Switzerland at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Switzerland at the
1928 Winter Olympics

IOC code| SUI
NOC| Swiss Olympic Association
Website| www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in St. Moritz
Competitors| 41 (40 men, 1 woman) in 7 sports
Flag bearer| Hans Eidenbenz[1]
Medals
Ranked 8th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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* 1928
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* 1948
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* 2022

Switzerland was the host nation for the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. The lone bronze medal won in men's ice hockey remains the lowest output by a host nation at a modern Olympic games (Winter or Summer).

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Bronze | Switzerland men's national ice hockey team

* Giannin Andreossi
* Mezzi Andreossi
* Robert Breiter
* Louis Dufour
* Charles Fasel
* Albert Geromini
* Fritz Kraatz
* Arnold Martignoni
* Heini Meng
* Anton Morosani
* Luzius Rüedi
* Bibi Torriani

| Ice hockey | Men's competition

## Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Sled  | Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
SUI-1  | Charles Stoffel
René Fonjallaz
Henry Höhnes
Emil Coppetti
Louis Koch | Five-man  | 1:43.1  | 10  | 1:42.6  | 7  | 3:25.7  | 8
SUI-2  | Jean Mollien
John Schneiter
René Ansermoz
André Mollien
William Pichard | Five-man  | 1:41.7  | 5  | 1:48.2  | 20  | 3:29.9  | 13

## Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
18 km  | Alfons Julen | DNF  | -
Florian Zogg | 1'58:52  | 24
Otto Furrer | 1'57:05  | 21
Walter Bussmann | 1'49:46  | 15
50 km  | Hans Zeier | DNF  | -
Carlo Gourlaouen | 5'55:09  | 22
Robert Wampfler | 5'42:40  | 17
Walter Bussman | 5'38:49  | 15

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Women
Athlete  | Event  | CF  | FS  | Places  | Points  | Final rank

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Elvira Barbey | Women's singles  | 19  | 16  | 125  | 1648.75  | 19

Pairs
Athletes  | Points  | Score  | Final rank

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Elvira Barbey
Louis Barbey | 97  | 64.75  | 11

## Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics

### Group C

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The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.

Team  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA

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Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4
Austria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4
Germany | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1
February 11 |  Switzerland | 4:4
(2:4,1:0,1:0) |  Austria

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February 16 |  Switzerland | 1:0
(1:0,0:0,0:0) |  Germany

### Medal round

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The top teams from each of the three groups, plus Canada, which had received a bye into the medal round, played a 3-game round-robin to determine the medal winners.

Team  | GP  | W  | L  | GF  | GA

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Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 0
Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12
Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 17
Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21
February 17 |  Switzerland | 4:0
(0:0,2:0,2:0) |  Great Britain

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February 18 |  Switzerland | 0:4
(0:1,0:0,0:3) |  Sweden
February 19 |  Switzerland | 0:13
(0:4,0:4,0:3) |  Canada
Bronze:

Switzerland (SUI)

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Giannin Andreossi
Mezzi Andreossi
Robert Breiter
Louis Dufour
Charles Fasel
Albert Geromini
Fritz Kraatz
Arnold Martignoni
Heini Meng
Anton Morosani
Luzius Rüedi
Richard Torriani

## Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Events:

* 18 km cross-country skiing
* normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events. One would expect that athletes competing at the Nordic combined event, would participate in the cross-country skiing event as well, as they would have the opportunity to win more than one medal. This was not always the case due to the maximum number of athletes that could represent a country per event.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete  | Event  | Cross-country  | Ski Jumping  | Total

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Time  | Points  | Rank  | Distance 1  | Distance 2  | Total points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Hans Eidenbenz | Individual  | 2'05:26  | 5.875  | 20  | 47.5  | 51.5  | 15.227  | 9  | 10.551  | 19
Stephan Lauener | 2'00:57  | 8.125  | 16  | 50.5  | 59.0  | 16.542  | 4  | 12.333  | 13
Adolf Rubi | 1'56:40  | 10.250  | 14  | 46.5  | 54.0  | 15.000  | 12  | 12.625  | 11
David Zogg | 1'55:56  | 10.625  | 13  | 47.0  | 47.0  | 13.187  | 17  | 11.906  | 16

## Skeleton

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Main article: Skeleton at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Willy von Eschen | 1:04.8  | 6  | DNF  | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Alexander Berner | 1:03.4  | 5  | 1:03.4  | 5  | 1:02.0  | 4  | 3:08.8  | 5

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Jump 1 (Dist.)  | Jump 2 (Dist.)  | Total

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Points  | Rank
Bruno Trojani | Normal hill  | 48.5  | 63.0 (fall) | 10.782  | 32
Sepp Mühlbauer | 52.0  | 58.0  | 16.541  | 7
Ernst Feuz | 52.5  | 58.5  | 16.458  | 8
Gérard Vuilleumier | 57.5  | 62.0 (fall) | 12.020  | 30

## References

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1. ^ "Hans Eidenbenz". olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

* Comité Olympique Suisse (1928). Résultats des Concours des IImes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: Imprimerie du Léman. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
* "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.

* Olympic Winter Games 1928, full results by sports-reference.com

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