Switzerland at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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 MedalNameSportEvent Alpine skiing Men's slalom Alpine skiing Women's downhill Bobsleigh Two-man Alpine skiing Men's combined Alpine skiing Women's slalom Bobsleigh Two-man Figure skating Men's singles Alpine skiing Men's downhill tie Alpine skiing Men's downhill tie Switzerland men's national ice hockey team Ice hockey Men's competition

Alpine skiing

Men

AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAlfred StägerDownhillDNF–Edy Reinalter3:11.022Romedi Spada3:09.218Adolf Odermatt3:06.411Fernand Grosjean3:03.18Ralph Olinger3:00.3Karl Molitor3:00.3Karl GammaSlalomDNF–––DNF–Georges Schneider1:11.9141:06.5132:18.413Karl Molitor1:10.261:06.0112:16.28Edy Reinalter1:07.731:02.612:10.3

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).

AthleteSlalomTotal (downhill + slalom)Time 1Time 2RankPointsRankAdolf Odermatt1:19.81:15.81915.6415Fernand Grosjean1:19.61:22.7 (+0:05)3016.6116Edy Reinalter1:16.31:05.8412.0110Karl Molitor1:14.01:08.566.44

Women

AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankOlivia AusoniDownhill2:45.124Irène Molitor2:37.214Antoinette Meyer2:35.411Rosemarie Bleuer2:33.39Lina Mittner2:31.25Hedy Schlunegger2:28.3Olivia AusoniSlalom1:18.72259.982:18.617Rosemarie Bleuer1:06.2131:04.4142:10.613Renée Clerc1:03.881:02.092:05.85Antoinette Meyer1:00.7457.011:57.7

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).

AthleteSlalomTotal (downhill + slalom)Time 1Time 2RankPointsRankOlivia Ausoni1:44.41:08.52738.0226Hedy Schlunegger1:11.41:07.11510.208Rosemarie Bleuer1:05.51:03.868.806Lina Mittner1:03.31:16.31712.5414

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSUI-1Fritz FeierabendPaul EberhardTwo-man1:23.721:24.021:21.411:21.315:30.4SUI-2Felix EndrichFriedrich WallerTwo-man1:22.411:22.711:21.721:22.425:29.2

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSUI-1Fritz FeierabendFriedrich WallerFelix EndrichHeinrich AngstFour-man1:16.911:21.281:22.371:21.735:22.14SUI-2Franz KapusWerner SpringBernhard SchilterPaul EberhardFour-man1:17.661:20.831:22.371:24.7125:25.48

Cross-country skiing

Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank18 kmGottlieb Perren1'26:2743Karl Bricker1'25:4741Alfons Supersaxo1'24:2934Theo Allenbach1'23:5430Robert Zurbriggen1'22:5126Max Müller1'22:4025Niklaus Stump1'22:1520Edy Schild1'22:152050 kmLouis Bourban4'33:5019Max Müller4'30:5117Edy Schild4'05:376

Men's 4 x 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankNiklaus StumpRobert ZurbriggenMax MüllerEdi Schild2'48:075

Figure skating

Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesFinal rankKarl Enderlin1410154.24411014Hans Gerschwiler23181.12223

Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesFinal rankDoris Blanc2425122.62222125Lotti Höner2022134.21118623Maja Hug1319141.52213715

Pairs AthletesPointsPlacesFinal rankLuny UnoldHans Kuster9.28112012

Ice hockey

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating. PldWLTGFGAPts 870169515 8701801815 8620672112 844055288 835039476 826029974 817033772 8080241560 *8530863310 * 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

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.

AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotalPointsRankDistance 1Distance 2Distance 3PointsRankPointsRankGottlieb PerrenIndividual186.002056.057.556.5187.826373.8018Alfons Supersaxo196.501663.057.061.5203.913400.4013Theo Allenbach199.501252.552.050.0176.632376.1017Niklaus Stump208.50765.563.5 (fall)60.0213.05421.504

Skeleton

AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Run 6TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankChristian FischbacherDNF–––––––––––DNF–Dialma Baseglia49.21149.01048.66DNF–––––DNF–Gottfried Kägi48.91048.8848.771:00.841:01.651:01.145:29.95Milo Bigler48.4748.4548.772:00.2101:02.18DNF–DNF–

Ski jumping

AthleteEventDistance 1Distance 2Total pointsRankWilli KlopfensteinNormal hill60.062.5209.313Andreas Däscher61.061.0203.817Hans Zurbriggen61.067.0214.010Fritz Tschannen64.566.0214.89

Speed skating

Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mRudolf Kleiner47.8391500 mSepp Rogger2:34.743Rudolf Kleiner2:33.042Hanspeter Vogt2:30.5345000 mAlfred Altenburger9:40.639Sepp Rogger9:29.334Heinz Hügelshofer9:21.333

References

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