Switzerland at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the Olympic Games
Flag of Switzerland – Flag bearers IOC code  SUI NOC Swiss Olympic Association Website www.swissolympic.ch (German)
At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville
Competitors	74 (57 men, 17 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Vreni Schneider, Alpine Skiing
Medals Rank: 14	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 2	Total 3
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012
Winter Games
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010

Switzerland competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Nicolas Bochatay, a member of the delegation was to represent the country in the speed skiing finals, but he was killed in a fatal accident on the morning of the day of the competition he was to compete in.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Weder, GustavGustav Weder Acklin, DonatDonat Acklin	Bobsleigh	Two-man
3 Bronze	Locher, SteveSteve Locher	Alpine skiing	Men's combined
3 Bronze	Weder, GustavGustav Weder Acklin, DonatDonat Acklin Schindelholz, LorenzLorenz Schindelholz Morell, CurdinCurdin Morell	Bobsleigh	Four-man

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Paul Accola	Downhill			DNF	–
Xavier Gigandet				1:52.50	15
Daniel Mahrer				1:52.39	13
Franz Heinzer				1:51.39	6
Franz Heinzer	Super-G			DNF	–
Urs Kälin				1:15.22	14
Paul Accola				1:14.60	10
Marco Hangl				1:13.90	6
Michael von Grünigen	Giant Slalom	1:06.95	1:03.72	2:10.67	13
Hans Pieren		1:06.34	1:03.23	2:09.57	11
Steve Locher		1:05.80	DNF	DNF	–
Paul Accola		1:04.88	1:03.14	2:08.02	4
Steve Locher	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Michael von Grünigen		53.62	52.80	1:46.42	7
Paul Accola		52.64	52.98	1:45.62	6
Patrick Staub		52.56	52.88	1:45.44	4

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
William Besse	1:46.66	DNF	–	DNF	–
Steve Locher	1:46.53	49.90	51.54	18.16	03 !
Paul Accola	1:45.73	56.08	59.71	90.96	21
Xavier Gigandet	1:45.61	53.35	53.84	41.21	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Chantal Bournissen	Downhill			DNF	–
Marlis Spescha				1:55.83	21
Heidi Zeller-Bähler				1:54.73	13
Heidi Zurbriggen				1:54.04	10
Heidi Zurbriggen	Super-G			DNF	–
Chantal Bournissen				DNF	–
Heidi Zeller-Bähler				1:24.51	11
Zoë Haas				1:24.31	10
Heidi Zurbriggen	Giant Slalom	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Vreni Schneider		DNF	–	DNF	–
Corinne Rey-Bellet		1:08.89	1:08.70	2:17.59	17
Zoë Haas		1:07.77	1:10.12	2:17.89	18
Annick Bonzon	Slalom	49.94	DNF	DNF	–
Christine von Grünigen		49.84	45.89	1:35.73	13
Katrin Neuenschwander		49.20	45.08	1:34.28	9
Vreni Schneider		48.66	45.30	1:33.96	7

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Heidi Zurbriggen	DSQ	–	–	DSQ	–
Chantal Bournissen	1:26.92	35.33	35.36	24.98	4
Heidi Zeller-Bähler	1:26.90	37.63	38.45	69.07	14

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Jean-Marc Chabloz	3	30:32.9	77

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 2	Rank
20 km	Jean-Marc Chabloz	59:45.6	4	1'03:45.6	54

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

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1992 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	Gustav Weder Donat Acklin	Two-man	1:00.49	9	1:00.97	3	1:00.84	1	1:00.96	1	4:03.26	01 !
SUI-2	Christian Meili Christian Reich	Two-man	1:00.23	3	1:01.31	11	1:01.44	9	1:01.38	10	4:04.36	10

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Gustav Weder Donat Acklin Lorenz Schindelholz Curdin Morell	Four-man	57.97	2	58.78	6	58.59	3	58.79	3	3:54.13	03 !
SUI-2	Christian Meili Bruno Gerber Christian Reich Gerold Löffler	Four-man	58.15	5	58.75	5	58.59	3	58.89	8	3:54.38	5

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Hans Diethelm	31:41.8	50
	André Jungen	31:41.2	49
	Giachem Guidon	31:23.9	44
15 km pursuit1 F	Hans Diethelm	44:16.4	44
	Giachem Guidon	43:06.1	34
	André Jungen	42:56.3	31
30 km C	Hans Diethelm	1'30:13.2	36
	Giachem Guidon	1'28:44.5	25
50 km F	André Jungen	2'20:32.1	47
	Hans Diethelm	2'14:41.6	30
	Giachem Guidon	2'10:55.0	15

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

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Elvira Knecht	16:05.5	44
	Barbara Mettler	15:33.7	32
	Brigitte Albrecht Loretan	15:09.5	20
	Sylvia Honegger	15:03.4	15
10 km pursuit2 F	Barbara Mettler	31:16.3	42
	Brigitte Albrecht Loretan	30:28.8	37
	Elvira Knecht	30:17.2	36
	Sylvia Honegger	28:17.7	13
15 km C	Silke Braun-Schwager	DNF	–
	Natascia Leonardi Cortesi	46:32.7	25
	Sylvia Honegger	45:33.7	16
30 km F	Natascia Leonardi Cortesi	1'33:21.0	31
	Elvira Knecht	1'32:35.6	26
	Sylvia Honegger	1'30:16.6	19
	Brigitte Albrecht Loretan	1'29:54.3	17

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

Women's 4 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Sylvia Honegger Brigitte Albrecht Loretan Natascia Leonardi Cortesi Elvira Knecht	1'02:54.1	9

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Bernard Brandt	Moguls	35.58	14.82	39	Did not advance
Petsch Moser		31.06	18.56	29	Did not advance
Thomas Lagler		32.63	22.02	17	Did not advance
Jürg Biner		32.00	23.02	11 Q	32.60	22.69	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Conny Kissling	Moguls	40.83	17.46	13	Did not advance

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Group B

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the Consolation Round for the 9th to 12th places.

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team sent to compete in the Consolation Round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Canada	5	4	1	0	28	9	19	8
Unified Team	5	4	1	0	32	10	22	8
Czechoslovakia	5	4	1	0	25	15	10	8
France	5	2	3	0	14	22	-8	4
Switzerland	5	1	4	0	13	25	-12	2
Norway	5	0	5	0	7	38	-31	0

Unified Team	8:1	Switzerland
Canada	6:1	Switzerland
France	4:3	Switzerland
Switzerland	6:3	Norway
Czechoslovakia	4:2	Switzerland

Consolation Round 9th-12th Places

Switzerland

7:2

Poland

9th Place Match

Norway

5:2

Switzerland 10th

Contestants

• Reto Pavoni
• Renato Tosio
• Samuel Balmer
• Sandro Bertaggia
• Sven Leuenberger
• Patrice Brasey
• Doug Honegger
• Dino Kessler
• Andreas Beutler
• Andre Kunzi
• Jorge Eberle
• Alfred Lüthi
• Andreas Ton
• Patrick Howald
• Gil Montandon
• Thomas Vrabec
• Mario Brodmann
• Mario Rottaris
• Keith Fair
• Manuele Celio
• André Rötheli
• Peter Jaks

• Head Coach: Juhani Tamminen

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
		Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Urs Niedhart	Individual	179.3	41	+5:28.0	54:07.4	38
Hippolyt Kempf		189.7	36	+4:18.7	50:24.5	26
Marco Zarucchi		201.1	20	+3:02.7	50:55.3	29
Andreas Schaad		201.1	20	+3:02.7	48:02.1	14

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps per team member were counted.)
• 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Total
	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Hippolyt Kempf Andreas Schaad Marco Zarucchi	521.9	11	+10:16.0	1'33:38.4	10

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Markus Gähler	Normal hill	80.5	90.8	79.0	89.4	180.2	44
Martin Trunz		80.0	92.0	80.5	90.8	182.8	41
Sylvain Freiholz		83.0	97.8	81.5	93.4	191.2	24
Stefan Zünd		83.0	100.8	80.0	94.0	194.8	20
Markus Gähler	Large hill	100.0	77.0	90.5	61.7	138.7	35
Sylvain Freiholz		99.0	77.6	108.5	93.4	171.0	14
Martin Trunz		105.0	87.0	88.5	60.4	147.4	31
Stefan Zünd		104.0	87.1	94.5	71.8	158.9	22

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
	Points 1	Rank
Markus Gähler Stefan Zünd Sylvain Freiholz Martin Trunz	537.9	8

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

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1992, full results by sports-reference.com