Switzerland competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Switzerland at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | SUI |
NOC | Swiss Olympic Association |
Website | www |
in Cortina d'Ampezzo | |
Competitors | 59 (51 men, 8 women) in 7 sports |
Flag bearer | Georges Schneider |
Medals Ranked 4th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Medalists
editMedal | Name | Sport | Event |
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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 |
Alpine skiing
edit- Men
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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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 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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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 |
Bobsleigh
editSled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 |
Cross-country skiing
edit- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
15 km | Erwin Hari | 55:06 | 38 |
Michel Rey | 55:05 | 36 | |
Victor Kronig | 54:43 | 33 | |
Werner Zwingli | 53:40 | 20 | |
30 km | Armand Genoud | 2'01:05 | 41 |
André Huguenin | 1'58:40 | 34 | |
Fritz Kocher | 1'55:18 | 27 | |
Marcel Huguenin | 1'54:36 | 25 | |
50 km | André Huguenin | 3'31:04 | 27 |
Alfred Kronig | 3'23:21 | 24 | |
Fritz Zurbuchen | 3'19:42 | 19 | |
Christian Wenger | 3'17:49 | 18 |
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Werner Zwingli Victor Kronig Fritz Kocher Marcel Huguenin |
2'24:30 | 7 |
Figure skating
edit- Men
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Hans Müller | 12 | 12 | 135.28 | 112 | 12 |
François Pache | 11 | 10 | 139.39 | 95 | 11 |
- Women
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Alice Fischer | 18 | 20 | 137.69 | 203 | 18 |
Karin Borner | 15 | 16 | 141.69 | 171 | 16 |
Ice hockey
editGroup C
editTop two teams advanced to Medal Round.
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 |
2 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
3 | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
- Sweden 6-5 Switzerland
- USSR 10-3 Switzerland
Games for 7th-10th places
editRank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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7 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 6 |
8 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
9 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 2 |
10 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 0 |
- Switzerland 7-4 Austria
- Poland 6-2 Switzerland
- Italy 8-3 Switzerland
Ski jumping
editAthlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
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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 |
Speed skating
edit- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Erich Kull | 44.3 | 40 |
1500 m | Erich Kull | 2:21.7 | 46 |
Jürg Rohrbach | 2:21.7 | 46 | |
5000 m | Jürg Rohrbach | 8:39.5 | 39 |