Switzerland at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Switzerland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Curling Men's competition Snowboarding Men's halfpipe Alpine skiing Men's super-G Bobsleigh Four-man Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom Freestyle skiing Women's aerials Snowboarding Men's giant slalom

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Switzerland at the 1998 Winter Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 10 6 16Biathlon 1 0 1Bobsleigh 10 – 10Cross-country skiing 5 5 10Curling 5 0 5Figure skating 1 0 1Freestyle skiing 0 4 4Luge 1 0 1Nordic combined 4 – 4Ski jumping 4 – 4Snowboarding 8 4 12Speed skating 1 0 1 Total 50 19 69

Alpine skiing

Men

AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankBruno KernenDownhillDNF–Franco Cavegn1:51.7414Didier Cuche1:50.918Jürg Grünenfelder1:50.644Paul AccolaSuper-G1:36.8718Steve Locher1:36.6214Bruno Kernen1:36.3711Didier Cuche1:35.43Urs KälinGiant Slalom1:22.001:19.172:41.1712Steve Locher1:21.981:18.322:40.306Paul Accola1:21.311:19.262:40.577Michael von Grünigen1:20.981:18.712:39.69Marco CasanovaSlalomDNF–DNF–Paul Accola57.5657.351:54.9118Michael von Grünigen57.3357.631:54.9619Didier Plaschy56.6755.361:52.0312

Men's combined AthleteSlalomDownhillTotalTime 1Time 2TimeTotal timeRankJürg GrünenfelderDNF––DNF–Bruno KernenDNF––DNF–Paul Accola49.39DNF–DNF–

Women

AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankCorinne Rey-BelletDownhill1:32.9230Catherine Borghi1:31.4522Heidi Zurbriggen1:30.2512Catherine BorghiSuper-G1:20.6934Corinne Rey-Bellet1:20.3131Heidi Zurbriggen1:19.2221Sonja NefGiant SlalomDNF–DNF–Catherine Borghi1:21.901:36.522:58.4219Karin Roten1:20.911:36.052:56.9616Heidi Zurbriggen1:20.311:33.302:53.616Sonja NefSlalomDNF–DNF–Karin Roten46.64DNFDNF–Martina Accola46.3747.751:34.127

Women's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2Total timeRankCatherine Borghi1:31.2437.3236.772:45.3310

Biathlon

Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintJean-Marc ChablozDNFDNF–

EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmJean-Marc Chabloz59:41.041'03:41.051

1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSUI-1Reto GötschiGuido AcklinTwo-man54.71354.771254.44754.3543:38.276SUI-2Christian ReichCédric GrandTwo-man54.73454.56454.32554.5473:38.154

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSUI-1Marcel RohnerMarkus NüssliMarkus WasserBeat SeitzFour-man53.13853.15253.7342:40.01SUI-2Christian ReichSteve AnderhubThomas HandschinCédric GrandFour-man52.88353.47653.93132:40.287

Cross-country skiing

Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank10 km CPatrick MächlerDNF–Wilhelm Aschwanden31:10.563Jeremias Wigger30:33.449Beat Koch28:49.61715 km pursuit1 FWilhelm Aschwanden45:32.84930 km CBeat Koch1'46:38.353Jeremias Wigger1'39:46.41650 km FReto Burgermeister2'22:28.349Wilhelm Aschwanden2'14:18.022Jeremias Wigger2'13:50.518

1 Starting delay based on 10 km results. C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankJeremias WiggerBeat KochReto BurgermeisterWilhelm Aschwanden1'42:49.26

Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 km CAndrea Senteler20:07.562Andrea Huber19:27.645Sylvia Honegger18:29.614Brigitte Albrecht18:16.51010 km pursuit2 FSylvia Honegger30:44.322Brigitte Albrecht29:34.81015 km CSylvia Honegger50:31.92230 km FNatascia Leonardi1'30:31.824Brigitte Albrecht1'25:15.07

2 Starting delay based on 5 km results. C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankSylvia HoneggerAndrea HuberBrigitte AlbrechtNatascia Leonardi56:55.24

Curling

Men's tournament

Group stage Country SkipWL Mike Harris 6 1 Eigil Ramsfjell 5 2 Patrick Hürlimann 5 2 Tim Somerville 3 4 Makoto Tsuruga 3 4 Peja Lindholm 3 4 Douglas Dryburgh 2 5 Andy Kapp 1 6

Medal round Semi-final

Gold medal game

ContestantsSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateGold medalPatrick HürlimannPatrik LörtscherDaniel MüllerDiego PerrenDominic Andres

Figure skating

Men AthleteSPFSTFPRank Patrick Meier222233.022

Freestyle skiing

Women

AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimePointsRankTimePointsRankCorinne BodmerMoguls34.0419.9320did not advanceEvelyne LeuAerials148.7215did not advanceMichèle Rohrbach161.7610 Q129.3611Colette Brand165.077 Q171.83

Luge

Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankReto Gilly50.5941650.6462051.4852550.627203:23.35222

Nordic combined

Men's individual

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

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-country timeTotal rankPointsRankMarco ZarucchiIndividual185.54345:37.925Andy Hartmann193.03846:18.528Urs Kunz196.03244:53.218Jean-Yves Cuendet206.02144:34.617

Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events: normal hill ski jumping 5 km cross-country skiing

AthletesSki jumpingCross-country timeTotal rankPointsRankMarco ZarucchiAndy HartmannJean-Yves CuendetUrs Kunz797.01056:41.67

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsPointsRankMarco SteinauerNormal hill66.063.556did not advanceSimon Ammann75.083.535did not advanceSylvain Freiholz76.086.030 Q80.596.0182.029Bruno Reuteler81.096.523 Q84.0103.5200.018Sylvain FreiholzLarge hill106.088.841did not advanceSimon Ammann106.089.339did not advanceMarco Steinauer108.093.933did not advanceBruno Reuteler115.5105.921 Q120.5116.4222.319

Men's team large hill AthletesResultPoints 1RankSylvain FreiholzMarco SteinauerSimon AmmannBruno Reuteler735.06

1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding

Men's giant slalom

AthleteRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankAndré GrütterDSQ–DSQ–Gilles JaquetDSQ–DSQ–Fadri MoscaDSQ–DSQ–Ueli Kestenholz1:00.201:03.882:04.08

Men's halfpipe AthleteQualifying round 1Qualifying round 2FinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPatrik Hasler32.62432.123did not advanceGian Simmen34.02139.83 QF85.2Bertrand Denervaud37.81135.319did not advanceFabien Rohrer38.56 QF78.74

Women's giant slalom

AthleteRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankSteffi von Siebenthal1:21.93DNFDNF–Renate Keller1:19.481:12.322:31.8018Cécile Plancherel1:15.841:08.232:24.0711

Women's halfpipe AthleteQualifying round 1Qualifying round 2FinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankAnita Schwaller32.0932.27did not advance

Speed skating

Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5000 mMartin Feigenwinter6:47.0821

References

Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com