Switzerland at the 1952 Winter Olympics
{{infobox country at games
| NOC = SUI
| NOCname = Swiss Olympic Association
| games = Winter Olympics
| year = 1952
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website = {{url|www.swissolympic.ch }} {{in lang|de|fr}}
| location = Oslo
| competitors = 55 (46 men, 9 women)
| sports = 7
| flagbearer = Ulrich Poltera
| rank = 11
| gold = 0
| silver = 0
| bronze = 2
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year =
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso = 1906 Intercalated Games
}}
Switzerland competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
Medalists
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" | |||
| Medal
!Name !Sport !Event | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| {{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Fritz|Feierabend}} {{sortname|Stephan|Waser}} | Bobsleigh | Two-man |
| {{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Fritz|Feierabend}} {{sortname|Albert|Madörin}} {{sortname|André|Filippini}} {{sortname|Stephan Waser |
|}
Alpine skiing
{{main|Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Race 1 !colspan="2"|Race 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Bernhard Perren
|rowspan="4"|Downhill |colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:46.1 |align="center"|26 |
| Gottlieb Perren
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:37.1 |align="center"|10 |
| Georges Schneider
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:37.0 |align="center"|9 |
| Fredy Rubi
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|3:32.5 |align="center"|4 |
| Fredy Rubi
|rowspan="4"|Giant Slalom |colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:34.0 |align="center"|12 |
| Fernand Grosjean
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:33.8 |align="center"|11 |
| Bernhard Perren
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:33.1 |align="center"|8 |
| Georges Schneider
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:31.2 |align="center"|5 |
| Georges Schneider
|rowspan="4"|Slalom |align="center"|1:11.5 |align="center"|48 |colspan="4" align="center"|did not advance |
| Fredy Rubi
|align="center"|1:03.6 |align="center"|17 Q |align="center"|59.7 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|2:03.3 |align="center"|7 |
| Bernhard Perren
|align="center"|1:03.4 |align="center"|16 Q |align="center"|1:06.7 |align="center"|24 |align="center"|2:10.1 |align="center"|21 |
| Franz Bumann
|align="center"|1:02.7 |align="center"|15 Q |align="center"|1:02.1 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|2:04.8 |align="center"|10 |
;Women
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Race 1 !colspan="2"|Race 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Silvia Glatthard
|rowspan="4"|Downhill |colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|1:54.9 |align="center"|15 |
| Idly Walpoth
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|1:53.8 |align="center"|12 |
| Ida Schöpfer
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|1:53.0 |align="center"|10 |
| Madeleine Berthod-Chamot
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|1:50.7 |align="center"|6 |
| Madeleine Berthod-Chamot
|rowspan="4"|Giant Slalom |colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|DSQ |align="center"|– |
| Silvia Glatthard
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:23.1 |align="center"|29 |
| Idly Walpoth
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:20.8 |align="center"|25 |
| Ida Schöpfer
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:16.6 |align="center"|16 |
| Ida Schöpfer
|rowspan="4"|Slalom |align="center"|1:24.3 |align="center"|34 |align="center"|DSQ |align="center"|– |align="center"|DSQ |align="center"|– |
| Edmée Abetel
|align="center"|1:13.9 |align="center"|23 |align="center"|1:14.4 |align="center"|31 |align="center"|2:28.3 |align="center"|25 |
| Olivia Ausoni
|align="center"|1:07.4 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|1:09.6 |align="center"|16 |align="center"|2:17.0 |align="center"|10 |
| Madeleine Berthod-Chamot
|align="center"|1:06.7 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|1:08.2 |align="center"|12 |align="center"|2:14.9 |align="center"|6 |
Bobsleigh
{{main|Bobsleigh at the 1952 Winter Olympics}}
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Sled
!rowspan="2"|Athletes !rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Run 1 !colspan="2"|Run 2 !colspan="2"|Run 3 !colspan="2"|Run 4 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| align="center"|SUI-1
|Fritz Feierabend |Two-man |align="center"|1:22.13 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|1:22.46 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|1:21.67 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|1:21.45 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|5:27.71 |align="center"|{{bronze03}} |
| align="center"|SUI-2
|Two-man |align="center"|1:22.14 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|1:22.32 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|1:22.50 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|1:22.19 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|5:29.15 |align="center"|4 |
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Sled
!rowspan="2"|Athletes !rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Run 1 !colspan="2"|Run 2 !colspan="2"|Run 3 !colspan="2"|Run 4 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| align="center"|SUI-1
|Fritz Feierabend |Four-man |align="center"|1:18.67 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|1:18.08 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|1:17.40 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|1:17.55 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|5:11.70 |align="center"|{{bronze03}} |
| align="center"|SUI-2
|Felix Endrich |Four-man |align="center"|1:17.75 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|1:19.45 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|1:17.88 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|1:18.90 |align="center"|6 |align="center"|5:13.98 |align="center"|4 |
Cross-country skiing
{{main|Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete !colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| rowspan=5|18 km
|align=center|1'12:19 |align=center|46 |
| Josef Schnyder
|align=center|1'10:51 |align=center|37 |
| Walter Lötscher
|align=center|1'10:45 |align=center|35 |
| Alfred Kronig
|align=center|1'10:12 |align=center|30 |
| Alfons Supersaxo
|align=center|1'09:38 |align=center|26 |
| rowspan=4|50 km
|align=center|4'18:45 |align=center|20 |
| Karl Hischier
|align=center|4'13:46 |align=center|17 |
| Alfred Roch
|align=center|4'09:39 |align=center|16 |
| Otto Beyeler
|align=center|4'06:15 |align=center|15 |
;Men's 4 × 10 km relay
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Athletes
!colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| Fritz Kocher Walter Lötscher Alfred Kronig Alfons Supersaxo |align=center|2'38:00 |align=center|9 |
Figure skating
{{main|Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| Athlete
!CF !FS !Points !Places !Rank |
|---|
| align=center
|align=left| François Pache |9 |11 |139.922 |92 |9 |
;Women
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| Athlete
!CF !FS !Points !Places !Rank |
|---|
| align=center
|align=left| Yolande Jobin |16 |16 |132.478 |151 |18 |
| align=center
|align=left| Susi Wirz |15 |17 |135.578 |136 |15 |
;Pairs
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| Athletes
!Points !Places !Rank |
|---|
| align=center
|align=left| Silvia Grandjean |10.300 |53 |7 |
Ice hockey
{{main|Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics}}
The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.
| class="wikitable"
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="150"|Team !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|T !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts | ||||||
| align=center
|align=left| {{ih|CAN|1921}} |8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 14 | 15 |
| align=center
|align=left| {{ih|USA}} |8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 21 | 13 |
| align=center
|align=left| {{ih|SWE}} |9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 22 | 14 |
| align=center
|align=left| {{ih|TCH}} |9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 23 | 12 |
| align=center bgcolor="ccccff"
|align=left| {{ih|SUI}} 5th |8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 8 |
| align=center
|align=left| {{ih|POL}} |8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 56 | 5 |
| align=center
|align=left| {{ih|FIN}} |8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 60 | 4 |
| align=center
|align=left| {{ih|FRG}} |8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 53 | 3 |
| align=center
|align=left| {{ih|NOR}} |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
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |
| align=left|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|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).
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Cross-country !colspan="4"|Ski Jumping !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Points
!Rank !Distance 1 !Distance 2 !Points !Rank !Points !Rank |
| Alfons Supersaxo
|rowspan="4"|Individual |align="center"|213.696 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|60.5 |align="center"|62.5 |align="center"|201.5 |align="center"|9 |align="center"|415.196 |align="center"|10 |
Ski jumping
{{main|Ski jumping at the 1952 Winter Olympics}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="3"|Jump 1 !colspan="3"|Jump 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Distance
!Points !Rank !Distance !Points !Rank !Points !Rank |
| Fritz Schneider
|rowspan="4"|Normal hill |align="center"|59.5 |align="center"|96.0 |align="center"|27 |align="center"|59.5 |align="center"|93.5 |align="center"|30 |align="center"|189.5 |align="center"|26 |
| Hans Däscher
|align="center"|61.0 |align="center"|98.5 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|60.0 |align="center"|100.0 |align="center"|17 |align="center"|198.5 |align="center"|20 |
| Jacques Perreten
|align="center"|61.0 |align="center"|99.0 |align="center"|21 |align="center"|59.0 |align="center"|94.0 |align="center"|27 |align="center"|193.0 |align="center"|23 |
| Andreas Däscher
|align="center"|62.0 |align="center"|102.5 |align="center"|15 |align="center"|61.0 |align="center"|98.0 |align="center"|21 |align="center"|200.5 |align="center"|16 |
References
{{refbegin}}
- {{cite book |title=The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIth Winter Olympic Games 1952 at Oslo |author= |location=Oslo |year=1952 |editor-last=Petersen |editor-first=Rolf |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/or1952w.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-01-31}}
- {{cite web |title=Olympic Medal Winners |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp |accessdate=2008-06-10}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040522/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/ Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com]
{{refend}}
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