Switzerland at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the 1948 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (German) (French)
in St. Moritz
Competitors	70 (59 men, 11 women) in 9 sports
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold Silver Bronze Total 3 4 3 10
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Switzerland was the host nation for the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. It was the second time that Switzerland had hosted the Winter Games, after the 1928 Winter Olympics, also in St. Moritz.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Reinalter, EdyEdy Reinalter	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
01 ! Gold	Schlunegger, HedyHedy Schlunegger	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
01 ! Gold	Endrich, FelixFelix Endrich Waller, FriedrichFriedrich Waller	Bobsleigh	Two-man
02 ! Silver	Molitor, KarlKarl Molitor	Alpine skiing	Men's combined
02 ! Silver	Meyer, AntoinetteAntoinette Meyer	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
02 ! Silver	Feierabend, FritzFritz Feierabend Eberhard, PaulPaul Eberhard	Bobsleigh	Two-man
02 ! Silver	Gerschwiler, HansHans Gerschwiler	Figure skating	Men's singles
03 ! Bronze	Molitor, KarlKarl Molitor	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill tie
03 ! Bronze	Olinger, RolfRolf Olinger	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill tie
03 ! Bronze	Switzerland men's national ice hockey team Hans Bänninger   Hans Dürst   Beat Rüedi Reto Perl   Walter Paul Dürst   Fredy Bieler Emil Handschin   Bibi Torriani   Heini Lohrer Ferdinand Cattini   Gebhard Poltera   Werner Lohrer Hans Cattini   Ulrich Poltera   Otto Schubiger Hanggi Boller   Hans-Martin Trepp	Ice hockey	Men's competition

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alfred Stäger	Downhill					DNF	–
Edy Reinalter						3:11.0	22
Romedi Spada						3:09.2	18
Adolf Odermatt						3:06.4	11
Fernand Grosjean						3:03.1	8
Ralph Olinger						3:00.3	03 !
Karl Molitor						3:00.3	03 !
Karl Gamma	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Georges Schneider		1:11.9	14	1:06.5	13	2:18.4	13
Karl Molitor		1:10.2	6	1:06.0	11	2:16.2	8
Edy Reinalter		1:07.7	3	1:02.6	1	2:10.3	01 !

Men's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

Athlete	Slalom			Total (downhill + slalom)
	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Points	Rank
Adolf Odermatt	1:19.8	1:15.8	19	15.64	15
Fernand Grosjean	1:19.6	1:22.7 (+0:05)	30	16.61	16
Edy Reinalter	1:16.3	1:05.8	4	12.01	10
Karl Molitor	1:14.0	1:08.5	6	6.44	02 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Olivia Ausoni	Downhill					2:45.1	24
Irène Molitor						2:37.2	14
Antoinette Meyer						2:35.4	11
Rosemarie Bleuer						2:33.3	9
Lina Mittner						2:31.2	5
Hedy Schlunegger						2:28.3	01 !
Olivia Ausoni	Slalom	1:18.7	22	59.9	8	2:18.6	17
Rosemarie Bleuer		1:06.2	13	1:04.4	14	2:10.6	13
Renée Clerc		1:03.8	8	1:02.0	9	2:05.8	5
Antoinette Meyer		1:00.7	4	57.0	1	1:57.7	02 !

Women's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Fritz Feierabend Paul Eberhard	Two-man	1:23.7	2	1:24.0	2	1:21.4	1	1:21.3	1	5:30.4	02 !
SUI-2	Felix Endrich Friedrich Waller	Two-man	1:22.4	1	1:22.7	1	1:21.7	2	1:22.4	2	5:29.2	01 !

Cross-country skiing

Men

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Karl Enderlin	14	10	154.244	110	14
Hans Gerschwiler	2	3	181.122	23	02 !

Women

Pairs

Ice hockey

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	8	7	0	1	69	5	15
Czechoslovakia	8	7	0	1	80	18	15
Switzerland 03 !	8	6	2	0	67	21	12
Sweden	8	4	4	0	55	28	8
Great Britain	8	3	5	0	39	47	6
Poland	8	2	6	0	29	97	4
Austria	8	1	7	0	33	77	2
Italy	8	0	8	0	24	156	0
United States *	8	5	3	0	86	33	10

* United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked.

• Switzerland 5-4 USA
• Switzerland 16-0 Italy
• Switzerland 11-2 Austria
• Switzerland 12-3 United Kingdom
• Switzerland 8-2 Sweden
• Switzerland 14-0 Poland
• Czechoslovakia 7-1 Switzerland
• Canada 3-0 Switzerland

Nordic combined

Events:

• 18 km cross-country skiing
• normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below. Athletes would perform three jumps, of which the two best jumps (distance and form) were counted.

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Speed skating

Men

References