Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	SUI
Nocname:	Swiss Olympic Association
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2010
Website:
Location:	Vancouver
Competitors:	146
Sports:	14
Flagbearer:	Stéphane Lambiel^[1]
Rank:	6
Gold:	6
Silver:	0
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Switzerland participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 146 athletes entered 14 sports (all except short track speed skating).

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Ski jumping		13 February
		Alpine skiing		15 February
		Cross-country skiing		15 February
		Ski jumping		20 February
		Alpine skiing		21 February
		Freestyle skiing		21 February
		Snowboarding		16 February
		Alpine skiing		21 February
	Jan Hauser Markus Eggler Simon Strübin Toni Müller	Curling		27 February

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Marc Berthod	Giant slalom	1:19.00	1:23.10	2:42.10	29
align=left rowspan=3	Didier Cuche	Downhill	1:54.67		6
Super-G	1:31.06		10
Giant slalom	1:18.75	1:20.70	2:39.45	14
align=left rowspan=3	Didier Défago	Downhill	1:54.31
Super-G	1:31.43		15
Combined	Downhill 1:53.69	DNF
Tobias Grünenfelder	Super-G	1:30.90		9
Ambrosi Hoffman	Downhill	1:56.04		23
align=left rowspan=4	Carlo Janka	Downhill	1:55.02		11
Super-G	1:30.83		8
Combined	Downhill 1:53.65	Slalom 51.89	2:45.54	4
Giant slalom	1:17.27	1:20.56	2:37.83
align=left rowspan=2	Sandro Viletta	Combined	Downhill 1:55.72	Slalom 52.47	2:48.19	14
Giant slalom	1:18.37	1:21.17	2:39.54	15
Silvan Zurbriggen	Combined	Downhill 1:53.88	Slalom 51.44	2:45.32

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Andrea Dettling	Combined	Downhill 1:26.28	Slalom 48.16	2:14.44	23
Super-G	1:22.03		12
Giant slalom	DNF
Dominique Gisin	Downhill	DNF
align=left rowspan=3	Nadja Kamer	Combined	DNF
Downhill	1:48.14		19
Super-G	DNF
align=left rowspan=4	Fabienne Suter	Combined	Downhill 1:25.29	Slalom 45.56	2:10.85	6
Downhill	1:46.17		5
Super-G	1:22.16		13
Giant slalom	1:15.97	1:11.55	2:27.52	4
Nadia Styger	Downhill	1:47.22		12
Super-G	1:21.25		6

Men's team

Name	Hometown	Date of birth	Height	Weight
Marc Berthod	St. Moritz, GR	24 November 1983	180 cm (5' 10")	85 kg (187 lbs)
Marc Gini	Valbella, GR	8 November 1984	183 cm (6' 0")	81 kg (179 lbs)
Patrick Küng	Obstalden, GL	11 January 1984

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Selina Gasparin	Women's 7.5 km sprint	22:23.4	56
Women's 10 km pursuit	35:53.5	48
Women's 15 km individual	45:23.6	40
Claudio Böckli
Thomas Frei	Men's 10 km sprint	25:36.9	13
Men's 12.5 km pursuit	34:56.4	12
Men's 20 km individual	51:03.4	16
15 km mass start	37:12.9	24
Simon Hallenbarter	Men's 10 km sprint	25:48.3	16
Men's 12.5 km pursuit	37:07.9	43
20 km individual	53:18.4	43
Matthias Simmen	Men's 10 km sprint	26:11.5	26
Men's 12.5 km pursuit	35:55.0	28
20 km individual	53:05.7	39
Benjamin Weger	Men's 10 km sprint	27:43.6	69
20 km individual	54:20.3	55

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Switzerland qualified three sleighs in the two-man event,^[2] two sleighs in the two-woman event^[3] and two sleighs in the four-man event.^[4] Switzerland lost two of its two-man sleighs after driver Beat Hefti and brakeman Jörg Egger suffered injuries during the training runs.^[5]

Two-man

Sled	Athletes (driver listed first)	Heat 1		Heat 2		Heat 3		Heat 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI I	Ivo Rüegg Cédric Grand	4.86 51.76	3	4.86 52.18	6	4.86 51.92	5	4.85 51.99	6	3:27.85	4
SUI II	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter	WD
SUI III	Daniel Schmid Jörg Egger	WD

Two-woman

Sled	Athletes (driver listed first)	Heat 1		Heat 2		Heat 3		Heat 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI I	Sabrina Hafner Caroline Spahni	5.32 54.18	13	5.31 54.70	17	5.30 53.87	13	5.32 54.09	12	3:36.84	12
SUI II	Fabienne Meyer Hannelore Schenk	5.29 54.04	11	5.29 54.27	13	5.32 54.00	12	5.31 53.82	9	3:36.13	10

Four-man

Sled	Athletes (driver first, brakeman last)	Heat 1		Heat 2		Heat 3		Heat 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI I	Ivo Rüegg Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter Cédric Grand	4.76 51.31	8	4.71 51.13	4	4.77 51.70	8	4.77 51.57	5	3:25.71	6
SUI II	Daniel Schmid Alex Baumann Christian Aebli Roman Handschin	WD

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dario Cologna	15 km freestyle		33:63.3
30 km pursuit		1:16:12.2	13
Christoph Eigenmann	Sprint	3:42.18	34	did not advance
Remo Fischer	15 km freestyle		34:51.1	15
30 km pursuit		1:22:52.1	44
Valerio Leccardi	Sprint	3:42.84	38	did not advance
Toni Livers	15 km freestyle		34:43.3	12
30 km pursuit		1:17:26.0	22
Curdin Perl	15 km freestyle		34:51.8	17
30 km pursuit		1:17:05.0	20
Eligius Tambornino	Sprint	3:48.33	49	did not advance
Peter von Allmen	Sprint	3:46.16	43	did not advance
Dario Cologna, Eligius Tambornino	Team sprint		18:54.6	6	did not advance

Women

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Laurence Rochat
Doris Trachsel	Sprint	3:50.85	30 Q	3:44.7	6	did not advance
Silvana Bucher, Bettina Gruber	Team sprint		20:04.6	9	did not advance

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.

Men's teamCC St Galler Bär, St Gallen.

	Name	Hometown	Date of birth
Fourth	Ralph Stöckli	Ittigen, BE	23 July 1976
Third	Jan Hauser	Zürich, ZH	19 January 1985
Skip	Markus Eggler	Münchenstein, BL	22 January 1969
Lead	Simon Strübin	Erlenbach, ZH	21 March 1979
Alternate	Toni Müller		10 May 1984

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Standings

Round-robin

Draw 1

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 8

Draw 9

Draw 10

Draw 12

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Women's tournament

See main article: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament.

Women's teamDavos CC, Davos.

	Name	Hometown	Date of birth
Skip	Mirjam Ott	Zürich, ZH	27 January 1972
Third	Carmen Schäfer	Fahrweid, ZH	8 January 1981
Second	Carmen Küng	Feldbrunnen, SO	30 January 1978
Lead	Janine Greiner	Fahrweid, ZH	13 February 1981
Alternate	Irene Schori		4 December 1983

Standings

Round-robin

Draw 1Tuesday, February 16, 2:00 PM

Draw 2Wednesday, February 17, 9:00 AM

Draw 3Wednesday, February 17, 7:00 PM

Draw 6Friday, February 19, 7:00 PM

Draw 7Saturday, February 20, 2:00 PM

Draw 8Sunday, February 21, 9:00 AM

Draw 10Monday, February 22, 2:00 PM

Draw 11Tuesday, February 23, 9:00 AM

Draw 12Tuesday, February 23, 7:00 PM

SemifinalThursday, February 25, 9:00 AM

Bronze medal gameFriday, February 26, 9:00 AM

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete(s)	Event					Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stéphane Lambiel	Men
Sarah Meier	Ladies
Anaïs Morand, Antoine Dorsaz	Pairs

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Switzerland entered 14 athletes into freestyle skiing events, 6 in the aerials and 8 in ski cross.^[6]

Aerials

Athletes	Event	Qualifying						Final
		Jump 1	Rank	Jump 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Jump 1	Rank	Jump 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Evelyne Leu	Women's	93.75	5	61.75	19	155.50	16	did not advance
Tanja Schärer	Women's	60.63	20	65.10	18	125.73	19	did not advance
Christian Hächler	Men's	106.64	15	100.61	20	207.25	16	did not advance
Andreas Isoz	Men's	103.76	17	110.42	13	214.18	14	did not advance
Thomas Lambert	Men's	114.58	11	123.75	1	238.33	3 Q	93.66	11	117.24	10	210.90	12
Renato Ulrich	Men's	81.86	23	118.55	5	200.41	18	did not advance

Ski cross

Athletes	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Sanna Lüdi	Women's	1:32.87	35		35
Katrin Müller	Women's	1:18.92	9 Q	4 DNF		18
Emilie Serain	Women's	WD
Fanny Smith	Women's	1:17.38	3 Q	1 Q	2 Q	3		7
Franziska Steffen	Women's	1:22.32	29 Q	4 DNF		29
Beni Hofer	Men's	1:16.18	31 Q	4		32
Conradign Netzer	Men's	1:13.91	14 Q	3		20
Michael Schmid	Men's	1:12.53	1 Q	1 Q	1 Q	1 Q	1 Q
Richard Spalinger	Men's	1:15.12	27 Q	2 Q	4		14

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Switzerland played in Group A.

Round-robinAll times are local (UTC-8).--------

Standings

Final rounds

Qualification playoff

Quarterfinal

Women's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Switzerland played in Group A.

Round-robinAll times are local (UTC-8).--------

Standings

Final rounds

Fifth place semifinal

Fifth place game

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Martina Kocher	Women's singles	42.005	41.697	41.976	41.897	2:47.575	7
Stefan Höhener	Men's singles	48.728	53.838	49.559	48.713	3:20.838	32

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump distance	Jump score	Rank	Cross-country time	Total	Rank
Ronny Heer	Individual normal hill/10 km	97.0	116.5	21	25:09.2		11
Tim Hug	Individual normal hill/10 km	93.5	108.0	36	26:04.1		35
Seppi Hurschler	Individual normal hill/10 km	94.0	109.0	34	25:40.6		29
Tommy Schmid	Individual normal hill/10 km	96.5	115.0	26	27:38.5		40

Switzerland also competed in the individual large hill event and the team event.

Skeleton

See main article: Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Women

Men

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Simon Ammann	Normal hill	0.0	PQ	135.5	1 Q	141.0	276.5
	Large hill	0.0	PQ	144.7	1 Q	138.9	283.6
Andreas Küttel	Normal hill	120.5	23 Q	110.0	35	DNQ
	Large hill	122.5	20 Q	105.2	22 Q	119.0	204.9	24

Notes: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings. Q indicates a skier qualified for the next round. DNQ indicates a skier did not qualify for the next round.

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying run 1		Qualifying run 2		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Sergio Berger	Men's	7.3	37	26.2	20	did not advance
Christian Haller	Men's	8.8	35	16.0	31	did not advance
Markus Keller	Men's	13.6	26	20.4	23	did not advance
Iouri Podladtchikov	Men's	36.3	6	41.4	5	PQ	42.4	17.6	4
Ursina Haller	Women's	28.3	13	31.9	11	35.4	6	27.9	18.1	9
Manuela Pesko	Women's	12.2	25	17.5	22	did not advance

Parallel giant slalom

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals (consolation round)		Finals (consolation round)
		Time	Rank	Opponent	Time	Opponent	Time	Opponent	Time	Opponent	Time	Rank
Nevin Galmarini	Men's	1:18.86	17	DNQ
Roland Haldi	Men's	1:19.51	20	DNQ
Marc Iselin	Men's	1:19.16	19	DNQ
Simon Schoch	Men's	1:16.95	3 Q		align="center"	-22.06 W		DSQ L		DNS W		align="center"	-0.92 W	5
Fränzi Mägert-Kohli	Women's	1:50.76	28	DNQ

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Final rank
Fabio Caduff	Men's	1:22.78	16 Q	2 Q	3		13
Mellie Francon	Women's	1:24.43	1 Q	1 Q	4	3	7
Sandra Frei	Women's	1:29.46	4 Q	4		11
Simona Meiler	Women's	1:27.94	9 Q	3		9
Olivia Nobs	Women's	1:26.25	4 Q	1 Q	1 Q	3

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

See also

• Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Notes and References

1. News: Skater Stephane Lambiel to carry Swiss flag . . 11 February 2010 . 11 February 2010.
2. http://fibt.com/fileadmin/Newsletter_PDFs/Olympic%20Quotas_Final/2-man%20Quotas.pdf FIBT final allocation of the bobsleigh two-man teams for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
3. http://fibt.com/fileadmin/Newsletter_PDFs/Olympic%20Quotas_Final/Women%27s%20Bobsleigh%20Quotas.pdf FIBT bobsleigh two-woman final quota allocation.
4. http://fibt.com/fileadmin/Newsletter_PDFs/Olympic%20Quotas_Final/4-man%20Quotas.pdf FIBT final quota allocations for bobsleigh four-man at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
5. https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=reu-bobsleightraining_pix&prov=reuters&type=lgns "Bobsleigh-Injuries leave Swiss in disarray."
6. http://www.swissolympic.ch/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-4072/634023954772131250/?url=%2fzeusclient_Vancouver%2fhome%2fevents.aspx%3flang%3dde%26sdId%3d35%252c24 Swiss Olympic - Freestyle skiing Team