Switzerland at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the 1948 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (German) (French)
in St. Moritz
Competitors	70 (59 men, 11 women) in 9 sports
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold Silver Bronze Total 3 4 3 10
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Other related appearances
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
Gold	Reinalter, EdyEdy Reinalter	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
Gold	Schlunegger, HedyHedy Schlunegger	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
Gold	Endrich, FelixFelix Endrich Waller, FriedrichFriedrich Waller	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Silver	Molitor, KarlKarl Molitor	Alpine skiing	Men's combined
Silver	Meyer, AntoinetteAntoinette Meyer	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Silver	Feierabend, FritzFritz Feierabend Eberhard, PaulPaul Eberhard	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Silver	Gerschwiler, HansHans Gerschwiler	Figure skating	Men's singles
Bronze	Molitor, KarlKarl Molitor	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill tie
Bronze	Olinger, RolfRolf Olinger	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill tie
Bronze	Switzerland men's national ice hockey team Hans Bänninger   Hans Dürst   Beat Rüedi Reto Perl   Walter Paul Dürst   Fredy Bieler Emil Handschin   Bibi Torriani   Heini Lohrer Ferdinand Cattini   Gebhard Poltera   Werner Lohrer Hans Cattini   Ulrich Poltera   Otto Schubiger Hanggi Boller   Hans-Martin Trepp	Ice hockey	Men's competition

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		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)
	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
		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

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)
	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

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 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
			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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		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

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Niklaus Stump Robert Zurbriggen Max Müller Edi Schild	2'48:07	5

Figure skating

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

Athletes	Points	Places	Final rank
Luny Unold Hans Kuster	9.281	120	12

Ice hockey

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

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	8	7	0	1	69	5	15
Czechoslovakia	8	7	0	1	80	18	15
Switzerland	8	6	2	0	67	21	12
Sweden	8	4	4	0	55	28	8
Great Britain	8	3	5	0	39	47	6
Poland	8	2	6	0	29	97	4
Austria	8	1	7	0	33	77	2
Italy	8	0	8	0	24	156	0
United States *	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

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
		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

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Run 5		Run 6		Total
	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

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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		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

References

• Comité Olympique Suisse (January 1951). Rapport Général sur les V^es Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: H. Jaunin. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com