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Switzerland at the
2014 Winter Olympics
IOC codeSUI
NOCSwiss Olympic Association
Websitewww.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Sochi
Competitors163[4] in 12 sports
Flag bearers Simon Ammann (opening)[1][2]
Patrizia Kummer (closing)[3]
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
7
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
11
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Switzerland competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. 163 athletes were participating, making it the largest team Switzerland has ever sent to the Olympic Winter Games.[4] The four-time Olympic gold medalist Simon Ammann was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Dario Cologna Cross-country skiing Men's 30 kilometre skiathlon February 9
 Gold Iouri Podladtchikov Snowboarding Men's halfpipe February 11
 Gold Dominique Gisin Alpine skiing Women's downhill February 12
 Gold Sandro Viletta Alpine skiing Men's combined February 14
 Gold Dario Cologna Cross-country skiing Men's 15 kilometre classical February 14
 Gold Patrizia Kummer Snowboarding Women's parallel giant slalom February 19
 Gold Alex Baumann
Beat Hefti
Bobsleigh Two-man February 17
 Silver Selina Gasparin Biathlon Women's individual February 14
 Silver Nevin Galmarini Snowboarding Men's parallel giant slalom February 19
 Bronze Lara Gut Alpine skiing Women's downhill February 12
 Bronze Switzerland women's national ice hockey team
Ice hockey Women's tournament February 20

Alpine skiing

The Swiss Olympic selection committee named the following 21 athletes to the Winter Olympic team.[5] Both Silvan Zurbriggen[6] and Nadja Kamer[7] were selected to the team but did not compete in any race.

Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Luca Aerni Slalom DNF
Gino Caviezel Giant slalom 1:25.45 35 1:24.95 22 2:50.40 30
Mauro Caviezel Combined 1:54.75 13 DNF
Giant slalom 1:23.58 =23 1:26.17 34 2:49.75 28
Didier Défago Downhill 2:07.79 14
Super-G DNF
Giant slalom DNF
Beat Feuz Downhill 2:07.49 13
Super-G 1:20.65 27
Combined 1:54.46 10 53.29 15 2:47.75 15
Carlo Janka Downhill 2:06.71 6
Super-G 1:20.01 22
Giant slalom 1:22.52 9 1:24.52 19 2:47.04 13
Combined 1:54.42 9 52.46 11 2:46.88 8
Patrick Küng Downhill 2:07.82 15
Super-G 1:19.38 12
Justin Murisier Slalom 49.92 33 DNF
Sandro Viletta Combined 1:54.88 14 50.32 2 2:45.20 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Daniel Yule Slalom 48.38 =12 DSQ
Ramon Zenhäusern 51.01 39 58.39 19 1:49.40 19
Women
Women's downhill podium
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Fränzi Aufdenblatten Super-G 1:26.79 6
Denise Feierabend Combined 1:46.03 24 51.68 6 2:37.71 12
Slalom 55.80 15 53.67 22 1:49.47 17
Dominique Gisin Downhill 1:41.57 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Super-G DNF
Combined 1:44.01 10 52.11 11 2:36.12 5
Giant slalom 1:19.99 11 1:19.59 19 2:39.58 10
Michelle Gisin Slalom 1:00.73 38 56.39 27 1:57.12 28
Lara Gut Downhill 1:41.67 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Super-G 1:26.25 4
Combined 1:43.15 2 DNF
Giant slalom 1:20.54 16 1:18.10 2 2:38.64 9
Wendy Holdener Giant slalom DNF
Slalom DNF
Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden Downhill DNF
Combined DNF
Fabienne Suter Downhill 1:41.94 5
Super-G 1:26.89 7
Giant slalom 1:22.07 28 1:19.99 25 2:42.06 26

Biathlon

Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Switzerland qualified 5 men and 4 women.[8]

Men
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Claudio Böckli Individual 58:19.2 4 (1+1+0+2) 79
Simon Hallenbarter 54:52.2 1 (1+0+0+0) 47
Ivan Joller 56:40.6 3 (0+1+1+1) 67
Benjamin Weger Sprint 27:00.5 1 (1+0) 63
Individual 54:54.5 4 (1+1+1+1) 48
Serafin Wiestner Sprint 26:10.2 2 (1+1) 40
Pursuit 39:48.1 7 (2+1+3+1) 57
Claudio Böckli
Ivan Joller
Benjamin Weger
Serafin Wiestner
Team relay 1:16:15.8 10 (0+10) 14
Women
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Irene Cadurisch Individual 49:01.0 1 (0+0+1+0) 37
Aita Gasparin 52:14.9 5 (1+3+1+0) 62
Elisa Gasparin Sprint 21:38.2 0 (0+0) 8
Pursuit 32:42.8 5 (2+1+1+1) 31
Individual 48:46.9 3 (1+1+1+0) 33
Mass start DNF 0 (0+1) DNF
Selina Gasparin Sprint 21:46.5 1 (0+1) 13
Pursuit 30:59.1 2 (0+0+1+1) 15
Individual 44:35.3 0 (0+0+0+0) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mass start 36:54.9 0 (0+1+1+0) 9
Irene Cadurisch
Aita Gasparin
Elisa Gasparin
Selina Gasparin
Team relay 1:12:34.3 9 (0+9) 9
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Elisa Gasparin
Selina Gasparin
Simon Hallenbarter
Benjamin Weger
Team relay 1:13:33.9 9 (0+9) 12

Bobsleigh

Switzerland qualified a total of thirteen athletes in the following sleds. The qualification was based on the world rankings as of 20 January 2014.[9]

Men
SUI-2 two-man sled
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Alex Baumann
Beat Hefti*
Two-man 56.46 4 56.68 =3 56.26 2 56.65 3 3:46.05 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Juerg Egger
Rico Peter*
56.96 13 56.68 =3 56.60 7 56.72 6 3:46.96 10
Alex Baumann
Juerg Egger
Beat Hefti*
Thomas Lamparter
Four-man 55.21 9 55.34 3 55.60 =8 55.60 =9 3:41.75 8

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Fabienne Meyer*
Tanja Mayer
Two-woman 58.18 10 58.34 9 58.29 7 58.39 9 3:53.20 8

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

Distance
Men
Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Deficit Rank
Jonas Baumann 15 km classical 40.33.2 +2:03.5 24
30 km skiathlon 37:06.1 34 33:14.8 30 1:10:52.3 +2:36.9 29
Dario Cologna 15 km classical 38:29.7 +0.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
30 km skiathlon 36:04.9 13 31:39.6 2 1:08:15.4 +0.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 km freestyle 1:48:21.6 +1:26.4 27
Remo Fischer 50 km freestyle 1:47:44.2 +49.0 22
Toni Livers 1:48:49.9 +1:54.7 30
Curdin Perl 15 km classical 40:27.8 +1:58.1 22
30 km skiathlon 36:40.8 24 33:05.4 27 1:10:22.4 +2:07.0 27
50 km freestyle 1:47:31.3 +36.1 12
Jonas Baumann
Remo Fischer
Toni Livers
Curdin Perl
4×10 km relay 1:30:33.8 +1:51.8 7
Women
Athlete Event Final
Time Deficit Rank
Seraina Boner 30 km freestyle 1:12:35.0 +1:29.8 9
Sprint
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Dario Cologna Sprint 3:35.03 13 Q 4:39.69 6 Did not advance
Jovian Hediger 3:42.34 47 Did not advance
Jöri Kindschi 3:36.89 23 Q 3:47.94 5 Did not advance
Roman Schaad 4:56.63 83 Did not advance
Dario Cologna
Gianluca Cologna
Team sprint 23:42.31 3 q 23:35.90 5
Laurien van der Graaff (left)
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Laurien van der Graaff Sprint 2:37.84 20 Q 2:37.95 5 Did not advance
Seraina Boner
Bettina Gruber
Team sprint 17:02.14 4 q 16:45.47 7

Curling

Based on results from 2012 World Women's Curling Championship and the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship, and based on the 2012 World Men's Curling Championship and the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship, Switzerland qualified a women's team and a men's team (consisting of five athletes) as one of the seven highest ranked nations.

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's curling standings

Round-robin

Women's tournament

Preliminary round

Template:2014 Winter Olympics women's curling standings

Round-robin

Semifinal

Wednesday, 19 February, 2:00 pm Template:2014 Winter Olympics women's curling semifinal 2

Bronze medal game

Thursday, 20 February, 12:30 pm' Template:2014 Winter Olympics women's curling bronze medal game

Freestyle skiing

24 Swiss freestyle skiers (10 women and 14 men) were competing in 4 disciplines. On 22 January 2014, the Swiss Olympic committee selected 5 athletes for the Aerials team. Thomas Lambert and Renato Ulrich were competing in their third consecutive Winter Olympics.[10] On 23 January 2014, 6 athletes joined the slopestyle team, a sport that made its first appearance at the Olympics.[11][12] On 27 January 2014, 7 athletes were selected for the ski cross team. The 2010 Olympic champion Michael Schmid and the 2013 World champion Fanny Smith were competing for the second time. 6 athletes were selected for the Halfpipe team, a sport that was also part of the Winter Olympics for the first time.[13][14]

Aerials
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 3
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Mischa Gasser Men's aerials 96.52 14 83.91 12 Did not advance
Thomas Lambert 96.83 13 89.38 8 Did not advance
Renato Ulrich 115.84 3 Q BYE 80.53 12 Did not advance
Tanja Schärer Women's aerials 48.72 21 77.17 8 Did not advance
Halfpipe
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Joel Gisler Men's halfpipe 60.80 2.60 60.80 18 Did not advance
Nils Lauper 65.00 58.00 65.00 16 Did not advance
Yannic Lerjen 67.60 29.60 67.60 14 Did not advance
Virginie Faivre Women's halfpipe 79.40 80.00 80.00 7 Q 74.40 78.00 78.00 4
Mirjam Jäger 73.20 27.20 73.20 10 Q 71.20 16.20 71.20 8
Nina Ragettli 18.00 DNS 18.00 22 Did not advance
Ski cross
Athlete Event Seeding Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Alex Fiva Men's ski cross DNF 30 4 Did not advance 31
Armin Niederer 1:17.39 8 2 Q 1 Q 4 FB 3 7
Michael Schmid DNS 32 DNS Did not advance 32
Sanna Lüdi Women's ski cross 1:22.37 6 1 Q DNF Did not advance 13
Jorinde Müller 1:22.46 7 4 Did not advance 25
Katrin Müller 1:23.85 12 1 Q 3 Did not advance 10
Fanny Smith 1:24.61 16 2 Q 2 Q 4 FB 4 8

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Slopestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Elias Ambühl Men's slopestyle 58.00 65.80 65.80 22 Did not advance
Fabian Bösch 11.80 63.00 63.00 23 Did not advance
Kai Mahler 76.20 29.00 76.20 16 Did not advance
Luca Schuler 6.80 5.20 6.80 32 Did not advance
Camillia Berra Women's slopestyle 74.40 74.80 74.80 10 Q 5.60 30.40 30.40 12
Eveline Bhend 67.20 77.20 77.20 9 Q 58.40 63.20 63.20 9

Ice hockey

Switzerland qualified a men's team by being one of the 9 highest ranked teams in the IIHF World Ranking following the 2012 World Championships.[15] The women's team qualified by being one of the 5 highest ranked teams in the IIHF World Ranking following the 2012 Women's World Championships.[16]

Men's tournament

Roster

Template:2014 Winter Olympics Switzerland men's ice hockey team roster

Group stage

Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey group C standings Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game C2


Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game C4


Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game C5

Qualification playoffs

Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game D3

Women's tournament

Roster

Template:2014 Winter Olympics Switzerland women's ice hockey team roster

Group stage

Template:2014 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey group A standings Template:2014 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey game A2


Template:2014 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey game A3


Template:2014 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey game A5

Quarterfinal

Template:2014 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey game C2

Semifinal

Template:2014 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey game F2

Bronze medal game

Template:2014 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey game G1

Luge

Switzerland qualified two athletes (one man and one woman) in the luge.

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Gregory Carigiet Men's singles 52.775 =11 52.579 8 52.274 12 52.167 8 3:29.795 12
Martina Kocher Women's singles 50.560 9 50.454 6 50.593 8 50.559 8 3:22.166 9

Nordic combined

Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Distance Points Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tim Hug Normal hill/10 km 91.5 106.5 38 24:09.4 23 25:49.4 27
Large hill/10 km 123.5 102.3 25 23:09.5 21 24:56.5 24

Skeleton

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marina Gilardoni Women's 59.77 17 59.79 18 58.77 16 58.41 7 3:56.74 18

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Qualification First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Simon Ammann Men's normal hill BYE 97.5 125.5 16 Q 98.5 121.1 18 246.6 17
Men's large hill BYE 125.5 113.2 29 Q 131.0 126.0 10 239.2 23
Gregor Deschwanden Men's normal hill 99.0 111.7 23 Q 100.5 120.7 27 96.5 118.6 21 239.3 25
Men's large hill 120.0 108.2 14 Q 134.5 130.3 6 Q 123.0 117.1 25 247.4 14
Bigna Windmüller Women's normal hill 96.0 112.3 20 96.0 108.4 18 220.7 18

Snowboarding

24 Swiss snowboarders were competing in 5 disciplines, including the new events of parallel slalom and slopestyle.[17] It will be the largest team competing in Sochi along with Canada and the United States.[18] The two-time Olympic champion Philipp Schoch will be competing in his third Olympics, while his brother Simon Schoch, the 2006 silver medalist, will be participating in his fourth consecutive Games.

Alpine
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Kaspar Flütsch Giant slalom 1:37.82 7 Q  S Schoch (SUI)
L +0.22
Did not advance
Slalom 59.38 8 Q  Fischnaller (ITA)
L +0.11
Did not advance
Nevin Galmarini Giant slalom 1:39.07 12 Q  Karl (AUT)
W −0.10
 Marguč (SLO)
W −0.09
 Kosir (SLO)
W −1.36
 Wild (RUS)
L +2.14
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Slalom 59.13 7 Q  Dufour (FRA)
W DSQ
 Košir (SLO)
L +0.20
Did not advance
Philipp Schoch Giant slalom 1:37.85 9 Q  Košir (SLO)
L +1.17
Did not advance
Slalom DSQ Did not advance
Simon Schoch Giant slalom 1:38.46 10 Q  Flütsch (SUI)
W −0.22
 Wild (RUS)
L +4.19
Did not advance
Slalom 59.08 6 Q  March (ITA)
L DSQ
Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Ladina Jenny Giant slalom 1:50.41 12 Q  Leeson (CAN)
L +0.30
Did not advance
Slalom 1:05.96 24 Did not advance
Patrizia Kummer Giant slalom 1:46.62 2 Q  Tudegesheva (RUS)
W −0.76
 Ledecká (CZE)
W −0.30
 Zavarzina (RUS)
W DSQ
 Takeuchi (JPN)
W −7.32
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Slalom 1:03.82 3 Q  Kober (GER)
L +0.10
Did not advance
Stefanie Müller Giant slalom 1:51.98 17 Did not advance
Slalom 1:05.64 18 Did not advance
Julie Zogg Giant slalom 1:47.11 3 Q  Lavigne (CAN)
L +0.12
Did not advance
Slalom 1:03.92 4 Q  Takeuchi (JPN)
W DSQ
 Dujmovits (AUT)
L DSQ
Did not advance
Freestyle
Halfpipe
Nadja Purtschert
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
David Hablützel Men's halfpipe 48.75 81.00 81.00 3 QF BYE 80.75 88.50 88.50 5
Christian Haller 74.00 83.75 83.75 2 QF BYE 46.25 51.50 51.50 11
Iouri Podladtchikov 15.00 82.00 82.00 8 QS 87.50 41.25 87.50 1 Q 86.50 94.75 94.75 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jan Scherrer 43.50 69.75 69.75 9 QS DNS Did not advance
Ursina Haller Women's halfpipe 69.00 74.75 74.75 5 QS 74.50 43.00 74.50 4 Q 48.75 26.75 48.75 12
Nadja Purtschert 47.50 20.75 47.50 12 Did not advance
Verena Rohrer 34.50 31.50 34.50 13 Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal

Slopestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Lucien Koch Men's slopestyle 32.00 29.25 32.00 12 QS 16.25 20.75 20.75 20 Did not advance
Jan Scherrer 74.50 18.75 74.50 10 QS 64.25 23.50 64.25 11 Did not advance
Sina Candrian Women's slopestyle 58.25 36.50 58.25 9 QS 84.25 81.50 84.25 2 QF 77.25 87.00 87.00 4
Isabel Derungs 82.50 87.50 87.50 1 QF BYE 58.50 15.25 58.50 8
Elena Könz 86.25 38.00 86.25 3 QF BYE 24.50 54.50 54.50 9

Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal

Snowboard cross
Athlete Event Seeding Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Marvin James Men's snowboard cross CAN 3 Q DNF Did not advance =21
Tim Watter CAN 2 Q DSQ Did not advance =21
Sandra Gerber Women's snowboard cross 1:24.10 10 4 Did not advance 13
Simona Meiler 1:25.17 19 2 Q DSQ* 4 10

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round
* Qualify immediately to consolation round after being disqualified in the semifinals

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