Switzerland at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Switzerland competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.

Switzerland at the 2002 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Salt Lake City
Competitors	110 (80 men, 30 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearers	Gian Simmen, Snowboarding
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 6 Total 11
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Simon Ammann	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill (K90)
Gold	Simon Ammann	Ski jumping	Men's large hill (K120)
Gold	Philipp Schoch	Snowboarding	Men's parallel giant slalom
Silver	Christian Reich Steve Anderhub	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Silver	Luzia Ebnöther Mirjam Ott Tanya Frei Laurence Bidaud Nadia Röthlisberger	Curling	Women's competition
Bronze	Sonja Nef	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Bronze	Martin Annen Beat Hefti	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Bronze	Andrea Huber Laurence Rochat Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan Natascia Leonardi Cortesi	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze	Andreas Schwaller Christof Schwaller Markus Eggler Damian Grichting Marco Ramstein	Curling	Men's competition
Bronze	Gregor Stähli	Skeleton	Men's individual
Bronze	Fabienne Reuteler	Snowboarding	Women's halfpipe

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Didier Défago	Downhill			1:41.27	21
Franco Cavegn				1:40.81	15
Didier Cuche				1:40.76	14
Ambrosi Hoffmann				1:40.31	8
Didier Cuche	Super-G			DSQ	–
Tobias Grünenfelder				1:23.43	12
Paul Accola				1:23.33	10
Didier Défago				1:22.27	6
Tobias Grünenfelder	Giant Slalom	1:14.15	DNF	DNF	–
Didier Défago		1:13.74	1:11.80	2:25.54	14
Michael von Grünigen		1:13.27	1:11.80	2:25.07	11
Didier Cuche		1:13.25	1:11.75	2:25.00	10
Michael von Grünigen	Slalom	51.38	53.97	1:45.35	14
Urs Imboden		49.61	52.87	1:42.48	5

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Bruno Kernen	1:40.07	DNF	–	DNF	–
Didier Défago	1:40.04	DNF	–	DNF	–
Paul Accola	1:39.62	48.73	53.91	3:22.26	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Catherine Borghi	Downhill			1:41.88	19
Sylviane Berthod				1:40.67	7
Corinne Rey-Bellet				1:40.54	5
Sylviane Berthod	Super-G			DNF	–
Catherine Borghi				1:15.62	18
Corinne Rey-Bellet				1:14.73	9
Lilian Kummer	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Fränzi Aufdenblatten		DNF	–	DNF	–
Corinne Rey-Bellet		1:17.92	1:15.51	2:33.43	13
Sonja Nef		1:16.94	1:14.73	2:31.67
Corina Grünenfelder	Slalom	54.13	DNF	DNF	–
Marlies Oester		53.64	DNF	DNF	–
Sonja Nef		53.32	DNF	DNF	–

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Catherine Borghi	1:16.88	47.39	44.52	2:48.79	8
Marlies Oester	1:17.27	45.88	43.46	2:46.61	4

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
10 km sprint	Matthias Simmen	3	28:22.8	67
	Jean-Marc Chabloz	1	28:08.6	64
	Roland Zwahlen	1	27:43.7	55
12.5 km pursuit 2	Roland Zwahlen	3	37:40.6	47

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 3	Rank
20 km	Matthias Simmen	56:03.0	6	1'02:03.0	78
	Jean-Marc Chabloz	55:59.4	3	58:59.4	61
	Roland Zwahlen	54:10.6	4	58:10.6	58

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Roland Zwahlen Matthias Simmen Jean-Marc Chabloz Dani Niederberger	5	1'32:50.5	18

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

² Starting delay based on 10 km sprint results.

³ One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Steve Anderhub Christian Reich	Two-man	47.52	1	47.53	2	47.45	2	47.70	4	3:10.20
SUI-2	Martin Annen Beat Hefti	Two-man	47.56	3	47.64	3	47.73	7	47.69	3	3:10.62

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Martin Annen Silvio Schäufelberger Beat Hefti Cédric Grand	Four-man	46.72	4	46.63	2	47.11	3	47.49	4	3:07.95	4
SUI-2	Christian Reich Steve Anderhub Guido Acklin Urs Aeberhard	Four-man	46.71	2	46.93	8	47.33	6	47.62	8	3:08.59	6

Women

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Françoise Burdet Katharina Sutter	Two-woman	49.28	4	49.06	3	1:38.34	4

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Sprint

Athlete	Qualifying round		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Christoph Eigenmann	2:54.76	19	did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	10 km C		10 km F pursuit1
	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Patrick Mächler	28:12.7	45 Q	26:02.1	40
Reto Burgermeister	27:51.4	39 Q	26:11.7	41

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km C	Reto Burgermeister	38:49.2	9
30 km F	Patrick Rölli	1'16:36.5	39
	Wilhelm Aschwanden	1'16:32.4	38
	Gion-Andrea Bundi	1'16:19.6	34
	Patrick Mächler	1'15:03.4	28
50 km C	Patrick Rölli	2'24:34.4	45
	Reto Burgermeister	2'20:43.3	37
	Wilhelm Aschwanden	2'19:33.9	32

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km C. results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Wilhelm Aschwanden Reto Burgermeister Patrick Mächler Gion-Andrea Bundi	1'37:26.4	10

Women

Sprint

Athlete	Qualifying round		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Andrea Huber	3:22.18	27	did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	5 km C		5 km F pursuit2
	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan	14:30.0	48 Q	13:29.1	29
Laurence Rochat	13:57.1	23 Q	13:13.6	22

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Laurence Rochat	DNF	–
	Natascia Leonardi Cortesi	29:57.5	15
15 km F	Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan	42:54.4	31
	Natascia Leonardi Cortesi	41:56.3	15
30 km C	Laurence Rochat	1'38:24.2	20
	Natascia Leonardi Cortesi	1'35:46.8	10

² Starting delay based on 5 km C. results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Andrea Huber Laurence Rochat Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan Natascia Leonardi Cortesi	50:03.6

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Kevin Martin	8	1
Norway	Pål Trulsen	7	2
Switzerland	Andreas Schwaller	6	3
Sweden	Peja Lindholm	6	3
Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	5	4
Germany	Sebastian Stock	4	5
Denmark	Ulrik Schmidt	3	6
Great Britain	Hammy McMillan	3	6
United States	Tim Somerville	3	6
France	Dominique Dupont-Roc	0	9

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Norway	4–5	Switzerland
Denmark	6–10	Switzerland
Switzerland	5–6	Finland
Sweden	7–8	Switzerland
Switzerland	2–6	United States
Canada	7–2	Switzerland
Switzerland	10–4	United Kingdom
France	3–7	Switzerland
Germany	4–10	Switzerland

Medal round

Semi-final

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Norway (Trulsen)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	7
Switzerland (Schwaller)	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6

Bronze medal game

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	3
Switzerland (Schwaller)	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	X	7

Contestants

Switzerland
Biel-Touring CC, Biel Skip: Andreas Schwaller Third: Christof Schwaller Second: Markus Eggler Lead: Damian Grichting Alternate: Marco Ramstein

Women's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Kelley Law	8	1
Switzerland	Luzia Ebnöther	7	2
United States	Kari Erickson	6	3
Great Britain	Rhona Martin	5	4
Germany	Natalie Neßler	5	4
Sweden	Elisabet Gustafson	5	4
Norway	Dordi Nordby	4	5
Japan	Akiko Katoh	2	7
Denmark	Lene Bidstrup	2	7
Russia	Olga Jarkova	1	8

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Switzerland	9–8	Denmark
Switzerland	7–6	Russia
Norway	5–7	Switzerland
Japan	7–8	Switzerland
United States	6–7	Switzerland
United Kingdom	7–4	Switzerland
Switzerland	7–8	Sweden
Switzerland	7–6	Canada
Germany	4–10	Switzerland

Medal round

Semi-final

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ebnöther)	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	X	9
United States (Erickson)	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	X	4

Gold medal game

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ebnöther)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3
Great Britain (Martin)	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	4

Contestants

Switzerland
CC Bern AAM, Bern Skip: Luzia Ebnöther Third: Mirjam Ott Second: Tanya Frei Lead: Laurence Bidaud Alternate: Nadia Röthlisberger

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Points	SP	FS	Rank
Stéphane Lambiel	24.0	16	16	15

Women

Athlete	Points	SP	FS	Rank
Sarah Meier	20.5	9	16	13

Ice Dancing

Athletes	Points	CD1	CD2	OD	FD	Rank
Eliane Hugentobler Daniel Hugentobler	28.4	15	15	14	14	14

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Christian Stohr	Moguls	28.51	24.03	19	did not advance
Martin Walti	Aerials		160.56	21	did not advance
Christian Kaufmann			214.90	13	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Corinne Bodmer	Moguls	36.05	20.28	26	did not advance
Manuela Müller	Aerials		125.47	20	did not advance
Evelyne Leu			203.16	1 Q		147.31	11

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's tournament

Preliminary round - group B

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belarus	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	4
Ukraine	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	4
Switzerland	3	1	1	1	7	9	−2	3
France	3	0	2	1	6	10	−4	1

All times are local (UTC-7).

9 February 2002 21:00

Switzerland

3 – 3 (1–1, 0–1, 2–1)

France

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,504

11 February 2002 16:00

Ukraine

5 – 2 (2–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Switzerland

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,387

12 February 2002 16:00

Switzerland

2 – 1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Belarus

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 7,736

Consolation round

11th place match

14 February 2002 15:00

Switzerland 11th

4 – 1 (0–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Austria

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 7,986

Contestants David Aebischer Jean-Jacques Aeschlimann Björn Christen Flavien Conne Gian-Marco Crameri Patric Della Rossa Patrick Fischer Martin Gerber Martin Höhener Sandy Jeannin Marcel Jenni Olivier Keller Martin Plüss André Rötheli Ivo Rüthemann Edgar Salis Mathias Seger Martin Steinegger Mark Streit Patrick Sutter Julien Vauclair Reto von Arx

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Reto Gilly	46.220	33	45.053	16	45.079	24	44.959	9	3:01.311	24
Stefan Höhener	45.101	17	45.254	23	44.534	7	44.911	7	2:59.800	13

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's sprint

Events:

• large hill ski jumping
• 7.5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
	Points	Rank
Andreas Hurschler	91.2	38	18:21.9	21
Ronny Heer	103.9	19	18:34.0	29
Andy Hartmann	104.2	18	17:44.7	8
Seppi Hurschler	105.8	15	18:36.0	31

Men's individual

Events:

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

Athlete	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
	Points	Rank
Ivan Rieder	186.5	43	49:12.0	42
Andreas Hurschler	198.0	39	44:19.4	25
Ronny Heer	222.0	21	44:40.0	29
Andy Hartmann	236.5	9	41:42.3	9

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
	Points	Rank
Andreas Hurschler Jan Schmid Ivan Rieder Ronny Heer	863.0	7	52:07.9	7

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Felix Poletti	51.76	11	52.11	18	1:43.87	16
Gregor Stähli	51.16	4	50.99	1	1:42.15

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maya Pedersen	52.92	7	52.63	1	1:45.55	5

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualifying jump			Final jump 1			Final jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Sylvain Freiholz	Normal hill	89.0	112.0	15 Q	89.0	113.0	27 Q	91.0	115.0	228.0	25
Andreas Küttel		90.5	114.0	13 Q	90.0	114.0	24 Q	91.0	117.5	231.5	22
Simon Ammann		Pre-qualified			98.0	133.5	1 Q	98.5	135.5	269.0
Marco Steinauer	Large hill	104.5	82.1	35 Q	106.5	87.2	45	did not advance
Sylvain Freiholz		109.5	93.6	27 Q	118.0	110.4	26 Q	110.5	95.4	205.8	27
Andreas Küttel		117.0	109.6	8 Q	125.0	125.0	8 Q	122.0	120.6	245.6	6
Simon Ammann		Pre-qualified			132.5	140.5	1 Q	133.0	140.9	281.4

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
	Points 1	Rank
Marco Steinauer Sylvain Freiholz Andreas Küttel Simon Ammann	818.3	7

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's parallel giant slalom

Athlete	Qualifying		Round one	Quarter final	Semi final	Final	Rank
	Time	Rank
Ueli Kestenholz	DNF	–	did not advance
Simon Schoch	38.63	25	did not advance
Philipp Schoch	37.34	15 Q	Alexander Maier W	Mathieu Bozzetto W	Chris Klug W	Richard Richardsson W
Gilles Jaquet	35.69	1 Q	Nicolas Huet L (DSQ)	did not advance

Men's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Marcel Hitz	23.8	23	35.9	9	did not advance
Gian Simmen	34.8	12	33.5	12	did not advance
Therry Brunner	36.0	9	37.7	7	did not advance

Women's parallel giant slalom

Athlete	Qualifying		Round one	Quarter final	Semi final	Final	Rank
	Time	Rank
Milena Meisser	DNF	–	did not advance
Daniela Mueli	43.46	20	did not advance
Nadia Livers	43.27	19	did not advance
Steffi von Siebenthal	42.68	13 Q	Isabelle Blanc L	did not advance

Women's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Fabienne Reuteler	32.0	7	40.4	1 QF	39.7

References

• Official Olympic Reports Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 2002, full results by sports-reference.com