| Switzerland at the 1976 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | SUI |
| NOC | Swiss Olympic Association |
| Website | www |
| in Innsbruck | |
| Competitors | 59 (52 men, 7 women) in 9 sports |
| Flag bearer | Werner Carmichel (bobsleigh) |
| Medals Ranked 8th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Switzerland competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Heini Hemmi | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
 Silver | Bernhard Russi | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
| Silver | Ernst Good | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
| Silver | Erich Schärer Ulrich Bächli Rudolf Marti Josef Benz | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
 Bronze | Erich Schärer Josef Benz | Bobsleigh | Two-man |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| René Berthod | Downhill | 1:47.89 | 12 | ||||
| Walter Tresch | 1:47.29 | 7 | |||||
| Philippe Roux | 1:46.29 | 4 | |||||
| Bernhard Russi | 1:46.06 | | |||||
| Walter Tresch | Giant Slalom | 1:49.26 | 27 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Engelhard Pargätzi | 1:46.16 | 6 | 1:42.60 | 4 | 3:28.76 | 6 | |
| Heini Hemmi | 1:45.41 | 3 | 1:41.56 | 2 | 3:26.97 | | |
| Ernst Good | 1:44.60 | 2 | 1:42.57 | 3 | 3:27.17 | | |
| Ernst Good | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Heini Hemmi | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – | |
| Peter Lüscher | 1:02.76 | 13 | 1:05.34 | 7 | 2:08.10 | 8 | |
| Walter Tresch | 1:01.34 | 6 | 1:03.92 | 3 | 2:05.26 | 4 | |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Doris de Agostini | Downhill | 1:50.46 | 18 | ||||
| Marlies Oberholzer | 1:48.68 | 8 | |||||
| Bernadette Zurbriggen | 1:48.62 | 7 | |||||
| Bernadette Zurbriggen | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | ||||
| Marlies Oberholzer | 1:34.09 | 26 | |||||
| Marie-Theres Nadig | 1:30.44 | 5 | |||||
| Lise-Marie Morerod | 1:30.40 | 4 | |||||
| Marie-Theres Nadig | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Lise-Marie Morerod | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – | |
| Bernadette Zurbriggen | 49.78 | 17 | 47.40 | 11 | 1:37.18 | 12 | |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 1 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | Christian Danuser | 1'20:16.43 | 7 | 1'27:16.43 | 40 |
| Albert Mächler | 1'17:28.66 | 6 | 1'23:28.66 | 25 | |
| Hansruedi Süssli | 1'16:53.73 | 3 | 1'19:53.73 | 14 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SUI-1 | Erich Schärer Sepp Benz | Two-man | 56.43 | 5 | 56.53 | 5 | 56.33 | 3 | 56.41 | 3 | 3:45.70 | |
| SUI-2 | Fritz Lüdi Thomas Hagen | Two-man | 56.95 | 9 | 57.32 | 10 | 57.35 | 10 | 57.48 | 11 | 3:49.10 | 10 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SUI-1 | Fritz Lüdi Thomas Hagen Rudolf Schmid Karl Häseli | Four-man | 55.29 | 7 | 55.33 | 6 | 56.37 | 9 | 57.05 | 9 | 3:44.04 | 9 |
| SUI-2 | Erich Schärer Ueli Bächli Ruedi Marti Sepp Benz | Four-man | 54.96 | 5 | 54.81 | 2 | 55.28 | 1 | 55.84 | 1 | 3:40.89 | |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Alfred Kälin | 47:05.39 | 27 |
| Eduard Hauser | 46:29.14 | 17 | |
| Franz Renggli | 45:53.49 | 12 | |
| Albert Giger | 45:47.07 | 11 | |
| 30 km | Hansueli Kreuzer | 1'39:58.44 | 50 |
| Alfred Kälin | 1'36:09.97 | 29 | |
| Eduard Hauser | 1'35:50.29 | 25 | |
| Albert Giger | 1'32:17.71 | 7 | |
| 50 km | Christian Pfeuti | 2'49:50.90 | 32 |
| Venanz Egger | 2'48:30.70 | 31 | |
| Heinz Gähler | 2'45:51.64 | 20 | |
| Franz Renggli | 2'45:25.24 | 18 | |
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Franz Renggli Eduard Hauser Heinz Gähler Alfred Kälin | 2'11:28.53 | 5 |
| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danielle Rieder | 16 | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Athletes | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karin Künzle Christian Künzle | 6 | 7 | 128.97 | 64 | 7 |
Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
 West Germany | 5–1 |  Switzerland |
| Rank | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 |  Romania | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 8 |
| 8 |  Austria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 6 |
| 9 |  Japan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 6 |
| 10 |  Yugoslavia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 4 |
| 12 |  Bulgaria | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 38 | 0 |
Events:
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Karl Lustenberger | Individual | 72.5 | 74.5 | 202.5 | 10 | 52:57.52 | 175.60 | 27 | 378.10 | 19 |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Robert Mösching | Normal hill | 75.0 | 104.3 | 75.0 | 103.3 | 207.6 | 35 |
| Hans Schmid | 78.0 | 112.1 | 79.0 | 114.2 | 226.3 | 13 | |
| Walter Steiner | 80.0 | 117.3 | 78.5 | 114.9 | 232.2 | 9 | |
| Ernst von Grünigen | 80.5 | 119.1 | 80.5 | 119.6 | 238.7 | 5 | |
| Robert Mösching | Large hill | 84.0 | 87.6 | 79.0 | 80.1 | 167.7 | 38 |
| Ernst von Grünigen | 84.5 | 93.3 | 81.5 | 89.1 | 182.4 | 23 | |
| Hans Schmid | 86.5 | 95.6 | 83.0 | 90.7 | 186.3 | 20 | |
| Walter Steiner | 89.5 | 99.8 | 93.0 | 108.7 | 208.5 | 9 | |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 1500 m | Franz Krienbühl | 2:12.52 | 27 |
| 5000 m | Franz Krienbühl | 7:53.11 | 17 |
| 10,000 m | Franz Krienbühl | 15:36.43 | 8 |
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