Olympic Winter Games 1998 / Participant (Switzerland)

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The Switzerland took part in the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Japanese Nagano with a delegation of 69 athletes participate.

The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was bobsleigh driver Guido Acklin . Cross-country skier Brigitte Albrecht carried the Swiss flag at the closing ceremony .

Medals

gold

• Curling, men: Dominic Andres , Patrick Hürlimann , Patrik Lörtscher , Daniel Müller , Diego Perren
• Snowboard: Halfpipe, men: Gian Simmen

silver

• Alpine skiing, Super-G, men: Didier Cuche
• Bob, 4 man, men: Markus Nüssli , Marcel Rohner , Beat Seitz , Markus Wasser

bronze

• Alpine skiing, giant slalom, men: Michael von Grünigen
• Freestyle skiing, jumping, women: Colette Brand
• Snowboard, giant slalom, men: Ueli Kestenholz

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Jean-Marc Chabloz

  Sprint (10 km), men: not finished

  Biathlon (20 km), men: 51st place

bob

Men (2)

• Reto Götschi , Guido Acklin

  Two-man bobsleigh: 6th place

• Christian Reich , Cédric Grand

  Two-man bobsleigh: 4th place

Men (4)

• Marcel Rohner , Markus Nüssli , Markus Wasser , Beat Seitz

  Four-man bobsleigh: silver

• Christian Reich , Steve Anderhub , Thomas Handschin , Cédric Grand

  Four-man bobsleigh: 7th place

Curling

Men's       Patrick Hürlimann (Skip) Patrik Lörtscher (Third) Daniel Müller (Second) Diego Perren (Lead) Dominic Andres (replacement)

Curling, men: gold

figure skating

• Patrick Meier

  Figure skating, men: 22nd place

Speed ​​skating

• Martin Feigenwinter

  5000 m, men: 21st place

Freestyle skiing

• Corinne Bodmer

  Mogul slope, women: 20th place (qualification)

• Colette Brand

  Jumping, women: bronze

• Evelyne Leu

  Jumping, women: 15th place (qualification)

• Michèle Rohrbach

  Jumping, women: 11th place

Sledding

• Reto Gilly

  Tobogganing, men: 22nd place

Alpine skiing

Men's

• Paul Accola

  Super-G: 18th place

  Giant Slalom: 7th place

  Slalom: 18th place

  Alpine combination: eliminated in slalom (2nd run)

• Marco Casanova

  Slalom: eliminated

• Franco Cavegn

  Departure: 14th place

• Didier Cuche

  Departure: 8th place

  Super-G: silver

• Jürg Grünenfelder

  Departure: 4th place

  Alpine combination: eliminated in slalom (1st run)

• Michael von Grünigen

  Giant slalom: bronze

  Slalom: 19th place

• Urs Kälin

  Giant slalom: 12th place

• Bruno Kernen

  Departure: eliminated

  Super-G: 11th place

  Alpine combination: eliminated in slalom (1st run)

• Steve Locher

  Super-G: 14th place

  Giant slalom: 6th place

• Didier Plaschy

  Slalom: 12th place

Ladies

• Martina Accola

  Slalom: 7th place

• Catherine Borghi

  Departure: 22nd place

  Super-G: 34th place

  Giant slalom: 19th place

  Alpine combination: 10th place

• Sonja Nef

  Giant slalom: eliminated

  Slalom: eliminated

• Corinne Rey-Bellet

  Departure: 30th place

  Super-G: 31st place

• Karin Roten

  Giant slalom: eliminated

  Slalom: eliminated

• Heidi Zurbriggen

  Departure: 12th place

  Super-G: 21st place

  Giant slalom: 6th place

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

• Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan

  5 km classic: 10th place

  10 km pursuit: 10th place

  30 km freestyle: 7th place

  4 × 5 km relay: 4th place

• Wilhelm Aschwanden

  10 km classic: 63rd place

  15 km pursuit: 49th place

  50 Freestyle: 22nd place

  4 × 10 km relay: 6th place

• Reto mayor

  50 km freestyle: 49th place

  4 × 10 km relay: 6th place

• Sylvia Honegger

  5 km classic: 14th place

  10 km pursuit: 22nd place

  15 km classic: 22nd place

  4 × 5 km relay: 4th place

• Andrea Huber

  5 km classic: 45th place

  4 × 5 km relay: 4th place

• Beat Koch

  10 km classic: 17th place

  30 km classic: 53rd place

  4 × 10 km relay: 6th place

• Natascia Leonardi Cortesi

  30 km freestyle: 24th place

  4 × 5 km relay: 4th place

• Patrick Mächler

  10 km classic: eliminated

• Andrea Senteler

  5 km classic: 62nd place

• Jeremias Wigger

  10 km classic: 49th place

  30 km classic: 16th place

  50 km freestyle: 18th place

  4 × 10 km relay: 6th place

Ski jumping

• Simon Ammann

  Normal hill: eliminated in the 1st round

  Large hill: eliminated in the 1st round

  Team jumping: 6th place

• Sylvain Freiholz

  Normal hill: 29th place

  Large hill: eliminated in the 1st round

  Team jumping: 6th place

• Bruno Reuteler

  Normal hill: 18th place

  Large hill: 19th place

  Team jumping: 6th place

• Marco Steinauer

  Normal hill: eliminated in the 1st round

  Large hill: eliminated in the 1st round

  Team jumping: 6th place

Nordic combination

• Jean-Yves Cuendet

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 17th place

  Team (normal hill / 4 × 5 km): 7th place

• Andy Hartmann

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 28th place

  Team (normal hill / 4 × 5 km): 7th place

• Urs Kunz

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 18th place

  Team (normal hill / 4 × 5 km): 7th place

• Marco Zarucchi

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 25th place

  Team (normal hill / 4 × 5 km): 7th place

Snowboard

halfpipe

• Bertrand Denervaud

  Men: 19th place (qualification)

• Patrik Hasler

  Men: 23rd place (qualification)

• Anita Schwaller

  Women: 7th place (qualification)

• Fabien Rohrer

  Men, 4th place

• Gian Simmen

  Gentlemen: gold

Parallel giant slalom

• André Grütter

  Men: disqualified (1st round)

• Gilles Jaquet

  Men: disqualified (1st round)

• Renate Keller

  Women: 18th place

• Ueli Kestenholz

  Gentlemen: bronze

• Fadri Mosca

  Men: disqualified (1st round)

• Cécile Plancherel

  Women: 11th place

• Steffi von Siebenthal

  Women: 24th place

Individual evidence

1. ↑ swissolympic.ch: Swiss flag bearers since 1948

Web links

• Swiss Olympic team 1998 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )