Switzerland at the 1976 Winter Olympics

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 1 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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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
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
		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
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

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 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

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

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