Switzerland at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Switzerland at the
1998 Winter Olympics

IOC code| SUI
NOC| Swiss Olympic Association
Website| www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Nagano
Competitors| 69 (50 men, 19 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer | Guido Acklin (bobsleigh)
Medals
Ranked 12th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Switzerland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Daniel Müller
Diego Perren
Dominic Andres
Patrick Hürlimann
Patrik Lörtscher | Curling | Men's competition
Gold | Gian Simmen | Snowboarding | Men's halfpipe
Silver | Didier Cuche | Alpine skiing | Men's super-G
Silver | Marcel Rohner
Markus Nüssli
Markus Wasser
Beat Seitz | Bobsleigh | Four-man
Bronze | Michael von Grünigen | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom
Bronze | Colette Brand | Freestyle skiing | Women's aerials
Bronze | Ueli Kestenholz | Snowboarding | Men's giant slalom

## Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Alpine skiing | 10 | 6 | 16
Biathlon | 1 | 0 | 1
Bobsleigh | 10 | – | 10
Cross-country skiing | 5 | 5 | 10
Curling | 5 | 0 | 5
Figure skating | 1 | 0 | 1
Freestyle skiing | 0 | 4 | 4
Luge | 1 | 0 | 1
Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4
Ski jumping | 4 | – | 4
Snowboarding | 8 | 4 | 12
Speed skating | 1 | 0 | 1
Total | 50 | 19 | 69

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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

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Time  | Time  | Time  | Rank
Bruno Kernen | Downhill  |  | DNF  | -
Franco Cavegn |  | 1:51.74  | 14
Didier Cuche |  | 1:50.91  | 8
Jürg Grünenfelder |  | 1:50.64  | 4
Paul Accola | Super-G  |  | 1:36.87  | 18
Steve Locher |  | 1:36.62  | 14
Bruno Kernen |  | 1:36.37  | 11
Didier Cuche |  | 1:35.43  |
Urs Kälin | Giant Slalom  | 1:22.00  | 1:19.17  | 2:41.17  | 12
Steve Locher | 1:21.98  | 1:18.32  | 2:40.30  | 6
Paul Accola | 1:21.31  | 1:19.26  | 2:40.57  | 7
Michael von Grünigen | 1:20.98  | 1:18.71  | 2:39.69  |
Marco Casanova | Slalom  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Paul Accola | 57.56  | 57.35  | 1:54.91  | 18
Michael von Grünigen | 57.33  | 57.63  | 1:54.96  | 19
Didier Plaschy | 56.67  | 55.36  | 1:52.03  | 12

Men's combined

Athlete  | Slalom  | Downhill  | Total

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Time 1  | Time 2  | Time  | Total time  | Rank
Jürg Grünenfelder | DNF  | - | - | DNF  | -
Bruno Kernen | DNF  | - | - | DNF  | -
Paul Accola | 49.39  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -

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

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Time  | Time  | Time  | Rank
Corinne Rey-Bellet | Downhill  |  | 1:32.92  | 30
Catherine Borghi |  | 1:31.45  | 22
Heidi Zurbriggen |  | 1:30.25  | 12
Catherine Borghi | Super-G  |  | 1:20.69  | 34
Corinne Rey-Bellet |  | 1:20.31  | 31
Heidi Zurbriggen |  | 1:19.22  | 21
Sonja Nef | Giant Slalom  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Catherine Borghi | 1:21.90  | 1:36.52  | 2:58.42  | 19
Karin Roten | 1:20.91  | 1:36.05  | 2:56.96  | 16
Heidi Zurbriggen | 1:20.31  | 1:33.30  | 2:53.61  | 6
Sonja Nef | Slalom  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Karin Roten | 46.64  | DNF  | DNF  | -
Martina Accola | 46.37  | 47.75  | 1:34.12  | 7

Women's combined

Athlete  | Downhill  | Slalom  | Total

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Time  | Time 1  | Time 2  | Total time  | Rank
Catherine Borghi | 1:31.24  | 37.32  | 36.77  | 2:45.33  | 10

## Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Misses 1 | Time  | Rank

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10 km Sprint  | Jean-Marc Chabloz | DNF  | DNF  | -
Event  | Athlete  | Time  | Misses  | Adjusted time 2 | Rank

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20 km  | Jean-Marc Chabloz | 59:41.0  | 4  | 1'03:41.0  | 51

1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

## Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 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  | Reto Götschi
Guido Acklin | Two-man  | 54.71  | 3  | 54.77  | 12  | 54.44  | 7  | 54.35  | 4  | 3:38.27  | 6
SUI-2  | Christian Reich
Cédric Grand | Two-man  | 54.73  | 4  | 54.56  | 4  | 54.32  | 5  | 54.54  | 7  | 3:38.15  | 4
Sled  | Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
SUI-1  | Marcel Rohner
Markus Nüssli
Markus Wasser
Beat Seitz | Four-man  | 53.13  | 8  | 53.15  | 2  | 53.73  | 4  | 2:40.01  |
SUI-2  | Christian Reich
Steve Anderhub
Thomas Handschin
Cédric Grand | Four-man  | 52.88  | 3  | 53.47  | 6  | 53.93  | 13  | 2:40.28  | 7

## Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
10 km
C  | Patrick Mächler | DNF  | -
Wilhelm Aschwanden | 31:10.5  | 63
Jeremias Wigger | 30:33.4  | 49
Beat Koch | 28:49.6  | 17
15 km
pursuit1
F  | Wilhelm Aschwanden | 45:32.8  | 49
30 km
C  | Beat Koch | 1'46:38.3  | 53
Jeremias Wigger | 1'39:46.4  | 16
50 km
F  | Reto Burgermeister | 2'22:28.3  | 49
Wilhelm Aschwanden | 2'14:18.0  | 22
Jeremias Wigger | 2'13:50.5  | 18

1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Jeremias Wigger
Beat Koch
Reto Burgermeister
Wilhelm Aschwanden | 1'42:49.2  | 6

Women
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
5 km
C  | Andrea Senteler | 20:07.5  | 62
Andrea Huber | 19:27.6  | 45
Sylvia Honegger | 18:29.6  | 14
Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan | 18:16.5  | 10
10 km
pursuit2
F  | Sylvia Honegger | 30:44.3  | 22
Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan | 29:34.8  | 10
15 km
C  | Sylvia Honegger | 50:31.9  | 22
30 km
F  | Natascia Leonardi Cortesi | 1'30:31.8  | 24
Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan | 1'25:15.0  | 7

2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Sylvia Honegger
Andrea Huber
Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan
Natascia Leonardi Cortesi | 56:55.2  | 4

## Curling

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Main article: Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics

### Men's tournament

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#### Group stage

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Country  | Skip  | W  | L

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Canada | Mike Harris | 6 | 1
Norway | Eigil Ramsfjell | 5 | 2
Switzerland | Patrick Hürlimann | 5 | 2
United States | Tim Somerville | 3 | 4
Japan | Makoto Tsuruga | 3 | 4
Sweden | Peja Lindholm | 3 | 4
Great Britain | Douglas Dryburgh | 2 | 5
Germany | Andy Kapp | 1 | 6
Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Germany | 4–7  |  Switzerland
Switzerland | 10–4  |  United Kingdom
Switzerland | 5–3  |  Japan
United States | 2–7  |  Switzerland
Canada | 8–3  |  Switzerland
Switzerland | 4–5  |  Norway
Sweden | 2–8  |  Switzerland

#### Medal round

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Semi-final

Sheet A  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Norway (Ramsfjell)  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 7
Switzerland (Hürlimann) | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 8

Gold medal game

Sheet C  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Canada (Harris)  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | X  | X  | 3
Switzerland (Hürlimann)  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 3  | 0  | 0  | X  | X  | 9
Contestants | Skip  | Third  | Second  | Lead  | Alternate

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Gold medal | Patrick Hürlimann | Patrik Lörtscher | Daniel Müller | Diego Perren | Dominic Andres

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | SP  | FS  | TFP  | Rank

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Patrick Meier | 22  | 22  | 33.0  | 22

## Freestyle skiing

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Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Time  | Points  | Rank  | Time  | Points  | Rank
Corinne Bodmer | Moguls  | 34.04  | 19.93  | 20  | did not advance
Evelyne Leu | Aerials  |  | 148.72  | 15  | did not advance
Michèle Rohrbach |  | 161.76  | 10 Q |  | 129.36  | 11
Colette Brand |  | 165.07  | 7 Q |  | 171.83  |

## Luge

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Main article: Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Reto Gilly | 50.594  | 16  | 50.646  | 20  | 51.485  | 25  | 50.627  | 20  | 3:23.352  | 22

## Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

* normal hill ski jumping
* 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

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

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Points  | Rank
Marco Zarucchi | Individual  | 185.5  | 43  | 45:37.9  | 25
Andy Hartmann | 193.0  | 38  | 46:18.5  | 28
Urs Kunz | 196.0  | 32  | 44:53.2  | 18
Jean-Yves Cuendet | 206.0  | 21  | 44:34.6  | 17

Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events:

* normal hill ski jumping
* 5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes  | Ski jumping  | Cross-country
time  | Total
rank

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Points  | Rank
Marco Zarucchi
Andy Hartmann
Jean-Yves Cuendet
Urs Kunz | 797.0  | 10  | 56:41.6  | 7

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Jump 1  | Jump 2  | Total

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Distance  | Points  | Rank  | Distance  | Points  | Points  | Rank
Marco Steinauer | Normal hill  | 66.0  | 63.5  | 56  | did not advance
Simon Ammann | 75.0  | 83.5  | 35  | did not advance
Sylvain Freiholz | 76.0  | 86.0  | 30 Q | 80.5  | 96.0  | 182.0  | 29
Bruno Reuteler | 81.0  | 96.5  | 23 Q | 84.0  | 103.5  | 200.0  | 18
Sylvain Freiholz | Large hill  | 106.0  | 88.8  | 41  | did not advance
Simon Ammann | 106.0  | 89.3  | 39  | did not advance
Marco Steinauer | 108.0  | 93.9  | 33  | did not advance
Bruno Reuteler | 115.5  | 105.9  | 21 Q | 120.5  | 116.4  | 222.3  | 19

Men's team large hill
Athletes  | Result

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Points 1 | Rank
Sylvain Freiholz
Marco Steinauer
Simon Ammann
Bruno Reuteler | 735.0  | 6

1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.

## Snowboarding

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Main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men's giant slalom
Athlete  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Time  | Time  | Rank
André Grütter | DSQ  | - | DSQ  | -
Gilles Jaquet | DSQ  | - | DSQ  | -
Fadri Mosca | DSQ  | - | DSQ  | -
Ueli Kestenholz | 1:00.20  | 1:03.88  | 2:04.08  |

Men's halfpipe
Athlete  | Qualifying round 1  | Qualifying round 2  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Patrik Hasler | 32.6  | 24  | 32.1  | 23  | did not advance
Gian Simmen | 34.0  | 21  | 39.8  | 3 QF | 85.2  |
Bertrand Denervaud | 37.8  | 11  | 35.3  | 19  | did not advance
Fabien Rohrer | 38.5  | 6 QF |  | 78.7  | 4

Women's giant slalom
Athlete  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Time  | Time  | Rank
Steffi von Siebenthal | 1:21.93  | DNF  | DNF  | -
Renate Keller | 1:19.48  | 1:12.32  | 2:31.80  | 18
Cécile Plancherel | 1:15.84  | 1:08.23  | 2:24.07  | 11

Women's halfpipe
Athlete  | Qualifying round 1  | Qualifying round 2  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Anita Schwaller | 32.0  | 9  | 32.2  | 7  | did not advance

## Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
5000 m  | Martin Feigenwinter | 6:47.08  | 21

## References

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1. ^ Switzerland at the 1998 Winter Olympics

* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database
* Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com

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