Switzerland at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Hemmi, HeiniHeini Hemmi	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
02 ! Silver	Russi, BernhardBernhard Russi	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
02 ! Silver	Good, ErnstErnst Good	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
02 ! Silver	Schärer, ErichErich Schärer Bächli, UlrichUlrich Bächli Marti, RudolfRudolf Marti Benz, JosefJosef Benz	Bobsleigh	Four-man
03 ! Bronze	Schärer, ErichErich Schärer Benz, JosefJosef Benz	Bobsleigh	Two-man

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
René Berthod	Downhill					1:47.89	12
Walter Tresch						1:47.29	7
Philippe Roux						1:46.29	4
Bernhard Russi						1:46.06	02 !
Walter Tresch	Giant Slalom	1:49.26	27	DNF	–	DNF	–
Engelhard Pargätzi		1:46.16	6	1:42.60	4	3:28.76	6
Heini Hemmi		1:45.41	3	1:41.56	2	3:26.97	01 !
Ernst Good		1:44.60	2	1:42.57	3	3:27.17	02 !
Ernst Good	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Heini Hemmi		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Peter Lüscher		1:02.76	13	1:05.34	7	2:08.10	8
Walter Tresch		1:01.34	6	1:03.92	3	2:05.26	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Doris de Agostini	Downhill					1:50.46	18
Marlies Oberholzer						1:48.68	8
Bernadette Zurbriggen						1:48.62	7
Bernadette Zurbriggen	Giant Slalom					DNF	–
Marlies Oberholzer						1:34.09	26
Marie-Theres Nadig						1:30.44	5
Lise-Marie Morerod						1:30.40	4
Marie-Theres Nadig	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Lise-Marie Morerod		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Bernadette Zurbriggen		49.78	17	47.40	11	1:37.18	12

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Christian Danuser	1'20:16.43	7	1'27:16.43	40
	Albert Mächler	1'17:28.66	6	1'23:28.66	25
	Hansruedi Süssli	1'16:53.73	3	1'19:53.73	14

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1976 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	Erich Schärer Sepp Benz	Two-man	56.43	5	56.53	5	56.33	3	56.41	3	3:45.70	03 !
SUI-2	Fritz Lüdi Thomas Hagen	Two-man	56.95	9	57.32	10	57.35	10	57.48	11	3:49.10	10

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	Fritz Lüdi Thomas Hagen Rudolf Schmid Karl Häseli	Four-man	55.29	7	55.33	6	56.37	9	57.05	9	3:44.04	9
SUI-2	Erich Schärer Ueli Bächli Ruedi Marti Sepp Benz	Four-man	54.96	5	54.81	2	55.28	1	55.84	1	3:40.89	02 !

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Alfred Kälin	47:05.39	27
	Eduard Hauser	46:29.14	17
	Franz Renggli	45:53.49	12
	Albert Giger	45:47.07	11
30 km	Hansüli Kreuzer	1'39:58.44	50
	Alfred Kälin	1'36:09.97	29
	Eduard Hauser	1'35:50.29	25
	Albert Giger	1'32:17.71	7
50 km	Christian Pfeuti	2'49:50.90	32
	Venanz Egger	2'48:30.70	31
	Heinz Gähler	2'45:51.64	20
	Franz Renggli	2'45:25.24	18

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Franz Renggli Eduard Hauser Heinz Gähler Alfred Kälin	2'11:28.53	5

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Danielle Rieder	16	–	–	–	DNF	–

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Karin Künzle Christian Künzle	6	7	128.97	64	7

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics

First Round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
West Germany	5–1	Switzerland

Consolation Round

Rank		Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
7	Romania	5	4	1	23	15	8
8	Austria	5	3	2	18	14	6
9	Japan	5	3	2	20	18	6
10	Yugoslavia	5	3	2	22	19	6
11	Switzerland	5	2	3	24	22	4
12	Bulgaria	5	0	5	19	38	0

Yugoslavia 6-4 Switzerland
Switzerland 8-3 Bulgaria
Japan 6-4 Switzerland
Austria 3-5 Switzerland
Romania 4-3 Switzerland

	Contestants Alfio Molina André Jorns Charles Henzen Andreas Meyer Jakob Kölliker Üli Hofmann Ernst Lüthi Aldo Zenhäusern Nando Mathieu Bernhard Neininger Anton Neininger Renzo Holzer Walter Dürst Guy Dubois Georg Mattli Jürg Berger Rolf Schiemer Daniel Widmer

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
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
Karl Lustenberger	Individual	72.5	74.5	202.5	10	52:57.52	175.60	27	378.10	19

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Robert Mösching	Normal hill	75.0	104.3	75.0	103.3	207.6	35
Hans Schmid		78.0	112.1	79.0	114.2	226.3	13
Walter Steiner		80.0	117.3	78.5	114.9	232.2	9
Ernst von Grünigen		80.5	119.1	80.5	119.6	238.7	5
Robert Mösching	Large hill	84.0	87.6	79.0	80.1	167.7	38
Ernst von Grünigen		84.5	93.3	81.5	89.1	182.4	23
Hans Schmid		86.5	95.6	83.0	90.7	186.3	20
Walter Steiner		89.5	99.8	93.0	108.7	208.5	9

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
1500 m	Franz Krienbühl	2:12.52	27
5000 m	Franz Krienbühl	7:53.11	17
10,000 m	Franz Krienbühl	15:36.43	8

References

Nations at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria

Africa	none

America	Argentina Canada Chile United States

Asia	Republic of China Iran Japan South Korea Lebanon

Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Finland France East Germany West Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Romania San Marino Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia New Zealand

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