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Switzerland at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Switzerland competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Switzerland at the
1988 Winter Olympics
IOC codeSUI
NOCSwiss Olympic Association
Websitewww.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Calgary
Competitors70 (56 men, 14 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer Michela Figini (alpine skiing)
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
5
Silver
5
Bronze
5
Total
15
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Pirmin Zurbriggen Alpine skiing Men's downhill 15 February
  Gold Vreni Schneider Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 24 February
  Gold Vreni Schneider Alpine skiing Women's slalom 26 February
  Gold Ekkehard Fasser
Kurt Meier
Marcel Fässler
Werner Stocker		 Bobsleigh Four-man 28 February
  Gold Hippolyt Kempf Nordic combined Individual 28 February
  Silver Peter Müller Alpine skiing Men's downhill 15 February
  Silver Brigitte Oertli Alpine skiing Women's downhill 19 February
  Silver Brigitte Oertli Alpine skiing Women's combined 21 February
  Silver Michela Figini Alpine skiing Women's super-G 22 February
  Silver Andreas Schaad
Hippolyt Kempf
Fredy Glanzmann		 Nordic combined Team 24 February
  Bronze Paul Accola Alpine skiing Men's combined 17 February
  Bronze Maria Walliser Alpine skiing Women's combined 21 February
  Bronze Maria Walliser Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 24 February
  Bronze Pirmin Zurbriggen Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom 25 February
  Bronze Andreas Grünenfelder Cross-country skiing Men's 50 kilometre freestyle 27 February

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 9 8 17
Bobsleigh 10 – 10
Cross-country skiing 6 5 11
Figure skating 1 1 2
Ice hockey 22 – 22
Nordic combined 4 – 4
Ski jumping 4 – 4
Total 56 14 70

Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Franz Heinzer Downhill 2:03.36 17
Daniel Mahrer 2:03.18 12
Peter Müller 2:00.14  
Pirmin Zurbriggen 1:59.63  
Martin Hangl Super-G DNF –
Daniel Mahrer DNF –
Franz Heinzer 1:43.32 15
Pirmin Zurbriggen 1:41.96 5
Martin Hangl Giant Slalom 1:07.51 DNF DNF –
Joël Gaspoz 1:06.70 1:02.87 2:09.57 10
Hans Pieren 1:06.46 1:04.22 2:10.68 14
Pirmin Zurbriggen 1:05.57 1:02.82 2:08.39  
Paul Accola Slalom DSQ – DSQ –
Hans Pieren DNF – DNF –
Joël Gaspoz DNF – DNF –
Pirmin Zurbriggen 52.05 48.43 1:40.48 7

Men's combined

Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Points Rank
Bernhard Fahner 1:51.78 47.56 45.81 120.45 15
Martin Hangl 1:51.48 DNF – DNF –
Paul Accola 1:51.27 42.58 42.35 48.24  
Pirmin Zurbriggen 1:46.90 44.32 DNF DNF –
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Chantal Bournissen Downhill 1:27.46 11
Michela Figini 1:27.26 9
Maria Walliser 1:26.89 4
Brigitte Oertli 1:26.61  
Brigitte Oertli Super-G 1:21.56 17
Zoë Haas 1:20.91 7
Maria Walliser 1:20.48 6
Michela Figini 1:20.03  
Michela Figini Giant Slalom 1:02.35 DNF DNF –
Corinne Schmidhauser 1:00.67 DNF DNF –
Maria Walliser 1:00.57 1:07.15 2:07.72  
Vreni Schneider 1:00.53 1:05.96 2:06.49  
Corinne Schmidhauser Slalom DNF – DNF –
Brigitte Oertli 49.95 DNF DNF –
Vreni Schneider 48.81 47.88 1:36.69  

Women's combined

Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Points Rank
Beatrice Gafner DNF – – DNF –
Brigitte Oertli 1:18.37 39.24 41.47 29.48  
Vreni Schneider 1:18.10 DNF – DNF –
Maria Walliser 1:16.98 41.80 44.12 51.28  

Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1988 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 Hans Hiltebrand
André Kiser 		Two-man 58.74 21 59.21 7 59.55 3 59.02 4 3:56.52 6
SUI-2 Gustav Weder
Donat Acklin 		Two-man 58.01 11 58.88 3 1:00.12 8 59.05 5 3:56.06 4
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
SUI-1 Ekkehard Fasser
Kurt Meier
Marcel Fässler
Werner Stocker 		Four-man 56.83 7 57.37 3 55.88 1 57.43 4 3:47.51  
SUI-2 Hans Hiltebrand
Urs Fehlmann
Erwin Fassbind
André Kiser 		Four-man 56.39 2 57.91 12 57.13 15 57.82 6 3:49.25 9

Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km
C 		Giachem Guidon DNF –
Konrad Hallenbarter DNF –
Andi Grünenfelder 45:35.5 35
Jürg Capol 43:59.5 22
30 km
C 		Andi Grünenfelder DNF –
Jürg Capol 1'31:35.8 30
Jeremias Wigger 1'30:47.1 26
Giachem Guidon 1'28:05.9 13
50 km
F 		Markus Fähndrich 2'13:33.2 35
Jeremias Wigger 2'09:05.3 14
Giachem Guidon 2'09:02.2 13
Andi Grünenfelder 2'06:01.9  
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Andi Grünenfelder
Jürg Capol
Giachem Guidon
Jeremias Wigger 		1'46:16.3 4
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km
C 		Karin Thomas 17:04.1 40
Marianne Irniger 16:37.5 35
Christina Gilli-Brügger 15:44.5 15
Evi Kratzer 15:42.8 14
10 km
C 		Marianne Irniger 34:58.3 43
Sandra Parpan 33:02.0 32
Christina Gilli-Brügger 31:37.4 18
Evi Kratzer 31:16.7 11
20 km
F 		Marianne Irniger 1'01:51.5 30
Karin Thomas 59:17.2 16
Evi Kratzer 58:56.1 14
Christina Gilli-Brügger 57:37.4 4
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Karin Thomas
Sandra Parpan
Evi Kratzer
Christina Gilli-Brügger 		1'01:59.4 4

Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Oliver Höner 10 10 14 24.0 12
Women
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Stéfanie Schmid 21 16 12 31.0 15

Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Group A

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Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.

Pld W L T GF GA Pts
  Finland 5 3 1 1 22 8 7
  Sweden 5 2 0 3 23 10 7
  Canada 5 3 1 1 17 12 7
   Switzerland 5 3 2 0 19 10 6
  Poland 5 1 3 1 9 13 3
  France 5 0 5 0 10 47 0
  • Switzerland 2-1 Finland
  • Canada 4-2 Switzerland
  • Sweden 4-2 Switzerland
  • Switzerland 4-1 Poland
  • Switzerland 9-0 France

Game for 7th place

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
  United States 8–4    Switzerland

Team Roster

Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Start at Time Points Rank
Stefan Späni Individual 178.6 40 5:32.7 DNF DNF –
Fredy Glanzmann 180.1 37 5:22.7 45:38.8 376.535 35
Andreas Schaad 207.2 14 2:22.0 40:40.0 421.350 5
Hippolyt Kempf 217.9 3 1:10.7 39:27.5 432.230  

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps per team member per round, best two rounds counted.)
  • 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athletes Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Start at Time Rank
Fredy Glanzmann
Hippolyt Kempf
Andreas Schaad 		571.4 6 4:52.0 1'20:49.4  

Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Christoph Lehmann Normal hill 74.0 76.0 73.0 74.9 150.9 56
Gérard Balanche 78.0 85.9 78.0 87.9 173.8 37
Christian Hauswirth 79.5 90.3 73.0 74.4 164.7 48
Fabrice Piazzini 83.0 99.9 78.0 88.9 188.8 17
Fabrice Piazzini Large hill 105.0 73.9 99.0 83.0 156.9 43
Christoph Lehmann 101.0 87.3 90.0 65.9 153.2 44
Christian Hauswirth 105.0 94.9 97.0 82.2 177.1 27
Gérard Balanche 105.0 95.4 94.5 77.2 172.6 30
Men's team large hill
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Gérard Balanche
Christoph Lehmann
Fabrice Piazzini
Christian Hauswirth 		516.1 8
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

References

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  1. ^ Switzerland at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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