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Switzerland at the 1928 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia

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Switzerland at the
1928 Winter Olympics
IOC codeSUI
NOCSwiss Olympic Association
Websitewww.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in St. Moritz
Competitors41 (40 men, 1 woman) in 7 sports
Flag bearerHans Eidenbenz[1]
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Switzerland was the host nation for the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. The lone bronze medal won in men's ice hockey remains the lowest output by a host nation at a modern Olympic games (Winter or Summer).

Medal Name Sport Event
 Bronze Switzerland men's national ice hockey team
 Ice hockey Men's competition
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
SUI-1 Charles Stoffel
René Fonjallaz
Henry Höhnes
Emil Coppetti
Louis Koch 		Five-man 1:43.1 10 1:42.6 7 3:25.7 8
SUI-2 Jean Moillen
John Schneiter
René Ansermoz
André Moillen
William Pichard 		Five-man 1:41.7 5 1:48.2 20 3:29.9 13

Cross-country skiing

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Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Alfons Julen DNF –
Florian Zogg 1'58:52 24
Otto Furrer 1'57:05 21
Walter Bussmann 1'49:46 15
50 km Hans Zeier DNF –
Carlo Gourlaouen 5'55:09 22
Robert Wampfler 5'42:40 17
Walter Bussman 5'38:49 15
Women
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Elvira Barbey Women's singles 19 16 125 1648.75 19
Pairs
Athletes Points Score Final rank
Elvira Barbey
Louis Barbey 		97 64.75 11

The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.

Team GP W L T GF GA
  Switzerland 2 1 0 1 5 4
 Austria 2 0 0 2 4 4
 Germany 2 0 1 1 0 1

The top teams from each of the three groups, plus Canada, which had received a bye into the medal round, played a 3-game round-robin to determine the medal winners.

Team GP W L GF GA
 Canada 3 3 0 38 0
 Sweden 3 2 1 7 12
  Switzerland 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 1 2 4 17
 Great Britain 3 0 3 1 21
February 17   Switzerland 4:0
(0:0,2:0,2:0)		  Great Britain
February 18   Switzerland 0:4
(0:1,0:0,0:3)		  Sweden
February 19   Switzerland 0:13
(0:4,0:4,0:3)		  Canada

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 of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events. One would expect that athletes competing at the Nordic combined event, would participate in the cross-country skiing event as well, as they would have the opportunity to win more than one medal. This was not always the case due to the maximum number of athletes that could represent a country per event.

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.

Athlete Event Cross-country Ski Jumping Total
Time Points Rank Distance 1 Distance 2 Total points Rank Points Rank
Hans Eidenbenz Individual 2'05:26 5.875 20 47.5 51.5 15.227 9 10.551 19
Stephan Lauener 2'00:57 8.125 16 50.5 59.0 16.542 4 12.333 13
Adolf Rubi 1'56:40 10.250 14 46.5 54.0 15.000 12 12.625 11
David Zogg 1'55:56 10.625 13 47.0 47.0 13.187 17 11.906 16
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Willy von Eschen 1:04.8 6 DNF – – – DNF –
Alexander Berner 1:03.4 5 1:03.4 5 1:02.0 4 3:08.8 5
Athlete Event Jump 1 (Dist.) Jump 2 (Dist.) Total
Points Rank
Bruno Trojani Normal hill 48.5 63.0 (fall) 10.782 32
Sepp Mühlbauer 52.0 58.0 16.541 7
Ernst Feuz 52.5 58.5 16.458 8
Gérard Vuilleumier 57.5 62.0 (fall) 12.020 30
  1. ^ "Hans Eidenbenz". olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 January 2024.