Switzerland at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Switzerland at the
1984 Winter Olympics
Switzerland at the; 1984 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Sarajevo
Competitors	42 (29 men, 13 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Erika Hess (alpine skiing)
Medals; Ranked 7th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 5
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Switzerland competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Max Julen	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom	14 February
Gold	Michela Figini	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill	16 February
Silver	Maria Walliser	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill	16 February
Silver	Peter Müller	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill	16 February
Bronze	Silvio Giobellina Heinz Stettler Urs Salzmann Rico Freiermuth	Bobsleigh	Four-man	18 February

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Conradin Cathomen	Downhill					1:47.63	14
Urs Räber						1:46.32	5
Pirmin Zurbriggen						1:46.05	4
Peter Müller						1:45.86
Pirmin Zurbriggen	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Joël Gaspoz		1:21.98	8	1:21.62	10	2:43.60	10
Thomas Bürgler		1:21.75	7	1:22.09	15	2:43.84	11
Max Julen		1:20.54	1	1:20.64	2	2:41.18
Max Julen	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Pirmin Zurbriggen		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Joël Gaspoz		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Thomas Bürgler		53.16	11	48.87	9	1:42.03	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Brigitte Oertli	Downhill					1:14.93	12
Ariane Ehrat						1:13.95	4
Maria Walliser						1:13.41
Michela Figini						1:13.36
Maria Walliser	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Monika Hess		1:10.90	14	1:13.68	19	2:24.58	15
Michela Figini		1:10.58	12	1:12.76	11	2:23.34	12
Erika Hess		1:10.54	11	1:11.97	3	2:22.51	7
Brigitte Oertli	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Erika Hess		49.57	10	48.34	3	1:37.91	5
Monika Hess		49.55	9	49.12	10	1:38.67	11

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Beat Meier	4	34:22.1	32

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Beat Meier	1'14:24.4	7	1'21:24.4	31

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

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

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 Meinrad Müller	Two-man	51.73	4	52.21	5	51.35	5	51.47	5	3:26.76	5
SUI-2	Ralph Pichler Rico Freiermuth	Two-man	52.21	6	52.21	5	51.84	7	51.97	6	3:28.23	6

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	Silvio Giobellina Heinz Stettler Urs Salzmann Rico Freiermuth	Four-man	49.92	3	50.48	3	50.49	3	50.50	3	3:21.39
SUI-2	Ekkehard Fasser Hans Märchy Kurt Poletti Rolf Strittmatter	Four-man	50.46	5	50.60	4	50.81	4	51.03	5	3:22.90	4

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Markus Fähndrich	44:08.0	32
	Konrad Hallenbarter	44:00.3	28
	Giachem Guidon	42:45.9	12
	Andi Grünenfelder	42:45.7	11
30 km	Daniel Sandoz	1'39:18.6	46
	Konrad Hallenbarter	1'35:23.2	28
	Giachem Guidon	1'33:28.3	20
	Andi Grünenfelder	1'33:26.4	19
50 km	Markus Fähndrich	2'25:26.4	25
	Giachem Guidon	2'24:25.9	19
	Konrad Hallenbarter	2'21:11.6	9
	Andi Grünenfelder	2'19:46.2	6

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Giachem Guidon Konrad Hallenbarter Joos Ambühl Andi Grünenfelder	1'58:06.0	5

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km	Monika Germann	19:42.0	42
	Christina Gilli-Brügger	18:56.2	35
	Karin Thomas	18:30.4	26
	Evi Kratzer	17:47.5	9
10 km	Monika Germann	35:36.0	38
	Karin Thomas	34:31.6	23
	Christina Gilli-Brügger	34:17.8	20
	Evi Kratzer	33:04.8	11
20 km	Monika Germann	1'08:25.5	34
	Karin Thomas	1'06:36.1	22
	Evi Kratzer	1'03:56.4	8

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Karin Thomas Monika Germann Christina Gilli-Brügger Evi Kratzer	1'09:40.3	6

Figure skating

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Myriam Oberwiler	15	13	14	28.2	14
Sandra Cariboni	4	14	12	20.0	11

Nordic combined

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
Walter Hurschler	Individual	66.0	74.0	143.8	28	48:12.4	204.940	4	348.740	26

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Fabrice Piazzini	Normal hill	75.0	76.5	73.5	76.1	152.6	53
Christian Hauswirth		73.5	76.6	76.0	82.6	159.2	48
Hansjörg Sumi		80.0	89.5	80.0	89.0	178.5	32
Fabrice Piazzini	Large hill	91.5	74.8	92.5	76.7	151.5	40
Hansjörg Sumi	Large hill	99.0	88.3	98.5	88.1	176.4	22

Speed skating

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Silvia Brunner	42.99	11
1000 m	Silvia Brunner	1:26.61	11
1500 m	Silvia Brunner	2:12.62	16

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Switzerland at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Figure skating

Nordic combined

Ski jumping

Speed skating

References