| Switzerland at the 1968 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | SUI |
| NOC | Swiss Olympic Association |
| Website | www |
| in Grenoble | |
| Competitors | 34 (29 men, 5 women) in 7 sports |
| Flag bearer | Alois Kälin (nordic combined) |
| Medals Ranked 14th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Switzerland competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Willy Favre | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
| Silver | Alois Kälin | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
 Bronze | Jean-Daniel Dätwyler | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
| Bronze | Fernande Bochatay | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom |
| Bronze | Jean Wicki Hans Candrian Willi Hofmann Walter Graf | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
| Bronze | Josef Haas | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
Alpine skiing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Dumeng Giovanoli | Downhill | 2:02.98 | 16 | ||||
| Jos Minsch | 2:02.76 | 14 | |||||
| Edy Bruggmann | 2:02.36 | 10 | |||||
| Jean-Daniel Dätwyler | 2:00.32 | | |||||
| Stefan Kälin | Giant Slalom | 1:48.98 | 29 | 1:51.44 | 31 | 3:40.42 | 28 |
| Dumeng Giovanoli | 1:46.13 | 11 | 1:47.42 | 6 | 3:33.55 | 7 | |
| Edy Bruggmann | 1:46.00 | 10 | 1:48.91 | 11 | 3:34.91 | 12 | |
| Willy Favre | 1:43.94 | 2 | 1:47.56 | 7 | 3:31.50 | | |
- Men's slalom
| Athlete | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | |
| Andreas Sprecher | 54.78 | 3 | 52.99 | 1 QF | 51.91 | 24 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Willy Favre | 53.65 | 1 QF | – | – | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Peter Frei | 55.66 | 2 QF | – | – | 50.04 | 12 | 51.94 | 15 | 1:41.98 | 10 |
| Dumeng Giovanoli | 51.14 | 1 QF | – | – | 49.89 | 6 | 50.33 | 3 | 1:40.22 | 4 |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Vreni Inäbnit | Downhill | 1:45.16 | 18 | ||||
| Madeleine Wuilloud | 1:44.49 | 16 | |||||
| Annerösli Zryd | 1:43.76 | 11 | |||||
| Fernande Bochatay | 1:42.87 | 7 | |||||
| Madeleine Wuilloud | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | ||||
| Vreni Inäbnit | 1:58.50 | 19 | |||||
| Annerösli Zryd | 1:57.60 | 13 | |||||
| Fernande Bochatay | 1:54.74 | | |||||
| Fernande Bochatay | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Vreni Inäbnit | 45.45 | 21 | 49.73 | 16 | 1:35.18 | 17 | |
| Madeleine Wuilloud | 44.86 | 19 | 48.41 | 12 | 1:33.27 | 13 | |
| Annerösli Zryd | 42.97 | 11 | 48.44 | 13 | 1:31.41 | 11 | |
Bobsleigh
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SUI-1 | Jean Wicki Hans Candrian |
Two-man | 1:10.60 | 4 | 1:11.72 | 7 | 1:12.01 | 10 | 1:12.65 | 13 | 4:46.98 | 9 |
| SUI-2 | René Stadler Max Forster |
Two-man | 1:11.60 | 10 | 1:12.74 | 15 | 1:12.36 | 12 | 1:12.46 | 11 | 4:49.16 | 10 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SUI-1 | Jean Wicki Hans Candrian Willi Hofmann Walter Graf |
Four-man | 1:10.65 | 7 | 1:07.39 | 1 | 2:18.04 | |
| SUI-2 | René Stadler Hansruedi Müller Robert Zimmermann Ernst Schmidt |
Four-man | 1:11.02 | 10 | 1:08.81 | 13 | 2:19.83 | 12 |
Cross-country skiing
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Konrad Hischier | 52:06.4 | 35 |
| Albert Giger | 51:26.6 | 30 | |
| Flury Koch | 50:37.2 | 19 | |
| Josef Haas | 50:34.8 | 18 | |
| 30 km | Fritz Stuessi | 1'43:57.8 | 35 |
| Florian Koch | 1'43:06.9 | 32 | |
| Konrad Hischier | 1'42:26.1 | 30 | |
| Denis Mast | 1'41:58.8 | 28 | |
| 50 km | Denis Mast | DNF | – |
| Franz Kälin | 2'44:29.7 | 37 | |
| Alois Kälin | 2'36:40.8 | 23 | |
| Josef Haas | 2'29:14.8 | | |
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Konrad Hischier Josef Haas Flury Koch Alois Kälin |
2'15:32.4 | 5 |
Figure skating
- Women
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Walter | 21 | 26 | 1571.5 | 202.5 | 22 |
Nordic combined
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 | ||
| Alois Kälin | Individual | 71.0 | 69.5 | 193.2 | 24 | 47:21.5 | 254.79 | 1 | 447.99 | |
Ski jumping
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Josef Zehnder | Normal hill | 73.5 | 65.4 | 67.5 (fall) | 88.8 | 154.2 | 52 |
| Josef Zehnder | Large hill | 84.0 | 81.5 | 79.5 | 71.7 | 153.2 | 47 |
Speed skating
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Hansruedi Widmer | 43.7 | 44 |
| Ruedi Uster | 43.6 | 43 | |
| 1500 m | Franz Krienbühl | 2:16.3 | 48 |
| Hansruedi Widmer | 2:16.1 | 47 | |
| 5000 m | Ruedi Uster | 8:12.2 | 35 |
| Franz Krienbühl | 8:08.9 | 34 | |
References
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