1968 Winter Olympics / Participant (Switzerland)

SUI

-	2	4th

The Switzerland took part in the 1968 Winter Olympics in the French Grenoble with a delegation of 34 athletes, 29 men and five women, in part.

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

Flag bearer

The Nordic combined athlete Alois Kälin carried the flag of Switzerland during the opening ceremony at the Stade Olympique .

Medals

With two won silver and four bronze, the Swiss team was ranked 14 in the medal count .

silver

• Willy Favre : Alpine skiing, men's giant slalom
• Alois Kälin : Nordic skiing, Nordic combined, men, individual

bronze

• Jean-Daniel Dätwyler : Alpine skiing, men's downhill
• Fernande Bochatay : Alpine skiing, women's giant slalom
• Jean Wicki , Hans Candrian , Willi Hofmann and Walter Graf : men, four-man bobsleigh
• Josef Haas : Nordic skiing, cross-country skiing, men, 50 km

Participants by sport

Alpine skiing

Ladies

• Fernande Bochatay
  

  Fernande Bochatay

  Downhill: 7th place - 1: 42.87 min

  Giant slalom: - 1: 54.74 min

  Slalom: DNF

• Vreni Inäbnit

  Departure: 18th place - 1: 45.16 min

  Giant slalom: 19th place - 1: 58.50 min

  Slalom: 17th place - 1: 35.18 min

• Madeleine Wuilloud

  Departure: 16th place - 1: 44.49 min

  Giant Slalom: DNF

  Slalom: 13th place - 1: 33.27 min

• Annerösli Zryd

  Downhill: 11th place - 1: 43.76 min

  Giant slalom: 13th place - 1: 57.60 min

  Slalom: 11th place - 1: 31.41 min

Men's

• Edmund Bruggmann

  Downhill: 10th place - 2: 02.36 min

  Giant slalom: 12th place - 3: 34.91 min

• Jean-Daniel Datwyler
  

  Jean-Daniel Dätwyler (right) with Jean-Claude Killy (center) and Guy Périllat

  Departure: - 2:00, 32 min

• Willy Favre

  Giant slalom: - 3: 31.50 min

  Slalom: disqualified in the 1st final run

• Peter Frei

  Slalom: 10th place - 1: 41.98 min

• Dumeng Giovanoli

  Downhill: 16th place - 2: 02.98 min

  Giant slalom: 7th place - 3: 33.55 min

  Slalom: 4th place - 1: 40.22 min

• Stefan Kälin

  Giant slalom: 28th place - 3: 40.42 min

• Jos Minsch

  Downhill: 14th place - 2: 02.76 min

• Andreas spokesman

  Slalom: disqualified in the 2nd round

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Two-man bobsleigh

• Hans Candrian / Jean Wicki (SUI I)

  9th place - 4: 46.98 min

• Max Forster / René Stadler (SUI II)

  10th place - 4: 49.16 min

Four-man bobsleigh

• Hans Candrian / Walter Graf / Willi Hofmann / Jean Wicki (SUI I)

  - 2: 18.04 min

• Hansruedi Müller / Ernst Schmidt / René Stadler / Robert Zimmermann (SUI II)

  12th place - 2: 19.83 min

figure skating

Ladies

• Charlotte Walter

  22nd place

Speed ​​skating

Men's

• Franz Krienbühl

  1500 m: 48th place - 2: 16.3 min

  5000 m: 34th place - 8: 08.9 min

• Ruedi Uster

  500 m: 43rd place - 43.6 sec

  5000 m: 35th place - 8: 12.2 min

• Hansruedi Widmer

  500 m: 44th place - 43.7 sec

  1500 m: 47th place - 2: 16.1 min

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Men's

• Albert Giger

  15 km: 30th place - 51: 26.6 min

• Josef Haas

  15 km: 18th place - 50: 34.8 min

  50 km: - 2:29: 14.8 h

  4 × 10 km relay: 5th place - 2:15: 32.4 h

• Konrad Hischier

  15 km: 35th place - 52: 06.4 min

  30 km: 30th place - 1: 42: 26.1 hours

  4 × 10 km relay: 5th place - 2:15: 32.4 h

• Alois Kälin

  50 km: 23rd place - 2: 36: 40.8 h

  4 × 10 km relay: 5th place - 2:15: 32.4 h

• Franz Kälin

  50 km: 37th place - 2: 24: 29.7 h

• Flury cook

  15 km: 19th place - 50: 37.2 min

  30 km: 32nd place - 1: 43: 06.9 h

  4 × 10 km relay: 5th place - 2:15: 32.4 h

• Denis mast

  30 km: 28th place - 1: 41: 58.8 hours

  50 km: DNF

• Fritz Stuessi

  30 km: 35th place - 1: 43: 57.8 hours

Ski jumping

Men's

• Sepp Zehnder

  Normal hill: 52nd place - 154.2 points

  Large hill: 47th place - 153.2 points

Nordic combination

Men's

• Alois Kälin

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): - 447.99 points

Web link

• Swiss Olympic team 1968 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )