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Switzerland competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
| Switzerland at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | SUI (SVI used at these Games) |
| NOC | Swiss Olympic Association |
| Website | www |
| in Cortina d'Ampezzo | |
| Competitors | 59 (51 men, 8 women) in 7 sports |
| Flag bearer | Georges Schneider |
| Medals Ranked 4th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Madeleine Berthod | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill |
| Gold | Renée Colliard | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom |
| Gold | Franz Kapus Gottfried Diener Robert Alt Heinrich Angst | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
 Silver | Raymond Fellay | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
| Silver | Frieda Dänzer | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill |
 Bronze | Max Angst Harry Warburton | Bobsleigh | Two-man |
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Andreas Ruedi | Downhill | DSQ | – | ||||
| Hans Forrer | 3:08.0 | 13 | |||||
| Roger Staub | 2:57.1 | 4 | |||||
| Raymond Fellay | 2:55.7 | | |||||
| Raymond Fellay | Giant Slalom | 3:23.9 | 27 | ||||
| Martin Julen | 3:18.5 | 19 | |||||
| Roland Blaesi | 3:18.2 | 18 | |||||
| Georges Schneider | 3:17.3 | 17 | |||||
| Martin Julen | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| René Rey | 1:34.1 | 19 | 1:53.6 | 4 | 3:27.7 | 10 | |
| Raymond Fellay | 1:32.8 | 13 | 1:59.3 | 12 | 3:32.1 | 11 | |
| Georges Schneider | 1:29.0 | 4 | 1:53.6 | 4 | 3:22.6 | 5 | |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Hedi Beeler | Downhill | 1:54.0 | 25 | ||||
| Rosemarie Reichenbach | 1:51.6 | 15 | |||||
| Frieda Dänzer | 1:45.4 | | |||||
| Madeleine Berthod | 1:40.7 | | |||||
| Hedi Beeler | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | ||||
| Annemarie Waser | 2:02.3 | 14 | |||||
| Frieda Dänzer | 2:00.9 | 11 | |||||
| Madeleine Berthod | 1:58.3 | 4 | |||||
| Madeleine Berthod | Slalom | 1:09.7 (+0:05) | 26 | 58.7 | 4 | 2:08.3 | 17 |
| Hedi Beeler | 1:01.9 | 20 | 1:03.2 | 18 | 2:05.1 | 15 | |
| Freida Dänzer | 59.2 | 12 | 59.7 | 9 | 1:58.9 | 10 | |
| Renée Colliard | 55.6 | 1 | 56.7 | 1 | 1:52.3 | | |
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| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SUI-1 | Max Angst Harry Warburton |
Two-man | 1:24.71 | 5 | 1:23.81 | 5 | 1:24.27 | 4 | 1:24.67 | 4 | 5:37.46 | |
| SUI-2 | Franz Kapus Heinrich Angst |
Two-man | 1:24.74 | 6 | 1:24.50 | 8 | 1:24.70 | 6 | 1:26.17 | 13 | 5:40.11 | 7 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SUI-1 | Franz Kapus Gottfried Diener Robert Alt Heinrich Angst |
Four-man | 1:18.00 | 4 | 1:17.19 | 1 | 1:17.09 | 1 | 1:18.16 | 1 | 5:10.44 | |
| SUI-2 | Max Angst Aby Gartmann Harry Warburton Rolf Gerber |
Four-man | 1:17.41 | 1 | 1:17.85 | 2 | 1:18.68 | 5 | 1:20.33 | 9 | 5:14.27 | 4 |
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Erwin Hari | 55:06 | 38 |
| Michel Rey | 55:05 | 36 | |
| Victor Kronig | 54:43 | 33 | |
| Werner Zwingli | 53:40 | 20 | |
| 30 km | Armand Genoud | 2'01:05 | 41 |
| André Huguenin | 1'58:40 | 34 | |
| Fritz Kocher | 1'55:18 | 27 | |
| Marcel Huguenin | 1'54:36 | 25 | |
| 50 km | André Huguenin | 3'31:04 | 27 |
| Alfred Kronig | 3'23:21 | 24 | |
| Fritz Zurbuchen | 3'19:42 | 19 | |
| Christian Wenger | 3'17:49 | 18 | |
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Werner Zwingli Victor Kronig Fritz Kocher Marcel Huguenin |
2'24:30 | 7 |
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- Men
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Müller | 12 | 12 | 135.28 | 112 | 12 |
| François Pache | 11 | 10 | 139.39 | 95 | 11 |
- Women
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Fischer | 18 | 20 | 137.69 | 203 | 18 |
| Karin Borner | 15 | 16 | 141.69 | 171 | 16 |
Group C
Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 |  Sweden |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
| 3 |  Switzerland |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
- Sweden 6-5 Switzerland
- USSR 10-3 Switzerland
Games for 7th-10th places
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 |  Italy |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 |  Poland |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
| 9 | Switzerland |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 2 |
| 10 |  Austria |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 0 |
- Switzerland 7-4 Austria
- Poland 6-2 Switzerland
- Italy 8-3 Switzerland
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Francis Perret | Normal hill | 66.0 | 86.0 | 42 | 64.0 | 82.5 | 45 | 168.5 | 45 |
| Conrad Rochat | 68.5 | 89.5 | 40 | 68.5 | 87.5 | 41 | 177.0 | 40 | |
| Andreas Däscher | 82.0 | 108.0 | 6 | 82.0 | 111.5 | 2 | 219.5 | 6 | |
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Erich Kull | 44.3 | 40 |
| 1500 m | Erich Kull | 2:21.7 | 46 |
| Jürg Rohrbach | 2:21.7 | 46 | |
| 5000 m | Jürg Rohrbach | 8:39.5 | 39 |
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