Switzerland_at_the_1976_Winter_Olympics
Switzerland at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Switzerland competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
Quick Facts Switzerland at the 1976 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
| Switzerland at the 1976 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | SUI |
| NOC | Swiss Olympic Association |
| Website | www |
| in Innsbruck | |
| Competitors | 59 (52 men, 7 women) in 9 sports |
| Flag bearer | Werner Carmichel (bobsleigh) |
| Medals Ranked 8th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Heini Hemmi | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
 Silver | Bernhard Russi | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
| Silver | Ernst Good | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
| Silver | Erich Schärer Ulrich Bächli Rudolf Marti Josef Benz | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
 Bronze | Erich Schärer Josef Benz | Bobsleigh | Two-man |
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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| René Berthod | Downhill | 1:47.89 | 12 | ||||
| Walter Tresch | 1:47.29 | 7 | |||||
| Philippe Roux | 1:46.29 | 4 | |||||
| Bernhard Russi | 1:46.06 | | |||||
| Walter Tresch | Giant Slalom | 1:49.26 | 27 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Engelhard Pargätzi | 1:46.16 | 6 | 1:42.60 | 4 | 3:28.76 | 6 | |
| Heini Hemmi | 1:45.41 | 3 | 1:41.56 | 2 | 3:26.97 | | |
| Ernst Good | 1:44.60 | 2 | 1:42.57 | 3 | 3:27.17 | | |
| Ernst Good | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Heini Hemmi | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – | |
| Peter Lüscher | 1:02.76 | 13 | 1:05.34 | 7 | 2:08.10 | 8 | |
| Walter Tresch | 1:01.34 | 6 | 1:03.92 | 3 | 2:05.26 | 4 | |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Doris de Agostini | Downhill | 1:50.46 | 18 | ||||
| Marlies Oberholzer | 1:48.68 | 8 | |||||
| Bernadette Zurbriggen | 1:48.62 | 7 | |||||
| Bernadette Zurbriggen | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | ||||
| Marlies Oberholzer | 1:34.09 | 26 | |||||
| Marie-Theres Nadig | 1:30.44 | 5 | |||||
| Lise-Marie Morerod | 1:30.40 | 4 | |||||
| Marie-Theres Nadig | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Lise-Marie Morerod | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – | |
| Bernadette Zurbriggen | 49.78 | 17 | 47.40 | 11 | 1:37.18 | 12 | |
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Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 1 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | Christian Danuser | 1'20:16.43 | 7 | 1'27:16.43 | 40 |
| Albert Mächler | 1'17:28.66 | 6 | 1'23:28.66 | 25 | |
| Hansruedi Süssli | 1'16:53.73 | 3 | 1'19:53.73 | 14 |
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- 1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1976 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 | Erich Schärer Sepp Benz |
Two-man | 56.43 | 5 | 56.53 | 5 | 56.33 | 3 | 56.41 | 3 | 3:45.70 | |
| SUI-2 | Fritz Lüdi Thomas Hagen |
Two-man | 56.95 | 9 | 57.32 | 10 | 57.35 | 10 | 57.48 | 11 | 3:49.10 | 10 |
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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 | Fritz Lüdi Thomas Hagen Rudolf Schmid Karl Häseli |
Four-man | 55.29 | 7 | 55.33 | 6 | 56.37 | 9 | 57.05 | 9 | 3:44.04 | 9 |
| SUI-2 | Erich Schärer Ueli Bächli Ruedi Marti Sepp Benz |
Four-man | 54.96 | 5 | 54.81 | 2 | 55.28 | 1 | 55.84 | 1 | 3:40.89 | |
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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Alfred Kälin | 47:05.39 | 27 |
| Eduard Hauser | 46:29.14 | 17 | |
| Franz Renggli | 45:53.49 | 12 | |
| Albert Giger | 45:47.07 | 11 | |
| 30 km | Hansueli Kreuzer | 1'39:58.44 | 50 |
| Alfred Kälin | 1'36:09.97 | 29 | |
| Eduard Hauser | 1'35:50.29 | 25 | |
| Albert Giger | 1'32:17.71 | 7 | |
| 50 km | Christian Pfeuti | 2'49:50.90 | 32 |
| Venanz Egger | 2'48:30.70 | 31 | |
| Heinz Gähler | 2'45:51.64 | 20 | |
| Franz Renggli | 2'45:25.24 | 18 | |
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- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Franz Renggli Eduard Hauser Heinz Gähler Alfred Kälin |
2'11:28.53 | 5 |
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Main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Women
More information Athlete, CF ...
| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danielle Rieder | 16 | – | – | – | DNF | – |
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- Pairs
More information Athletes, SP ...
| Athletes | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karin Künzle Christian Künzle |
6 | 7 | 128.97 | 64 | 7 |
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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics
First round
Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.
Consolation Round
More information Rank, Pld ...
| Rank | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 |  Romania |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 8 |
| 8 |  Austria |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 6 |
| 9 |  Japan |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 6 |
| 10 |  Yugoslavia |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 |  Switzerland |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 4 |
| 12 |  Bulgaria |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 38 | 0 |
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- Yugoslavia 6-4 Switzerland
- Switzerland 8-3 Bulgaria
- Japan 6-4 Switzerland
- Austria 3-5 Switzerland
- Romania 4-3 Switzerland
| Contestants Alfio Molina André Jorns Charles Henzen Andreas Meyer Jakob Kölliker Ueli Hofmann Ernst Lüthi Aldo Zenhäusern Nando Mathieu Bernhard Neininger Anton Neininger Renzo Holzer Walter Dürst Guy Dubois Georg Mattli Jürg Berger Rolf Schiemer Daniel Widmer |
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Karl Lustenberger | Individual | 72.5 | 74.5 | 202.5 | 10 | 52:57.52 | 175.60 | 27 | 378.10 | 19 |
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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Robert Mösching | Normal hill | 75.0 | 104.3 | 75.0 | 103.3 | 207.6 | 35 |
| Hans Schmid | 78.0 | 112.1 | 79.0 | 114.2 | 226.3 | 13 | |
| Walter Steiner | 80.0 | 117.3 | 78.5 | 114.9 | 232.2 | 9 | |
| Ernst von Grünigen | 80.5 | 119.1 | 80.5 | 119.6 | 238.7 | 5 | |
| Robert Mösching | Large hill | 84.0 | 87.6 | 79.0 | 80.1 | 167.7 | 38 |
| Ernst von Grünigen | 84.5 | 93.3 | 81.5 | 89.1 | 182.4 | 23 | |
| Hans Schmid | 86.5 | 95.6 | 83.0 | 90.7 | 186.3 | 20 | |
| Walter Steiner | 89.5 | 99.8 | 93.0 | 108.7 | 208.5 | 9 | |
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Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 1500 m | Franz Krienbühl | 2:12.52 | 27 |
| 5000 m | Franz Krienbühl | 7:53.11 | 17 |
| 10,000 m | Franz Krienbühl | 15:36.43 | 8 |
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