Switzerland at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the 1972 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Sapporo
Competitors	52 (46 men, 6 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Edmund Bruggmann (alpine skiing)
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 4 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 10
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Switzerland competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Bernhard Russi	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
Gold	Marie-Theres Nadig	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
Gold	Marie-Theres Nadig	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Gold	Jean Wicki Hans Leutenegger Werner Camichel Edy Hubacher	Bobsleigh	Four-man
Silver	Roland Collombin	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
Silver	Edmund Bruggmann	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
Silver	Walter Steiner	Ski jumping	Men's large hill (90m)
Bronze	Werner Mattle	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
Bronze	Jean Wicki Edy Hubacher	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Bronze	Alfred Kälin Albert Giger Alois Kälin Eduard 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	Hansueli 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

Consolation round

Teams that 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 Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com