Switzerland at the 1992 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | SUI |
NOC | Swiss Olympic Association |
Website | www |
in Albertville, France 8–23 February 1992 | |
Competitors | 74 (57 men, 17 women) in 8 sports |
Flag bearers | Vreni Schneider, Alpine Skiing |
Medals Ranked 14th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Switzerland competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Nicolas Bochatay, a member of the delegation, was to represent the country in the speed skiing finals, but he was killed in an accident on the morning of the day of the competition he was to compete in.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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![]() | Gustav Weder Donat Acklin | Bobsleigh | Two-man | 16 February |
![]() | Steve Locher | Alpine skiing | Men's combined | 11 February |
![]() | Gustav Weder Donat Acklin Lorenz Schindelholz Curdin Morell | Bobsleigh | Four-man | 22 February |
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [1]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Alpine skiing | 11 | 10 | 21 |
Biathlon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Bobsleigh | 8 | – | 8 |
Cross-country skiing | 3 | 6 | 9 |
Freestyle skiing | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Ice hockey | 22 | – | 22 |
Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
Ski jumping | 4 | – | 4 |
Total | 57 | 17 | 74 |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
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Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Paul Accola | Downhill | DNF | – | ||
Xavier Gigandet | 1:52.50 | 15 | |||
Daniel Mahrer | 1:52.39 | 13 | |||
Franz Heinzer | 1:51.39 | 6 | |||
Franz Heinzer | Super-G | DNF | – | ||
Urs Kälin | 1:15.22 | 14 | |||
Paul Accola | 1:14.60 | 10 | |||
Marco Hangl | 1:13.90 | 6 | |||
Michael von Grünigen | Giant Slalom | 1:06.95 | 1:03.72 | 2:10.67 | 13 |
Hans Pieren | 1:06.34 | 1:03.23 | 2:09.57 | 11 | |
Steve Locher | 1:05.80 | DNF | DNF | – | |
Paul Accola | 1:04.88 | 1:03.14 | 2:08.02 | 4 | |
Steve Locher | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Michael von Grünigen | 53.62 | 52.80 | 1:46.42 | 7 | |
Paul Accola | 52.64 | 52.98 | 1:45.62 | 6 | |
Patrick Staub | 52.56 | 52.88 | 1:45.44 | 4 |
Men's combined
Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
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Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank | |
William Besse | 1:46.66 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Steve Locher | 1:46.53 | 49.90 | 51.54 | 18.16 | ![]() |
Paul Accola | 1:45.73 | 56.08 | 59.71 | 90.96 | 21 |
Xavier Gigandet | 1:45.61 | 53.35 | 53.84 | 41.21 | 8 |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
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Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Chantal Bournissen | Downhill | DNF | – | ||
Marlis Spescha | 1:55.83 | 21 | |||
Heidi Zeller-Bähler | 1:54.73 | 13 | |||
Heidi Zurbriggen | 1:54.04 | 10 | |||
Heidi Zurbriggen | Super-G | DNF | – | ||
Chantal Bournissen | DNF | – | |||
Heidi Zeller-Bähler | 1:24.51 | 11 | |||
Zoë Haas | 1:24.31 | 10 | |||
Heidi Zurbriggen | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
Vreni Schneider | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
Corinne Rey-Bellet | 1:08.89 | 1:08.70 | 2:17.59 | 17 | |
Zoë Haas | 1:07.77 | 1:10.12 | 2:17.89 | 18 | |
Annick Bonzon | Slalom | 49.94 | DNF | DNF | – |
Christine von Grünigen | 49.84 | 45.89 | 1:35.73 | 13 | |
Katrin Neuenschwander | 49.20 | 45.08 | 1:34.28 | 9 | |
Vreni Schneider | 48.66 | 45.30 | 1:33.96 | 7 |
Women's combined
Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
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Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank | |
Heidi Zurbriggen | DSQ | – | – | DSQ | – |
Chantal Bournissen | 1:26.92 | 35.33 | 35.36 | 24.98 | 4 |
Heidi Zeller-Bähler | 1:26.90 | 37.63 | 38.45 | 69.07 | 14 |
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
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10 km Sprint | Jean-Marc Chabloz | 3 | 30:32.9 | 77 |
Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
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20 km | Jean-Marc Chabloz | 59:45.6 | 4 | 1'03:45.6 | 54 |
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
SUI-1 | Gustav Weder Donat Acklin | Two-man | 1:00.49 | 9 | 1:00.97 | 3 | 1:00.84 | 1 | 1:00.96 | 1 | 4:03.26 | ![]() |
SUI-2 | Christian Meili Christian Reich | Two-man | 1:00.23 | 3 | 1:01.31 | 11 | 1:01.44 | 9 | 1:01.38 | 10 | 4:04.36 | 10 |
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
SUI-1 | Gustav Weder Donat Acklin Lorenz Schindelholz Curdin Morell | Four-man | 57.97 | 2 | 58.78 | 6 | 58.59 | 3 | 58.79 | 3 | 3:54.13 | ![]() |
SUI-2 | Christian Meili Bruno Gerber Christian Reich Gerold Löffler | Four-man | 58.15 | 5 | 58.75 | 5 | 58.59 | 3 | 58.89 | 8 | 3:54.38 | 5 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
10 km C | Hans Diethelm | 31:41.8 | 50 |
André Jungen | 31:41.2 | 49 | |
Giachem Guidon | 31:23.9 | 44 | |
15 km pursuit1 F | Hans Diethelm | 44:16.4 | 44 |
Giachem Guidon | 43:06.1 | 34 | |
André Jungen | 42:56.3 | 31 | |
30 km C | Hans Diethelm | 1'30:13.2 | 36 |
Giachem Guidon | 1'28:44.5 | 25 | |
50 km F | André Jungen | 2'20:32.1 | 47 |
Hans Diethelm | 2'14:41.6 | 30 | |
Giachem Guidon | 2'10:55.0 | 15 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
5 km C | Elvira Knecht | 16:05.5 | 44 |
Barbara Mettler | 15:33.7 | 32 | |
Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan | 15:09.5 | 20 | |
Sylvia Honegger | 15:03.4 | 15 | |
10 km pursuit2 F | Barbara Mettler | 31:16.3 | 42 |
Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan | 30:28.8 | 37 | |
Elvira Knecht | 30:17.2 | 36 | |
Sylvia Honegger | 28:17.7 | 13 | |
15 km C | Silke Braun-Schwager | DNF | – |
Natascia Leonardi Cortesi | 46:32.7 | 25 | |
Sylvia Honegger | 45:33.7 | 16 | |
30 km F | Natascia Leonardi Cortesi | 1'33:21.0 | 31 |
Elvira Knecht | 1'32:35.6 | 26 | |
Sylvia Honegger | 1'30:16.6 | 19 | |
Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan | 1'29:54.3 | 17 |
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Sylvia Honegger Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan Natascia Leonardi Cortesi Elvira Knecht | 1'02:54.1 | 9 |
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Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
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Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | ||
Bernard Brandt | Moguls | 35.58 | 14.82 | 39 | did not advance | ||
Petsch Moser | 31.06 | 18.56 | 29 | did not advance | |||
Thomas Lagler | 32.63 | 22.02 | 17 | did not advance | |||
Jürg Biner | 32.00 | 23.02 | 11 Q | 32.60 | 22.69 | 10 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
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Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | ||
Conny Kissling | Moguls | 40.83 | 17.46 | 13 | did not advance |
Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.
Team advanced to the Final Round | |
Team sent to compete in the Consolation round |
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
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![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 19 | 8 |
![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 22 | 8 |
![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 4 |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 25 | -12 | 2 |
![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 38 | -31 | 0 |
![]() | 8:1 | ![]() |
![]() | 6:1 | ![]() |
![]() | 4:3 | ![]() |
![]() | 6:3 | ![]() |
![]() | 4:2 | ![]() |
![]() | 7:2 | ![]() |
9th-place match
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Contestants
Men's individual
Events:
Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | |||
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Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank | |||
Urs Niedhart | Individual | 179.3 | 41 | +5:28.0 | 54:07.4 | 38 | |
Hippolyt Kempf | 189.7 | 36 | +4:18.7 | 50:24.5 | 26 | ||
Marco Zarucchi | 201.1 | 20 | +3:02.7 | 50:55.3 | 29 | ||
Andreas Schaad | 201.1 | 20 | +3:02.7 | 48:02.1 | 14 |
Men's Team
Three participants per team.
Events:
Athletes | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||
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Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank | |
Hippolyt Kempf Andreas Schaad Marco Zarucchi | 521.9 | 11 | +10:16.0 | 1'33:38.4 | 10 |
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
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Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Markus Gähler | Normal hill | 80.5 | 90.8 | 79.0 | 89.4 | 180.2 | 44 |
Martin Trunz | 80.0 | 92.0 | 80.5 | 90.8 | 182.8 | 41 | |
Sylvain Freiholz | 83.0 | 97.8 | 81.5 | 93.4 | 191.2 | 24 | |
Stefan Zünd | 83.0 | 100.8 | 80.0 | 94.0 | 194.8 | 20 | |
Markus Gähler | Large hill | 100.0 | 77.0 | 90.5 | 61.7 | 138.7 | 35 |
Sylvain Freiholz | 99.0 | 77.6 | 108.5 | 93.4 | 171.0 | 14 | |
Martin Trunz | 105.0 | 87.0 | 88.5 | 60.4 | 147.4 | 31 | |
Stefan Zünd | 104.0 | 87.1 | 94.5 | 71.8 | 158.9 | 22 |
Athletes | Result | |
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Points 1 | Rank | |
Markus Gähler Stefan Zünd Sylvain Freiholz Martin Trunz | 537.9 | 8 |
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