Switzerland_at_the_1988_Winter_Olympics
Switzerland at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Switzerland competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Quick Facts Switzerland at the 1988 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
| Switzerland at the 1988 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | SUI |
| NOC | Swiss Olympic Association |
| Website | www |
| in Calgary | |
| Competitors | 70 (56 men, 14 women) in 7 sports |
| Flag bearer | Michela Figini (alpine skiing) |
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]
More information Sport, Men ...
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| Bobsleigh | 10 | – | 10 |
| Cross-country skiing | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Figure skating | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ice hockey | 22 | – | 22 |
| Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
| Ski jumping | 4 | – | 4 |
| Total | 56 | 14 | 70 |
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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
| Franz Heinzer | Downhill | 2:03.36 | 17 | ||
| Daniel Mahrer | 2:03.18 | 12 | |||
| Peter Müller | 2:00.14 |  | |||
| Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1:59.63 |  | |||
| Martin Hangl | Super-G | DNF | – | ||
| Daniel Mahrer | DNF | – | |||
| Franz Heinzer | 1:43.32 | 15 | |||
| Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1:41.96 | 5 | |||
| Martin Hangl | Giant Slalom | 1:07.51 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Joël Gaspoz | 1:06.70 | 1:02.87 | 2:09.57 | 10 | |
| Hans Pieren | 1:06.46 | 1:04.22 | 2:10.68 | 14 | |
| Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1:05.57 | 1:02.82 | 2:08.39 |  | |
| Paul Accola | Slalom | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Hans Pieren | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
| Joël Gaspoz | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
| Pirmin Zurbriggen | 52.05 | 48.43 | 1:40.48 | 7 | |
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Men's combined
More information Athlete, Downhill ...
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank | |
| Bernhard Fahner | 1:51.78 | 47.56 | 45.81 | 120.45 | 15 |
| Martin Hangl | 1:51.48 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Paul Accola | 1:51.27 | 42.58 | 42.35 | 48.24 | |
| Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1:46.90 | 44.32 | DNF | DNF | – |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
| Chantal Bournissen | Downhill | 1:27.46 | 11 | ||
| Michela Figini | 1:27.26 | 9 | |||
| Maria Walliser | 1:26.89 | 4 | |||
| Brigitte Oertli | 1:26.61 | | |||
| Brigitte Oertli | Super-G | 1:21.56 | 17 | ||
| Zoë Haas | 1:20.91 | 7 | |||
| Maria Walliser | 1:20.48 | 6 | |||
| Michela Figini | 1:20.03 | | |||
| Michela Figini | Giant Slalom | 1:02.35 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Corinne Schmidhauser | 1:00.67 | DNF | DNF | – | |
| Maria Walliser | 1:00.57 | 1:07.15 | 2:07.72 | | |
| Vreni Schneider | 1:00.53 | 1:05.96 | 2:06.49 | | |
| Corinne Schmidhauser | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Brigitte Oertli | 49.95 | DNF | DNF | – | |
| Vreni Schneider | 48.81 | 47.88 | 1:36.69 | | |
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Women's combined
More information Athlete, Downhill ...
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank | |
| Beatrice Gafner | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |
| Brigitte Oertli | 1:18.37 | 39.24 | 41.47 | 29.48 | |
| Vreni Schneider | 1:18.10 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Maria Walliser | 1:16.98 | 41.80 | 44.12 | 51.28 | |
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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1988 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 | Hans Hiltebrand André Kiser |
Two-man | 58.74 | 21 | 59.21 | 7 | 59.55 | 3 | 59.02 | 4 | 3:56.52 | 6 |
| SUI-2 | Gustav Weder Donat Acklin |
Two-man | 58.01 | 11 | 58.88 | 3 | 1:00.12 | 8 | 59.05 | 5 | 3:56.06 | 4 |
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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 | Ekkehard Fasser Kurt Meier Marcel Fässler Werner Stocker |
Four-man | 56.83 | 7 | 57.37 | 3 | 55.88 | 1 | 57.43 | 4 | 3:47.51 | |
| SUI-2 | Hans Hiltebrand Urs Fehlmann Erwin Fassbind André Kiser |
Four-man | 56.39 | 2 | 57.91 | 12 | 57.13 | 15 | 57.82 | 6 | 3:49.25 | 9 |
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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km C |
Giachem Guidon | DNF | – |
| Konrad Hallenbarter | DNF | – | |
| Andi Grünenfelder | 45:35.5 | 35 | |
| Jürg Capol | 43:59.5 | 22 | |
| 30 km C |
Andi Grünenfelder | DNF | – |
| Jürg Capol | 1'31:35.8 | 30 | |
| Jeremias Wigger | 1'30:47.1 | 26 | |
| Giachem Guidon | 1'28:05.9 | 13 | |
| 50 km F |
Markus Fähndrich | 2'13:33.2 | 35 |
| Jeremias Wigger | 2'09:05.3 | 14 | |
| Giachem Guidon | 2'09:02.2 | 13 | |
| Andi Grünenfelder | 2'06:01.9 | | |
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- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Andi Grünenfelder Jürg Capol Giachem Guidon Jeremias Wigger |
1'46:16.3 | 4 |
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- Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 5 km C |
Karin Thomas | 17:04.1 | 40 |
| Marianne Irniger | 16:37.5 | 35 | |
| Christina Gilli-Brügger | 15:44.5 | 15 | |
| Evi Kratzer | 15:42.8 | 14 | |
| 10 km C |
Marianne Irniger | 34:58.3 | 43 |
| Sandra Parpan | 33:02.0 | 32 | |
| Christina Gilli-Brügger | 31:37.4 | 18 | |
| Evi Kratzer | 31:16.7 | 11 | |
| 20 km F |
Marianne Irniger | 1'01:51.5 | 30 |
| Karin Thomas | 59:17.2 | 16 | |
| Evi Kratzer | 58:56.1 | 14 | |
| Christina Gilli-Brügger | 57:37.4 | 4 | |
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- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Women's 4 × 5 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Karin Thomas Sandra Parpan Evi Kratzer Christina Gilli-Brügger |
1'01:59.4 | 4 |
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Main article: Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Men
- Women
Main article: Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Group A
Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.
More information Pld, W ...
| Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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 Finland |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 7 |
 Sweden |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 7 |
 Canada |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 7 |
 Switzerland |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 6 |
 Poland |
5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 3 |
 France |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 47 | 0 |
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- Switzerland 2-1 Finland
- Canada 4-2 Switzerland
- Sweden 4-2 Switzerland
- Switzerland 4-1 Poland
- Switzerland 9-0 France
Game for 7th place
Team Roster
- Jakob Kölliker
- Patrice Brasey
- André Künzi
- Manuele Celio
- Thomas Vrabec
- Jörg Eberle
- Peter Jaks
- Fredy Lüthi
- Gil Montandon
- Fausto Mazzoleni
- Andreas Ritsch
- Bruno Rogger
- Philipp Neuenschwander
- Gaëtan Boucher
- Felix Hollenstein
- Roman Wäger
- Markus Leuenberger
- Peter Schlagenhauf
- Urs Burkart
- Pietro Cunti
- Olivier Anken
- Richard Bucher
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Men's individual
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Points | Rank | ||
| Stefan Späni | Individual | 178.6 | 40 | 5:32.7 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Fredy Glanzmann | 180.1 | 37 | 5:22.7 | 45:38.8 | 376.535 | 35 | |
| Andreas Schaad | 207.2 | 14 | 2:22.0 | 40:40.0 | 421.350 | 5 | |
| Hippolyt Kempf | 217.9 | 3 | 1:10.7 | 39:27.5 | 432.230 | | |
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Men's Team
Three participants per team.
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps per team member per round, best two rounds counted.)
- 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
More information Athletes, Ski jumping ...
| Athletes | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank | |
| Fredy Glanzmann Hippolyt Kempf Andreas Schaad |
571.4 | 6 | 4:52.0 | 1'20:49.4 | |
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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Christoph Lehmann | Normal hill | 74.0 | 76.0 | 73.0 | 74.9 | 150.9 | 56 |
| Gérard Balanche | 78.0 | 85.9 | 78.0 | 87.9 | 173.8 | 37 | |
| Christian Hauswirth | 79.5 | 90.3 | 73.0 | 74.4 | 164.7 | 48 | |
| Fabrice Piazzini | 83.0 | 99.9 | 78.0 | 88.9 | 188.8 | 17 | |
| Fabrice Piazzini | Large hill | 105.0 | 73.9 | 99.0 | 83.0 | 156.9 | 43 |
| Christoph Lehmann | 101.0 | 87.3 | 90.0 | 65.9 | 153.2 | 44 | |
| Christian Hauswirth | 105.0 | 94.9 | 97.0 | 82.2 | 177.1 | 27 | |
| Gérard Balanche | 105.0 | 95.4 | 94.5 | 77.2 | 172.6 | 30 | |
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- Men's team large hill
More information Athletes, Result ...
| Athletes | Result | |
|---|---|---|
| Points 1 | Rank | |
| Gérard Balanche Christoph Lehmann Fabrice Piazzini Christian Hauswirth |
516.1 | 8 |
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- 1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.