Switzerland_at_the_1956_Winter_Olympics

Switzerland at the
1956 Winter Olympics
Switzerland at the; 1956 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors	59 (51 men, 8 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Georges Schneider
Medals; Ranked 4th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 6
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Switzerland at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Switzerland competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Madeleine Berthod	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
Gold	Renée Colliard	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Gold	Franz Kapus Gottfried Diener Robert Alt Heinrich Angst	Bobsleigh	Four-man
Silver	Raymond Fellay	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
Silver	Frieda Dänzer	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
Bronze	Max Angst Harry Warburton	Bobsleigh	Two-man

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andreas Ruedi	Downhill					DSQ	–
Hans Forrer						3:08.0	13
Roger Staub						2:57.1	4
Raymond Fellay						2:55.7
Raymond Fellay	Giant Slalom					3:23.9	27
Martin Julen						3:18.5	19
Roland Blaesi						3:18.2	18
Georges Schneider						3:17.3	17
Martin Julen	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
René Rey		1:34.1	19	1:53.6	4	3:27.7	10
Raymond Fellay		1:32.8	13	1:59.3	12	3:32.1	11
Georges Schneider		1:29.0	4	1:53.6	4	3:22.6	5

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hedi Beeler	Downhill					1:54.0	25
Rosemarie Reichenbach						1:51.6	15
Frieda Dänzer						1:45.4
Madeleine Berthod						1:40.7
Hedi Beeler	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Annemarie Waser						2:02.3	14
Frieda Dänzer						2:00.9	11
Madeleine Berthod						1:58.3	4
Madeleine Berthod	Slalom	1:09.7 (+0:05)	26	58.7	4	2:08.3	17
Hedi Beeler		1:01.9	20	1:03.2	18	2:05.1	15
Freida Dänzer		59.2	12	59.7	9	1:58.9	10
Renée Colliard		55.6	1	56.7	1	1:52.3

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	Max Angst Harry Warburton	Two-man	1:24.71	5	1:23.81	5	1:24.27	4	1:24.67	4	5:37.46
SUI-2	Franz Kapus Heinrich Angst	Two-man	1:24.74	6	1:24.50	8	1:24.70	6	1:26.17	13	5:40.11	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	Franz Kapus Gottfried Diener Robert Alt Heinrich Angst	Four-man	1:18.00	4	1:17.19	1	1:17.09	1	1:18.16	1	5:10.44
SUI-2	Max Angst Aby Gartmann Harry Warburton Rolf Gerber	Four-man	1:17.41	1	1:17.85	2	1:18.68	5	1:20.33	9	5:14.27	4

Switzerland at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Francis Perret	Normal hill	66.0	86.0	42	64.0	82.5	45	168.5	45
Conrad Rochat		68.5	89.5	40	68.5	87.5	41	177.0	40
Andreas Däscher		82.0	108.0	6	82.0	111.5	2	219.5	6

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Werner Zwingli Victor Kronig Fritz Kocher Marcel Huguenin	2'24:30	7

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Hans Müller	12	12	135.28	112	12
François Pache	11	10	139.39	95	11

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Alice Fischer	18	20	137.69	203	18
Karin Borner	15	16	141.69	171	16