Switzerland at the 1956 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	SUI
Nocname:	Swiss Olympic Association
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1956
Website:
Location:	Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors:	59 (51 men, 8 women)
Sports:	7
Flagbearer:	Georges Schneider
Rank:	4
Gold:	3
Silver:	2
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Switzerland competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Women's downhill
			Women's slalom
			Four-man
			Men's downhill
			Women's downhill
			Two-man

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andreas Ruedi	Downhill					DSQ	-
Hans Forrer						3:08.0	13
Roger Staub						2:57.1	4
Raymond Fellay						2:55.7
Raymond Fellay	Giant Slalom					3:23.9	27
Martin Julen						3:18.5	19
Roland Blaesi						3:18.2	18
Georges Schneider						3:17.3	17
Martin Julen	Slalom	DSQ	-	-	-	DSQ	-
René Rey		1:34.1	19	1:53.6	4	3:27.7	10
Raymond Fellay		1:32.8	13	1:59.3	12	3:32.1	11
Georges Schneider		1:29.0	4	1:53.6	4	3:22.6	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hedi Beeler	Downhill					1:54.0	25
Rosemarie Reichenbach						1:51.6	15
Frieda Dänzer						1:45.4
Madeleine Berthod						1:40.7
Hedi Beeler	Giant Slalom					DSQ	-
Annemarie Waser						2:02.3	14
Frieda Dänzer						2:00.9	11
Madeleine Berthod						1:58.3	4
Madeleine Berthod	Slalom	1:09.7 (+0:05)	26	58.7	4	2:08.3	17
Hedi Beeler		1:01.9	20	1:03.2	18	2:05.1	15
Freida Dänzer		59.2	12	59.7	9	1:58.9	10
Renée Colliard		55.6	1	56.7	1	1:52.3

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Max Angst Harry Warburton	Two-man	1:24.71	5	1:23.81	5	1:24.27	4	1:24.67	4	5:37.46
SUI-2	Franz Kapus Heinrich Angst	Two-man	1:24.74	6	1:24.50	8	1:24.70	6	1:26.17	13	5:40.11	7

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Franz Kapus Gottfried Diener Robert Alt Heinrich Angst	Four-man	1:18.00	4	1:17.19	1	1:17.09	1	1:18.16	1	5:10.44
SUI-2	Max Angst Aby Gartmann Harry Warburton Rolf Gerber	Four-man	1:17.41	1	1:17.85	2	1:18.68	5	1:20.33	9	5:14.27	4

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Erwin Hari	55:06	38
	Michel Rey	55:05	36
	Victor Kronig	54:43	33
	Werner Zwingli	53:40	20
30 km	Armand Genoud	2'01:05	41
	André Huguenin	1'58:40	34
	Fritz Kocher	1'55:18	27
	Marcel Huguenin	1'54:36	25
50 km	André Huguenin	3'31:04	27
	Alfred Kronig	3'23:21	24
	Fritz Zurbuchen	3'19:42	19
	Christian Wenger	3'17:49	18

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Hans Müller	12	12	135.28	112	12
François Pache	11	10	139.39	95	11

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Alice Fischer	18	20	137.69	203	18
Karin Borner	15	16	141.69	171	16

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Group C

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1		2	2	0	0	15	4	4
2		2	1	1	0	7	10	2
3		2	0	2	0	8	16	0

Sweden 6-5 Switzerland
USSR 10-3 Switzerland

Games for 7th-10th places

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
7		3	3	0	0	21	7	6
8		3	2	1	0	12	10	4
9		3	1	2	0	12	18	2
10		3	0	3	0	9	19	0

Switzerland 7-4 Austria
Poland 6-2 Switzerland
Italy 8-3 Switzerland

	Contestants Christian Conrad Martin Riesen Kurt Peter Georg Riesch Émile Golaz Rudolf Keller Sepp Weingärtner Paul Hofer Hans Ott Franz Berry Hans Pappa Fritz Naef Emil Handschin Bernhard Bagnoud Walter Keller Rätus Frei Otto Schläpfer

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Francis Perret	Normal hill	66.0	86.0	42	64.0	82.5	45	168.5	45
Conrad Rochat		68.5	89.5	40	68.5	87.5	41	177.0	40
Andreas Däscher		82.0	108.0	6	82.0	111.5	2	219.5	6

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Erich Kull	44.3	40
1500 m	Erich Kull	2:21.7	46
1500 m	Jürg Rohrbach	2:21.7	46
5000 m	Jürg Rohrbach	8:39.5	39

References