Switzerland at the 1964 Winter Olympics
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| At the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 72 (60 men, 12 women) in 10 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Hans Ammann (cross-country) | |||||||||||
| Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 0 |
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Switzerland competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
None of the 72 athletes won a medal. It was the first and only time (as of Vancouver 2010) that Switzerland didn't win a single medal at Winter Olympics.
Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| Georg Grünenfelder | Downhill | 2:22.69 | 18 |
| Dumeng Giovanoli | 2:21.16 | 13 | |
| Willy Favre | 2:20.23 | 8 | |
| Jos Minsch | 2:19.54 | 4 | |
| Edy Bruggmann | Giant Slalom | 1:55.30 | 19 |
| Beat von Allmen | 1:54.05 | 14 | |
| Jos Minsch | 1:50.61 | 9 | |
| Willy Favre | 1:48.69 | 4 | |
- Men's slalom
| Athlete | Qualifying | Final | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | |
| Jos Minsch | 54.95 | 22 QF | – | – | 1:15.07 | 23 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Willy Favre | 54.29 | 15 QF | – | – | 1:13.63 | 12 | 1:04.59 | 17 | 2:18.22 | 14 |
| Stefan Kälin | 53.93 | 12 QF | – | – | 1:13.92 | 15 | 1:02.12 | 9 | 2:16.04 | 10 |
| Adolf Mathis | 53.41 | 6 QF | – | – | 1:10.77 | 5 | 1:02.22 | 10 | 2:12.99 | 6 |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ruth Adolf | Downhill | 2:02.59 | 20 | ||||
| Theres Obrecht | 2:02.41 | 19 | |||||
| Heidi Obrecht | 2:02.23 | 17 | |||||
| Françoise Gay | Giant Slalom | 1:57.21 | 15 | ||||
| Ruth Adolf | 1:55.83 | 12 | |||||
| Theres Obrecht | 1:54.91 | 11 | |||||
| Fernande Bochatay | 1:54.59 | 9 | |||||
| Fernande Bochatay | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Theres Obrecht | 1:02.56 | 32 | 51.53 | 14 | 1:54.09 | 25 | |
| Heidi Obrecht | 47.37 | 15 | 51.96 | 16 | 1:39.33 | 14 | |
| Françoise Gay | 45.78 | 8 | 53.22 | 18 | 1:39.00 | 13 | |
Biathlon
Main article: Biathlon at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 1 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | Peter Gerig | 1'30:32.5 | 16 | 2'02:32.5 | 48 |
| Willy Junod | 1'28:00.7 | 13 | 1'54:00.7 | 47 | |
| Erich Schönbächler | 1'29:59.5 | 12 | 1'53:59.5 | 46 | |
| Marcel Vogel | 1'29:14.1 | 12 | 1'53:14.1 | 45 |
- 1 Two minutes added per miss.
Bobsleigh
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1964 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 | Hans Zoller Robert Zimmermann |
Two-man | 1:06.97 | 12 | 1:06.20 | 6 | 1:07.60 | 16 | 1:07.38 | 13 | 4:28.15 | 10 |
| SUI-2 | Herbert Kiesel Oskar Lory |
Two-man | 1:07.33 | 14 | 1:07.70 | 14 | 1:07.92 | 17 | 1:08.25 | 16 | 4:31.20 | 17 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SUI-1 | Hans Zoller Hans Kleinpeter Fritz Lüdi Robert Zimmermann |
Four-man | 1:04.83 | 16 | 1:04.52 | 12 | 1:04.97 | 11 | 1:04.73 | 9 | 4:19.05 | 10 |
| SUI-2 | Herbert Kiesel Bernhard Wild Hansruedi Beugger Oskar Lory |
Four-man | 1:04.33 | 9 | 1:04.54 | 13 | 1:04.65 | 10 | 1:04.60 | 8 | 4:18.12 | 8 |
Cross-country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Konrad Hischier | 56:42.3 | 40 |
| Franz Kälin | 55:50.3 | 32 | |
| Hans-Sigfrid Oberer | 55:47.9 | 31 | |
| Hans Ammann | 55:44.9 | 29 | |
| 30 km | Alphonse Baume | 1'42:41.8 | 43 |
| Georges Dubois | 1'42:26.8 | 39 | |
| Hans Ammann | 1'39:55.7 | 28 | |
| Konrad Hischier | 1'39:43.6 | 27 | |
| 50 km | Georges Dubois | 3'07:21.8 | 31 |
| Franz Kälin | 3'06:09.3 | 29 | |
| Alphonse Baume | 3'03:49.1 | 26 | |
| Alois Kälin | 2'56:30.5 | 20 | |
- Men's 4 x 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Konrad Hischier Alois Kälin Franz Kälin Hans Sigfrid Oberer |
2'31:52.8 | 9 |
Figure skating
Main article: Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Men
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Grütter | 24 | 20 | 1517.2 | 208 | 24 |
| Markus Germann | 20 | 23 | 1578.0 | 186 | 19 |
- Women
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monika Zingg | 28 | 28 | 1568.9 | 248 | 27 |
- Pairs
| Athletes | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monique Mathys Yves Ällig |
81.5 | 147.5 | 17 |
| Gerda Johner Rüdi Johner |
95.4 | 56 | 6 |
Ice hockey
Main article: Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics
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 |
|---|---|---|
 Switzerland |
5–1 |  Norway
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Medal Round
First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 10 | 14 |
| 2 |  Sweden |
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 16 | 10 |
| 3 |  Czechoslovakia |
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 19 | 10 |
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7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 17 | 10 |
| 5 |  United States |
7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 33 | 4 |
| 6 |  Finland |
7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 4 |
| 7 |  Germany |
7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 49 | 4 |
| 8 | Switzerland |
7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 57 | 0 |
- Canada 8-0 Switzerland
- Finland 4-0 Switzerland
- USSR 15-0 Switzerland
- Czechoslovakia 5-1 Switzerland
- Sweden 12-0 Switzerland
- Germany (UTG) 6-5 Switzerland
- USA 7-3 Switzerland
Luge
Main article: Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Men
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Ulrich Jucker | 1:03.81 | 32 | 55.92 | 23 | 57.41 | 25 | 58.10 | 26 | 3:55.24 | 26 |
| Jean-Pierre Gottschall | 1:03.05 | 29 | 1:04.82 | 30 | 1:01.85 | 28 | 1:22.36 | 31 | 4:32.08 | 31 |
| Arnold Gartmann | 55.17 | 19 | 55.27 | 18 | 55.74 | 22 | 55.97 | 22 | 3:42.15 | 20 |
| Emil Egli | 55.01 | 18 | 56.24 | 24 | 54.80 | 16 | 55.51 | 20 | 3:41.56 | 18 |
(Men's) Doubles
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Beat Häsler Arnold Gartmann |
53.78 | 11 | 51.31 | 9 | 1:47.09 | 9 |
| Emil Egli Hansruedi Roth |
54.88 | 12 | 55.20 | 10 | 1:50.08 | 11 |
- Women
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Monika Lücker | 55.35 | 14 | DNF | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Elisabeth Nagele | 55.28 | 13 | 55.10 | 10 | 57.61 | 13 | 55.30 | 11 | 3:43.29 | 12 |
| Ursula Amstein | 54.25 | 10 | 56.58 | 11 | 55.90 | 12 | 56.08 | 13 | 3:42.81 | 11 |
Nordic combined
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Alois Kälin | Individual | 59.0 | 54.0 | 159.9 | 28 | 49:12.8 | 253.33 | 1 | 413.23 | 12 |
Ski jumping
Main article: Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Athletes performed three jumps, the best two were counted and are shown here.
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Josef Zehnder | Normal hill | 69.0 | 88.1 | 66.0 | 83.6 | 171.7 | 51 |
| Ueli Scheidegger | 72.0 | 89.4 | 68.5 | 87.0 | 176.4 | 48 | |
| Heribert Schmid | 76.5 | 99.7 | 74.0 | 100.4 | 200.1 | 25 | |
| Josef Zehnder | Large hill | 80.0 | 88.9 | 68.0 | 83.4 | 172.3 | 48 |
| Ueli Scheidegger | 70.0 | 78.9 | 65.0 | 75.4 | 154.3 | 51 | |
| Heribert Schmid | 78.0 | 84.9 | 78.5 | 90.1 | 175.0 | 46 | |
Speed skating
Main article: Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Jean-Pierre Guéron | 44.9 | 43 |
| 1500 m | Jean-Pierre Guéron | 2:32.3 | 53 |
| Ruedi Uster | 2:23.4 | 44 | |
| 5000 m | Peter Büttner | 8:45.5 | 40 |
| Ruedi Uster | 8:24.8 | 32 | |
| 10,000 m | Ruedi Uster | 17:23.4 | 29 |
References
- Official Olympic Reports
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Olympic Winter Games 1964, full results by sports-reference.com
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