigitte Oertli	Super-G			1:21.56	17
Zoë Haas				1:20.91	7
Maria Walliser				1:20.48	6
Michela Figini				1:20.03
Michela Figini	Giant Slalom	1:02.35	DNF	DNF	–
Corinne Schmidhauser		1:00.67	DNF	DNF	–
Maria Walliser		1:00.57	1:07.15	2:07.72
Vreni Schneider		1:00.53	1:05.96	2:06.49
Corinne Schmidhauser	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Brigitte Oertli		49.95	DNF	DNF	–
Vreni Schneider		48.81	47.88	1:36.69

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Beatrice Gafner	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
Brigitte Oertli	1:18.37	39.24	41.47	29.48
Vreni Schneider	1:18.10	DNF	–	DNF	–
Maria Walliser	1:16.98	41.80	44.12	51.28

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	Hans Hiltebrand André Kiser	Two-man	58.74	21	59.21	7	59.55	3	59.02	4	3:56.52	6
SUI-2	Gustav Weder Donat Acklin	Two-man	58.01	11	58.88	3	1:00.12	8	59.05	5	3:56.06	4

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	Ekkehard Fasser Kurt Meier Marcel Fässler Werner Stocker	Four-man	56.83	7	57.37	3	55.88	1	57.43	4	3:47.51
SUI-2	Hans Hiltebrand Urs Fehlmann Erwin Fassbind André Kiser	Four-man	56.39	2	57.91	12	57.13	15	57.82	6	3:49.25	9

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km C	Giachem Guidon	DNF	–
	Konrad Hallenbarter	DNF	–
	Andi Grünenfelder	45:35.5	35
	Jürg Capol	43:59.5	22
30 km C	Andi Grünenfelder	DNF	–
	Jürg Capol	1'31:35.8	30
	Jeremias Wigger	1'30:47.1	26
	Giachem Guidon	1'28:05.9	13
50 km F	Markus Fähndrich	2'13:33.2	35
	Jeremias Wigger	2'09:05.3	14
	Giachem Guidon	2'09:02.2	13
	Andi Grünenfelder	2'06:01.9

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Andi Grünenfelder Jürg Capol Giachem Guidon Jeremias Wigger	1'46:16.3	4

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Karin Thomas	17:04.1	40
	Marianne Irniger	16:37.5	35
	Christina Gilli-Brügger	15:44.5	15
	Evi Kratzer	15:42.8	14
10 km C	Marianne Irniger	34:58.3	43
	Sandra Parpan	33:02.0	32
	Christina Gilli-Brügger	31:37.4	18
	Evi Kratzer	31:16.7	11
20 km F	Marianne Irniger	1'01:51.5	30
	Karin Thomas	59:17.2	16
	Evi Kratzer	58:56.1	14
	Christina Gilli-Brügger	57:37.4	4

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Karin Thomas Sandra Parpan Evi Kratzer Christina Gilli-Brügger	1'01:59.4	4

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Oliver Höner	10	10	14	24.0	12

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Stéfanie Schmid	21	16	12	31.0	15

Ice hockey

Group A

Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Finland	5	3	1	1	22	8	7
Sweden	5	2	0	3	23	10	7
Canada	5	3	1	1	17	12	7
Switzerland	5	3	2	0	19	10	6
Poland	5	1	3	1	9	13	3
France	5	0	5	0	10	47	0

Switzerland 2-1 Finland
Canada 4-2 Switzerland
Sweden 4-2 Switzerland
Switzerland 4-1 Poland
Switzerland 9-0 France

Game for 7th place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
United States	8–4	Switzerland

Team Roster

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Points	Rank
Stefan Späni	Individual	178.6	40	5:32.7	DNF	DNF	–
Fredy Glanzmann		180.1	37	5:22.7	45:38.8	376.535	35
Andreas Schaad		207.2	14	2:22.0	40:40.0	421.350	5
Hippolyt Kempf		217.9	3	1:10.7	39:27.5	432.230

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps per team member per round, best two rounds counted.)
10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Total
Athletes	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Fredy Glanzmann Hippolyt Kempf Andreas Schaad	571.4	6	4:52.0	1'20:49.4

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Christoph Lehmann	Normal hill	74.0	76.0	73.0	74.9	150.9	56
Gérard Balanche		78.0	85.9	78.0	87.9	173.8	37
Christian Hauswirth		79.5	90.3	73.0	74.4	164.7	48
Fabrice Piazzini		83.0	99.9	78.0	88.9	188.8	17
Fabrice Piazzini	Large hill	105.0	73.9	99.0	83.0	156.9	43
Christoph Lehmann		101.0	87.3	90.0	65.9	153.2	44
Christian Hauswirth		105.0	94.9	97.0	82.2	177.1	27
Gérard Balanche		105.0	95.4	94.5	77.2	172.6	30

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
Athletes	Points ¹	Rank
Gérard Balanche Christoph Lehmann Fabrice Piazzini Christian Hauswirth	516.1	8

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

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