Switzerland at the 1968 Winter Olympics
# Switzerland at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Switzerland competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Silver | Willy Favre | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
| Silver | Alois Kälin | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
| Bronze | Jean-Daniel Dätwyler | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
| Bronze | Fernande Bochatay | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom |
| Bronze | Jean Wicki Hans Candrian Willi Hofmann Walter Graf | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
| Bronze | Josef Haas | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |

## Alpine skiing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Dumeng Giovanoli | Downhill | | | | | 2:02.98 | 16 |
| Jos Minsch | Downhill | | | | | 2:02.76 | 14 |
| Edy Bruggmann | Downhill | | | | | 2:02.36 | 10 |
| Jean-Daniel Dätwyler | Downhill | | | | | 2:00.32 | |
| Stefan Kälin | Giant Slalom | 1:48.98 | 29 | 1:51.44 | 31 | 3:40.42 | 28 |
| Dumeng Giovanoli | Giant Slalom | 1:46.13 | 11 | 1:47.42 | 6 | 3:33.55 | 7 |
| Edy Bruggmann | Giant Slalom | 1:46.00 | 10 | 1:48.91 | 11 | 3:34.91 | 12 |
| Willy Favre | Giant Slalom | 1:43.94 | 2 | 1:47.56 | 7 | 3:31.50 | |

### Men's slalom

| Athlete | Heat 1 | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Heat 2 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Andreas Sprecher | 54.78 | 3 | 52.99 | 1 QF | 51.91 | 24 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Willy Favre | 53.65 | 1 QF | – | – | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Peter Frei | 55.66 | 2 QF | – | – | 50.04 | 12 | 51.94 | 15 | 1:41.98 | 10 |
| Dumeng Giovanoli | 51.14 | 1 QF | – | – | 49.89 | 6 | 50.33 | 3 | 1:40.22 | 4 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Vreni Inäbnit | Downhill | | | | | 1:45.16 | 18 |
| Madeleine Wuilloud | Downhill | | | | | 1:44.49 | 16 |
| Annerösli Zryd | Downhill | | | | | 1:43.76 | 11 |
| Fernande Bochatay | Downhill | | | | | 1:42.87 | 7 |
| Madeleine Wuilloud | Giant Slalom | | | | | DNF | – |
| Vreni Inäbnit | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:58.50 | 19 |
| Annerösli Zryd | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:57.60 | 13 |
| Fernande Bochatay | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:54.74 | |
| Fernande Bochatay | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Vreni Inäbnit | Slalom | 45.45 | 21 | 49.73 | 16 | 1:35.18 | 17 |
| Madeleine Wuilloud | Slalom | 44.86 | 19 | 48.41 | 12 | 1:33.27 | 13 |
| Annerösli Zryd | Slalom | 42.97 | 11 | 48.44 | 13 | 1:31.41 | 11 |

## 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 | Jean Wicki Hans Candrian | Two-man | 1:10.60 | 4 | 1:11.72 | 7 | 1:12.01 | 10 | 1:12.65 | 13 | 4:46.98 | 9 |
| SUI-2 | René Stadler Max Forster | Two-man | 1:11.60 | 10 | 1:12.74 | 15 | 1:12.36 | 12 | 1:12.46 | 11 | 4:49.16 | 10 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| SUI-1 | Jean Wicki Hans Candrian Willi Hofmann Walter Graf | Four-man | 1:10.65 | 7 | 1:07.39 | 1 | 2:18.04 | |
| SUI-2 | René Stadler Hansruedi Müller Robert Zimmermann Ernst Schmidt | Four-man | 1:11.02 | 10 | 1:08.81 | 13 | 2:19.83 | 12 |

## Cross-country skiing

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Konrad Hischier | 52:06.4 | 35 |
| 15 km | Albert Giger | 51:26.6 | 30 |
| 15 km | Flury Koch | 50:37.2 | 19 |
| 15 km | Josef Haas | 50:34.8 | 18 |
| 30 km | Fritz Stuessi | 1'43:57.8 | 35 |
| 30 km | Florian Koch | 1'43:06.9 | 32 |
| 30 km | Konrad Hischier | 1'42:26.1 | 30 |
| 30 km | Denis Mast | 1'41:58.8 | 28 |
| 50 km | Denis Mast | DNF | – |
| 50 km | Franz Kälin | 2'44:29.7 | 37 |
| 50 km | Alois Kälin | 2'36:40.8 | 23 |
| 50 km | Josef Haas | 2'29:14.8 | |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Konrad Hischier Josef Haas Flury Koch Alois Kälin | 2'15:32.4 | 5 |

## Figure skating

### Women

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Charlotte Walter | 21 | 26 | 1571.5 | 202.5 | 22 |

## Nordic combined

Events:

* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing

| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Alois Kälin | Individual | 71.0 | 69.5 | 193.2 | 24 | 47:21.5 | 254.79 | 1 | 447.99 | |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Josef Zehnder | Normal hill | 73.5 | 65.4 | 67.5 (fall) | 88.8 | 154.2 | 52 |
| Josef Zehnder | Large hill | 84.0 | 81.5 | 79.5 | 71.7 | 153.2 | 47 |

## Speed skating

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Hansruedi Widmer | 43.7 | 44 |
| 500 m | Ruedi Uster | 43.6 | 43 |
| 1500 m | Franz Krienbühl | 2:16.3 | 48 |
| 1500 m | Hansruedi Widmer | 2:16.1 | 47 |
| 5000 m | Ruedi Uster | 8:12.2 | 35 |
| 5000 m | Franz Krienbühl | 8:08.9 | 34 |
