Olympic Winter Games 1964 / Participant (Switzerland)

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The Switzerland took part in the 1964 Olympic Winter Games in Austrian Innsbruck with a delegation of 72 athletes, 60 men and twelve women, in part.

It was Switzerland's ninth participation in the Winter Olympics since 1924 .

Flag bearer

Cross-country skier Hans Ammann wore the flag of Switzerland during the opening ceremony, while alpine skier Willy Favre wore it at the closing ceremony .

Medals

It was the first and so far only Olympic Winter Games in which Switzerland could not win a medal.

Participants by sport

Alpine skiing

Ladies

• Ruth Adolf

  Downhill: 20th place - 2: 02.59 min

  Giant slalom: 12th place - 1: 55.83 min

• Fernande Bochatay

  Giant slalom: 9th place - 1: 54.59 min

  Slalom: DNF

• Françoise Gay

  Giant slalom: 15th place - 1: 57.21 min

  Slalom: 13th place - 1: 39.00 min

• Heidi Obrecht

  Downhill: 17th place - 2: 02.23 min

  Slalom: 14th place - 1: 39.33 min

• Theres Obrecht

  Departure: 19th place - 2: 02.41 min

  Giant slalom: 11th place - 1: 54.91 min

  Slalom: 25th place - 1: 54.09 min

Men's

• Beat von Allmen

  Giant slalom: 14th place - 1: 54.05 min

• Edmund Bruggmann

  Giant slalom: 19th place - 1: 55.30 min

• Willy Favre

  Downhill: 8th place - 2: 20.23 min

  Giant slalom: 4th place - 1: 48.69 min

  Slalom: 14th place - 2: 18.22 min

• Dumeng Giovanoli

  Departure: 13th place - 2: 21.16 min

• Georg Grünenfelder

  Departure: 18th place - 2: 22.69 min

• Stefan Kälin

  Slalom: 10th place - 2: 16.04 min

• Adolf Mathis

  Slalom: 6th place - 2: 12.99 min

• Jos Minsch

  Downhill: 4th place - 2: 19.54 min

  Giant slalom: 9th place - 1: 50.61 min

  Slalom: disqualified in the 2nd run

biathlon

Men's

• Peter Gerig

  20 km: 48th place - 2:02: 32.5 h; 16 errors

• Willy Junod

  20 km: 47th place - 1: 54: 00.7 h; 13 mistakes

• Erich Schönbächler

  20 km: 46th place - 1: 53: 59.5 h; 12 errors

• Marcel Vogel

  20 km: 45th place - 1: 53: 14.1 h; 12 errors

bob

Gentlemen, two-man bobsleigh

• Robert Zimmermann / Hans Zoller (SUI I)

  10th place - 4: 28.15 min

• Herbert Kiesel / Oskar Lory (SUI II)

  17th place - 4: 31.20 min

Gentlemen, four-man bobsleigh

• Hans Kleinpeter / Fritz Lüdi / Robert Zimmermann / Hans Zoller (SUI I)

  10th place - 4: 19.05 min

• Hansruedi Beugger / Herbert Kiesel / Oskar Lory / Bernhard Wild (SUI II)

  8th place - 4: 18.12 min

ice Hockey

Men's

8th place

Franz Berry Roger Chappot Rolf Diethelm Elwyn Friedrich Gaston Furrer Oskar Jenny René Kiener Pio Parolini Kurt Pfammatter

Gérald Rigolet Max Rüegg Walter Salzmann Peter Stammbach Herald Truffer Peter Wespi Otto Wittwer Juerg Zimmermann

figure skating

Ladies

• Franziska Schmidt

  23rd place

• Monika Zingg

  27th place

Men's

• Markus Germann

  19th place

• Peter Grütter

  24th place

Couples

• Yves Ällig / Monique Mathys

  17th place

• Gerda Johner / Ruedi Johner

  6th place

Speed ​​skating

Men's

• Peter Büttner

  5000 m: 40th place - 8: 45.5 min

• Jean-Pierre Guéron

  500 m: 43rd place - 44.9 sec

  1500 m: 53rd place - 2: 32.3 min

• Ruedi Uster

  1500 m: 44th place - 2: 23.4 min

  5000 m: 32nd place - 8: 24.8 min

  10,000 m: 29th place - 17: 23.4 min

Luge

Ladies

• Ursula Amstein

  11th place - 3: 42.81 min

• Monika Lücker

  DNF

• Elisabeth Nagele

  12th place - 3: 43.29 min

Gentlemen, single-seaters

• Emil Egli

  18th place - 3: 41.56 min

• Arnold Gartmann

  20th place - 3: 42.15 min

• Jean-Pierre Gottschall

  31st place - 4: 32.08 min

• Ulrich Jucker

  26th place - 3: 55.24 min

Gentlemen, two-seaters

• Emil Egli / Hansruedi Roth

  11th place - 1: 50.08 min

• Arnold Gartmann / Beat Häsler

  9th place - 1: 47.09 min

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Men's

• Hans Ammann

  15 km: 29th place - 55: 44.9 min

  30 km: 28th place - 1: 39: 55.7 h

• Alphonse Baume

  30 km: 43rd place - 1: 42: 41.8 h

  50 km: 26th place - 3:03: 49.1 hours

• Georges Dubois

  30 km: 39th place - 1: 42: 26.8 h

  50 km: 31st place - 3: 07: 21.8 hours

• Konrad Hischier

  15 km: 40th place - 56: 42.3 min

  30 km: 27th place - 1: 39: 43.6 h

  4 × 10 km relay: 9th place - 2: 31: 52.8 h

• Alois Kälin

  50 km: 20th place - 2: 56: 30.5 h

  4 × 10 km relay: 9th place - 2: 31: 52.8 h

• Franz Kälin

  15 km: 32nd place - 55: 50.3 min

  50 km: 29th place - 3:06:09.3 hours

  4 × 10 km relay: 9th place - 2: 31: 52.8 h

• Hans-Sigfrid Oberer

  15 km: 31st place - 55: 47.9 min

  4 × 10 km relay: 9th place - 2: 31: 52.8 h

Ski jumping

Men's

• Ueli Scheidegger

  Normal hill: 48th place - 176.4 points

  Large hill: 51st place - 154.3 points

• Heribert Schmid

  Normal hill: 25th place - 200.1 points

  Large hill: 46th place - 175.0 points

• Sepp Zehnder

  Normal hill: 51st place - 171.7 points

  Large hill: 48th place - 172.3 points

Nordic combination

Men's

• Alois Kälin

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 12th place - 413.23 points

Web links

• Swiss Olympic team 1964 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

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