Switzerland at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Switzerland at the
1976 Winter Olympics

IOC code| SUI
NOC| Swiss Olympic Association
Website| www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Innsbruck
Competitors| 59 (52 men, 7 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer| Werner Carmichel (bobsleigh)
Medals
Ranked 8th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
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Switzerland competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Heini Hemmi | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom
Silver | Bernhard Russi | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill
Silver | Ernst Good | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom
Silver | Erich Schärer
Ulrich Bächli
Rudolf Marti
Josef Benz | Bobsleigh | Four-man
Bronze | Erich Schärer
Josef Benz | Bobsleigh | Two-man

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
René Berthod | Downhill  |  | 1:47.89  | 12
Walter Tresch |  | 1:47.29  | 7
Philippe Roux |  | 1:46.29  | 4
Bernhard Russi |  | 1:46.06  |
Walter Tresch | Giant Slalom  | 1:49.26  | 27  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Engelhard Pargätzi | 1:46.16  | 6  | 1:42.60  | 4  | 3:28.76  | 6
Heini Hemmi | 1:45.41  | 3  | 1:41.56  | 2  | 3:26.97  |
Ernst Good | 1:44.60  | 2  | 1:42.57  | 3  | 3:27.17  |
Ernst Good | Slalom  | DNF  | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Heini Hemmi | DNF  | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Peter Lüscher | 1:02.76  | 13  | 1:05.34  | 7  | 2:08.10  | 8
Walter Tresch | 1:01.34  | 6  | 1:03.92  | 3  | 2:05.26  | 4

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Doris de Agostini | Downhill  |  | 1:50.46  | 18
Marlies Oberholzer |  | 1:48.68  | 8
Bernadette Zurbriggen |  | 1:48.62  | 7
Bernadette Zurbriggen | Giant Slalom  |  | DNF  | -
Marlies Oberholzer |  | 1:34.09  | 26
Marie-Theres Nadig |  | 1:30.44  | 5
Lise-Marie Morerod |  | 1:30.40  | 4
Marie-Theres Nadig | Slalom  | DNF  | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Lise-Marie Morerod | DNF  | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Bernadette Zurbriggen | 49.78  | 17  | 47.40  | 11  | 1:37.18  | 12

## Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Time  | Penalties  | Adjusted time 1 | Rank

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20 km  | Christian Danuser | 1'20:16.43  | 7  | 1'27:16.43  | 40
Albert Mächler | 1'17:28.66  | 6  | 1'23:28.66  | 25
Hansruedi Süssli | 1'16:53.73  | 3  | 1'19:53.73  | 14

1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

## Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Sled  | Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
SUI-1  | Erich Schärer
Sepp Benz | Two-man  | 56.43  | 5  | 56.53  | 5  | 56.33  | 3  | 56.41  | 3  | 3:45.70  |
SUI-2  | Fritz Lüdi
Thomas Hagen | Two-man  | 56.95  | 9  | 57.32  | 10  | 57.35  | 10  | 57.48  | 11  | 3:49.10  | 10
Sled  | Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
SUI-1  | Fritz Lüdi
Thomas Hagen
Rudolf Schmid
Karl Häseli | Four-man  | 55.29  | 7  | 55.33  | 6  | 56.37  | 9  | 57.05  | 9  | 3:44.04  | 9
SUI-2  | Erich Schärer
Ueli Bächli
Ruedi Marti
Sepp Benz | Four-man  | 54.96  | 5  | 54.81  | 2  | 55.28  | 1  | 55.84  | 1  | 3:40.89  |

## Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
15 km  | Alfred Kälin | 47:05.39  | 27
Eduard Hauser | 46:29.14  | 17
Franz Renggli | 45:53.49  | 12
Albert Giger | 45:47.07  | 11
30 km  | Hansueli Kreuzer | 1'39:58.44  | 50
Alfred Kälin | 1'36:09.97  | 29
Eduard Hauser | 1'35:50.29  | 25
Albert Giger | 1'32:17.71  | 7
50 km  | Christian Pfeuti | 2'49:50.90  | 32
Venanz Egger | 2'48:30.70  | 31
Heinz Gähler | 2'45:51.64  | 20
Franz Renggli | 2'45:25.24  | 18

Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Franz Renggli
Eduard Hauser
Heinz Gähler
Alfred Kälin | 2'11:28.53  | 5

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Women
Athlete  | CF  | SP  | FS  | Points  | Places  | Rank

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Danielle Rieder | 16  | - | - | - | DNF  | -

Pairs
Athletes  | SP  | FS  | Points  | Places  | Rank

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Karin Künzle
Christian Künzle | 6  | 7  | 128.97  | 64  | 7

## Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics

### First round

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Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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West Germany | 5–1  |  Switzerland

### Consolation Round

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Rank  |  | Pld  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | Pts

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7 |  Romania | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 8
8 |  Austria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 6
9 |  Japan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 6
10 |  Yugoslavia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 6
11 |  Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 4
12 |  Bulgaria | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 38 | 0

* Yugoslavia 6-4 Switzerland
* Switzerland 8-3 Bulgaria
* Japan 6-4 Switzerland
* Austria 3-5 Switzerland
* Romania 4-3 Switzerland

| Contestants
Alfio Molina
André Jorns
Charles Henzen
Andreas Meyer
Jakob Kölliker
Ueli Hofmann
Ernst Lüthi
Aldo Zenhäusern
Nando Mathieu
Bernhard Neininger
Anton Neininger
Renzo Holzer
Walter Dürst
Guy Dubois
Georg Mattli
Jürg Berger
Rolf Schiemer
Daniel Widmer

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## Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Events:

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

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

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Distance 1  | Distance 2  | Points  | Rank  | Time  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Karl Lustenberger | Individual  | 72.5  | 74.5  | 202.5  | 10  | 52:57.52  | 175.60  | 27  | 378.10  | 19

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Jump 1  | Jump 2  | Total

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Distance  | Points  | Distance  | Points  | Points  | Rank
Robert Mösching | Normal hill  | 75.0  | 104.3  | 75.0  | 103.3  | 207.6  | 35
Hans Schmid | 78.0  | 112.1  | 79.0  | 114.2  | 226.3  | 13
Walter Steiner | 80.0  | 117.3  | 78.5  | 114.9  | 232.2  | 9
Ernst von Grünigen | 80.5  | 119.1  | 80.5  | 119.6  | 238.7  | 5
Robert Mösching | Large hill  | 84.0  | 87.6  | 79.0  | 80.1  | 167.7  | 38
Ernst von Grünigen | 84.5  | 93.3  | 81.5  | 89.1  | 182.4  | 23
Hans Schmid | 86.5  | 95.6  | 83.0  | 90.7  | 186.3  | 20
Walter Steiner | 89.5  | 99.8  | 93.0  | 108.7  | 208.5  | 9

## Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
1500 m  | Franz Krienbühl | 2:12.52  | 27
5000 m  | Franz Krienbühl | 7:53.11  | 17
10,000 m  | Franz Krienbühl | 15:36.43  | 8

## References

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* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database
* Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com

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