Switzerland at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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IOC codeSUI
Websitewww.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
Competitors44 (33 men, 11 women) in 9 sports
| Switzerland at the 1980 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | SUI |
| NOC | Swiss Olympic Association |
| Website | www |
| in Lake Placid | |
| Competitors | 44 (33 men, 11 women) in 9 sports |
| Flag bearer | Marie-Theres Nadig (alpine skiing) |
| Medals Ranked 10th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Switzerland competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Erich Schärer Josef Benz | Bobsleigh | Two-man |
 Silver | Erich Schärer Ulrich Bächli Rudolf Marti Josef Benz | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
 Bronze | Jacques Lüthy | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom |
| Bronze | Marie-Theres Nadig | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill |
| Bronze | Erika Hess | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom |
Alpine skiing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Toni Bürgler | Downhill | DNF | – | ||||
| Erwin Josi | 1:50.03 | 24 | |||||
| Urs Räber | 1:49.16 | 18 | |||||
| Peter Müller | 1:46.75 | 4 | |||||
| Jean-Luc Fournier | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Peter Lüscher | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – | |
| Jacques Lüthy | 1:21.55 | 11 | 1:21.20 | 2 | 2:42.75 | 5 | |
| Joël Gaspoz | 1:21.10 | 5 | 1:21.95 | 6 | 2:43.05 | 7 | |
| Peter Lüscher | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Joël Gaspoz | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – | |
| Jean-Luc Fournier | 58.95 | 28 | 54.53 | 23 | 1:53.48 | 23 | |
| Jacques Lüthy | 53.70 | 2 | 51.36 | 6 | 1:45.06 | | |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Annemarie Bischofberger | Downhill | 1:41.93 | 20 | ||||
| Doris de Agostini | 1:41.26 | 17 | |||||
| Bernadette Zurbriggen | 1:40.74 | 11 | |||||
| Marie-Theres Nadig | 1:38.36 | | |||||
| Marie-Theres Nadig | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Brigitte Nansoz | 1:18.09 | 18 | 1:30.11 | 15 | 2:48.20 | 16 | |
| Erika Hess | 1:15.27 | 4 | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
| Marie-Theres Nadig | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Brigitte Nansoz | 45.52 | 17 | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
| Erika Hess | 43.50 | 5 | 44.39 | 5 | 1:27.89 | | |
Biathlon
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km Sprint | Roland Burn | 5 | 36:52.35 | 32 |
| Urs Brechbühl | 4 | 36:22.66 | 30 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | Roland Burn | 1'10:12.97 | 11 | 1'21:12.97 | 37 |
| Urs Berchbühl | 1'11:59.13 | 8 | 1'19:59.13 | 34 |
- 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
- 2 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
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 | Hans Hiltebrand Walter Rahm |
Two-man | 1:02.37 | 2 | 1:02.96 | 5 | 1:03.65 | 11 | 1:02.64 | 3 | 4:11.32 | 4 |
| SUI-2 | Erich Schärer Sepp Benz |
Two-man | 1:01.87 | 1 | 1:02.76 | 2 | 1:02.29 | 1 | 1:02.44 | 1 | 4:09.36 | |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SUI-1 | Erich Schärer Ueli Bächli Ruedi Marti Sepp Benz |
Four-man | 1:00.31 | 3 | 1:00.41 | 3 | 1:00.02 | 2 | 1:00.13 | 1 | 4:00.87 | |
| SUI-2 | Hans Hiltebrand Ulrich Schindler Walter Rahm Armin Baumgartner |
Four-man | 1:01.13 | 7 | 1:01.00 | 5 | 1:00.54 | 7 | 1:01.02 | 6 | 4:03.69 | 6 |
Cross-country skiing
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Alfred Schindler | 44:52.93 | 35 |
| Hansueli Kreuzer | 44:44.66 | 32 | |
| Konrad Hallenbarter | 44:42.12 | 29 | |
| Franz Renggli | 44:38.66 | 27 | |
| 30 km | Francis Jacot | 1'36:50.46 | 42 |
| Heinz Gähler | 1'33:43.68 | 29 | |
| Gaudenz Ambühl | 1'32:06.20 | 24 | |
| Eduard Hauser | 1'31:20.09 | 15 | |
| 50 km | Konrad Hallenbarter | DNF | – |
| Gaudenz Ambühl | DNF | – | |
| Heinz Gähler | 2'35:11.20 | 14 | |
| Franz Renggli | 2'33:27.56 | 10 | |
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Hansrüli Kreuzer Konrad Hallenbarter Eduard Hauser Gaudenz Ambühl |
2'03:36.57 | 7 |
- Women
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 5 km | Cornelia Thomas | 16:43.85 | 34 |
| Evi Kratzer | 16:14.34 | 23 | |
| 10 km | Cornelia Thomas | 33:57.94 | 36 |
| Evi Kratzer | 33:03.65 | 27 | |
Figure skating
- Women
| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danielle Rieder | 9 | 15 | 16 | 165.46 | 125 | 14 |
| Denise Biellmann | 12 | 1 | 1 | 180.46 | 43 | 4 |
Luge
- Men
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Ueli Schenkel | DNF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Markus Kägi | 54.224 | 28 | DNF | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | – |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Ernst Beetschen | Individual | 73.0 | 72.0 | 170.3 | 27 | 50:09.2 | 198.295 | 16 | 368.595 | 21 |
| Karl Lustenberger | 83.0 | 80.0 | 212.7 | 6 | 50:01.1 | 199.510 | 14 | 412.210 | 6 | |
