Switzerland at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the 1994 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch  (in German and French)
in Lillehammer
Competitors	59 (41 men, 18 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Gustav Weder (bobsleigh)
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 2 Total 9
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Switzerland competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Gustav Weder Donat Acklin	Bobsleigh	Two-man	20 February
Gold	Andreas Schönbächler	Freestyle skiing	Men's aerials	24 February
Gold	Vreni Schneider	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom	26 February
Silver	Reto Götschi Guido Acklin	Bobsleigh	Two-man	20 February
Silver	Vreni Schneider	Alpine skiing	Women's combined	21 February
Silver	Urs Kälin	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom	23 February
Silver	Gustav Weder Donat Acklin Kurt Meier Domenico Semeraro	Bobsleigh	Four-man	27 February
Bronze	Jean-Yves Cuendet Hippolyt Kempf Andreas Schaad	Nordic combined	Team	24 February
Bronze	Vreni Schneider	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	24 February

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	11	9	20
Biathlon	3	0	3
Bobsleigh	10	–	10
Cross-country skiing	5	5	10
Figure skating	0	1	1
Freestyle skiing	3	3	6
Luge	1	0	1
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Ski jumping	2	–	2
Speed skating	1	0	1
Total	40	19	59

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Franz Heinzer	Downhill			DNF	–
Franco Cavegn				1:47.15	23
William Besse				1:46.76	16
Daniel Mahrer				1:46.55	14
William Besse	Super-G			DNF	–
Daniel Mahrer				DNF	–
Paul Accola				1:34.37	14
Marco Hangl				1:33.75	10
Steve Locher	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Michael von Grünigen		DNF	–	DNF	–
Paul Accola		1:30.21	1:24.75	2:54.96	19
Urs Kälin		1:28.70	1:23.78	2:52.48
Paul Accola	Slalom	1:04.45	1:03.11	2:07.56	17
Michael von Grünigen		1:03.94	1:01.94	2:05.88	15
Andrea Zinsli		1:02.87	1:02.07	2:04.94	11
Patrick Staub		1:02.46	1:01.73	2:04.19	9

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Paul Accola	1:39.41	50.75	49.28	3:19.44	6
Steve Locher	1:39.34	52.57	49.30	3:21.21	12
Marcel Sulliger	1:39.30	53.61	51.09	3:24.00	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Vreni Schneider	Downhill			1:39.35	33
Heidi Zeller-Bähler				1:38.78	28
Heidi Zurbriggen				1:38.46	22
Chantal Bournissen	Super-G			DNF	–
Heidi Zurbriggen				DNF	–
Heidi Zeller-Bähler				1:23.53	16
Karin Roten	Giant Slalom	1:23.22	1:13.33	2:36.55	16
Heidi Zeller-Bähler		1:23.14	1:12.00	2:35.14	9
Corinne Rey-Bellet		1:21.71	DNF	–	–
Vreni Schneider		1:21.29	1:11.68	2:32.97
Christine von Grünigen	Slalom	1:00.76	57.10	1:57.86	6
Martina Accola		1:00.45	59.58	2:00.03	17
Vreni Schneider		59.68	56.33	1:56.01
Gabi Zingre		59.62	58.18	1:57.80	5

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Vreni Schneider	1:28.91	49.75	46.63	3:05.29

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Daniel Hediger	8	33:05.6	63
	Jean-Marc Chabloz	3	32:35.6	60

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 2	Rank
20 km	Jean-Marc Chabloz	58:27.9	4	1'02:27.9	45
	Hanspeter Knobel	1'00:42.8	1	1'01:42.8	33

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Gustav Weder Donat Acklin	Two-man	52.33	1	52.91	3	52.72	2	52.85	1	3:30.81
SUI-2	Reto Götschi Guido Acklin	Two-man	52.38	2	52.76	1	52.79	4	52.93	3	3:30.86

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Gustav Weder Donat Acklin Kurt Meier Domenico Semeraro	Four-man	51.80	4	51.87	1	52.04	1	52.13	1	3:27.84
SUI-2	Christian Meili René Schmidheiny Gerold Löffler Christian Reich	Four-man	51.98	7	52.16	5	52.58	15	52.61	14	3:29.33	7

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Wilhelm Aschwanden	27:27.2	60
	Giachem Guidon	27:09.1	48
	Hans Diethelm	27:03.1	46
	Jeremias Wigger	25:55.4	22
15 km pursuit1 F	Wilhelm Aschwanden	43:57.4	56
	Hans Diethelm	41:12.4	30
	Jeremias Wigger	38:47.9	13
30 km F	Jürg Capol	1'22:59.9	49
	Giachem Guidon	1'22:21.0	46
50 km C	Giachem Guidon	DNF	–
	Jürg Capol	2'21:48.3	44
	Hans Diethelm	2'21:01.8	41
	Jeremias Wigger	2'13:40.2	16

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Jeremias Wigger Hans Diethelm Jürg Capol Giachem Guidon	1'47:12.2	7

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Jasmin Baumann	17:00.3	60
	Silke Schwager	16:11.2	42
	Barbara Mettler	15:59.6	37
	Sylvia Honegger	15:21.7	20
10 km pursuit2 F	Jasmin Baumann	35:01.2	51
	Silke Schwager	33:10.1	39
	Barbara Mettler	31:08.3	23
	Sylvia Honegger	29:30.9	11
15 km F	Brigitte Albrecht	46:11.9	38
	Barbara Mettler	45:26.9	30
	Sylvia Honegger	44:41.9	21
30 km C	Barbara Mettler	1'36:40.8	41
	Brigitte Albrecht	1'34:55.3	37
	Silke Schwager	1'34:07.4	33
	Sylvia Honegger	1'31:11.6	19

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Sylvia Honegger Silke Schwager Barbara Mettler Brigitte Albrecht	1'00:05.1	5

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Nathalie Krieg	15	17	24.5	16

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Jürg Biner	Moguls	24.19	24.30	17	did not advance
Herbert Kolly	Aerials		129.10	22	did not advance
Andreas Schönbächler			196.53	10 Q		234.67

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Sandrine Vaucher	Moguls	32.45	21.99	18	did not advance
Colette Brand	Aerials		140.42	15	did not advance
Maja Schmid			149.08	7 Q		156.90	4

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Reto Gilly	52.740	31	52.555	29	52.696	30	52.436	28	3:30.427	29

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
		Points	Rank
Markus Wüst	Individual	167.5	46	52:26.7	46
Andreas Schaad		198.0	20	45:04.1	15
Hippolyt Kempf		216.5	9	42:53.2	6
Jean-Yves Cuendet		222.0	7	43:03.5	7

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes	Ski jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
	Points	Rank
Jean-Yves Cuendet Andreas Schaad Hippolyt Kempf	643.5	3	1'30:39.9

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Martin Trunz	Normal hill	88.5	112.5	68.5	62.5	175.0	40
Sylvain Freiholz		94.0	121.5	79.5	91.5	213.0	25
Martin Trunz	Large hill	77.0	27.6	89.0	56.7	84.3	51
Sylvain Freiholz		97.0	72.6	91.5	61.7	134.3	36

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5000 m	Martin Feigenwinter	7:02.12	28

References

1. Switzerland at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Sources

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1994, full results by sports-reference.com