Switzerland at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Müller, DanielDaniel Müller Perren, DiegoDiego Perren Andres, DominicDominic Andres Hürlimann, PatrickPatrick Hürlimann Lörtscher, PatrikPatrik Lörtscher	Curling	Men's competition
01 ! Gold	Simmen, GianGian Simmen	Snowboarding	Men's halfpipe
02 ! Silver	Cuche, DidierDidier Cuche	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G
02 ! Silver	Rohner, MarcelMarcel Rohner Nüssli, MarkusMarkus Nüssli Wasser, MarkusMarkus Wasser Seitz, BeatBeat Seitz	Bobsleigh	Four-man
03 ! Bronze	von Grünigen, MichaelMichael von Grünigen	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
03 ! Bronze	Brand, ColetteColette Brand	Freestyle skiing	Women's aerials
03 ! Bronze	Kestenholz, UeliUeli Kestenholz	Snowboarding	Men's giant slalom

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Bruno Kernen	Downhill			DNF	–
Franco Cavegn				1:51.74	14
Didier Cuche				1:50.91	8
Jürg Grünenfelder				1:50.64	4
Paul Accola	Super-G			1:36.87	18
Steve Locher				1:36.62	14
Bruno Kernen				1:36.37	11
Didier Cuche				1:35.43	02 !
Urs Kälin	Giant Slalom	1:22.00	1:19.17	2:41.17	12
Steve Locher		1:21.98	1:18.32	2:40.30	6
Paul Accola		1:21.31	1:19.26	2:40.57	7
Michael von Grünigen		1:20.98	1:18.71	2:39.69	03 !
Marco Casanova	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Paul Accola		57.56	57.35	1:54.91	18
Michael von Grünigen		57.33	57.63	1:54.96	19
Didier Plaschy		56.67	55.36	1:52.03	12

Men's combined

Athlete	Slalom		Downhill	Total
Athlete	Time 1	Time 2	Time	Total time	Rank
Jürg Grünenfelder	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
Bruno Kernen	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
Paul Accola	49.39	DNF	–	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Corinne Rey-Bellet	Downhill			1:32.92	30
Catherine Borghi				1:31.45	22
Heidi Zurbriggen				1:30.25	12
Catherine Borghi	Super-G			1:20.69	34
Corinne Rey-Bellet				1:20.31	31
Heidi Zurbriggen				1:19.22	21
Sonja Nef	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Catherine Borghi		1:21.90	1:36.52	2:58.42	19
Karin Roten		1:20.91	1:36.05	2:56.96	16
Heidi Zurbriggen		1:20.31	1:33.30	2:53.61	6
Sonja Nef	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Karin Roten		46.64	DNF	DNF	–
Martina Accola		46.37	47.75	1:34.12	7

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Catherine Borghi	1:31.24	37.32	36.77	2:45.33	10

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Jean-Marc Chabloz	DNF	DNF	–

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Jean-Marc Chabloz	59:41.0	4	1'03:41.0	51

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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	Reto Götschi Guido Acklin	Two-man	54.71	3	54.77	12	54.44	7	54.35	4	3:38.27	6
SUI-2	Christian Reich Cédric Grand	Two-man	54.73	4	54.56	4	54.32	5	54.54	7	3:38.15	4

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Marcel Rohner Markus Nüssli Markus Wasser Beat Seitz	Four-man	53.13	8	53.15	2	53.73	4	2:40.01	02 !
SUI-2	Christian Reich Steve Anderhub Thomas Handschin Cédric Grand	Four-man	52.88	3	53.47	6	53.93	13	2:40.28	7

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Patrick Mächler	DNF	–
	Wilhelm Aschwanden	31:10.5	63
	Jeremias Wigger	30:33.4	49
	Beat Koch	28:49.6	17
15 km pursuit¹ F	Wilhelm Aschwanden	45:32.8	49
30 km C	Beat Koch	1'46:38.3	53
30 km C	Jeremias Wigger	1'39:46.4	16
50 km F	Reto Burgermeister	2'22:28.3	49
	Wilhelm Aschwanden	2'14:18.0	22
	Jeremias Wigger	2'13:50.5	18

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Jeremias Wigger Beat Koch Reto Burgermeister Wilhelm Aschwanden	1'42:49.2	6

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Andrea Senteler	20:07.5	62
	Andrea Huber	19:27.6	45
	Sylvia Honegger	18:29.6	14
	Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan	18:16.5	10
10 km pursuit² F	Sylvia Honegger	30:44.3	22
10 km pursuit² F	Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan	29:34.8	10
15 km C	Sylvia Honegger	50:31.9	22
30 km F	Natascia Leonardi Cortesi	1'30:31.8	24
30 km F	Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan	1'25:15.0	7

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Sylvia Honegger Andrea Huber Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan Natascia Leonardi Cortesi	56:55.2	4

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men's tournament

Group stage

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Mike Harris	6	1
Norway	Eigil Ramsfjell	5	2
Switzerland	Patrick Hürlimann	5	2
United States	Tim Somerville	3	4
Japan	Makoto Tsuruga	3	4
Sweden	Peja Lindholm	3	4
Great Britain	Douglas Dryburgh	2	5
Germany	Andy Kapp	1	6

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Germany	4–7	Switzerland
Switzerland	10–4	United Kingdom
Switzerland	5–3	Japan
United States	2–7	Switzerland
Canada	8–3	Switzerland
Switzerland	4–5	Norway
Sweden	2–8	Switzerland

Medal round

Semi-final

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	7
Switzerland (Hürlimann)	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	8

Gold medal game

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Harris)	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	3
Switzerland (Hürlimann) 01 !	0	2	0	2	2	3	0	0	X	X	9

Contestants	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
Gold medal	Patrick Hürlimann	Patrik Lörtscher	Daniel Müller	Diego Perren	Dominic Andres

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Patrick Meier	22	22	33.0	22

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Corinne Bodmer	Moguls	34.04	19.93	20	Did not advance
Evelyne Leu	Aerials		148.72	15	Did not advance
Michèle Rohrbach			161.76	10 Q		129.36	11
Colette Brand			165.07	7 Q		171.83	03 !

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Reto Gilly	50.594	16	50.646	20	51.485	25	50.627	20	3:23.352	22

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Cross-country time	Total rank
Marco Zarucchi	Individual	185.5	43	45:37.9	25
Andy Hartmann		193.0	38	46:18.5	28
Urs Kunz		196.0	32	44:53.2	18
Jean-Yves Cuendet		206.0	21	44:34.6	17

Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes	Ski jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
Athletes	Points	Rank	Cross-country time	Total rank
Marco Zarucchi Andy Hartmann Jean-Yves Cuendet Urs Kunz	797.0	10	56:41.6	7

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Marco Steinauer	Normal hill	66.0	63.5	56	Did not advance
Simon Ammann		75.0	83.5	35	Did not advance
Sylvain Freiholz		76.0	86.0	30 Q	80.5	96.0	182.0	29
Bruno Reuteler		81.0	96.5	23 Q	84.0	103.5	200.0	18
Sylvain Freiholz	Large hill	106.0	88.8	41	Did not advance
Simon Ammann		106.0	89.3	39	Did not advance
Marco Steinauer		108.0	93.9	33	Did not advance
Bruno Reuteler		115.5	105.9	21 Q	120.5	116.4	222.3	19

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
Athletes	Points ¹	Rank
Sylvain Freiholz Marco Steinauer Simon Ammann Bruno Reuteler	735.0	6

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men's giant slalom

Athlete	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Time	Time	Time	Rank
André Grütter	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Gilles Jaquet	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Fadri Mosca	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Ueli Kestenholz	1:00.20	1:03.88	2:04.08	03 !

Men's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
Athlete	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Patrik Hasler	32.6	24	32.1	23	Did not advance
Gian Simmen	34.0	21	39.8	3 QF	85.2	01 !
Bertrand Denervaud	37.8	11	35.3	19	Did not advance
Fabien Rohrer	38.5	6 QF			78.7	4

Women's giant slalom

Athlete	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Steffi von Siebenthal	1:21.93	DNF	DNF	–
Renate Keller	1:19.48	1:12.32	2:31.80	18
Cécile Plancherel	1:15.84	1:08.23	2:24.07	11

Women's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
Athlete	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anita Schwaller	32.0	9	32.2	7	Did not advance

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5000 m	Martin Feigenwinter	6:47.08	21

References

Nations at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan

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