Switzerland at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the
1972 Winter Olympics
Switzerland at the; 1972 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Sapporo
Competitors	52 (46 men, 6 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Edmund Bruggmann (alpine skiing)
Medals; Ranked 3rd	Gold 4 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 10
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Switzerland competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Bernhard Russi	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
Gold	Marie-Theres Nadig	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
Gold	Marie-Theres Nadig	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Gold	Jean Wicki Hans Leutenegger Werner Camichel Edy Hubacher	Bobsleigh	Four-man
Silver	Roland Collombin	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
Silver	Edmund Bruggmann	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
Silver	Walter Steiner	Ski jumping	Men's large hill (90m)
Bronze	Werner Mattle	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
Bronze	Jean Wicki Edy Hubacher	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Bronze	Alfred Kälin Albert Giger Alois Kälin Eduard Hauser	Cross-country skiing	Men's relay

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
Bernhard Russi						1:51.43
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
Edmund Bruggmann		1:33.43	10	1:37.32	1	3:10.75
Adolf Rösti		1:33.27	7	DSQ	–	DSQ	–

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
Rita Good	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Silvia Stump						DNF	–
Bernadette Zurbriggen						1:34.17	18
Marie-Theres Nadig						1:29.90
Rita Good	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Bernadette Zurbriggen		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Marie-Theres Nadig		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Silvia Stump		49.19	16	DNF	–	DNF	–

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
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
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

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

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

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

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

	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

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
Hans Schmid		94.5	101.8	89.0 (fall)	54.6	156.4	42