Switzerland at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the 1952 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Oslo
Competitors	55 (46 men, 9 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Ulrich Poltera
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
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Switzerland competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Bronze	Fritz Feierabend Stephan Waser	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Bronze	Fritz Feierabend Albert Madörin André Filippini Stephan Waser	Bobsleigh	Four-man

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bernhard Perren	Downhill					2:46.1	26
Gottlieb Perren						2:37.1	10
Georges Schneider						2:37.0	9
Fredy Rubi						3:32.5	4
Fredy Rubi	Giant Slalom					2:34.0	12
Fernand Grosjean						2:33.8	11
Bernhard Perren						2:33.1	8
Georges Schneider						2:31.2	5
Georges Schneider	Slalom	1:11.5	48	did not advance
Fredy Rubi		1:03.6	17 Q	59.7	1	2:03.3	7
Bernhard Perren		1:03.4	16 Q	1:06.7	24	2:10.1	21
Franz Bumann		1:02.7	15 Q	1:02.1	7	2:04.8	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Silvia Glatthard	Downhill					1:54.9	15
Idly Walpoth						1:53.8	12
Ida Schöpfer						1:53.0	10
Madeleine Berthod-Chamot						1:50.7	6
Madeleine Berthod-Chamot	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Silvia Glatthard						2:23.1	29
Idly Walpoth						2:20.8	25
Ida Schöpfer						2:16.6	16
Ida Schöpfer	Slalom	1:24.3	34	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Edmée Abetel		1:13.9	23	1:14.4	31	2:28.3	25
Olivia Ausoni		1:07.4	5	1:09.6	16	2:17.0	10
Madeleine Berthod-Chamot		1:06.7	3	1:08.2	12	2:14.9	6

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1952 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	Fritz Feierabend Stephan Waser	Two-man	1:22.13	4	1:22.46	4	1:21.67	3	1:21.45	2	5:27.71
SUI-2	Felix Endrich Werner Spring	Two-man	1:22.14	5	1:22.32	3	1:22.50	4	1:22.19	4	5:29.15	4

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Fritz Feierabend Albert Madörin André Filippini Stephan Waser	Four-man	1:18.67	4	1:18.08	3	1:17.40	4	1:17.55	2	5:11.70
SUI-2	Felix Endrich Fritz Stöckli Franz Kapus Werner Spring	Four-man	1:17.75	3	1:19.45	5	1:17.88	5	1:18.90	6	5:13.98	4

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Karl Bricker	1'12:19	46
	Josef Schnyder	1'10:51	37
	Walter Lötscher	1'10:45	35
	Alfred Kronig	1'10:12	30
	Alfons Supersaxo	1'09:38	26
50 km	Josef Schnyder	4'18:45	20
	Karl Hischier	4'13:46	17
	Alfred Roch	4'09:39	16
	Otto Beyeler	4'06:15	15

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Fritz Kocher Walter Lötscher Alfred Kronig Alfons Supersaxo	2'38:00	9

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
François Pache	9	11	139.922	92	9

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Yolande Jobin	16	16	132.478	151	18
Susi Wirz	15	17	135.578	136	15

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Rank
Silvia Grandjean Michel Grandjean	10.300	53	7

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	8	7	0	1	71	14	15
United States	8	6	1	1	43	21	13
Sweden	9	7	2	0	53	22	14
Czechoslovakia	9	6	3	0	50	23	12
Switzerland 5th	8	4	4	0	40	40	8
Poland	8	2	5	1	21	56	5
Finland	8	2	6	0	21	60	4
West Germany	8	1	6	1	21	53	3
Norway	8	0	8	0	15	46	0

• Switzerland 12-0 Finland
• Switzerland 6-3 Poland
• Norway 2-7 Switzerland
• USA 8-2 Switzerland
• Canada 11-2 Switzerland
• Czechoslovakia 8-3 Switzerland
• Sweden 5-2 Switzerland
• Switzerland 6-3 Germany FR

Contestants Hans Bänninger Gian Bazzi François Blank Bixio Celio Reto Delnon Walter Paul Dürst Émile Golaz Emil Handschin Paul Hofer Willy Pfister Gebhard Poltera Ulrich Poltera Otto Schläpfer Otto Schubiger Alfred Streun Hans-Martin Trepp Paul Wyss

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1952 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 were allowed to perform three jumps, the best two jumps were counted and are shown here).

Athlete	Event	Cross-country		Ski Jumping				Total
		Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alfons Supersaxo	Individual	213.696	8	60.5	62.5	201.5	9	415.196	10

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Fritz Schneider	Normal hill	59.5	96.0	27	59.5	93.5	30	189.5	26
Hans Däscher		61.0	98.5	22	60.0	100.0	17	198.5	20
Jacques Perreten		61.0	99.0	21	59.0	94.0	27	193.0	23
Andreas Däscher		62.0	102.5	15	61.0	98.0	21	200.5	16

References

• (ed.) Rolf Petersen (1952). The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIth Winter Olympic Games 1952 at Oslo (PDF). Oslo. Retrieved 2008-01-31. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com