Switzerland at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  SUI
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At the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix
Competitors 30 (men) in 7 sports
Medals
Rank: 4		 Gold
2		 Silver
0		 Bronze
1		 Total
3
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Switzerland competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France.

Contents

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Neveu, AlfredAlfred Neveu
Scherrer, EduardEduard Scherrer
Schläppi, AlfredAlfred Schläppi
Schläppi, HeinrichHeinrich Schläppi		 Bobsleigh Four/five-man
 Gold Aufdenblatten, AdolfAdolf Aufdenblatten
Julen, AlphonseAlphonse Julen
Julen, AntoineAntoine Julen
Vaucher, DenisDenis Vaucher		 Military patrol Men's event
 Bronze Gautschi, GeorgesGeorges Gautschi Figure skating Men's singles

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1924 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 Eduard Scherrer
Alfred Neveu
Alfred Schläppi
Heinrich Schläppi		 Four/five-man 1:27.39 1 1:26.60 1 1:25.02 1 1:26.53 2 5:45.54
SUI-2 Charles Stoffel
Alois Faigle
Anton Guldener
Edmond Laroche		 Four/five-man 5:38.00 9 DNF –

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1924 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Alexandre Girard-Bille 1'41:43.4 26
Hans Eidenbenz 1'39:51.8 25
Xavier Affentranger 1'36:36.2 22
Peter Schmid 1'33:34.8 14
50 km Alfred Aufdenblatten DNF –
Hans Herrmann DNF –
Simon Julen DNF –

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event CF FS Points Places Final rank
Georges Gautschi Men's singles 3 4 319.07 23

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Group A

The top two teams (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.

Team GP W L GF GA
 Canada 3 3 0 85 0
 Sweden 3 2 1 18 25
 Czechoslovakia 3 1 2 14 41
 Switzerland 3 0 3 2 53
28 Jan  Sweden 9:0
(3:0,3:0,3:0)		  Switzerland
30 Jan  Canada 33:0
(8:0,11:0,14:0)		  Switzerland
1 Feb  Czechoslovakia 11:2
(4:0,3:2,4:0)		  Switzerland
—  Switzerland (SUI)
Fred Auckenthaler
Wilhelm de Siebenthal
Emil Filliol
Marius Jaccard
Émile Jacquet
Bruno Leuzinger
Jacques Mottier
Peter Müller
René Savoie
Jean Unger
André Verdeil
Louis Dufour
Max Holzboer

Military patrol

Main article: Military patrol at the 1924 Winter Olympics
Athletes Time Shots on target Final Time (-30s./hit) Rank
Adolf Aufdenblatten
Alphonse Julen
Antoine Julen
Denis Vaucher		 4'00:06 8 3'56:06

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Events:

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athlethes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events. One would expect that athletes competing at the Nordic combined event, would participate in the cross-country skiing event as well, as they would have the opportunity to win more than one medal. This was not always the case due to the maximum number of athletes (here: 4) could represent a country per event.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Total points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Xavier Affentranger Individual 33.0 34.0 13.375 16 1'36:36 9.000 14 11.188 17
Peter Schmid 34.5 33.0 14.062 14 1'33:34 10.375 9 12.219 11
Hans Eidenbenz 36.5 41.5 15.583 10 1'39:51 7.375 16 11.479 15
Alexandre Girard-Bille 38.0 41.0 16.708 5 1'41:43 6.500 17 11.604 14

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1924 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Total Rank
Xavier Affentranger Normal hill fall 2.667 25 32.5 12.960 7.813 24
Peter Schmid 33.0 13.500 19 33.5 13.375 13.438 18
Hans Eidenbenz 42.0 16.460 11 fall 4.167 10.313 23
Alexandre Girard-Bille 40.5 16.710 8 41.5 16.877 16.793 8

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