Switzerland at the 1994 Winter Olympics
# Switzerland at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Switzerland competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Gustav Weder Donat Acklin | Bobsleigh | Two-man | 20 February |
| Gold | Andreas Schönbächler | Freestyle skiing | Men's aerials | 24 February |
| Gold | Vreni Schneider | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom | 26 February |
| Silver | Reto Götschi Guido Acklin | Bobsleigh | Two-man | 20 February |
| Silver | Vreni Schneider | Alpine skiing | Women's combined | 21 February |
| Silver | Urs Kälin | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom | 23 February |
| Silver | Gustav Weder Donat Acklin Kurt Meier Domenico Semeraro | Bobsleigh | Four-man | 27 February |
| Bronze | Jean-Yves Cuendet Hippolyt Kempf Andreas Schaad | Nordic combined | Team | 24 February |
| Bronze | Vreni Schneider | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom | 24 February |

## Competitors

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

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Alpine skiing | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| Biathlon | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobsleigh | 10 | – | 10 |
| Cross-country skiing | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Figure skating | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Freestyle skiing | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Luge | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
| Ski jumping | 2 | – | 2 |
| Speed skating | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 40 | 19 | 59 |

## Alpine skiing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Franz Heinzer | Downhill | | | DNF | – |
| Franco Cavegn | Downhill | | | 1:47.15 | 23 |
| William Besse | Downhill | | | 1:46.76 | 16 |
| Daniel Mahrer | Downhill | | | 1:46.55 | 14 |
| William Besse | Super-G | | | DNF | – |
| Daniel Mahrer | Super-G | | | DNF | – |
| Paul Accola | Super-G | | | 1:34.37 | 14 |
| Marco Hangl | Super-G | | | 1:33.75 | 10 |
| Steve Locher | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Michael von Grünigen | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Paul Accola | Giant Slalom | 1:30.21 | 1:24.75 | 2:54.96 | 19 |
| Urs Kälin | Giant Slalom | 1:28.70 | 1:23.78 | 2:52.48 | |
| Paul Accola | Slalom | 1:04.45 | 1:03.11 | 2:07.56 | 17 |
| Michael von Grünigen | Slalom | 1:03.94 | 1:01.94 | 2:05.88 | 15 |
| Andrea Zinsli | Slalom | 1:02.87 | 1:02.07 | 2:04.94 | 11 |
| Patrick Staub | Slalom | 1:02.46 | 1:01.73 | 2:04.19 | 9 |

Men's combined

| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total time | Rank |
| Paul Accola | 1:39.41 | 50.75 | 49.28 | 3:19.44 | 6 |
| Steve Locher | 1:39.34 | 52.57 | 49.30 | 3:21.21 | 12 |
| Marcel Sulliger | 1:39.30 | 53.61 | 51.09 | 3:24.00 | 17 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Vreni Schneider | Downhill | | | 1:39.35 | 33 |
| Heidi Zeller-Bähler | Downhill | | | 1:38.78 | 28 |
| Heidi Zurbriggen | Downhill | | | 1:38.46 | 22 |
| Chantal Bournissen | Super-G | | | DNF | – |
| Heidi Zurbriggen | Super-G | | | DNF | – |
| Heidi Zeller-Bähler | Super-G | | | 1:23.53 | 16 |
| Karin Roten | Giant Slalom | 1:23.22 | 1:13.33 | 2:36.55 | 16 |
| Heidi Zeller-Bähler | Giant Slalom | 1:23.14 | 1:12.00 | 2:35.14 | 9 |
| Corinne Rey-Bellet | Giant Slalom | 1:21.71 | DNF | – | – |
| Vreni Schneider | Giant Slalom | 1:21.29 | 1:11.68 | 2:32.97 | |
| Christine von Grünigen | Slalom | 1:00.76 | 57.10 | 1:57.86 | 6 |
| Martina Accola | Slalom | 1:00.45 | 59.58 | 2:00.03 | 17 |
| Vreni Schneider | Slalom | 59.68 | 56.33 | 1:56.01 | |
| Gabi Zingre | Slalom | 59.62 | 58.18 | 1:57.80 | 5 |

Women's combined

| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total time | Rank |
| vreni Schneider | 1:28.91 | 49.75 | 46.63 | 3:05.29 | |

## Biathlon

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 km Sprint | Daniel Hediger | 8 | 33:05.6 | 63 |
| 10 km Sprint | Jean-Marc Chabloz | 3 | 32:35.6 | 60 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Jean-Marc Chabloz | 58:27.9 | 4 | 1'02:27.9 | 45 |
| 20 km | Hanspeter Knobel | 1'00:42.8 | 1 | 1'01:42.8 | 33 |

    $^1$ 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 | 52.33 | 1 | 52.91 | 3 | 52.72 | 2 | 52.85 | 1 | 3:30.81 | |
| SUI-2 | Reto Götschi Guido Acklin | Two-man | 52.38 | 2 | 52.76 | 1 | 52.79 | 4 | 52.93 | 3 | 3:30.86 | |
| 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 Kurt Meier Domenico Semeraro | Four-man | 51.80 | 4 | 51.87 | 1 | 52.04 | 1 | 52.13 | 1 | 3:27.84 | |
| SUI-2 | Christian Meili René Schmidheiny Gerold Löffler Christian Reich | Four-man | 51.98 | 7 | 52.16 | 5 | 52.58 | 15 | 52.61 | 14 | 3:29.33 | 7 |

## Cross-country skiing

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 10 km C | Wilhelm Aschwanden | 27:27.2 | 60 |
| 10 km C | Giachem Guidon | 27:09.1 | 48 |
| 10 km C | Hans Diethelm | 27:03.1 | 46 |
| 10 km C | Jeremias Wigger | 25:55.4 | 22 |
| 15 km $pursuit^1$ F | Wilhelm Aschwanden | 43:57.4 | 56 |
| 15 km $pursuit^1$ F | Hans Diethelm | 41:12.4 | 30 |
| 15 km $pursuit^1$ F | Jeremias Wigger | 38:47.9 | 13 |
| 30 km F | Jürg Capol | 1'22:59.9 | 49 |
| 30 km F | Giachem Guidon | 1'22:21.0 | 46 |
| 50 km C | Giachem Guidon | DNF | – |
| 50 km C | Jürg Capol | 2'21:48.3 | 44 |
| 50 km C | Hans Diethelm | 2'21:01.8 | 41 |
| 50 km C | Jeremias Wigger | 2'13:40.2 | 16 |

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

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Jeremias Wigger Hans Diethelm Jürg Capol Giachem Guidon | 1'47:12.2 | 7 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km C | Jasmin Baumann | 17:00.3 | 60 |
| 5 km C | Silke Braun-Schwager | 16:11.2 | 42 |
| 5 km C | Barbara Mettler | 15:59.6 | 37 |
| 5 km C | Sylvia Honegger | 15:21.7 | 20 |
| 10 km $pursuit^2$ F | Jasmin Baumann | 35:01.2 | 51 |
| 10 km $pursuit^2$ F | Silke Braun-Schwager | 33:10.1 | 39 |
| 10 km $pursuit^2$ F | Barbara Mettler | 31:08.3 | 23 |
| 10 km $pursuit^2$ F | Sylvia Honegger | 29:30.9 | 11 |
| 15 km F | Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan | 46:11.9 | 38 |
| 15 km F | Barbara Mettler | 45:26.9 | 30 |
| 15 km F | Sylvia Honegger | 44:41.9 | 21 |
| 30 km C | Barbara Mettler | 1'36:40.8 | 41 |
| 30 km C | Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan | 1'34:55.3 | 37 |
| 30 km C | Silke Braun-Schwager | 1'34:07.4 | 33 |
| 30 km C | Sylvia Honegger | 1'31:11.6 | 19 |

    $^2$ 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 Silke Braun-Schwager Barbara Mettler Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan | 1'00:05.1 | 5 |

## Figure skating

### Women

| Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Nathalie Krieg | 15 | 17 | 24.5 | 16 |

## Freestyle skiing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank |
| Jürg Biner | Moguls | 24.19 | 24.30 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Herbert Kolly | Aerials | | 129.10 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Andreas Schönbächler | Aerials | | 196.53 | 10 Q | | 234.67 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank |
| Sandrine Vaucher | Moguls | 32.45 | 21.99 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Colette Brand | Aerials | | 140.42 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Maja Schmid | Aerials | | 149.08 | 7 Q | | 156.90 | 4 |

## Luge

### Men

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Reto Gilly | 52.740 | 31 | 52.555 | 29 | 52.696 | 30 | 52.436 | 28 | 3:30.427 | 29 |

## Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:

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

| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Markus Wüst | Individual | 167.5 | 46 | 52:26.7 | 46 |
| Andreas Schaad | Individual | 198.0 | 20 | 45:04.1 | 15 |
| Hippolyt Kempf | Individual | 216.5 | 9 | 42:53.2 | 6 |
| Jean-Yves Cuendet | Individual | 222.0 | 7 | 43:03.5 | 7 |

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

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

| Athletes | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Points | Rank | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Jean-Yves Cuendet Andreas Schaad Hippolyt Kempf | 643.5 | 3 | 1'30:39.9 | |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Martin Trunz | Normal hill | 88.5 | 112.5 | 68.5 | 62.5 | 175.0 | 40 |
| Sylvain Freiholz | Normal hill | 94.0 | 121.5 | 79.5 | 91.5 | 213.0 | 25 |
| Martin Trunz | Large hill | 77.0 | 27.6 | 89.0 | 56.7 | 84.3 | 51 |
| Sylvain Freiholz | Large hill | 97.0 | 72.6 | 91.5 | 61.7 | 134.3 | 36 |

## Speed skating

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5000 m | Martin Feigenwinter | 7:02.12 | 28 |
