Switzerland at the 1964 Winter Olympics

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Switzerland at the
1964 Winter Olympics
Flag of Switzerland.svg
IOC code SUI
NOC Swiss Olympic Association
Website www.swissolympic.ch  (in German and French)
in Innsbruck
Competitors72 (60 men, 12 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer Hans Ammann (cross-country)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Switzerland competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Contents

None of the 72 athletes won a medal. It was the first and only time (as of Pyeongchang 2018) that Switzerland didn't win a single medal at Winter Olympics.

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace
TimeRank
Georg Grünenfelder Downhill2:22.6918
Dumeng Giovanoli 2:21.1613
Willy Favre 2:20.238
Jos Minsch 2:19.544
Edy Bruggmann Giant Slalom1:55.3019
Beat von Allmen 1:54.0514
Jos Minsch 1:50.619
Willy Favre 1:48.694
Men's slalom
AthleteQualifyingFinal
Time 1RankTime 2RankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRank
Jos Minsch 54.9522 QF1:15.0723DSQDSQ
Willy Favre 54.2915 QF1:13.63121:04.59172:18.2214
Stefan Kälin 53.9312 QF1:13.92151:02.1292:16.0410
Adolf Mathis 53.416 QF1:10.7751:02.22102:12.996
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ruth Adolf Downhill2:02.5920
Theres Obrecht 2:02.4119
Heidi Obrecht 2:02.2317
Françoise Gay Giant Slalom1:57.2115
Ruth Adolf 1:55.8312
Theres Obrecht 1:54.9111
Fernande Bochatay 1:54.599
Fernande Bochatay SlalomDNFDNF
Theres Obrecht 1:02.563251.53141:54.0925
Heidi Obrecht 47.371551.96161:39.3314
Françoise Gay 45.78853.22181:39.0013

Biathlon

Men
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 1Rank
20 km Peter Gerig 1'30:32.5162'02:32.548
Willy Junod 1'28:00.7131'54:00.747
Erich Schönbächler 1'29:59.5121'53:59.546
Marcel Vogel 1'29:14.1121'53:14.145
1 Two minutes added per miss.

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
SUI-1 Hans Zoller
Robert Zimmermann
Two-man1:06.97121:06.2061:07.60161:07.38134:28.1510
SUI-2 Herbert Kiesel
Oskar Lory
Two-man1:07.33141:07.70141:07.92171:08.25164:31.2017
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
SUI-1 Hans Zoller
Hans Kleinpeter
Fritz Lüdi
Robert Zimmermann
Four-man1:04.83161:04.52121:04.97111:04.7394:19.0510
SUI-2 Herbert Kiesel
Bernhard Wild
Hansruedi Beugger
Oskar Lory
Four-man1:04.3391:04.54131:04.65101:04.6084:18.128

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 km Konrad Hischier 56:42.340
Franz Kälin 55:50.332
Hans-Sigfrid Oberer 55:47.931
Hans Ammann 55:44.929
30 km Alphonse Baume 1'42:41.843
Georges Dubois 1'42:26.839
Hans Ammann 1'39:55.728
Konrad Hischier 1'39:43.627
50 km Georges Dubois 3'07:21.831
Franz Kälin 3'06:09.329
Alphonse Baume 3'03:49.126
Alois Kälin 2'56:30.520
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Konrad Hischier
Alois Kälin
Franz Kälin
Hans Sigfrid Oberer
2'31:52.89

Figure skating

Men
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Peter Grütter 24201517.220824
Markus Germann 20231578.018619
Women
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Monika Zingg 28281568.924827
Pairs
AthletesPointsPlacesRank
Monique Mathys
Yves Ällig
81.5147.517
Gerda Johner
Rüdi Johner
95.4566

Ice hockey

First Round

Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st-8th places. Teams, which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th-16th places.

Team 1 Score Team 2
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 5–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

Medal Round

First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.

RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7700541014
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7520471610
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 7520381910
4Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 7520321710
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States 725029334
6Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 725010314
7German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  Germany 725013494
8Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 70709570
Contestants
Franz Berry
Roger Chappot
Rolf Diethelm
Elvin Friedrich
Gaston Furrer
Oskar Jenny
René Kiener
Pio Parolini
Kurt Pfammatter
Gérard Rigolet
Max Rüegg
Walter Salzmann
Herold Truffer
Peter Wespi
Otto Wittwer
Jürg Zimmermann
Peter Stammbach

Luge

Men
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ulrich Jucker 1:03.813255.922357.412558.10263:55.2426
Jean-Pierre Gottschall 1:03.05291:04.82301:01.85281:22.36314:32.0831
Arnold Gartmann 55.171955.271855.742255.97223:42.1520
Emil Egli 55.011856.242454.801655.51203:41.5618

(Men's) Doubles

AthletesRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Beat Häsler
Arnold Gartmann
53.781151.3191:47.099
Emil Egli
Hansruedi Roth
54.881255.20101:50.0811
Women
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Monika Lücker 55.3514DNFDNF
Elisabeth Nagele 55.281355.101057.611355.30113:43.2912
Ursula Amstein 54.251056.581155.901256.08133:42.8111

Nordic combined

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotal
Distance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Alois Kälin Individual59.054.0159.92849:12.8253.331413.2312

Ski jumping

Athletes performed three jumps, the best two were counted and are shown here.

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRank
Josef Zehnder Normal hill69.088.166.083.6171.751
Ueli Scheidegger 72.089.468.587.0176.448
Heribert Schmid 76.599.774.0100.4200.125
Josef Zehnder Large hill80.088.968.083.4172.348
Ueli Scheidegger 70.078.965.075.4154.351
Heribert Schmid 78.084.978.590.1175.046

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Jean-Pierre Guéron 44.943
1500 m Jean-Pierre Guéron 2:32.353
Ruedi Uster 2:23.444
5000 m Peter Büttner 8:45.540
Ruedi Uster 8:24.832
10,000 m Ruedi Uster 17:23.429

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