Switzerland_at_the_1936_Winter_Olympics
Switzerland at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Switzerland competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Quick Facts Switzerland at the 1936 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
| Switzerland at the 1936 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | SUI |
| NOC | Swiss Olympic Association |
| Website | www |
| in Garmisch-Partenkirchen | |
| Competitors | 34 (30 men, 4 women) in 7 sports |
| Medals Ranked 5th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Pierre Musy Arnold Gartmann Charles Bouvier Joseph Beerli | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
 Silver | Fritz Feierabend Joseph Beerli | Bobsleigh | Two-man |
| Silver | Reto Capadrutt Hans Aichele Fritz Feierabend Hans Bütikofer | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Total points | Rank | ||
| Marcelle Bühler | Combined | 5:51.6 | 9 | 1:45.1 (+0:06) | 1:34.6 | 12 | 78.87 | 10 |
| Erna Steuri | 5:20.4 | 4 | 1:17.2 | 1:21.2 | 3 | 92.36 | 4 | |
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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics
More information Sled, Athletes ...
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SUI-1 | Reto Capadrutt Charles Bouvier |
Two-man | 1:25.45 | 3 | 1:23.69 | 5 | 1:34.09 | 18 | 1:23.00 | 5 | 5:46.23 | 7 |
| SUI-2 | Fritz Feierabend Joseph Beerli |
Two-man | 1:26.34 | 6 | 1:20.31 | 1 | 1:24.11 | 1 | 1:19.88 | 1 | 5:30.64 | |
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More information Sled, Athletes ...
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SUI-1 | Reto Capadrutt Hans Aichele Fritz Feierabend Hans Bütikofer |
Four-man | 1:23.49 | 7 | 1:19.88 | 3 | 1:20.75 | 5 | 1:18.61 | 1 | 5:22.73 | |
| SUI-2 | Pierre Musy Arnold Gartmann Charles Bouvier Joseph Beerli |
Four-man | 1:22.45 | 3 | 1:18.78 | 1 | 1:19.60 | 1 | 1:19.02 | 3 | 5:19.85 | |
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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 18 km | Eduard Müller | 1'32:04 | 51 |
| Adolf Freiburghaus | 1'27:08 | 40 | |
| Willi Bernath | 1'25:12 | 31 | |
| August Sonderegger | 1'24:27 | 26 | |
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Main article: Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Places | Points | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucian Büeler | Men's singles | 15 | 21 | 119 | 343.6 | 17 |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Places | Points | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Anderes | Women's singles | 15 | 16 | 101 | 355.4 | 13 |
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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Group B
Top two teams advanced to semifinals
More information Pld, W ...
| Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Germany |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
 United States |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
 Italy |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
 Switzerland |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
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| 7 February | United States | 3-0 (0-0,3-0,0-0) | Switzerland |
| 8 February | Germany | 2-0 (0-0,1-0,1-0) | Switzerland |
| 9 February | Switzerland | 1-0 (0-0,1-0,0-0) | Italy |
| Contestants Albert Künzler Arnold Hirtz Oskar Schmidt Ernst Hug Adolf Martignoni Hans Cattini Bibi Torriani Ferdinand Cattini Urs Wietlisbach Otto Heller Charles Kessler Thomas Pleisch |
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Events:
- 18 km cross-country skiing
- normal hill ski jumping
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 athletes (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.
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.
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Total | ||||||
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| Time | Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Total points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Ernst Berger | Individual | 1'27:13 | 175.2 | 27 | 36.5 | 47.5 | 174.9 | 34 | 350.1 | 30 |
| Oswald Julen | 1'25:43 | 183.0 | 21 | 43.0 | 45.0 | 184.3 | 24 | 367.3 | 21 | |
| Willi Bernath | 1'25:12 | 185.7 | 17 | 43.5 | 47.0 | 180.7 | 30 | 366.4 | 22 | |
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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Reto Badrutt | Normal hill | 64.5 | 95.7 | 34 | 65.0 | 95.5 | 33 | 191.2 | 34 |
| Marcel Raymond | 64.0 | 96.4 | 32 | 68.5 | 100.9 | 24 | 197.3 | 28 | |
| Richard Bühler | 63.0 | 102.0 | 18 | 63.0 | 102.0 | 20 | 204.0 | 19 | |
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- Peter von le Fort (1936). IV. Olympische Winterspiele 1936 Amtlicher Bericht (PDF) (in German). Berlin: Reichssportverlag. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- Olympic Winter Games 1936, full results by sports-reference.com