Switzerland at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the Olympic Games
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At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley
Competitors	21 (14 men, 7 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Andreas Däscher
Medals Rank: 8	Gold 2	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 2
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Switzerland competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Roger Staub	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom	February 21
Gold	Yvonne Rüegg	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	February 23

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nando Pajarola	Downhill					2:15.4	20
Jakob Arduser						2:10.9	13
Roger Staub						2:08.9	5
Willi Forrer						2:07.8	4
Nando Pajarola	Giant Slalom					1:56.2	25
Fredy Brupbacher						1:55.0	22
Willi Forrer						1:53.9	20
Roger Staub						1:48.3
Roger Staub	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Willi Forrer		1:16.1	16	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Adolf Mathis		1:13.9	15	1:09.6	20	2:23.5	15
Georges Schneider		1:13.0	14	1:39.7	38	2:52.7	31

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Annemarie Waser	Downhill					DSQ	–
Liselotte Michel						2:01.0	35
Margrit Gertsch						1:50.4	26
Yvonne Rüegg						1:41.6	9
Annemarie Waser	Giant Slalom					1:46.0	23
Liselotte Michel						1:42.5	14
Madeleine Berthod-Chamot						1:41.9	9
Yvonne Rüegg						1:39.9
Yvonne Rüegg	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Madeleine Berthod-Chamot		1:12.1	37	1:03.3	22	2:15.4	28
Liselotte Michel		58.8	13	59.2	6	1:58.0	5
Annemarie Waser		57.6	7	DSQ	–	DSQ	–

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Konrad Hischier	57:43.9	39
	Marcel Huguenin	57:36.7	37
	Lorenz Possa	56:30.1	31
	Alphonse Baume	55:58.9	27
30 km	Fritz Kocher	DNF	–
	Lorenz Possa	2'05:41.2	32
	Marcel Huguenin	2'03:25.6	28
	Alphonse Baume	2'02:04.2	24
50 km	Fritz Kocher	DNF	–

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Fritz Kocher Marcel Huguenin Lorenz Possa Alphonse Baume	2'29:36.8	8

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Franziska Schmidt	21	19	1141.8	184	22
Liliane Crosa	22	17	1157.4	171	20

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Andreas Däscher	Normal hill	86.0	101.1	18	77.0	100.1	24	201.2	20

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1960, full results by sports-reference.com