Switzerland at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the Olympic Games
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At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble
Competitors	34 (29 men, 5 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Alois Kälin (nordic combined)
Medals Rank: 14	Gold 0	Silver 2	Bronze 4	Total 6
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Switzerland competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Willy Favre	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
Silver	Alois Kälin	Nordic combined	Men's individual
Bronze	Jean-Daniel Dätwyler	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
Bronze	Fernande Bochatay	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Bronze	Jean Wicki Hans Candrian Willi Hofmann Walter Graf	Bobsleigh	Four-man
Bronze	Josef Haas	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dumeng Giovanoli	Downhill					2:02.98	16
Jos Minsch						2:02.76	14
Edy Bruggmann						2:02.36	10
Jean-Daniel Dätwyler						2:00.32
Stefan Kälin	Giant Slalom	1:48.98	29	1:51.44	31	3:40.42	28
Dumeng Giovanoli		1:46.13	11	1:47.42	6	3:33.55	7
Edy Bruggmann		1:46.00	10	1:48.91	11	3:34.91	12
Willy Favre		1:43.94	2	1:47.56	7	3:31.50

Men's slalom

Athlete	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Andreas Sprecher	54.78	3	52.99	1 QF	51.91	24	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Willy Favre	53.65	1 QF	–	–	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Peter Frei	55.66	2 QF	–	–	50.04	12	51.94	15	1:41.98	10
Dumeng Giovanoli	51.14	1 QF	–	–	49.89	6	50.33	3	1:40.22	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vreni Inäbnit	Downhill					1:45.16	18
Madeleine Wuilloud						1:44.49	16
Annerösli Zryd						1:43.76	11
Fernande Bochatay						1:42.87	7
Madeleine Wuilloud	Giant Slalom					DNF	–
Vreni Inäbnit						1:58.50	19
Annerösli Zryd						1:57.60	13
Fernande Bochatay						1:54.74
Fernande Bochatay	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Vreni Inäbnit		45.45	21	49.73	16	1:35.18	17
Madeleine Wuilloud		44.86	19	48.41	12	1:33.27	13
Annerösli Zryd		42.97	11	48.44	13	1:31.41	11

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Jean Wicki Hans Candrian	Two-man	1:10.60	4	1:11.72	7	1:12.01	10	1:12.65	13	4:46.98	9
SUI-2	René Stadler Max Forster	Two-man	1:11.60	10	1:12.74	15	1:12.36	12	1:12.46	11	4:49.16	10

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Jean Wicki Hans Candrian Willi Hofmann Walter Graf	Four-man	1:10.65	7	1:07.39	1	2:18.04
SUI-2	René Stadler Hansruedi Müller Robert Zimmermann Ernst Schmidt	Four-man	1:11.02	10	1:08.81	13	2:19.83	12

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Konrad Hischier	52:06.4	35
	Albert Giger	51:26.6	30
	Forian Koch	50:37.2	19
	Josef Haas	50:34.8	18
30 km	Fritz Stuessi	1'43:57.8	35
	Florian Koch	1'43:06.9	32
	Konrad Hischier	1'42:26.1	30
	Denis Mast	1'41:58.8	28
50 km	Denis Mast	DNF	–
	Franz Kälin	2'44:29.7	37
	Alois Kälin	2'36:40.8	23
	Josef Haas	2'29:14.8

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Konrad Hischier Josef Haas Florian Koch Alois Kälin	2'15:32.4	5

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Charlotte Walter	21	26	1571.5	202.5	22

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alois Kälin	Individual	71.0	69.5	193.2	24	47:21.5	254.79	1	447.99

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Josef Zehnder	Normal hill	73.5	65.4	67.5 (fall)	88.8	154.2	52
Josef Zehnder	Large hill	84.0	81.5	79.5	71.7	153.2	47

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Hansruedi Widmer	43.7	44
	Ruedi Uster	43.6	43
1500 m	Franz Krienbühl	2:16.3	48
	Hansruedi Widmer	2:16.1	47
5000 m	Ruedi Uster	8:12.2	35
	Franz Krienbühl	8:08.9	34

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com