Switzerland at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the Olympic Games
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At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz
Competitors	70 (59 men, 11 women) in 9 sports
Medals Rank: 3	Gold 3	Silver 4	Bronze 3	Total 10
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Switzerland was the host nation for the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. It was the second time that Switzerland had hosted the Winter Games, after the 1928 Winter Olympics, also in St. Moritz.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Edy Reinalter	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
Gold	Hedy Schlunegger	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
Gold	Felix Endrich Friedrich Waller	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Silver	Karl Molitor	Alpine skiing	Men's combined
Silver	Antoinette Meyer	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Silver	Fritz Feierabend Paul Eberhard	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Silver	Hans Gerschwiler	Figure skating	Men's singles
Bronze	Karl Molitor	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill tie
Bronze	Rolf Olinger	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill tie
Bronze	Switzerland men's national ice hockey team Hans Bänninger   Hans Dürst   Beat Rüedi Reto Perl   Walter Paul Dürst   Fredy Bieler Emil Handschin   Bibi Torriani   Heini Lohrer Ferdinand Cattini   Gebhard Poltera   Werner Lohrer Hans Cattini   Ulrich Poltera   Otto Schubiger Hanggi Boller   Hans-Martin Trepp	Ice hockey	Men's competition

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alfred Stäger	Downhill					DNF	–
Edy Reinalter						3:11.0	22
Romedi Spada						3:09.2	18
Adolf Odermatt						3:06.4	11
Fernand Grosjean						3:03.1	8
Ralph Olinger						3:00.3
Karl Molitor						3:00.3
Karl Gamma	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Georges Schneider		1:11.9	14	1:06.5	13	2:18.4	13
Karl Molitor		1:10.2	6	1:06.0	11	2:16.2	8
Edy Reinalter		1:07.7	3	1:02.6	1	2:10.3

Men's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

Athlete	Slalom			Total (downhill + slalom)
	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Points	Rank
Adolf Odermatt	1:19.8	1:15.8	19	15.64	15
Fernand Grosjean	1:19.6	1:22.7 (+0:05)	30	16.61	16
Edy Reinalter	1:16.3	1:05.8	4	12.01	10
Karl Molitor	1:14.0	1:08.5	6	6.44

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Olivia Ausoni	Downhill					2:45.1	24
Irène Molitor						2:37.2	14
Antoinette Meyer						2:35.4	11
Rosemarie Bleuer						2:33.3	9
Lina Mittner						2:31.2	5
Hedy Schlunegger						2:28.3
Olivia Ausoni	Slalom	1:18.7	22	59.9	8	2:18.6	17
Rosemarie Bleuer		1:06.2	13	1:04.4	14	2:10.6	13
Renée Clerc		1:03.8	8	1:02.0	9	2:05.8	5
Antoinette Meyer		1:00.7	4	57.0	1	1:57.7

Women's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

Athlete	Slalom			Total (downhill + slalom)
	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Points	Rank
Olivia Ausoni	1:44.4	1:08.5	27	38.02	26
Hedy Schlunegger	1:11.4	1:07.1	15	10.20	8
Rosemarie Bleuer	1:05.5	1:03.8	6	8.80	6
Lina Mittner	1:03.3	1:16.3	17	12.54	14

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1948 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	Fritz Feierabend Paul Eberhard	Two-man	1:23.7	2	1:24.0	2	1:21.4	1	1:21.3	1	5:30.4
SUI-2	Felix Endrich Friedrich Waller	Two-man	1:22.4	1	1:22.7	1	1:21.7	2	1:22.4	2	5:29.2

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 Feierabend Friedrich Waller Felix Endrich Heinrich Angst	Four-man	1:16.9	1	1:21.2	8	1:22.3	7	1:21.7	3	5:22.1	4
SUI-2	Franz Kapus Werner Spring Bernhard Schilter Paul Eberhard	Four-man	1:17.6	6	1:20.8	3	1:22.3	7	1:24.7	12	5:25.4	8

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Gottlieb Perren	1'26:27	43
	Karl Bricker	1'25:47	41
	Alfons Supersaxo	1'24:29	34
	Theo Allenbach	1'23:54	30
	Robert Zurbriggen	1'22:51	26
	Max Müller	1'22:40	25
	Niklaus Stump	1'22:15	20
	Edy Schild	1'22:15	20
50 km	Louis Bourban	4'33:50	19
	Max Müller	4'30:51	17
	Edy Schild	4'05:37	6

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Niklaus Stump Robert Zurbriggen Max Müller Edi Schild	2'48:07	5

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Karl Enderlin	14	10	154.244	110	14
Hans Gerschwiler	2	3	181.122	23

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Doris Blanc	24	25	122.622	221	25
Lotti Höner	20	22	134.211	186	23
Maja Hug	13	19	141.522	137	15

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Final rank
Luny Unold Hans Kuster	9.281	120	12

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	8	7	0	1	69	5	15
Czechoslovakia	8	7	0	1	80	18	15
Switzerland	8	6	2	0	67	21	12
Sweden	8	4	4	0	55	28	8
Great Britain	8	3	5	0	39	47	6
Poland	8	2	6	0	29	97	4
Austria	8	1	7	0	33	77	2
Italy	8	0	8	0	24	156	0
United States *	8	5	3	0	86	33	10

* United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked.

• Switzerland 5-4 USA
• Switzerland 16-0 Italy
• Switzerland 11-2 Austria
• Switzerland 12-3 United Kingdom
• Switzerland 8-2 Sweden
• Switzerland 14-0 Poland
• Czechoslovakia 7-1 Switzerland
• Canada 3-0 Switzerland

Bronze:

Hans Bänninger Reto Perl Emil Handschin Ferdinand Cattini Hans Cattini Hanggi Boller Hans Dürst Walter Paul Dürst Bibi Torriani Gebhard Poltera Ulrich Poltera Hans-Martin Trepp Beat Rüedi Fredy Bieler Heini Lohrer Werner Lohrer Otto Schubiger

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Events:

• 18 km cross-country skiing
• normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below. Athletes would perform three jumps, of which the two best jumps (distance and form) were counted.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country		Ski Jumping					Total
		Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Distance 3	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gottlieb Perren	Individual	186.00	20	56.0	57.5	56.5	187.8	26	373.80	18
Alfons Supersaxo		196.50	16	63.0	57.0	61.5	203.9	13	400.40	13
Theo Allenbach		199.50	12	52.5	52.0	50.0	176.6	32	376.10	17
Niklaus Stump		208.50	7	65.5	63.5 (fall)	60.0	213.0	5	421.50	4

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Run 5		Run 6		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Christian Fischbacher	DNF	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF	–
Dialma Baseglia	49.2	11	49.0	10	48.6	6	DNF	–	–	–	–	–	DNF	–
Gottfried Kägi	48.9	10	48.8	8	48.7	7	1:00.8	4	1:01.6	5	1:01.1	4	5:29.9	5
Milo Bigler	48.4	7	48.4	5	48.7	7	2:00.2	10	1:02.1	8	DNF	–	DNF	–

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank
Willi Klopfenstein	Normal hill	60.0	62.5	209.3	13
Andreas Däscher		61.0	61.0	203.8	17
Hans Zurbriggen		61.0	67.0	214.0	10
Fritz Tschannen		64.5	66.0	214.8	9

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Rudolf Kleiner	47.8	39
1500 m	Sepp Rogger	2:34.7	43
	Rudolf Kleiner	2:33.0	42
	Hanspeter Vogt	2:30.5	34
5000 m	Alfred Altenburger	9:40.6	39
	Sepp Rogger	9:29.3	34

References

• Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com