Switzerland competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Bobsleigh Two-man Bobsleigh Four-man Alpine skiing Men's slalom Alpine skiing Women's downhill Alpine skiing Women's slalom
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankToni BürglerDownhillDNF–Erwin Josi1:50.0324Urs Räber1:49.1618Peter Müller1:46.754Jean-Luc FournierGiant SlalomDNF–––DNF–Peter LüscherDNF–––DNF–Jacques Lüthy1:21.55111:21.2022:42.755Joël Gaspoz1:21.1051:21.9562:43.057Peter LüscherSlalomDNF–––DNF–Joël GaspozDNF–––DNF–Jean-Luc Fournier58.952854.53231:53.4823Jacques Lüthy53.70251.3661:45.06
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAnnemarie BischofbergerDownhill1:41.9320Doris de Agostini1:41.2617Bernadette Zurbriggen1:40.7411Marie-Theres Nadig1:38.36Marie-Theres NadigGiant SlalomDNF–––DNF–Brigitte Nansoz1:18.09181:30.11152:48.2016Erika Hess1:15.274DNF–DNF–Marie-Theres NadigSlalomDNF–––DNF–Brigitte Nansoz45.5217DNF–DNF–Erika Hess43.50544.3951:27.89
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintRoland Burn536:52.3532Urs Brechbühl436:22.6630
EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmRoland Burn1'10:12.97111'21:12.9737Urs Berchbühl1'11:59.1381'19:59.1334
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSUI-1Hans HiltebrandWalter RahmTwo-man1:02.3721:02.9651:03.65111:02.6434:11.324SUI-2Erich SchärerSepp BenzTwo-man1:01.8711:02.7621:02.2911:02.4414:09.36
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSUI-1Erich SchärerUeli BächliRuedi MartiSepp BenzFour-man1:00.3131:00.4131:00.0221:00.1314:00.87SUI-2Hans HiltebrandUlrich SchindlerWalter RahmArmin BaumgartnerFour-man1:01.1371:01.0051:00.5471:01.0264:03.696
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmAlfred Schindler44:52.9335Hansueli Kreuzer44:44.6632Konrad Hallenbarter44:42.1229Franz Renggli44:38.662730 kmFrancis Jacot1'36:50.4642Heinz Gähler1'33:43.6829Gaudenz Ambühl1'32:06.2024Eduard Hauser1'31:20.091550 kmKonrad HallenbarterDNF–Gaudenz AmbühlDNF–Heinz Gähler2'35:11.2014Franz Renggli2'33:27.5610
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankHansrüli KreuzerKonrad HallenbarterEduard HauserGaudenz Ambühl2'03:36.577
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmCornelia Thomas16:43.8534Evi Kratzer16:14.342310 kmCornelia Thomas33:57.9436Evi Kratzer33:03.6527
Figure skating
Women AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank Danielle Rieder91516165.4612514 Denise Biellmann1211180.46434
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankUeli SchenkelDNF–––––––DNF–Markus Kägi54.22428DNF–––––DNF–
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankErnst BeetschenIndividual73.072.0170.32750:09.2198.29516368.59521Karl Lustenberger83.080.0212.7650:01.1199.51014412.2106
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankPaul EgloffNormal hill65.080.270.591.5171.743Robert Mösching74.097.673.095.0192.637Hansjörg Sumi83.0117.586.5125.1242.69Paul EgloffLarge hill91.587.788.079.4167.247Karl Lustenberger98.0104.495.098.7203.130Robert Mösching108.0118.498.5104.1222.517Hansjörg Sumi117.0135.0100.0107.7242.77
Speed skating
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mSilvia Brunner43.72131000 mSilvia Brunner1:31.7929
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1980, full results by sports-reference.com