Switzerland at the 1992 Winter Olympics
# Switzerland at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Switzerland competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Nicolas Bochatay, a member of the delegation, was to represent the country in the speed skiing finals, but he was killed in an accident on the morning of the day of the competition he was to compete in.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Gustav Weder Donat Acklin | Bobsleigh | Two-man | 16 February |
| Bronze | Steve Locher | Alpine skiing | Men's combined | 11 February |
| Bronze | Gustav Weder Donat Acklin Lorenz Schindelholz Curdin Morell | Bobsleigh | Four-man | 22 February |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Alpine skiing | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| Biathlon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobsleigh | 8 | – | 8 |
| Cross-country skiing | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Freestyle skiing | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Ice hockey | 22 | – | 22 |
| Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
| Ski jumping | 4 | – | 4 |
| Total | 57 | 17 | 74 |

## Alpine skiing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Paul Accola | Downhill | | | DNF | – |
| Xavier Gigandet | Downhill | | | 1:52.50 | 15 |
| Daniel Mahrer | Downhill | | | 1:52.39 | 13 |
| Franz Heinzer | Downhill | | | 1:51.39 | 6 |
| Franz Heinzer | Super-G | | | DNF | – |
| Urs Kälin | Super-G | | | 1:15.22 | 14 |
| Paul Accola | Super-G | | | 1:14.60 | 10 |
| Marco Hangl | Super-G | | | 1:13.90 | 6 |
| Michael von Grünigen | Giant Slalom | 1:06.95 | 1:03.72 | 2:10.67 | 13 |
| Hans Pieren | Giant Slalom | 1:06.34 | 1:03.23 | 2:09.57 | 11 |
| Steve Locher | Giant Slalom | 1:05.80 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Paul Accola | Giant Slalom | 1:04.88 | 1:03.14 | 2:08.02 | 4 |
| Steve Locher | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Michael von Grünigen | Slalom | 53.62 | 52.80 | 1:46.42 | 7 |
| Paul Accola | Slalom | 52.64 | 52.98 | 1:45.62 | 6 |
| Patrick Staub | Slalom | 52.56 | 52.88 | 1:45.44 | 4 |

Men's combined

| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank |
| William Besse | 1:46.66 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Steve Locher | 1:46.53 | 49.90 | 51.54 | 18.16 | |
| Paul Accola | 1:45.73 | 56.08 | 59.71 | 90.96 | 21 |
| Xavier Gigandet | 1:45.61 | 53.35 | 53.84 | 41.21 | 8 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Chantal Bournissen | Downhill | | | DNF | – |
| Marlis Spescha | Downhill | | | 1:55.83 | 21 |
| Heidi Zeller-Bähler | Downhill | | | 1:54.73 | 13 |
| Heidi Zurbriggen | Downhill | | | 1:54.04 | 10 |
| Heidi Zurbriggen | Super-G | | | DNF | – |
| Chantal Bournissen | Super-G | | | DNF | – |
| Heidi Zeller-Bähler | Super-G | | | 1:24.51 | 11 |
| Zoë Haas | Super-G | | | 1:24.31 | 10 |
| Heidi Zurbriggen | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Vreni Schneider | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Corinne Rey-Bellet | Giant Slalom | 1:08.89 | 1:08.70 | 2:17.59 | 17 |
| Zoë Haas | Giant Slalom | 1:07.77 | 1:10.12 | 2:17.89 | 18 |
| Annick Bonzon | Slalom | 49.94 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Christine von Grünigen | Slalom | 49.84 | 45.89 | 1:35.73 | 13 |
| Katrin Neuenschwander | Slalom | 49.20 | 45.08 | 1:34.28 | 9 |
| Vreni Schneider | Slalom | 48.66 | 45.30 | 1:33.96 | 7 |

Women's combined

| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank |
| Heidi Zurbriggen | DSQ | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Chantal Bournissen | 1:26.92 | 35.33 | 35.36 | 24.98 | 4 |
| Heidi Zeller-Bähler | 1:26.90 | 37.63 | 38.45 | 69.07 | 14 |

## Biathlon

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 km Sprint | Jean-Marc Chabloz | 3 | 30:32.9 | 77 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Jean-Marc Chabloz | 59:45.6 | 4 | 1'03:45.6 | 54 |

    $^1$ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
    $^2$ One minute added per missed target.

## Bobsleigh

| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| SUI-1 | Gustav Weder Donat Acklin | Two-man | 1:00.49 | 9 | 1:00.97 | 3 | 1:00.84 | 1 | 1:00.96 | 1 | 4:03.26 | |
| SUI-2 | Christian Meili Christian Reich | Two-man | 1:00.23 | 3 | 1:01.31 | 11 | 1:01.44 | 9 | 1:01.38 | 10 | 4:04.36 | 10 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| SUI-1 | Gustav Weder Donat Acklin Lorenz Schindelholz Curdin Morell | Four-man | 57.97 | 2 | 58.78 | 6 | 58.59 | 3 | 58.79 | 3 | 3:54.13 | |
| SUI-2 | Christian Meili Bruno Gerber Christian Reich Gerold Löffler | Four-man | 58.15 | 5 | 58.75 | 5 | 58.59 | 3 | 58.89 | 8 | 3:54.38 | 5 |

## Cross-country skiing

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 10 km C | Hans Diethelm | 31:41.8 | 50 |
| 10 km C | André Jungen | 31:41.2 | 49 |
| 10 km C | Giachem Guidon | 31:23.9 | 44 |
| 15 km $pursuit^1$ F | Hans Diethelm | 44:16.4 | 44 |
| 15 km $pursuit^1$ F | Giachem Guidon | 43:06.1 | 34 |
| 15 km $pursuit^1$ F | André Jungen | 42:56.3 | 31 |
| 30 km C | Hans Diethelm | 1'30:13.2 | 36 |
| 30 km C | Giachem Guidon | 1'28:44.5 | 25 |
| 50 km F | André Jungen | 2'20:32.1 | 47 |
| 50 km F | Hans Diethelm | 2'14:41.6 | 30 |
| 50 km F | Giachem Guidon | 2'10:55.0 | 15 |

    $^1$ Starting delay based on 10 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km C | Elvira Knecht | 16:05.5 | 44 |
| 5 km C | Barbara Mettler | 15:33.7 | 32 |
| 5 km C | Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan | 15:09.5 | 20 |
| 5 km C | Sylvia Honegger | 15:03.4 | 15 |
| 10 km $pursuit^2$ F | Barbara Mettler | 31:16.3 | 42 |
| 10 km $pursuit^2$ F | Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan | 30:28.8 | 37 |
| 10 km $pursuit^2$ F | Elvira Knecht | 30:17.2 | 36 |
| 10 km $pursuit^2$ F | Sylvia Honegger | 28:17.7 | 13 |
| 15 km C | Silke Braun-Schwager | DNF | – |
| 15 km C | Natascia Leonardi Cortesi | 46:32.7 | 25 |
| 15 km C | Sylvia Honegger | 45:33.7 | 16 |
| 30 km F | Natascia Leonardi Cortesi | 1'33:21.0 | 31 |
| 30 km F | Elvira Knecht | 1'32:35.6 | 26 |
| 30 km F | Sylvia Honegger | 1'30:16.6 | 19 |
| 30 km F | Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan | 1'29:54.3 | 17 |

    $^2$ Starting delay based on 5 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Women's 4 × 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Sylvia Honegger Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan Natascia Leonardi Cortesi Elvira Knecht | 1'02:54.1 | 9 |

## Curling

Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

* Switzerland
* CC Lausanne-Olympique, Lausanne
* Skip: Urs Dick
* Third: Jürg Dick
* Second: Robert Hürlimann
* Lead: Thomas Kläy
* Alternate: Peter Däppen

## Freestyle skiing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank |
| Bernard Brandt | Moguls | 35.58 | 14.82 | 39 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Petsch Moser | Moguls | 31.06 | 18.56 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Thomas Lagler | Moguls | 32.63 | 22.02 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jürg Biner | Moguls | 32.00 | 23.02 | 11 Q | 32.60 | 22.69 | 10 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank |
| Conny Kissling | Moguls | 40.83 | 17.46 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Ice hockey

### Group B

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.

* Team advanced to the Final Round
* Team sent to compete in the Consolation round

| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 19 | 8 |
| Unified Team | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 22 | 8 |
| Czechoslovakia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| France | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 4 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 25 | -12 | 2 |
| Norway | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 38 | -31 | 0 |
| Unified Team | 8:1 | Switzerland |
| Canada | 6:1 | Switzerland |
| France | 4:3 | Switzerland |
| Switzerland | 6:3 | Norway |
| Czechoslovakia | 4:2 | Switzerland |

### Consolation round 9th-12th places

| Switzerland | 7:2 | Poland |
| - | - | - |

9th-place match

| Norway | 5:2 | Switzerland 10th |
| - | - | - |

Contestants

   * Reto Pavoni

   * Renato Tosio

   * Samuel Balmer

   * Sandro Bertaggia

   * Sven Leuenberger

   * Patrice Brasey

   * Doug Honegger

   * Dino Kessler

   * Andreas Beutler

   * André Künzi

   * Jörg Eberle

   * Alfred Lüthi

   * Andreas Ton

   * Patrick Howald

   * Gil Montandon

   * Thomas Vrabec

   * Mario Brodmann

   * Mario Rottaris

   * Keith Fair

   * Manuele Celio

   * André Rötheli

   * Peter Jaks
* Head coach: Juhani Tamminen

## Nordic combined

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 | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank |
| Urs Niedhart | Individual | 179.3 | 41 | +5:28.0 | 54:07.4 | 38 |
| Hippolyt Kempf | Individual | 189.7 | 36 | +4:18.7 | 50:24.5 | 26 |
| Marco Zarucchi | Individual | 201.1 | 20 | +3:02.7 | 50:55.3 | 29 |
| Andreas Schaad | Individual | 201.1 | 20 | +3:02.7 | 48:02.1 | 14 |

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

* normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps per team member were counted.)
* 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

| Athletes | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank |
| Hippolyt Kempf Andreas Schaad Marco Zarucchi | 521.9 | 11 | +10:16.0 | 1'33:38.4 | 10 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Markus Gähler | Normal hill | 80.5 | 90.8 | 79.0 | 89.4 | 180.2 | 44 |
| Martin Trunz | Normal hill | 80.0 | 92.0 | 80.5 | 90.8 | 182.8 | 41 |
| Sylvain Freiholz | Normal hill | 83.0 | 97.8 | 81.5 | 93.4 | 191.2 | 24 |
| Stefan Zünd | Normal hill | 83.0 | 100.8 | 80.0 | 94.0 | 194.8 | 20 |
| Markus Gähler | Large hill | 100.0 | 77.0 | 90.5 | 61.7 | 138.7 | 35 |
| Sylvain Freiholz | Large hill | 99.0 | 77.6 | 108.5 | 93.4 | 171.0 | 14 |
| Martin Trunz | Large hill | 105.0 | 87.0 | 88.5 | 60.4 | 147.4 | 31 |
| Stefan Zünd | Large hill | 104.0 | 87.1 | 94.5 | 71.8 | 158.9 | 22 |

### Men's team large hill

| Athletes | Result | Result |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Points $^1$ | Rank |
| Markus Gähler Stefan Zünd Sylvain Freiholz Martin Trunz | 537.9 | 8 |

    $^1$ Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.
