Switzerland at the 1988 Winter Olympics
# Switzerland at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

## Medalists

| 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

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

| 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

### Men

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

Men's combined

| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | 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 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Chantal Bournissen | Downhill | | | 1:27.46 | 11 |
| Michela Figini | Downhill | | | 1:27.26 | 9 |
| Maria Walliser | Downhill | | | 1:26.89 | 4 |
| Brigitte Oertli | Downhill | | | 1:26.61 | |
| Brigitte Oertli | Super-G | | | 1:21.56 | 17 |
| Zoë Haas | Super-G | | | 1:20.91 | 7 |
| Maria Walliser | Super-G | | | 1:20.48 | 6 |
| Michela Figini | Super-G | | | 1:20.03 | |
| Michela Figini | Giant Slalom | 1:02.35 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Corinne Schmidhauser | Giant Slalom | 1:00.67 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Maria Walliser | Giant Slalom | 1:00.57 | 1:07.15 | 2:07.72 | |
| Vreni Schneider | Giant Slalom | 1:00.53 | 1:05.96 | 2:06.49 | |
| Corinne Schmidhauser | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Brigitte Oertli | Slalom | 49.95 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Vreni Schneider | Slalom | 48.81 | 47.88 | 1:36.69 | |

Women's combined

| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | 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

| 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 | 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 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 | 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

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km C | Giachem Guidon | DNF | – |
| 15 km C | Konrad Hallenbarter | DNF | – |
| 15 km C | Andi Grünenfelder | 45:35.5 | 35 |
| 15 km C | Jürg Capol | 43:59.5 | 22 |
| 30 km C | Andi Grünenfelder | DNF | – |
| 30 km C | Jürg Capol | 1'31:35.8 | 30 |
| 30 km C | Jeremias Wigger | 1'30:47.1 | 26 |
| 30 km C | Giachem Guidon | 1'28:05.9 | 13 |
| 50 km F | Markus Fähndrich | 2'13:33.2 | 35 |
| 50 km F | Jeremias Wigger | 2'09:05.3 | 14 |
| 50 km F | Giachem Guidon | 2'09:02.2 | 13 |
| 50 km F | Andi Grünenfelder | 2'06:01.9 | |

    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Andi Grünenfelder Jürg Capol Giachem Guidon Jeremias Wigger | 1'46:16.3 | 4 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km C | Karin Thomas | 17:04.1 | 40 |
| 5 km C | Marianne Irniger | 16:37.5 | 35 |
| 5 km C | Christina Gilli-Brügger | 15:44.5 | 15 |
| 5 km C | Evi Kratzer | 15:42.8 | 14 |
| 10 km C | Marianne Irniger | 34:58.3 | 43 |
| 10 km C | Sandra Parpan | 33:02.0 | 32 |
| 10 km C | Christina Gilli-Brügger | 31:37.4 | 18 |
| 10 km C | Evi Kratzer | 31:16.7 | 11 |
| 20 km F | Marianne Irniger | 1'01:51.5 | 30 |
| 20 km F | Karin Thomas | 59:17.2 | 16 |
| 20 km F | Evi Kratzer | 58:56.1 | 14 |
| 20 km F | Christina Gilli-Brügger | 57:37.4 | 4 |

    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Women's 4 × 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Karin Thomas Sandra Parpan Evi Kratzer Christina Gilli-Brügger | 1'01:59.4 | 4 |

## Figure skating

### 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

### Group A

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

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| United States | 8–4 | Switzerland |

Team Roster

   * Jakob Kölliker

   * Patrice Brasey

   * André Künzi

   * Manuele Celio

   * Thomas Vrabec

   * Jörg Eberle

   * Peter Jaks

   * Fredy Lüthi

   * Gil Montandon

   * Fausto Mazzoleni

   * Andreas Ritsch

   * Bruno Rogger

   * Philipp Neuenschwander

   * Gaëtan Boucher

   * Felix Hollenstein

   * Roman Wäger

   * Markus Leuenberger

   * Peter Schlagenhauf

   * Urs Burkart

   * Pietro Cunti

   * Olivier Anken

   * Richard Bucher

## 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 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Points | Rank |
| Stefan Späni | Individual | 178.6 | 40 | 5:32.7 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Fredy Glanzmann | Individual | 180.1 | 37 | 5:22.7 | 45:38.8 | 376.535 | 35 |
| Andreas Schaad | Individual | 207.2 | 14 | 2:22.0 | 40:40.0 | 421.350 | 5 |
| Hippolyt Kempf | Individual | 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 | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank |
| Fredy Glanzmann Hippolyt Kempf Andreas Schaad | 571.4 | 6 | 4:52.0 | 1'20:49.4 | |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Christoph Lehmann | Normal hill | 74.0 | 76.0 | 73.0 | 74.9 | 150.9 | 56 |
| Gérard Balanche | Normal hill | 78.0 | 85.9 | 78.0 | 87.9 | 173.8 | 37 |
| Christian Hauswirth | Normal hill | 79.5 | 90.3 | 73.0 | 74.4 | 164.7 | 48 |
| Fabrice Piazzini | Normal hill | 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 | Large hill | 101.0 | 87.3 | 90.0 | 65.9 | 153.2 | 44 |
| Christian Hauswirth | Large hill | 105.0 | 94.9 | 97.0 | 82.2 | 177.1 | 27 |
| Gérard Balanche | Large hill | 105.0 | 95.4 | 94.5 | 77.2 | 172.6 | 30 |

### Men's team large hill

| Athletes | Result | Result |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | 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.
