Switzerland at the 1964 Winter Olympics
# Switzerland at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Switzerland competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

None of the 72 athletes won a medal. It was the first and only time (as of Pyeongchang 2018) that Switzerland didn't win a single medal at Winter Olympics.

## Alpine skiing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Georg Grünenfelder | Downhill | 2:22.69 | 18 |
| Dumeng Giovanoli | Downhill | 2:21.16 | 13 |
| Willy Favre | Downhill | 2:20.23 | 8 |
| Jos Minsch | Downhill | 2:19.54 | 4 |
| Edy Bruggmann | Giant Slalom | 1:55.30 | 19 |
| Beat von Allmen | Giant Slalom | 1:54.05 | 14 |
| Jos Minsch | Giant Slalom | 1:50.61 | 9 |
| Willy Favre | Giant Slalom | 1:48.69 | 4 |

### Men's slalom

| Athlete | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Jos Minsch | 54.95 | 22 QF | – | – | 1:15.07 | 23 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Willy Favre | 54.29 | 15 QF | – | – | 1:13.63 | 12 | 1:04.59 | 17 | 2:18.22 | 14 |
| Stefan Kälin | 53.93 | 12 QF | – | – | 1:13.92 | 15 | 1:02.12 | 9 | 2:16.04 | 10 |
| Adolf Mathis | 53.41 | 6 QF | – | – | 1:10.77 | 5 | 1:02.22 | 10 | 2:12.99 | 6 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ruth Adolf | Downhill | | | | | 2:02.59 | 20 |
| Theres Obrecht | Downhill | | | | | 2:02.41 | 19 |
| Heidi Obrecht | Downhill | | | | | 2:02.23 | 17 |
| Françoise Gay | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:57.21 | 15 |
| Ruth Adolf | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:55.83 | 12 |
| Theres Obrecht | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:54.91 | 11 |
| Fernande Bochatay | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:54.59 | 9 |
| Fernande Bochatay | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Theres Obrecht | Slalom | 1:02.56 | 32 | 51.53 | 14 | 1:54.09 | 25 |
| Heidi Obrecht | Slalom | 47.37 | 15 | 51.96 | 16 | 1:39.33 | 14 |
| Françoise Gay | Slalom | 45.78 | 8 | 53.22 | 18 | 1:39.00 | 13 |

## Biathlon

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^1$ | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 km | Peter Gerig | 1'30:32.5 | 16 | 2'02:32.5 | 48 |
| 20 km | Willy Junod | 1'28:00.7 | 13 | 1'54:00.7 | 47 |
| 20 km | Erich Schönbächler | 1'29:59.5 | 12 | 1'53:59.5 | 46 |
| 20 km | Marcel Vogel | 1'29:14.1 | 12 | 1'53:14.1 | 45 |

    $^1$ Two minutes added per miss.

## 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 Zoller Robert Zimmermann | Two-man | 1:06.97 | 12 | 1:06.20 | 6 | 1:07.60 | 16 | 1:07.38 | 13 | 4:28.15 | 10 |
| SUI-2 | Herbert Kiesel Oskar Lory | Two-man | 1:07.33 | 14 | 1:07.70 | 14 | 1:07.92 | 17 | 1:08.25 | 16 | 4:31.20 | 17 |
| 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 Zoller Hans Kleinpeter Fritz Lüdi Robert Zimmermann | Four-man | 1:04.83 | 16 | 1:04.52 | 12 | 1:04.97 | 11 | 1:04.73 | 9 | 4:19.05 | 10 |
| SUI-2 | Herbert Kiesel Bernhard Wild Hansruedi Beugger Oskar Lory | Four-man | 1:04.33 | 9 | 1:04.54 | 13 | 1:04.65 | 10 | 1:04.60 | 8 | 4:18.12 | 8 |

## Cross-country skiing

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Konrad Hischier | 56:42.3 | 40 |
| 15 km | Franz Kälin | 55:50.3 | 32 |
| 15 km | Hans-Sigfrid Oberer | 55:47.9 | 31 |
| 15 km | Hans Ammann | 55:44.9 | 29 |
| 30 km | Alphonse Baume | 1'42:41.8 | 43 |
| 30 km | Georges Dubois | 1'42:26.8 | 39 |
| 30 km | Hans Ammann | 1'39:55.7 | 28 |
| 30 km | Konrad Hischier | 1'39:43.6 | 27 |
| 50 km | Georges Dubois | 3'07:21.8 | 31 |
| 50 km | Franz Kälin | 3'06:09.3 | 29 |
| 50 km | Alphonse Baume | 3'03:49.1 | 26 |
| 50 km | Alois Kälin | 2'56:30.5 | 20 |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Konrad Hischier Alois Kälin Franz Kälin Hans Sigfrid Oberer | 2'31:52.8 | 9 |

## Figure skating

### Men

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Peter Grütter | 24 | 20 | 1517.2 | 208 | 24 |
| Markus Germann | 20 | 23 | 1578.0 | 186 | 19 |

### Women

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Monika Zingg | 28 | 28 | 1568.9 | 248 | 27 |

### Pairs

| Athletes | Points | Places | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Monique Mathys Yves Ällig | 81.5 | 147.5 | 17 |
| Gerda Johner Rüdi Johner | 95.4 | 56 | 6 |

## Ice hockey

### First round

Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st-8th places. Teams, which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th-16th places.

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Switzerland | 5–1 | Norway |

### Medal round

First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Sweden | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 16 | 10 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 19 | 10 |
| 4 | Canada | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 17 | 10 |
| 5 | United States | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 33 | 4 |
| 6 | Finland | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 4 |
| 7 | Germany | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 49 | 4 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 57 | 0 |

* Canada 8-0 Switzerland
* Finland 4-0 Switzerland
* USSR 15-0 Switzerland
* Czechoslovakia 5-1 Switzerland
* Sweden 12-0 Switzerland
* Germany (UTG) 6-5 Switzerland
* USA 7-3 Switzerland
* Contestants Franz Berry Roger Chappot Rolf Diethelm Elvin Friedrich Gaston Furrer Oskar Jenni René Kiener Pio Parolini Kurt Pfammatter Gérard Rigolet Max Rüegg Walter Salzmann Herold Truffer Peter Wespi Otto Wittwer Jürg Zimmermann Peter Stammbach

## 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 |
| Ulrich Jucker | 1:03.81 | 32 | 55.92 | 23 | 57.41 | 25 | 58.10 | 26 | 3:55.24 | 26 |
| Jean-Pierre Gottschall | 1:03.05 | 29 | 1:04.82 | 30 | 1:01.85 | 28 | 1:22.36 | 31 | 4:32.08 | 31 |
| Arnold Gartmann | 55.17 | 19 | 55.27 | 18 | 55.74 | 22 | 55.97 | 22 | 3:42.15 | 20 |
| Emil Egli | 55.01 | 18 | 56.24 | 24 | 54.80 | 16 | 55.51 | 20 | 3:41.56 | 18 |

(Men's) Doubles

| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Beat Häsler Arnold Gartmann | 53.78 | 11 | 51.31 | 9 | 1:47.09 | 9 |
| Emil Egli Hansruedi Roth | 54.88 | 12 | 55.20 | 10 | 1:50.08 | 11 |

### Women

| 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 |
| Monika Lücker | 55.35 | 14 | DNF | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Elisabeth Nagele | 55.28 | 13 | 55.10 | 10 | 57.61 | 13 | 55.30 | 11 | 3:43.29 | 12 |
| Ursula Amstein | 54.25 | 10 | 56.58 | 11 | 55.90 | 12 | 56.08 | 13 | 3:42.81 | 11 |

## 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 | 59.0 | 54.0 | 159.9 | 28 | 49:12.8 | 253.33 | 1 | 413.23 | 12 |

## Ski jumping

Athletes performed three jumps, the best two were counted and are shown here.

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Josef Zehnder | Normal hill | 69.0 | 88.1 | 66.0 | 83.6 | 171.7 | 51 |
| Ueli Scheidegger | Normal hill | 72.0 | 89.4 | 68.5 | 87.0 | 176.4 | 48 |
| Heribert Schmid | Normal hill | 76.5 | 99.7 | 74.0 | 100.4 | 200.1 | 25 |
| Josef Zehnder | Large hill | 80.0 | 88.9 | 68.0 | 83.4 | 172.3 | 48 |
| Ueli Scheidegger | Large hill | 70.0 | 78.9 | 65.0 | 75.4 | 154.3 | 51 |
| Heribert Schmid | Large hill | 78.0 | 84.9 | 78.5 | 90.1 | 175.0 | 46 |

## Speed skating

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Jean-Pierre Guéron | 44.9 | 43 |
| 1500 m | Jean-Pierre Guéron | 2:32.3 | 53 |
| 1500 m | Ruedi Uster | 2:23.4 | 44 |
| 5000 m | Peter Büttner | 8:45.5 | 40 |
| 5000 m | Ruedi Uster | 8:24.8 | 32 |
| 10,000 m | Ruedi Uster | 17:23.4 | 29 |
