Switzerland at the 1972 Winter Olympics
| Switzerland at the 1972 Winter Olympics | |||||||||
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| IOC code | SUI | ||||||||
| NOC | Swiss Olympic Association | ||||||||
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| in Sapporo | |||||||||
| Competitors | 52 (46 men, 6 women) in 6 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Edmund Bruggmann (alpine skiing) | ||||||||
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
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| 1906 Intercalated Games | |||||||||
Switzerland competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Russi, BernhardBernhard Russi | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
| Gold | Nadig, Marie-TheresMarie-Theres Nadig | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill |
| Gold | Nadig, Marie-TheresMarie-Theres Nadig | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom |
| Gold | Wicki, JeanJean Wicki Leutenegger, HansHans Leutenegger Camichel, WernerWerner Camichel Hubacher, EdyEdy Hubacher | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
 Silver | Collombin, RolandRoland Collombin | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
| Silver | Bruggmann, EdmundEdmund Bruggmann | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
| Silver | Steiner, WalterWalter Steiner | Ski jumping | Men's large hill (90m) |
 Bronze | Mattle, WernerWerner Mattle | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
| Bronze | Wicki, JeanJean Wicki Hubacher, EdyEdy Hubacher | Bobsleigh | Two-man |
| Bronze | Kälin, AlfredAlfred Kälin Giger, AlbertAlbert Giger Kälin, AloisAlois Kälin Hauser, EduardEduard Hauser | Cross-country skiing | Men's relay |
Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | – | |
- Men's slalom
| Athlete | Classification | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | |
| Adolf Rösti | 1:44.20 | 1 | 58.08 | 17 | 56.08 | 16 | 1:54.16 | 15 |
| Andreas Sprecher | 1:44.60 | 2 | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Walter Tresch | 1:43.91 | 2 | 57.90 | 16 | 55.61 | 15 | 1:53.51 | 13 |
| Edmund Bruggmann | bye | 57.49 | 12 | 54.54 | 7 | 1:52.03 | 8 | |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | – | |
Bobsleigh
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Cross-country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Hansüli Kreuzer | 48:55.37 | 34 |
| Alois Kälin | 46:50.31 | 17 | |
| Albert Giger | 46:38.36 | 14 | |
| Eduard Hauser | 46:30.53 | 11 | |
| 30 km | Werner Geeser | 1'46:20.36 | 41 |
| Alfred Kälin | 1'41:35.34 | 17 | |
| Eduard Hauser | 1'40:14.98 | 14 | |
| Alois Kälin | 1'38:40.72 | 7 | |
| 50 km | Giuseppe Dermon | 2'56:24.21 | 26 |
| Louis Jäggi | 2'53:00.78 | 23 | |
| Ulrich Wenger | 2'49:35.35 | 14 | |
| Werner Geeser | 2'44:34.13 | 6 | |
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Alfred Kälin Albert Giger Alois Kälin Eduard Hauser |
2'07:00.06 | |
Figure skating
Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Women
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Walter | 7 | 13 | 2467.3 | 86 | 9 |
Ice hockey
Main article: Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics
First Round
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
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Consolation Round
Teams, which lost their games in the qualification round, played in this group.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 |  West Germany |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 6 |
| 8 |  Norway |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 6 |
| 9 |  Japan |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 5 |
| 10 | Switzerland |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 2 |
| 11 |  Yugoslavia |
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 1 |
- West Germany 5-0 Switzerland
- Japan 3-3 Switzerland
- Switzerland 3-3 Yugoslavia
- Norway 5-3 Switzerland
| 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 |
Ski jumping
Main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
References
- Official Olympic Reports
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com
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