Switzerland at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  SUI
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Website www.swissolympic.ch (German)
At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz
Competitors 41 (40 men, 1 woman) in 7 sports
Medals
Rank: 8		 Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
1		 Total
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Switzerland was the host nation for the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.

Contents

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Bronze Switzerland men's national ice hockey team
Giannin Andreossi   Albert Geromini   Luzius Rüedi
Mezzi Andreossi   Fritz Kraatz   Bibi Torriani
Robert Breiter   Arnold Martignoni
Louis Dufour   Heini Meng
Charles Fasel   Anton Morosani
Ice hockey Men's competition

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
SUI-1 Charles Stoffel
René Fonjallaz
Henry Höhnes
E. Coppetti
Louis Koch		 Five-man 1:43.1 10 1:42.6 7 3:25.7 8
SUI-2 Jean Mollien
John Schneiter
René Ansermoz
André Mollien
William Pichard		 Five-man 1:41.7 5 1:48.2 20 3:29.9 13

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Alfons Julen DNF –
Florian Zogg 1'58:52 24
Otto Furrer 1'57:05 21
Walter Bussmann 1'49:46 15
50 km Hans Zeier DNF –
Carlo Gourlaouen 5'55:09 22
Robert Wampfler 5'42:40 17
Walter Bussman 5'38:49 15

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Women
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Elvira Barbey Women's singles 19 16 125 1648.75 19
Pairs
Athletes Points Score Final rank
Elvira Barbey
Louis Barbey		 97 64.75 11

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Group C

The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.

Team GP W L T GF GA
 Switzerland 2 1 0 1 5 4
 Austria 2 0 0 2 4 4
 Germany 2 0 1 1 0 1
February 11  Switzerland 4:4
(2:4,1:0,1:0)		  Austria
February 16  Switzerland 1:0
(1:0,0:0,0:0)		  Germany

Medal round

The top teams from each of the three groups, plus Canada, which had received a bye into the medal round, played a 3 game round-robin to determine the medal winners.

Team GP W L GF GA
 Canada 3 3 0 38 0
 Sweden 3 2 1 7 12
 Switzerland 3 1 2 4 17
 Great Britain 3 0 3 1 21
February 17  Switzerland 4:0
(0:0,2:0,2:0)		  Great Britain
February 18  Switzerland 0:4
(0:1,0:0,0:3)		  Sweden
February 19  Switzerland 0:13
(0:4,0:4,0:3)		  Canada
Bronze:
 Switzerland (SUI)
Giannin Andreossi
Mezzi Andreossi
Robert Breiter
Louis Dufour
Charles Fasel
Albert Geromini
Fritz Kraatz
Arnold Martignoni
Heini Meng
Anton Morosani
Luzius Rüedi
Richard Torriani

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1928 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 that 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 Cross-country Ski Jumping Total
Time Points Rank Distance 1 Distance 2 Total points Rank Points Rank
Hans Eidenbenz Individual 2'05:26 5.875 20 47.5 51.5 15.227 9 10.551 19
Stephan Lauener 2'00:57 8.125 16 50.5 59.0 16.542 4 12.333 13
Adolf Rubi 1'56:40 10.250 14 46.5 54.0 15.000 12 12.625 11
David Zogg 1'55:56 10.625 13 47.0 47.0 13.187 17 11.906 16

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Willy von Eschen 1:04.8 6 DNF – – – DNF –
Alexander Berner 1:03.4 5 1:03.4 5 1:02.0 4 3:08.8 5

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 (Dist.) Jump 2 (Dist.) Total
Points Rank
Bruno Trojani Normal hill 48.5 63.0 (fall) 10.782 32
Sepp Mühlbauer 52.0 58.0 16.541 7
Ernst Feuz 52.5 58.5 16.458 8
Gérard Vuilleumier 57.5 62.0 (fall) 12.020 30

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