en Switzerland at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the
1968 Winter Olympics
Switzerland at the; 1968 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Grenoble
Competitors	34 (29 men, 5 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Alois Kälin (nordic combined)
Medals; Ranked 14th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 4 Total 6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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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

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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

Athlete	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
Athlete	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

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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

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	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
Sled	Athletes	Event	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

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

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

Events:

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	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

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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