Switzerland at the 1980 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	SUI
Nocname:	Swiss Olympic Association
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1980
Website:
Location:	Lake Placid
Competitors:	44 (33 men, 11 women)
Sports:	9
Flagbearer:	Marie-Theres Nadig (alpine skiing)
Rank:	10
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Switzerland competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Medalists

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

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Toni Bürgler	Downhill					DNF	-
Erwin Josi						1:50.03	24
Urs Räber						1:49.16	18
Peter Müller						1:46.75	4
Jean-Luc Fournier	Giant Slalom	DNF	-	-	-	DNF	-
Peter Lüscher		DNF	-	-	-	DNF	-
Jacques Lüthy		1:21.55	11	1:21.20	2	2:42.75	5
Joël Gaspoz		1:21.10	5	1:21.95	6	2:43.05	7
Peter Lüscher	Slalom	DNF	-	-	-	DNF	-
Joël Gaspoz		DNF	-	-	-	DNF	-
Jean-Luc Fournier		58.95	28	54.53	23	1:53.48	23
Jacques Lüthy		53.70	2	51.36	6	1:45.06

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Annemarie Bischofberger	Downhill					1:41.93	20
Doris de Agostini						1:41.26	17
Bernadette Zurbriggen						1:40.74	11
Marie-Theres Nadig						1:38.36
Marie-Theres Nadig	Giant Slalom	DNF	-	-	-	DNF	-
Brigitte Nansoz		1:18.09	18	1:30.11	15	2:48.20	16
Erika Hess		1:15.27	4	DNF	-	DNF	-
Marie-Theres Nadig	Slalom	DNF	-	-	-	DNF	-
Brigitte Nansoz		45.52	17	DNF	-	DNF	-
Erika Hess		43.50	5	44.39	5	1:27.89

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Roland Burn	5	36:52.35	32
10 km Sprint	Urs Brechbühl	4	36:22.66	30

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Roland Burn	1'10:12.97	11	1'21:12.97	37
20 km	Urs Berchbühl	1'11:59.13	8	1'19:59.13	34

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1980 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	Hans Hiltebrand Walter Rahm	Two-man	1:02.37	2	1:02.96	5	1:03.65	11	1:02.64	3	4:11.32	4
SUI-2	Erich Schärer Sepp Benz	Two-man	1:01.87	1	1:02.76	2	1:02.29	1	1:02.44	1	4:09.36

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	Erich Schärer Ueli Bächli Ruedi Marti Sepp Benz	Four-man	1:00.31	3	1:00.41	3	1:00.02	2	1:00.13	1	4:00.87
SUI-2	Hans Hiltebrand Ulrich Schindler Walter Rahm Armin Baumgartner	Four-man	1:01.13	7	1:01.00	5	1:00.54	7	1:01.02	6	4:03.69	6

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Alfred Schindler	44:52.93	35
	Hansueli Kreuzer	44:44.66	32
	Konrad Hallenbarter	44:42.12	29
	Franz Renggli	44:38.66	27
30 km	Francis Jacot	1'36:50.46	42
	Heinz Gähler	1'33:43.68	29
	Gaudenz Ambühl	1'32:06.20	24
	Eduard Hauser	1'31:20.09	15
50 km	Konrad Hallenbarter	DNF	-
	Gaudenz Ambühl	DNF	-
	Heinz Gähler	2'35:11.20	14
	Franz Renggli	2'33:27.56	10

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km	Cornelia Thomas	16:43.85	34
5 km	Evi Kratzer	16:14.34	23
10 km	Cornelia Thomas	33:57.94	36
10 km	Evi Kratzer	33:03.65	27

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Danielle Rieder	9	15	16	165.46	125	14
Denise Biellmann	12	1	1	180.46	43	4

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ueli Schenkel	DNF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DNF	-
Markus Kägi	54.224	28	DNF	-	-	-	-	-	DNF	-

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ernst Beetschen	Individual	73.0	72.0	170.3	27	50:09.2	198.295	16	368.595	21
Karl Lustenberger	Individual	83.0	80.0	212.7	6	50:01.1	199.510	14	412.210	6

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Paul Egloff	Normal hill	65.0	80.2	70.5	91.5	171.7	43
Robert Mösching		74.0	97.6	73.0	95.0	192.6	37
Hansjörg Sumi		83.0	117.5	86.5	125.1	242.6	9
Paul Egloff	Large hill	91.5	87.7	88.0	79.4	167.2	47
Karl Lustenberger		98.0	104.4	95.0	98.7	203.1	30
Robert Mösching		108.0	118.4	98.5	104.1	222.5	17
Hansjörg Sumi		117.0	135.0	100.0	107.7	242.7	7

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Silvia Brunner	43.72	13
1000 m	Silvia Brunner	1:31.79	29