Switzerland at the 1976 Winter Olympics

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Switzerland at the
1976 Winter Olympics
Flag of Switzerland.svg
IOC codeSUI
NOCSwiss Olympic Association
Websitewww.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Innsbruck
Competitors59 (52 men, 7 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearerWerner Carmichel (bobsleigh)
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Switzerland competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medalists[]

Medal Name Sport Event
 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[]

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ernst Good 1:44.60 2 1:42.57 3 3:27.17 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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
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[]

Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
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[]

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Cross-country skiing[]

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
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
Time Rank
Franz Renggli
Eduard Hauser
Heinz Gähler
Alfred Kälin 		2'11:28.53 5

Figure skating[]

Main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Women
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Danielle Rieder 16 – – – DNF –
Pairs
Athletes SP FS Points Places Rank
Karin Künzle
Christian Künzle 		6 7 128.97 64 7

Ice hockey[]

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics

First Round[]

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

Team 1  Score  Team 2
 West Germany 5–1   Switzerland

Consolation Round[]

Rank Pld W L T GF GA Pts
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

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

Daniel Widmer

Nordic combined[]

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
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[]

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
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[]

Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
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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