Switzerland at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Switzerland competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Alpine skiing Men's downhill 15 February Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 24 February Alpine skiing Women's slalom 26 February Marcel Fässler Werner Stocker Bobsleigh Four-man 28 February Nordic combined Individual 28 February Peter Müller Alpine skiing Men's downhill 15 February Alpine skiing Women's downhill 19 February Alpine skiing Women's combined 21 February Alpine skiing Women's super-G 22 February Nordic combined Team 24 February Alpine skiing Men's combined 17 February Alpine skiing Women's combined 21 February Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 24 February Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom 25 February Cross-country skiing Men's 50 kilometre freestyle 27 February

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Switzerland at the 1988 Winter Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 9 8 17Bobsleigh 10 – 10Cross-country skiing 6 5 11Figure skating 1 1 2Ice hockey 22 – 22Nordic combined 4 – 4Ski jumping 4 – 4 Total 56 14 70

Alpine skiing

Men

AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankFranz HeinzerDownhill2:03.3617Daniel Mahrer2:03.1812Peter Müller2:00.14Pirmin Zurbriggen1:59.63Martin HanglSuper-GDNF–Daniel MahrerDNF–Franz Heinzer1:43.3215Pirmin Zurbriggen1:41.965Martin HanglGiant Slalom1:07.51DNFDNF–Joël Gaspoz1:06.701:02.872:09.5710Hans Pieren1:06.461:04.222:10.6814Pirmin Zurbriggen1:05.571:02.822:08.39Paul AccolaSlalomDSQ–DSQ–Hans PierenDNF–DNF–Joël GaspozDNF–DNF–Pirmin Zurbriggen52.0548.431:40.487

Men's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2PointsRankBernhard Fahner1:51.7847.5645.81120.4515Martin Hangl1:51.48DNF–DNF–Paul Accola1:51.2742.5842.3548.24Pirmin Zurbriggen1:46.9044.32DNFDNF–

Women

AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankChantal BournissenDownhill1:27.4611Michela Figini1:27.269Maria Walliser1:26.894Brigitte Oertli1:26.61Brigitte OertliSuper-G1:21.5617Zoë Haas1:20.917Maria Walliser1:20.486Michela Figini1:20.03Michela FiginiGiant Slalom1:02.35DNFDNF–Corinne Schmidhauser1:00.67DNFDNF–Maria Walliser1:00.571:07.152:07.72Vreni Schneider1:00.531:05.962:06.49Corinne SchmidhauserSlalomDNF–DNF–Brigitte Oertli49.95DNFDNF–Vreni Schneider48.8147.881:36.69

Women's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2PointsRankBeatrice GafnerDNF––DNF–Brigitte Oertli1:18.3739.2441.4729.48Vreni Schneider1:18.10DNF–DNF–Maria Walliser1:16.9841.8044.1251.28

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSUI-1Hans HiltebrandAndré KiserTwo-man58.742159.21759.55359.0243:56.526SUI-2Gustav WederDonat AcklinTwo-man58.011158.8831:00.12859.0553:56.064

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSUI-1Ekkehard FasserKurt MeierMarcel FässlerWerner StockerFour-man56.83757.37355.88157.4343:47.51SUI-2Hans HiltebrandUrs FehlmannErwin FassbindAndré KiserFour-man56.39257.911257.131557.8263:49.259

Cross-country skiing

Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 km CGiachem GuidonDNF–Konrad HallenbarterDNF–Andi Grünenfelder45:35.535Jürg Capol43:59.52230 km CAndi GrünenfelderDNF–Jürg Capol1'31:35.830Jeremias Wigger1'30:47.126Giachem Guidon1'28:05.91350 km FMarkus Fähndrich2'13:33.235Jeremias Wigger2'09:05.314Giachem Guidon2'09:02.213Andi Grünenfelder2'06:01.9

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankAndi GrünenfelderJürg CapolGiachem GuidonJeremias Wigger1'46:16.34

Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 km CKarin Thomas17:04.140Marianne Irniger16:37.535Christina Gilli-Brügger15:44.515Evi Kratzer15:42.81410 km CMarianne Irniger34:58.343Sandra Parpan33:02.032Christina Gilli-Brügger31:37.418Evi Kratzer31:16.71120 km FMarianne Irniger1'01:51.530Karin Thomas59:17.216Evi Kratzer58:56.114Christina Gilli-Brügger57:37.44

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankKarin ThomasSandra ParpanEvi KratzerChristina Gilli-Brügger1'01:59.44

Figure skating

Men AthleteCFSPFSTFPRank Oliver Höner10101424.012

Women AthleteCFSPFSTFPRank Stéfanie Schmid21161231.015

Ice hockey

Group A Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round. PldWLTGFGAPts5311228752032310753111712753201910651319133505010470

Switzerland 2-1 Finland Canada 4-2 Switzerland Sweden 4-2 Switzerland Switzerland 4-1 Poland Switzerland 9-0 France

Game for 7th place

Team Roster Jakob Kölliker Patrice Brasey André Künzi Manuele Celio Thomas Vrabec Jörg Eberle Peter Jaks Fredy Lüthi Gil Montandon Fausto Mazzoleni Andreas Ritsch Bruno Rogger Philipp Neuenschwander Gaëtan Boucher Felix Hollenstein Roman Wäger Markus Leuenberger Peter Schlagenhauf Urs Burkart Pietro Cunti Olivier Anken Richard Bucher

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalPointsRankStart atTimePointsRankStefan SpäniIndividual178.6405:32.7DNFDNF–Fredy Glanzmann180.1375:22.745:38.8376.53535Andreas Schaad207.2142:22.040:40.0421.3505Hippolyt Kempf217.931:10.739:27.5432.230

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events: normal hill ski jumping 10 km cross-country skiing

AthletesSki jumpingCross-countryTotalPointsRankStart atTimeRankFredy GlanzmannHippolyt KempfAndreas Schaad571.464:52.01'20:49.4

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankChristoph LehmannNormal hill74.076.073.074.9150.956Gérard Balanche78.085.978.087.9173.837Christian Hauswirth79.590.373.074.4164.748Fabrice Piazzini83.099.978.088.9188.817Fabrice PiazziniLarge hill105.073.999.083.0156.943Christoph Lehmann101.087.390.065.9153.244Christian Hauswirth105.094.997.082.2177.127Gérard Balanche105.095.494.577.2172.630

Men's team large hill AthletesResultPoints 1RankGérard BalancheChristoph LehmannFabrice PiazziniChristian Hauswirth516.18

1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

References

Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1988, full results by sports-reference.com