Olympic Winter Games 1956 / participant (Switzerland)

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The Switzerland took part in the Winter Olympics in 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo with a delegation of 59 athletes attended, including 51 men and eight women. The alpine skier Georges Schneider was chosen as the flag bearer of the Swiss team for the opening ceremony, at the closing ceremony the figure skater François Pache carried the Swiss flag. With a total of six medals, Switzerland took fourth place in the medal table.

Participants by sport

Alpine skiing

Women: Hedi Beeler Downhill: 25th place - 1: 54.0 min Giant slalom: disqualified Slalom: 15th place - 2: 05.1 min Madeleine Chamot-Berthod Downhill: Gold - 1: 40.7 min Giant slalom: 4th place - 1: 58.3 min Slalom: 17th place - 2: 08.3 min Renée Colliard Slalom: Gold - 1: 52.3 min Frieda Danzer Downhill: Silver - 1: 45.4 min Giant slalom: 11th place - 2:00, 9 min Slalom: 10th place - 1: 58.9 min Rosemarie Reichenbach Departure: 15th place - 1: 51.6 min Annemarie Waser Giant slalom: 14th place - 2: 02.3 min

Men's: Roland Blaesi Giant slalom: 18th place - 3: 18.2 min Raymond Fellay Downhill: Silver - 2: 55.7 min Giant slalom: 27th place - 3: 23.9 min Slalom: 11th place - 3: 32.1 min Hans Forrer Downhill: 13th place - 3: 08.0 min Martin Julen Giant slalom: 19th place - 3: 18.5 min Slalom: disqualified in the 1st run René Rey Slalom: 10th place - 3: 27.7 min Andreas Rüedi Departure: disqualified Georges Schneider Giant slalom: 17th place - 3: 17.3 min Slalom: 5th place - 3: 22.6 min Roger dust Downhill: 4th place - 2: 57.1 min

bob

Two-man bobsleigh: Max Angst / Harry Warburton (SUI I) Bronze - 5: 37.46 min Heinrich Angst / Franz Kapus (SUI II) 7th place - 5: 40.11 min

Four-man bobsleigh: Robert Alt / Heinrich Angst / Gottfried Diener / Franz Kapus (SUI I) Gold - 5: 10.44 min Max Angst / Aby Gartmann / Rolf Gerber / Harry Warburton (SUI II) 4th place - 5: 14.27 min

ice Hockey

Men: 9th place

Bernhard Bagnoud Franz Berry Christian Conrad Council free Émile Golaz Emil Handschin Paul Hofer Rudolf Keller Walter Keller

Fritz Naef Hans Ott Hans Pappa Kurt Peter Georg Riesch Martin Riesen Otto Schläpfer Sepp Weingärtner

figure skating

Women: Karin Borner 16th place Alice Fischer 18th place

Men's: Hans Müller 12th place François Pache 11th place

Speed ​​skating

Men's:

• Erich Kull

  500 m: 40th place - 44.3 s

  1500 m: 46th place - 2: 21.7 min

• Juerg Rohrbach

  1500 m: 46th place - 2: 21.7 min

  5000 m: 39th place - 8: 39.5 min

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Men's:

• Armand Genoud

  30 km: 41st place - 2:01:05 h

• Erwin Hari

  15 km: 38th place - 55:06 min

• André Huguenin

  30 km: 34th place - 1:58:40 h

  50 km: 27th place - 3:31:04 h

• Marcel Huguenin

  30 km: 25th place - 1:54:36 h

  4 × 10 km relay: 7th place - 2:24:30 h

• Fritz Kocher

  30 km: 27th place - 1: 55.18 min

  4 × 10 km relay: 7th place - 2:24:30 h

• Alfred Kronig

  50 km: 24th place - 3:23:21 h

• Victor Kronig

  15 km: 33rd place - 54:43 min

  4 × 10 km relay: 7th place - 2:24:30 h

• Michel Rey

  15 km: 36th place - 55:05 min

• Christian Wenger

  50 km: 18th place - 3:17:49 h

• Fritz Zurbuchen

  50 km: 19th place - 3:19:42 h

• Werner Zwingli

  15 km: 31st place - 53:40 min

  4 × 10 km relay: 7th place - 2:24:30 h

Ski jumping

• Andreas Däscher

  Normal hill: 6th place - 219.5 points

• Francis Perret

  Normal hill: 45th place - 168.5 points

• Conrad Rochat

  Normal hill: 40th place - 177.0 points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Swiss standard bearer at the Olympic Games from 1948 to 2008

Web link

• Swiss Olympic team 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )