Switzerland at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the Olympic Games

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IOC code	SUI
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At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo

Competitors

52 (46 men, 6 women) in 6 sports

Flag bearer

Edmund Bruggmann (alpine skiing)

Medals
Rank: 3

Gold
4

Silver
3

Bronze
3

Total
10

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Switzerland competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

1 Medalists
2 Alpine skiing
3 Bobsleigh
4 Cross-country skiing
5 Figure skating
6 Ice hockey
- 6.1 First Round
- 6.2 Consolation Round
7 Ski jumping
8 References

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Russi, BernhardBernhard Russi	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
1 Gold	Nadig, Marie-TheresMarie-Theres Nadig	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
1 Gold	Nadig, Marie-TheresMarie-Theres Nadig	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
1 Gold	Wicki, JeanJean Wicki Leutenegger, HansHans Leutenegger Camichel, WernerWerner Camichel Hubacher, EdyEdy Hubacher	Bobsleigh	Four-man
2 Silver	Collombin, RolandRoland Collombin	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
2 Silver	Bruggmann, EdmundEdmund Bruggmann	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
2 Silver	Steiner, WalterWalter Steiner	Ski jumping	Men's large hill (90m)
3 Bronze	Mattle, WernerWerner Mattle	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
3 Bronze	Wicki, JeanJean Wicki Hubacher, EdyEdy Hubacher	Bobsleigh	Two-man
3 Bronze	Kälin, AlfredAlfred Kälin Giger, AlbertAlbert Giger Kälin, AloisAlois Kälin Hauser, EduardEduard Hauser	Cross-country skiing	Men's relay

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Walter Tresch	Downhill					1:53.19	6
Andreas Sprecher						1:53.11	4
Roland Collombin						1:52.07	02 !
Bernhard Russi						1:51.43	01 !
Walter Tresch	Giant Slalom	1:35.86	24	1:38.89	8	3:14.75	14
Werner Mattle		1:33.44	11	1:37.55	3	3:10.99	03 !
Edmund Bruggmann		1:33.43	10	1:37.32	1	3:10.75	02 !
Adolf Rösti		1:33.27	7	DSQ	–	DSQ	–

Men's slalom

Athlete	Classification		Final
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Adolf Rösti	1:44.20	1	58.08	17	56.08	16	1:54.16	15
Andreas Sprecher	1:44.60	2	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Walter Tresch	1:43.91	2	57.90	16	55.61	15	1:53.51	13
Edmund Bruggmann	bye		57.49	12	54.54	7	1:52.03	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Silvia Stump	Downhill					1:40.92	18
Marianne Hefti						1:40.38	12
Bernadette Zurbriggen						1:39.49	7
Marie-Theres Nadig						1:36.68	01 !
Rita Good	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Silvia Stump						DNF	–
Bernadette Zurbriggen						1:34.17	18
Marie-Theres Nadig						1:29.90	01 !
Rita Good	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Bernadette Zurbriggen		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Marie-Theres Nadig		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Silvia Stump		49.19	16	DNF	–	DNF	–

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Jean Wicki Edy Hubacher	Two-man	1:15.61	2	1:15.36	3	1:14.36	6	1:14.00	3	4:59.33	03 !
SUI-2	Hans Candrian Heinz Schenker	Two-man	1:15.89	4	1:16.84	11	1:14.38	8	1:14.33	5	5:01.44	7

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Jean Wicki Hans Leutenegger Werner Camichel Edy Hubacher	Four-man	1:10.71	1	1:11.44	2	1:10.21	3	1:10.71	3	4:43.07	01 !
SUI-2	Hans Candrian Erwin Juon Gaudenz Beeli Heinz Schenker	Four-man	1:12.36	14	1:11.89	5	1:10.09	1	1:10.22	1	4:44.56	4

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Hansüli Kreuzer	48:55.37	34
	Alois Kälin	46:50.31	17
	Albert Giger	46:38.36	14
	Eduard Hauser	46:30.53	11
30 km	Werner Geeser	1'46:20.36	41
	Alfred Kälin	1'41:35.34	17
	Eduard Hauser	1'40:14.98	14
	Alois Kälin	1'38:40.72	7
50 km	Giuseppe Dermon	2'56:24.21	26
	Louis Jäggi	2'53:00.78	23
	Ulrich Wenger	2'49:35.35	14
	Werner Geeser	2'44:34.13	6

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Alfred Kälin Albert Giger Alois Kälin Eduard Hauser	2'07:00.06	03 !

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Charlotte Walter	7	13	2467.3	86	9

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics

First Round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
United States	5–3	Switzerland

Consolation Round

Teams, which lost their games in the qualification round, played in this group.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
7	West Germany	4	3	1	0	22	10	6
8	Norway	4	3	1	0	16	14	6
9	Japan	4	2	1	1	17	16	5
10	Switzerland	4	0	2	2	9	16	2
11	Yugoslavia	4	0	3	1	9	17	1

West Germany 5-0 Switzerland
Japan 3-3 Switzerland
Switzerland 3-3 Yugoslavia
Norway 5-3 Switzerland

	Contestants Gérard Rigolet Alfio Molina Marcel Squaldo Charles Henzen Gaston Furrer René Huguenin Peter Aeschlimann René Berra Jacques Pousaz Heini Jenni Hans Keller Michel Türler Paul Probst Gérard Dubi Francis Reinhard Anton Neininger Guy Dubois Peter Lehmann

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Josef Zehnder	Normal hill	76.0	105.8	72.0	97.9	203.7	28
Hans Schmid		76.5	106.6	73.5	102.3	208.9	22
Ernst von Grünigen		78.0	109.5	74.5	102.9	212.4	16
Walter Steiner		79.0	110.6	76.0	106.8	217.4	14
Ernst von Grünigen	Large hill	82.0	79.8	78.0	73.2	153.0	44
Josef Zehnder		92.5	97.0	84.0	84.1	181.1	22
Walter Steiner		94.0	101.6	103.0	118.2	219.8	02 !
Hans Schmid		94.5	101.8	89.0 (fall)	54.6	156.4	42

References

Nations at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan

Africa	none

America	Argentina • Canada • United States

Asia	Republic of China • Iran • Japan • North Korea • South Korea • Lebanon • Mongolia • Philippines

Europe	Austria • Belgium • Bulgaria • Czechoslovakia • Finland • France • East Germany • West Germany • Great Britain • Greece • Hungary • Italy • Liechtenstein • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Romania • Soviet Union • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia • New Zealand