Switzerland at the 1956 Winter Olympics
# Switzerland at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Switzerland competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Madeleine Berthod | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill |
| Gold | Renée Colliard | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom |
| Gold | Franz Kapus Gottfried Diener Robert Alt Heinrich Angst | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
| Silver | Raymond Fellay | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
| Silver | Frieda Dänzer | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill |
| Bronze | Max Angst Harry Warburton | Bobsleigh | Two-man |

## Alpine skiing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Andreas Ruedi | Downhill | | | | | DSQ | – |
| Hans Forrer | Downhill | | | | | 3:08.0 | 13 |
| Roger Staub | Downhill | | | | | 2:57.1 | 4 |
| Raymond Fellay | Downhill | | | | | 2:55.7 | |
| Raymond Fellay | Giant Slalom | | | | | 3:23.9 | 27 |
| Martin Julen | Giant Slalom | | | | | 3:18.5 | 19 |
| Roland Blaesi | Giant Slalom | | | | | 3:18.2 | 18 |
| Georges Schneider | Giant Slalom | | | | | 3:17.3 | 17 |
| Martin Julen | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| René Rey | Slalom | 1:34.1 | 19 | 1:53.6 | 4 | 3:27.7 | 10 |
| Raymond Fellay | Slalom | 1:32.8 | 13 | 1:59.3 | 12 | 3:32.1 | 11 |
| Georges Schneider | Slalom | 1:29.0 | 4 | 1:53.6 | 4 | 3:22.6 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Hedi Beeler | Downhill | | | | | 1:54.0 | 25 |
| Rosemarie Reichenbach | Downhill | | | | | 1:51.6 | 15 |
| Frieda Dänzer | Downhill | | | | | 1:45.4 | |
| Madeleine Berthod | Downhill | | | | | 1:40.7 | |
| Hedi Beeler | Giant Slalom | | | | | DSQ | – |
| Annemarie Waser | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:02.3 | 14 |
| Frieda Dänzer | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:00.9 | 11 |
| Madeleine Berthod | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:58.3 | 4 |
| Madeleine Berthod | Slalom | 1:09.7 (+0:05) | 26 | 58.7 | 4 | 2:08.3 | 17 |
| Hedi Beeler | Slalom | 1:01.9 | 20 | 1:03.2 | 18 | 2:05.1 | 15 |
| Freida Dänzer | Slalom | 59.2 | 12 | 59.7 | 9 | 1:58.9 | 10 |
| Renée Colliard | Slalom | 55.6 | 1 | 56.7 | 1 | 1:52.3 | |

## 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 | Max Angst Harry Warburton | Two-man | 1:24.71 | 5 | 1:23.81 | 5 | 1:24.27 | 4 | 1:24.67 | 4 | 5:37.46 | |
| SUI-2 | Franz Kapus Heinrich Angst | Two-man | 1:24.74 | 6 | 1:24.50 | 8 | 1:24.70 | 6 | 1:26.17 | 13 | 5:40.11 | 7 |
| 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 | Franz Kapus Gottfried Diener Robert Alt Heinrich Angst | Four-man | 1:18.00 | 4 | 1:17.19 | 1 | 1:17.09 | 1 | 1:18.16 | 1 | 5:10.44 | |
| SUI-2 | Max Angst Aby Gartmann Harry Warburton Rolf Gerber | Four-man | 1:17.41 | 1 | 1:17.85 | 2 | 1:18.68 | 5 | 1:20.33 | 9 | 5:14.27 | 4 |

## Cross-country skiing

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Erwin Hari | 55:06 | 38 |
| 15 km | Michel Rey | 55:05 | 36 |
| 15 km | Victor Kronig | 54:43 | 33 |
| 15 km | Werner Zwingli | 53:40 | 20 |
| 30 km | Armand Genoud | 2'01:05 | 41 |
| 30 km | André Huguenin | 1'58:40 | 34 |
| 30 km | Fritz Kocher | 1'55:18 | 27 |
| 30 km | Marcel Huguenin | 1'54:36 | 25 |
| 50 km | André Huguenin | 3'31:04 | 27 |
| 50 km | Alfred Kronig | 3'23:21 | 24 |
| 50 km | Fritz Zurbuchen | 3'19:42 | 19 |
| 50 km | Christian Wenger | 3'17:49 | 18 |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Werner Zwingli Victor Kronig Fritz Kocher Marcel Huguenin | 2'24:30 | 7 |

## Figure skating

### Men

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hans Müller | 12 | 12 | 135.28 | 112 | 12 |
| François Pache | 11 | 10 | 139.39 | 95 | 11 |

### Women

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alice Fischer | 18 | 20 | 137.69 | 203 | 18 |
| Karin Borner | 15 | 16 | 141.69 | 171 | 16 |

## Ice hockey

### Group C

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 |

* Sweden 6-5 Switzerland
* USSR 10-3 Switzerland

### Games for 7th-10th places

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 2 |
| 10 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 0 |

* Switzerland 7-4 Austria
* Poland 6-2 Switzerland
* Italy 8-3 Switzerland
* Contestants Christian Conrad Martin Riesen Kurt Peter Georg Riesch Émile Golaz Rudolf Keller Sepp Weingärtner Paul Hofer Hans Ott Franz Berry Hans Pappa Fritz Naef Emil Handschin Bernhard Bagnoud Walter Keller Rätus Frei Otto Schläpfer

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Francis Perret | Normal hill | 66.0 | 86.0 | 42 | 64.0 | 82.5 | 45 | 168.5 | 45 |
| Conrad Rochat | Normal hill | 68.5 | 89.5 | 40 | 68.5 | 87.5 | 41 | 177.0 | 40 |
| Andreas Däscher | Normal hill | 82.0 | 108.0 | 6 | 82.0 | 111.5 | 2 | 219.5 | 6 |

## Speed skating

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Erich Kull | 44.3 | 40 |
| 1500 m | Erich Kull | 2:21.7 | 46 |
| 1500 m | Jürg Rohrbach | 2:21.7 | 46 |
| 5000 m | Jürg Rohrbach | 8:39.5 | 39 |
