Switzerland at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of Switzerland
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Pyeongchang, South Korea 9–25 February 2018
Competitors	166 (97 men and 71 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearers	Dario Cologna (opening)[1] Ramon Zenhäusern (closing)
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 5 Silver 6 Bronze 4 Total 15
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Switzerland competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 166 competitors in 14 sports. They won 15 medals in total (five gold, six silver and four bronze), ranking 7th in the medal table.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Dario Cologna	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 kilometre freestyle	February 16
Gold	Sarah Höfflin	Freestyle skiing	Women's slopestyle	February 17
Gold	Michelle Gisin	Alpine skiing	Women's combined	February 22
Gold	Wendy Holdener Denise Feierabend Luca Aerni Daniel Yule Ramon Zenhäusern	Alpine skiing	Mixed Team	February 24
Gold	Nevin Galmarini	Snowboarding	Men's parallel giant slalom	February 24
Silver	Jenny Perret Martin Rios	Curling	Mixed doubles	February 13
Silver	Beat Feuz	Alpine skiing	Men's super G	February 16
Silver	Wendy Holdener	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom	February 16
Silver	Mathilde Gremaud	Freestyle skiing	Women's slopestyle	February 17
Silver	Marc Bischofberger	Freestyle skiing	Men's ski cross	February 21
Silver	Ramon Zenhäusern	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom	February 22
Bronze	Beat Feuz	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill	February 15
Bronze	Wendy Holdener	Alpine skiing	Women's combined	February 22
Bronze	Fanny Smith	Freestyle skiing	Women's ski cross	February 23
Bronze	Benoît Schwarz Claudio Pätz Peter de Cruz Valentin Tanner Dominik Märki	Curling	Men's	February 23

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	13	8	21
Biathlon	5	5	10
Bobsleigh	8	2	10
Cross-country skiing	8	4	12
Curling	6	5*	11
Figure skating	0	1	1
Freestyle skiing	15	7	22
Ice hockey	25	23	48
Luge	0	1	1
Nordic combined	1	0	1
Snowboarding	12	12	24
Skeleton	0	1	1
Ski jumping	2	0	2
Speed skating	1	1	2
Total	96	70*	166

• Curler Jenny Perret will compete in both women's and mixed doubles events.

According to the quota allocation system determined by the FIS, Switzerland were allocated the maximum allowance of a team of 22 athletes. Also, according to their ranking in the 2018 World Cup Nations cup rankings, Switzerland entered the new Mixed Team Event as the number 2 seeds.^[2] The Swiss Olympic Association announced their selections on 29 January 2018.^[3] The day before the opening ceremony it was announced that Mélanie Meillard would have to fly home and miss the Olympics after sustaining a knee injury in training.^[4] Both Patrick Küng and Joana Hählen were selected to the team, but did not take part in any race.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Luca Aerni	Combined	1:21.34	25	48.18	11	2:09.52	11
	Giant slalom	1:11.40	26	1:10.22	7	2:21.62	19
	Slalom	DNF
Gino Caviezel	Giant slalom	1:09.99	13	1:11.26	24	2:21.25	15
Mauro Caviezel	Downhill	—				1:41.86	13
	Super-G	—				DNF
	Combined	1:20.47	11	49.13	18	2:09.60	12
Beat Feuz	Downhill	—				1:40.43
	Super-G	—				1:24.57
Marc Gisin	Downhill	—				1:42.82	21
Carlo Janka	Combined	1:20.58	14	49.22	20	2:09.80	15
Loïc Meillard	Giant slalom	1:09.77	12	1:10.68	17	2:20.45	9
	Slalom	49.63	19	50.69	3	1:40.32	14
Justin Murisier	Combined	1:21.58	30	DNF
	Giant slalom	DNF
Gilles Roulin	Downhill	—				1:43.88	33
	Super-G	—				1:26.20	21
Thomas Tumler	Super-G	—				1:26.52	26
Daniel Yule	Slalom	48.88	11	51.24	13	1:40.12	8
Ramon Zenhäusern		48.66	9	50.67	2	1:39.33

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Denise Feierabend	Combined	1:43.04	17	40.90	5	2:23.94	9
	Slalom	51.93	24	49.80	6	1:41.73	14
Jasmine Flury	Downhill	—				DNF
	Super-G	—				1:23.30	27
Michelle Gisin	Downhill	—				1:40.55	8
	Super-G	—				1:21.57	9
	Combined	1:40.14	3	40.76	4	2:20.90
	Slalom	51.43	18	50.42	12	1:41.85	16
Lara Gut	Downhill	—				DNF
	Super-G	—				1:21.23	4
	Giant slalom	DNF
Wendy Holdener	Combined	1:42.11	10	40.23	1	2:22.34
	Giant slalom	1:11.92	13	1:09.35	6	2:29.27	9
	Slalom	48.89	1	49.79	5	1:38.68
Corinne Suter	Downhill	—				1:40.29	6
	Super-G	—				1:22.24	17
Simone Wild	Giant slalom	1:13.52	22	1:13.23	33	2:26.75	28

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wendy Holdener Denise Feierabend Luca Aerni Daniel Yule Ramon Zenhäusern	Team	Hungary (HUN) W 4–0	Germany (GER) W 2*–2	France (FRA) W 3–1	Austria (AUT) W 3–1

Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Switzerland has qualified a team of 5 men and 5 women.^[5][6] The Swiss Olympic Association announced the team for the Biathlon on 23 January 2018.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Mario Dolder	Sprint	25:54.8	5 (3+2)	64
	Individual	52:46.5	3 (0+1+0+2)	49
Jeremy Finello	Sprint	25:54.7	3 (2+1)	63
	Individual	52:37.5	3 (0+1+0+2)	47
Benjamin Weger	Sprint	24:15.5	1 (0+1)	15
	Pursuit	33:54.8	2 (1+0+0+1)	6
	Individual	48:52.4	1 (1+0+0+0)	6
	Mass start	38:10.5	5 (2+2+1+0)	27
Serafin Wiestner	Sprint	24:02.3	1 (0+1)	9
	Pursuit	36:37.0	6 (0+1+3+2)	28
	Mass start	38:00.9	3 (2+1+0+0)	24
Mario Dolder Jeremy Finello Benjamin Weger Serafin Wiestner	Team relay	1:23:06.1	24 (10+14)	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Irene Cadurisch	Sprint	21:51.7	1 (1+0)	8
	Pursuit	32:52.8	4 (0+0+3+1)	16
	Mass start	39:44.7	4 (2+1+1+0)	28
Aita Gasparin	Individual	48:26.2	5 (1+2+1+1)	68
Elisa Gasparin	Sprint	22:52.4	2 (0+2)	31
	Pursuit	34:11.2	5 (2+2+1+0)	35
	Individual	43:22.4	1 (1+0+0+0)	8
	Mass start	39:21.0	5 (0+2+1+2)	27
Selina Gasparin	Sprint	23:18.4	4 (3+1)	41
	Pursuit	34:40.2	5 (2+2+1+0)	39
	Individual	48:07.4	5 (1+0+2+2)	65
Lena Häcki	Sprint	22:39.7	3 (1+2)	26
	Pursuit	32:16.8	3 (1+1+1+0)	8
	Individual	45:22.5	4 (1+2+1+0)	34
	Mass start	38:22.3	4 (1+2+0+1)	23
Irene Cadurisch Elisa Gasparin Selina Gasparin Lena Häcki	Team relay	1:12:46.9	16 (8+8)	6

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Elisa Gasparin Lena Häcki Benjamin Weger Serafin Wiestner	Team relay	1:11:31.4	1 (1+13)	13

Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, Switzerland has qualified 5 sleds.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Clemens Bracher* Michael Kuonen	Two-man	49.73	17	49.90	10	49.64	16	49.56	10	3:18.83	16
Rico Peter* Simon Friedli		49.72	16	49.53	5	49.52	10	49.49	9	3:18.26	11
Clemens Bracher* Alain Knuser Martin Meier Fabio Badraun	Four-man	49.06	9	49.54	=15	49.59	16	49.72	14	3:17.91	14
Rico Peter* Thomas Amrhein Simon Friedli Michael Kuonen		49.05	8	49.16	=2	48.87	2	49.51	1	3:16.59	4
Sabina Hafner* Rahel Rebsamen	Two-woman	50.86	8	51.16	10	51.07	9	51.21	9	3:24.30	9

• Alex Baumann and Eveline Rebsamen (replacement athletes)

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

In line with the quota allocation system published by the FIS,^[12] the Swiss Olympic Association announced its selection of a team of 13 athletes in total on January 26, 2018.^[13] On January 29, the Olympic Association announced that for health reasons, Jason Rüesch would be unable to compete in the games, and there would be no replacement named to the team.^[14]

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Jonas Baumann	30 km skiathlon	42:25.7	38	37:20.1	35	1:20:13.4	+3:53.4	39
Dario Cologna	15 km freestyle	—				33:43.9	+0.0
	30 km skiathlon	40:30.9	3	35:41.9	12	1:16:45.1	+25.1	6
	50 km classical	—				2:12:43.2	+4:21.1	9
Roman Furger	15 km freestyle	—				34:56.3	+1:12.4	12
Toni Livers	15 km freestyle	—				36:14.5	+2:30.6	34
	30 km skiathlon	42:36.1	42	37:00.08	33	1:20:13.4	+3:53.4	40
Candide Pralong	15 km freestyle	—				36:47.7	+3:03.8	50
	30 km skiathlon	42:26.0	39	36:26.2	21	1:19:15.6	+2:55.6	31
	50 km classical	—				2:18:41.5	+10:19.4	31
Ueli Schnider	50 km classical	—				2:23:17.3	+14:55.2	45
Jonas Baumann Dario Cologna Roman Furger Toni Livers	4 × 10 km relay	—				1:38:01.4	+4:56.5	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Nadine Fähndrich	15 km skiathlon	22:35.8	23	21:14.6	45	43:50.4	+3:05.5	27
Lydia Hiernickel	10 km freestyle	—				28:33.4	+3:32.9	49
Nathalie von Siebenthal	10 km freestyle	—				25:50.3	+49.8	6
	15 km skiathlon	21:57.4	10	19:05.1	6	41:02.5	+17.6	6
	30 km classical	—				1:31:27.9	+9:10.3	22
Nadine Fähndrich Lydia Hiernickel Laurien van der Graaff Nathalie von Siebenthal	4 × 5 km relay	—				53:15.8	+1:51.5	7

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jovian Hediger	Men's sprint	3:15.86	17 Q	3:14.25	4	Did not advance
Erwan Käser		3:22.48	50	Did not advance
Ueli Schnider		3:19.47	39	Did not advance
Dario Cologna Roman Furger	Men's team sprint	—				16:10.52	6	Did not advance
Nadine Fähndrich	Women's sprint	3:19.42	20 Q	3:14.82	4	Did not advance
Laurien van der Graaff		3:19.62	21 Q	3:12.10	2 Q	3:15.65	5	Did not advance
Nadine Fähndrich Laurien van der Graaff	Women's team sprint	—				16:39.83	2 Q	16:17.79	4

Switzerland will compete in all three events, including the debuting mixed doubles event.

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage										Tiebreaker	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Benoît Schwarz Claudio Pätz Peter de Cruz Valentin Tanner Dominik Märki	Men's tournament	GBR L 5–6	ITA L 4–7	DEN W 9–7	JPN W 6–5	NOR W 7–5	CAN W 8–6	SWE W 10–3	KOR L 7–8	USA L 4–8	4 TB	GBR W 9–5	SWE L 3–9	CAN W 7–5
Silvana Tirinzoni Manuela Siegrist Esther Neuenschwander Marlene Albrecht Jenny Perret	Women's tournament	CHN L 2–7	USA W 6–5	KOR L 5–7	SWE L 7–8	CAN L 8–10	OAR W 11–2	GBR L 7–8	DEN W 6–4	JPN W 8–4	7	Did not advance
Jenny Perret Martin Rios	Mixed doubles	CHN W 7–5	FIN W 7–6	USA W 9–4	NOR L 5–6	CAN L 2–7	KOR W 6–4	OAR W 9–8	—		2 Q	BYE	OAR W 7–5	CAN L 3–10

Switzerland has qualified a men's team by earning enough points in the last two World Curling Championships.^[15]

Final round robin standings

Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	Qualification
Sweden	Niklas Edin	9	7	2	62	43	34	28	13	8	87%	Playoffs
Canada	Kevin Koe	9	6	3	56	46	36	34	14	8	87%
United States	John Shuster	9	5	4	67	63	37	39	4	6	80%
Great Britain	Kyle Smith	9	5	4	55	60	40	37	8	7	82%	Tiebreaker
Switzerland	Peter de Cruz	9	5	4	60	55	39	37	10	6	83%
Norway	Thomas Ulsrud	9	4	5	52	56	34	39	7	8	82%
South Korea	Kim Chang-min	9	4	5	65	63	39	39	8	8	82%
Japan	Yusuke Morozumi	9	4	5	48	56	33	35	13	5	81%
Italy	Joël Retornaz	9	3	6	50	56	37	38	15	7	81%
Denmark	Rasmus Stjerne	9	2	7	53	70	36	39	12	5	83%

Round-robin

Switzerland has a bye in draws 4, 8 and 12.

Tiebreaker

Thursday, 22 February, 9:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Smith)	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	5
Switzerland (de Cruz)	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	5	X	9

Semifinal

Thursday, 22 February, 20:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)	2	0	0	4	0	2	1	0	X	X	9
Switzerland (de Cruz)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	3

Bronze-medal game

Friday, 23 February, 15:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Koe)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	X	5
Switzerland (de Cruz)	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	7

Switzerland has qualified a women's team by earning enough points in the last two World Curling Championships.^[16] The women's team was determined at the 2017 Swiss Olympic Curling Trials, which was won by Team Silvana Tirinzoni, who went undefeated in the tournament.

Final round robin standings

Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	Qualification
South Korea	Kim Eun-jung	9	8	1	75	44	41	34	5	15	79%	Playoffs
Sweden	Anna Hasselborg	9	7	2	64	48	42	34	14	13	83%
Great Britain	Eve Muirhead	9	6	3	61	56	39	38	12	6	79%
Japan	Satsuki Fujisawa	9	5	4	59	55	38	36	10	13	75%
China	Wang Bingyu	9	4	5	57	65	35	38	12	5	78%
Canada	Rachel Homan	9	4	5	68	59	40	36	10	12	81%
Switzerland	Silvana Tirinzoni	9	4	5	60	55	34	37	12	7	78%
United States	Nina Roth	9	4	5	56	65	38	39	7	6	78%
Olympic Athletes from Russia	Victoria Moiseeva	9	2	7	45	76	34	40	8	6	76%
Denmark	Madeleine Dupont	9	1	8	50	72	32	41	10	6	73%

Round-robin

Switzerland has a bye in draws 2, 6 and 10.

Switzerland has qualified a mixed doubles team by earning enough points in the last two World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships.^[17]

Final round robin standings

Team v t e	Athletes	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	Qualification
Canada	Kaitlyn Lawes / John Morris	7	6	1	52	26	28	20	0	9	80%	Playoffs
Switzerland	Jenny Perret / Martin Rios	7	5	2	45	40	29	26	0	10	71%
Olympic Athletes from Russia	Anastasia Bryzgalova / Alexander Krushelnitskiy	7	4	3	36	44	26	27	1	7	67%
Norway	Kristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten	7	4	3	39	43	26	25	1	8	74%	Tiebreaker
China	Wang Rui / Ba Dexin	7	4	3	47	42	27	27	1	6	72%
South Korea	Jang Hye-ji / Lee Ki-jeong	7	2	5	40	40	23	29	1	7	67%
United States	Rebecca Hamilton / Matt Hamilton	7	2	5	37	43	26	25	0	9	74%
Finland	Oona Kauste / Tomi Rantamäki	7	1	6	35	53	23	29	0	6	67%

Semifinal

Monday, February 12, 20:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy)	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	5
Switzerland (Perret / Rios)	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	7

Gold-medal game

Tuesday, February 13, 20:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Lawes / Morris)	2	0	4	0	2	2	X	X	10
Switzerland (Perret / Rios)	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	3

Switzerland qualified one female figure skater through the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.^[18] The team was announced on December 22, 2017.^[19]

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alexia Paganini	Ladies' singles	55.26	19 Q	101.00	22	156.26	21

On 25 January 2018, the Swiss Olympic Association confirmed their selection of a total of 23 athletes across the Freestyle skiing disciplines.^[20] On January 31 it was announced that Marco Tadé could not compete in moguls, and that the Swiss would not substitute another athlete for him.^[21]

Aerials

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Jump 1		Jump 2		Jump 1		Jump 2		Jump 3
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mischa Gasser	Men's aerials	113.72	14	121.72	6 Q	99.12	11	Did not advance
Nicolas Gygax		88.29	20	88.92	17	Did not advance
Dimitri Isler		123.98	=7	88.94	3 Q	97.79	12	Did not advance
Noé Roth		116.06	13	116.64	10	Did not advance

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Robin Briguet	Men's halfpipe	23.00	29.40	29.40	25	Did not advance
Joel Gisler		59.80	9.80	59.80	18	Did not advance
Rafael Kreienbühl		55.20	22.20	55.20	19	Did not advance

Moguls

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Run 1				Run 2				Run 1				Run 2				Run 3
		Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank
Deborah Scanzio	Women's moguls	30.82	53.11	66.38	21	31.29	56.28	69.02	11	did not advance

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Marc Bischofberger	Men's ski cross	1:09.99	9	1 Q	2 Q	2 FA	2
Alex Fiva		1:08.74	1	1 Q	3	Did not advance
Jonas Lenherr		1:10.12	13	2 Q	4	Did not advance
Armin Niederer		1:09.46	4	1 Q	1 Q	3 FB	1	5
Priscillia Annen	Women's ski cross	2:30.03	23	3	Did not advance
Talina Gantenbein		1:15.97	16	2 Q	3	Did not advance
Sanna Lüdi		1:15.13	10	2 Q	2 Q	3 FB	3	7
Fanny Smith		1:13.90	5	1 Q	1 Q	2 FA	3

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Elias Ambühl	Men's slopestyle	89.60	67.40	89.60	9 Q	18.80	71.60	73.20	73.20	9
Fabian Bösch		8.20	55.00	55.00	24	Did not advance
Jonas Hunziker		85.80	64.80	85.80	12 Q	5.20	66.20	46.40	66.20	10
Andri Ragettli		95.00	27.40	95.00	2 Q	85.80	73.20	65.40	85.80	7
Mathilde Gremaud	Women's slopestyle	85.40	71.60	85.40	5 Q	88.00	29.40	29.40	88.00
Sarah Höfflin		83.00	21.20	83.00	7 Q	83.80	27.80	91.20	91.20

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Qualification playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Switzerland men's	Men's tournament	Canada L 1–5	South Korea W 8–0	Czech Republic L 1–4	3	Germany L 1–2 (OT)	Did not advance			10
Switzerland women's	Women's tournament	Korea W 8–0	Japan W 3–1	Sweden W 2–1	1 Q	—	Olympic Athletes from Russia L 2–6	Korea W 2–0	Japan W 1–0	5

Switzerland men's national ice hockey team qualified by finishing as one of the top eight teams in the 2015 IIHF World Ranking.^[22]

Team roster

The following is the Swiss roster for the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics.^[23][24]

Head coach: Patrick Fischer     Assistant coaches: Christian Wohlwend, Tommy Albelin

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2017–18 team
1	G	Jonas Hiller	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	12 February 1982	Felben-Wellhausen	EHC Biel (NL)
4	D	Patrick Geering	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	12 February 1990	Zürich	ZSC Lions (NL)
8	F	Vincent Praplan	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	10 June 1994	Sierre	EHC Kloten (NL)
9	F	Thomas Rüfenacht	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	22 February 1985	Meggen	SC Bern (NL)
10	F	Andres Ambühl – A	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	14 September 1983	Davos	HC Davos (NL)
13	D	Félicien Du Bois	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	18 October 1983	Neuchâtel	HC Davos (NL)
15	F	Grégory Hofmann	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	13 November 1992	Biel	HC Lugano (NL)
16	D	Raphael Diaz	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	9 January 1986	Baar	EV Zug (NL)
19	F	Reto Schäppi	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	27 January 1991	Horgen	ZSC Lions (NL)
23	F	Simon Bodenmann	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	2 March 1988	Urnäsch	SC Bern (NL)
27	D	Dominik Schlumpf	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	3 March 1991	Mönchaltorf	EV Zug (NL)
44	F	Pius Suter	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	24 May 1996	Zürich	ZSC Lions (NL)
52	G	Tobias Stephan	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	21 January 1984	Zürich	EV Zug (NL)
54	D	Philippe Furrer – C	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	16 June 1985	Bern	HC Lugano (NL)
55	D	Romain Loeffel	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	10 March 1991	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Genève-Servette HC (NL)
58	D	Eric Blum	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	13 June 1986	Pfaffnau	SC Bern (NL)
60	F	Tristan Scherwey	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	7 May 1991	Wünnewil-Flamatt	SC Bern (NL)
61	F	Fabrice Herzog	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	9 December 1994	Frauenfeld	ZSC Lions (NL)
63	G	Leonardo Genoni	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	28 August 1987	Semione	SC Bern (NL)
65	D	Ramon Untersander	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	21 January 1991	Alt St. Johann	SC Bern (NL)
70	F	Denis Hollenstein	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	15 October 1989	Zürich	EHC Kloten (NL)
71	F	Enzo Corvi	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	23 December 1992	Chur	HC Davos (NL)
82	F	Simon Moser – A	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	10 March 1989	Bern	SC Bern (NL)
89	F	Cody Almond	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	24 July 1989	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Genève-Servette HC (NL)
92	F	Gaëtan Haas	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	31 January 1992	Bonfol	SC Bern (NL)

Forward Joël Vermin was also selected but was unable to participate due to injury. He was replaced by Grégory Hofmann.

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	0	9	4	+5	8	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	0	11	4	+7	7
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	0	2	10	9	+1	3	Qualification playoffs
4	South Korea (H)	3	0	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

15 February 2018 21:10

Switzerland

1–5 (0–2, 0–2, 1–1)

Canada

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 2,802

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni Jonas Hiller	Goalies	Ben Scrivens	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Alexander Otmakhov
	0–1 02:57 – Bourque (Lee, Roy) 0–2 07:30 – Noreau (Lee, Roy) (PP) 0–3 25:00 – Bourque (Roy) (PP) 0–4 25:52 – Wolski (Noreau) Moser (Rüfenacht, Ambühl) (PP, EA) – 47:33 1–4 1–5 54:53 – Wolski (Kelly, Ebbett) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	28

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17 February 2018 16:40

South Korea

0–8 (0–1, 0–2, 0–5)

Switzerland

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 6,568

Game reference
	Matt Dalton Park Sung-je	Goalies	Jonas Hiller	Referees: Jan Hribik Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Fraser McIntyre
	0–1 10:23 – Hollenstein (Haas, Loeffel) 0–2 27:36 – Du Bois 0–3 35:55 – Suter (Herzog) 0–4 43:50 – Rüfenacht (Untersander, Almond) 0–5 45:17 – Suter (Ambühl, Moser) 0–6 46:45 – Schäppi (Almond, Geering) 0–7 51:24 – Suter (Geering, Ambühl) 0–8 55:10 – Corvi (Hofmann, Du Bois)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	34

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18 February 2018 16:40

Czech Republic

4–1 (1–1, 0–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 6,137

Game reference
	Pavel Francouz	Goalies	Jonas Hiller	Referees: Brett Iverson Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Judson Ritter Nathan Vanoosten
	Řepík (Erat, Horák) (PP) – 07:09 1–0 1–1 14:47 – Rüfenacht (Ambühl, Suter) Kubalík (Kovář, Kolář) – 43:02 2–1 Červenka (Kolář) (ENG) – 58:40 3–1 Řepík (Birner, Nakládal) (ENG) – 59:11 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	28	Shots	29

Qualification playoff

20 February 2018 21:10

Switzerland

1–2 OT (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Germany

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 2,878

Game reference
	Jonas Hiller	Goalies	Danny aus den Birken	Referees: Jan Hribik Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 01:19 – Pföderl (Hördler, Hager) (PP) Moser (Ambühl, Suter) – 23:40 1–1 1–2 60:26 – Seidenberg (Kahun, Mauer)
	29 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	25

Switzerland women's national ice hockey team qualified by winning the final qualification tournament in Arosa, Switzerland.

Team roster

The following is the Swiss roster for the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics.^[25][26]

Head coach: Daniela Diaz Assistant coaches: Angela Frautschi, Steve Huard

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2017–18 team
1	G	Janine Alder	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	55 kg (121 lb)	5 July 1995	Urnäsch	St. Cloud State Huskies (WCHA)
3	F	Sarah Forster	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	19 May 1993	Berneck	EV Bomo Thun (SWHL A)
7	F	Lara Stalder – A	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	15 May 1994	Lucerne	Linköpings HC (SWHL)
8	D	Nicole Gass	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	18 August 1993	Zürich	ZSC Lions (SWHL A)
9	D	Shannon Sigrist	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	20 April 1999	Hombrechtikon	ZSC Lions (SWHL A)
11	D	Sabrina Zollinger	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	27 March 1993	Zürich	HV71 (SWHL)
12	F	Lisa Rüedi	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	3 November 2000	Thusis	GCK Lions (SWHL B)
13	F	Sara Benz	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	25 August 1992	Zürich	ZSC Lions (SWHL A)
14	F	Evelina Raselli – A	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	3 May 1992	Poschiavo	HC Lugano (SWHL A)
15	F	Monika Waidacher	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	9 July 1990	Zürich	ZSC Lions (SWHL A)
16	F	Nina Waidacher	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	23 August 1995	Arosa	ZSC Lions (SWHL A)
18	F	Tess Allemann	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	7 April 1998	Farnern	EV Bomo Thun (SWHL A)
19	D	Christine Meier	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	12 February 1986	Zürich	ZSC Lions (SWHL A)
21	D	Laura Benz	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	25 August 1992	Zürich	ZSC Lions (SWHL A)
22	D	Livia Altmann – C	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	13 December 1994	Chur	Colgate Raiders (ECAC)
23	D	Nicole Bullo	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	54 kg (119 lb)	18 July 1987	Bellinzona	HC Lugano (SWHL A)
24	F	Isabel Waidacher	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	56 kg (123 lb)	25 July 1994	Arosa	ZSC Lions (SWHL A)
25	F	Alina Müller	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	12 March 1998	Lengnau	ZSC Lions (NL)
26	F	Dominique Rüegg	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	5 February 1996	St. Gallenkappel	ZSC Lions (SWHL A)
27	D	Stefanie Wetli	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	57 kg (126 lb)	4 February 2000	Winterthur	EHC Winterthur
31	G	Andrea Brändli	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	5 June 1997	Wald	EHC Schaffhausen (SWHL C)
41	G	Florence Schelling	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	9 March 1989	Zürich	Linköpings HC (SWHL)
88	F	Phoebe Stänz	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	7 January 1994	Zetzwil	SDE Hockey (SWHL)

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	0	13	2	+11	9	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	11	3	+8	6
3	Japan	3	1	0	0	2	6	6	0	3	Classification
4	Korea (H)	3	0	0	0	3	1	20	−19	0

10 February 2018 21:10

Switzerland

8–0 (3–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Korea

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,606

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Shin So-jung	Referees: Dina Allen Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Linesmen: Jessica Leclerc Justine Todd
	Müller (S. Benz) (SH) – 10:23 1–0 Müller (S. Benz, Stalder) – 11:24 2–0 Müller (S. Benz, Meier) – 19:49 3–0 Müller – 21:26 4–0 Stänz (Raselli) – 22:21 5–0 Stänz (Raselli) – 37:19 6–0 Stalder (Meier, Müller) (PP) – 49:42 7–0 Stalder (Müller) – 51:48 8–0
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	52	Shots	8

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12 February 2018 16:40

Switzerland

3–1 (0–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Japan

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 4,033

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Gabriella Gran Aina Hove Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Natasa Pagon
	S. Benz (Rüegg, L. Benz) (PP) – 30:19 1–0 S. Benz (Meier) (PP) – 33:10 2–0 Müller – 44:27 3–0 3–1 47:33 – Kubo (Hori, H. Toko)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	38

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14 February 2018 12:10

Sweden

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,545

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Katie Guay Linesmen: Charlotte Girard-Fabre Lisa Linnek
	0–1 33:51 – Müller (Meier, Stalder) (PP) Borgqvist (Olsson, Nyhlén Persson) (PP) – 47:35 1–1 1–2 51:28 – Stänz (Meier, Müller) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	47

Quarterfinal

17 February 2018 12:10

Olympic Athletes from Russia

6–2 (1–0, 2–2, 3–0)

Switzerland

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,903

Game reference
	Nadezhda Morozova	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Gabriella Gran Linesmen: Charlotte Girard-Fabre Johanna Tauriainen
	Shokhina (SH2) – 07:22 1–0 1–1 20:48 – Müller (Meier) 1–2 31:47 – Stalder (Stänz, Meier) (PP) Kulishova (Smolina) – 33:53 2–2 Ganeyeva (Shokhina) (PP) – 38:53 3–2 Dergachyova (Shokhina) – 47:36 4–2 Shokhina (Dergachyova) (PP) – 53:25 5–2 Sosina (SH, ENG) – 59:08 6–2
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	19

5–8th place semifinal

18 February 2018 12:10

Switzerland

2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Korea

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,811

Game reference
	Janine Alder	Goalies	Shin So-jung	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Veronica Johansson
	Zollinger (Bullo, L. Benz) (PP) – 16:35 1–0 Raselli (Rüegg, Altmann) – 38:52 2–0
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	53	Shots	19

Fifth place game

20 February 2018 16:40

Switzerland

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Japan

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,958

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Gabriella Gran Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Charlotte Girard-Fabre Veronica Johansson
	Raselli – 03:19 1–0
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	14	Shots	20

Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Switzerland qualified 2 sleds.^[27] However they declined one of the quotas.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martina Kocher	Women's singles	46.837	17	46.657	15	46.638	11	46.671	10	3:06.893	11

Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2016–17 season and the 2017–18 season up to January 22, Tim Hug was the only athlete to meet the required points tally.^[28] On 22 January 2018, his selection was confirmed by the Swiss Olympic Association.^[29]

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tim Hug	Normal hill/10 km	97.0	90.9	26	24:59.4	25	27:38.4	27
	Large hill/10 km	117.5	104.6	27	24:23.5	30	26:40.5	24

Based on the world rankings, Switzerland qualified 2 sleds, one female and one male athlete.^[30] However they declined one of the quotas.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marina Gilardoni	Women's	52.34	10	52.35	12	52.28	10	52.46	13	3:29.43	11

According to the quota allocation list published by the FIS, Switzerland were allowed to enter four male athletes.^[31] However, on 25 January the Swiss Olympic Association announced it would be declining two of the places, and therefore also would not be entering the team event.^[20]

Athlete	Event	Qualification			First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Simon Ammann	Men's normal hill	102.0	122.3	10 Q	105.0	119.4	11 Q	104.5	117.2	10	236.6	11
	Men's large hill	140.0	122.6	10 Q	133.5	131.6	10 Q	130.5	125.0	13	256.6	13
Gregor Deschwanden	Men's normal hill	89.5	92.3	43 Q	99.5	100.1	29 Q	91.5	85.2	29	185.3	29
	Men's large hill	128.0	103.5	24 Q	123.0	105.8	36	Did not advance

According to the quota allocation system determined by the FIS, Switzerland were allocated the maximum allowance of a team of 25 athletes.^[32] The Swiss Olympic Association announced their selections on 29 January 2018.^[33] Elias Allenspach was a late replacement for David Hablützel who could not recover in time from a concussion and bruising.^[34]

Freestyle

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Elias Allenspach	Halfpipe	23.75	25.50	25.50	27	Did not advance
Patrick Burgener		82.00	50.25	82.00	9 Q	84.00	51.00	89.75	89.75	5
Jan Scherrer		84.00	16.00	84.00	6 Q	31.25	80.50	70.75	80.50	9
Jonas Bösiger	Big air	96.00	35.25	96.00	2 Q	77.50	JNS	40.75	118.25	8
	Slopestyle	18.68	58.26	58.26	9	Did not advance
Nicolas Huber	Big air	76.75	44.50	76.75	13	Did not advance
	Slopestyle	34.25	36.90	36.90	16	Did not advance
Michael Schärer	Big air	87.00	44.00	87.00	5 Q	JNS	62.25	78.50	140.75	6
	Slopestyle	37.61	27.01	37.61	14	Did not advance
Moritz Thönen	Big air	DNS				Did not advance
	Slopestyle	19.53	23.55	23.55	16	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Verena Rohrer	Halfpipe	16.50	55.00	55.00	14	Did not advance
Sina Candrian	Big air	31.75	86.00	86.00	8 Q	JNS	76.25	64.00	140.25	5
	Slopestyle	Canceled				66.35	39.80	CAN	66.35	7
Isabel Derungs	Big air	54.00	59.25	59.25	22	Did not advance
	Slopestyle	Canceled				39.66	31.98	CAN	39.66	18
Elena Könz	Big air	62.00	65.75	65.75	18	Did not advance
	Slopestyle	Canceled				17.28	59.00	CAN	59.00	10
Carla Somaini	Big air	70.75	24.75	70.75	15	Did not advance
	Slopestyle	Canceled				36.71	23.08	CAN	36.71	20

Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal

Parallel

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Dario Caviezel	Men's giant slalom	1:26.39	22	Did not advance
Kaspar Flütsch		1:26.26	21	Did not advance
Nevin Galmarini		1:24.78	1 Q	Mastnak (SLO) W –0.38	Fischnaller (ITA) W –0.06	Dufour (FRA) W DNF	Lee S–h (KOR) W –0.43
Ladina Jenny	Women's giant slalom	1:33.19	12 Q	Hofmeister (GER) L DNF	Did not advance
Patrizia Kummer		1:33.59	16 Q	Ledecká (CZE) L +0.78	Did not advance
Stefanie Müller		1:35.39	23	Did not advance
Julie Zogg		1:32.89	7 Q	Król (POL) W –0.70	Zavarzina (OAR) L +1.88	Did not advance

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding						1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Run 1		Run 2		Best	Seed
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank			Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Kalle Koblet	Men's snowboard cross	1:14.25	9	Bye		1:14.25	9	3 Q	DNF	Did not advance
Jérôme Lymann		1:14.77	21	Bye		1:14.77	21	1 Q	4	Did not advance
Lara Casanova	Women's snowboard cross	1:22.26	20	DNS		1:22.26	21	—	4	Did not advance
Alexandra Hasler		1:20.87	13	1:20.49	4	1:20.49	16	—	5	Did not advance
Simona Meiler		1:18.95	7	Bye		1:18.95	7	—	6	Did not advance

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round
* Qualify immediately to consolation round after being disqualified in the semifinals

Based on the quota allocation system, Switzerland qualified one skater in the Men's 1500m, Men's 5000m, Men's mass start and Women's mass start.^[35] The Swiss Olympic Association confirmed the selections on 15 January 2018.^[36]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Livio Wenger	Men's 1500 m	1:47.76	25
	Men's 5000 m	6:24.16	17

Mass start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
		Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Livio Wenger	Men's mass start	5	8:17.17	7 Q	11	8:13.08	4
Ramona Härdi	Women's mass start	0	2:49.59	12	Did not advance