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Switzerland at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Switzerland was represented at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France by the Swiss Olympic Association.

In total, 74 athletes including 57 men and 17 woman represented Switzerland in eight different sports including alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, Nordic combined and ski jumping.

Switzerland won three medals, all in short track speed skating, at the games after Gustav Weder and Donat Acklin won gold in the two-man bobsleigh, Steve Locher won bronze in the alpine skiing men's combined and Gustav Weder, Donat Acklin, Lorenz Schindelholz and Curdin Morell won bronze in the four-man bobsleigh.

Nicolas Bochatay, a member of the delegation, was to represent the country in the demonstration speed skiing events. However, he was killed in an accident on the morning of the competition final.

Competitors

In total, 74 athletes represented Switzzerland at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France across eight different sports.

Medalists

Switzerland won a total of three medals at the games including one gold and two bronze.

Alpine skiing

In total, 21 Swiss athletes participated in the alpine skiing events – Paul Accola, William Besse, Annick Bonzon, Chantal Bournissen, Xavier Gigandet, Michael von Grünigen, Zoë Haas, Marco Hangl, Franz Heinzer, Urs Kälin, Steve Locher, Daniel Mahrer, Katrin Neuenschwander, Hans Pieren, Corinne Rey-Bellet, Vreni Schneider, Marlis Spescha, Patrick Staub, Heidi Zeller-Bähler and Heidi Zurbriggen.

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Women

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Biathlon

In total, one Swiss athlete participated in the biathlon events – Jean-Marc Chabloz.

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<sup>1</sup> A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
<sup>2</sup> One minute added per missed target.

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Bobsleigh

In total, eight Swiss athletes participated in the bobsleigh events – Donat Acklin, Bruno Gerber, Gerold Löffler, Christian Meili, Curdin Morell, Christian Reich, Lorenz Schindelholz and Gustav Weder.

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Cross-country skiing

In total, nine Swiss athletes participated in the cross-country skiing events – Brigitte Albrecht, Silke Schwager, Natascia Leonardi, Hans Diethelm, Giachem Guidon, Sylvia Honegger, André Jungen, Elvira Knecht and Barbara Mettler.

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<sup>1</sup> Starting delay based on 10&nbsp;km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

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Women
<sup>2</sup> Starting delay based on 5&nbsp;km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

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Women's 4 × 5&nbsp;km relay

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Freestyle skiing

In total, five Swiss athletes participated in the freestyle skiing events – Jürg Biner, Bernard Brandt, Conny Kissling, Thomas Lagler and Petsch Moser.

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Ice hockey

In total, 22 Swiss athletes participated in the ice hockey events – Samuel Balmer, Sandro Bertaggia, Andreas Beutler, Patrice Brasey, Mario Brodmann, Manuele Celio, Jörg Eberle, Keith Fair, Doug Honegger, Patrick Howald, Peter Jaks, Dino Kessler, André Künzi, Sven Leuenberger, Alfred Lüthi, Gil Montandon, Reto Pavoni, André Rötheli, Mario Rottaris, Andreas Ton, Renato Tosio and Thomas Vrabec.

Group B

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.

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Consolation round 9th-12th places

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9th-place match

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Nordic combined

In total, four Swiss athletes participated in the Nordic combined events – Hippolyt Kempf, Urs Niedhart, Andreas Schaad and Marco Zarucchi.

Men's individual

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  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 15&nbsp;km cross-country skiing

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Men's Team

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  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 10&nbsp;km cross-country skiing

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Ski jumping

In total, four Swiss athletes participated in the ski jumping events – Sylvain Freiholz, Markus Gähler, Martin Trunz and Stefan Zünd.

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Men's team large hill
<sup>1</sup> Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

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Speed skiing incident

Speed skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics. A men's individual and a women's individual event were held. On 22 February 1992, during a warm-up for the men's individual final, Swiss skier Nicolas Bochatay became airborne over a bump and was killed in a crash with a Snowcat ski grooming machine. Bochatay was not the only fatality as a course official was struck and killed by a skier during a training run. Speed skiing has never been a part of the Winter Olympics since.

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