Switzerland at the 1948 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	SUI
Nocname:	Swiss Olympic Association
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1948
Website:
Location:	St. Moritz
Competitors:	70 (59 men, 11 women)
Sports:	9
Flagbearer:	Felix Endrich
Rank:	3
Gold:	3
Silver:	4
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Switzerland was the host nation for the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. It was the second time that Switzerland had hosted the Winter Games, after the 1928 Winter Olympics, also in St. Moritz.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's slalom
			Women's downhill
			Two-man
			Men's combined
			Women's slalom
			Two-man
			Men's singles
			Men's downhill tie
			Men's downhill tie
	Switzerland men's national ice hockey team		Men's competition

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alfred Stäger	Downhill					DNF	-
Edy Reinalter						3:11.0	22
Romedi Spada						3:09.2	18
Adolf Odermatt						3:06.4	11
Fernand Grosjean						3:03.1	8
Ralph Olinger						3:00.3
Karl Molitor						3:00.3
Karl Gamma	Slalom	DNF	-	-	-	DNF	-
Georges Schneider		1:11.9	14	1:06.5	13	2:18.4	13
Karl Molitor		1:10.2	6	1:06.0	11	2:16.2	8
Edy Reinalter		1:07.7	3	1:02.6	1	2:10.3

Men's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

Athlete	Slalom			Total (downhill + slalom)
Athlete	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Points	Rank
Adolf Odermatt	1:19.8	1:15.8	19	15.64	15
Fernand Grosjean	1:19.6	1:22.7 (+0:05)	30	16.61	16
Edy Reinalter	1:16.3	1:05.8	4	12.01	10
Karl Molitor	1:14.0	1:08.5	6	6.44

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Olivia Ausoni	Downhill					2:45.1	24
Irène Molitor						2:37.2	14
Antoinette Meyer						2:35.4	11
Rosemarie Bleuer						2:33.3	9
Lina Mittner						2:31.2	5
Hedy Schlunegger						2:28.3
Olivia Ausoni	Slalom	1:18.7	22	59.9	8	2:18.6	17
Rosemarie Bleuer		1:06.2	13	1:04.4	14	2:10.6	13
Renée Clerc		1:03.8	8	1:02.0	9	2:05.8	5
Antoinette Meyer		1:00.7	4	57.0	1	1:57.7

Women's combined

Athlete	Slalom			Total (downhill + slalom)
Athlete	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Points	Rank
Olivia Ausoni	1:44.4	1:08.5	27	38.02	26
Hedy Schlunegger	1:11.4	1:07.1	15	10.20	8
Rosemarie Bleuer	1:05.5	1:03.8	6	8.80	6
Lina Mittner	1:03.3	1:16.3	17	12.54	14

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Fritz Feierabend Paul Eberhard	Two-man	1:23.7	2	1:24.0	2	1:21.4	1	1:21.3	1	5:30.4
SUI-2	Felix Endrich Friedrich Waller	Two-man	1:22.4	1	1:22.7	1	1:21.7	2	1:22.4	2	5:29.2

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Fritz Feierabend Friedrich Waller Felix Endrich Heinrich Angst	Four-man	1:16.9	1	1:21.2	8	1:22.3	7	1:21.7	3	5:22.1	4
SUI-2	Franz Kapus Werner Spring Bernhard Schilter Paul Eberhard	Four-man	1:17.6	6	1:20.8	3	1:22.3	7	1:24.7	12	5:25.4	8

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
18 km	Gottlieb Perren	1'26:27	43
	Karl Bricker	1'25:47	41
	Alfons Supersaxo	1'24:29	34
	Theo Allenbach	1'23:54	30
	Robert Zurbriggen	1'22:51	26
	Max Müller	1'22:40	25
	Niklaus Stump	1'22:15	20
	Edy Schild	1'22:15	20
50 km	Louis Bourban	4'33:50	19
	Max Müller	4'30:51	17
	Edy Schild	4'05:37	6

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Karl Enderlin	14	10	154.244	110	14
Hans Gerschwiler	2	3	181.122	23

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Doris Blanc	24	25	122.622	221	25
Lotti Höner	20	22	134.211	186	23
Maja Hug	13	19	141.522	137	15

Pairs

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	8	7	0	1	69	5	15
	8	7	0	1	80	18	15
	8	6	2	0	67	21	12
	8	4	4	0	55	28	8
	8	3	5	0	39	47	6
	8	2	6	0	29	97	4
	8	1	7	0	33	77	2
	8	0	8	0	24	156	0
*	8	5	3	0	86	33	10

United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked.
Switzerland 5-4 USA
Switzerland 16-0 Italy
Switzerland 11-2 Austria
Switzerland 12-3 United Kingdom
Switzerland 8-2 Sweden
Switzerland 14-0 Poland
Czechoslovakia 7-1 Switzerland
Canada 3-0 Switzerland

Bronze:
Hans Bänninger Reto Perl Emil Handschin Ferdinand Cattini Hans Cattini Hanggi Boller Hans Dürst Walter Paul Dürst Bibi Torriani Gebhard Poltera Ulrich Poltera Hans-Martin Trepp Beat Rüedi Fredy Bieler Heini Lohrer Werner Lohrer Otto Schubiger

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Events:

18 km cross-country skiing
normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below. Athletes would perform three jumps, of which the two best jumps (distance and form) were counted.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country		Ski Jumping					Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Distance 3	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gottlieb Perren	Individual	186.00	20	56.0	57.5	56.5	187.8	26	373.80	18
Alfons Supersaxo		196.50	16	63.0	57.0	61.5	203.9	13	400.40	13
Theo Allenbach		199.50	12	52.5	52.0	50.0	176.6	32	376.10	17
Niklaus Stump		208.50	7	65.5	63.5 (fall)	60.0	213.0	5	421.50	4

Skeleton

See main article: Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Run 5		Run 6		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Christian Fischbacher	DNF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DNF	-
Dialma Baseglia	49.2	11	49.0	10	48.6	6	DNF	-	-	-	-	-	DNF	-
Gottfried Kägi	48.9	10	48.8	8	48.7	7	1:00.8	4	1:01.6	5	1:01.1	4	5:29.9	5
Milo Bigler	48.4	7	48.4	5	48.7	7	2:00.2	10	1:02.1	8	DNF	-	DNF	-

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank
Willi Klopfenstein	Normal hill	60.0	62.5	209.3	13
Andreas Däscher		61.0	61.0	203.8	17
Hans Zurbriggen		61.0	67.0	214.0	10
Fritz Tschannen		64.5	66.0	214.8	9

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Rudolf Kleiner	47.8	39
1500 m	Sepp Rogger	2:34.7	43
	Rudolf Kleiner	2:33.0	42
	Hanspeter Vogt	2:30.5	34
5000 m	Alfred Altenburger	9:40.6	39
	Sepp Rogger	9:29.3	34
	Heinz Hügelshofer	9:21.3	33

References

Book: Rapport Général sur les V^es Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 . Comité Olympique Suisse . H. Jaunin . Lausanne . January 1951 . fr . PDF . 2008-06-10.
Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2008-06-10.
Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	8	7	0	1	69	5	15
	8	7	0	1	80	18	15
	8	6	2	0	67	21	12
	8	4	4	0	55	28	8
	8	3	5	0	39	47	6
	8	2	6	0	29	97	4
	8	1	7	0	33	77	2
	8	0	8	0	24	156	0
*	8	5	3	0	86	33	10

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	8	7	0	1	69	5	15
	8	7	0	1	80	18	15
	8	6	2	0	67	21	12
	8	4	4	0	55	28	8
	8	3	5	0	39	47	6
	8	2	6	0	29	97	4
	8	1	7	0	33	77	2
	8	0	8	0	24	156	0
*	8	5	3	0	86	33	10

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	8	7	0	1	69	5	15
	8	7	0	1	80	18	15
	8	6	2	0	67	21	12
	8	4	4	0	55	28	8
	8	3	5	0	39	47	6
	8	2	6	0	29	97	4
	8	1	7	0	33	77	2
	8	0	8	0	24	156	0
*	8	5	3	0	86	33	10