Olympic Winter Games 1980 / Participant (Switzerland)

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The Switzerland took part in the Winter Olympics in 1980 in Lake Placid with a delegation of 44 athletes (33 men, 11 women) athletes participate. The alpine ski racer Marie-Theres Nadig was chosen as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony, while her colleague Erika Hess carried the Swiss flag at the closing ceremony .

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men's:

• Urs Brechbühl

  10 km: 30th place

  20 km: 34th place

• Roland Burn

  10 km: 32nd place

  20 km: 37th place

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Two-man bobsleigh: Hans Hiltebrand / Walter Rahm (SUI I) 4th Place Josef Benz / Erich Schärer (SUI II)

Four-man bobsleigh: Josef Benz / Ueli Bächli / Ruedi Marti / Erich Schärer (SUI I) Armin Baumgartner / Hans Hiltebrand / Walter Rahm / Ulrich Schindler (SUI II) 6th place

figure skating

Women:

• Denise Biellmann

  4th Place

• Danielle Rieder

  14th place

Speed ​​skating

Women:

• Silvia Brunner

  500 m: 13th place

  1000 m: 29th place

Sledding

Men's:

• Markus Kägi

  DNF

• Ueli Schenkel

  DNF

Alpine skiing

Women: Annemarie Bischofberger Departure: 20th place Erika Hess Giant Slalom: DNF Slalom: Marie-Theres Nadig Departure: Giant Slalom: DNF Slalom: DNF Brigitte Nansoz Giant slalom: 16th place Slalom: DNF Bernadette Zurbriggen Departure: 11th place Doris De Agostini Departure: 17th place

Men's: Toni Bürgler Departure: DNF Jean-Luc Fournier Giant Slalom: DNF Slalom: 23rd place Joël Gaspoz Giant slalom: 7th place Slalom: DNF Erwin Josi Departure: 24th place Peter Lüscher Giant Slalom: DNF Slalom: DNF Jacques Lüthy Giant slalom: 5th place Slalom: Peter Müller Departure: 4th place Urs Räber Departure: 18th place

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Evi scratches 5 km: 23rd place 10 km: 27th place Cornelia Thomas 5 km: 34th place 10 km: 36th place

Men's: Gaudenz Ambühl 30 km: 24th place 50 km: DNF 4 × 10 km: 7th place Heinz Gähler 30 km: 29th place 50 km: 14th place Konrad Hallenbarter 15 km: 29th place 50 km: DNF 4 × 10 km: 7th place Edi Hauser 30 km: 15th place 4 × 10 km: 7th place Francis Jacot 30 km: 42nd place Hansueli cruiser 15 km: 32nd place 4 × 10 km: 7th place Franz Renggli 15 km: 27th place 50 km: 10th place Alfred Schindler 15 km: 35th place

Ski jumping

Men's:

• Paul Egloff

  Normal hill: 43rd place

  Large hill: 47th place

• Karl Lustenberger

  Large hill: 30th place

• Robert Mösching

  Normal hill: 37th place

  Large hill: 17th place

• Hansjörg Sumi

  Normal hill: 9th place

  Large hill: 7th place

Nordic combination

Men's:

• Ernst Beetschen

  Singles: 21st place

• Karl Lustenberger

  Individual: 6th place

Individual evidence

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

Web links

• Swiss Olympic team 1980 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )