title: Switzerland at the 1976 Winter Olympics
text: # Switzerland at the 1976 Winter Olympics
  
  Switzerland competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Heini Hemmi | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
  | Silver | Bernhard Russi | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
  | Silver | Ernst Good | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
  | Silver | Erich Schärer Ulrich Bächli Rudolf Marti Josef Benz | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
  | Bronze | Erich Schärer Josef Benz | Bobsleigh | Two-man |
  
  ## Alpine skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | René Berthod | Downhill | | | | | 1:47.89 | 12 |
  | Walter Tresch | Downhill | | | | | 1:47.29 | 7 |
  | Philippe Roux | Downhill | | | | | 1:46.29 | 4 |
  | Bernhard Russi | Downhill | | | | | 1:46.06 | |
  | Walter Tresch | Giant Slalom | 1:49.26 | 27 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
  | Engelhard Pargätzi | Giant Slalom | 1:46.16 | 6 | 1:42.60 | 4 | 3:28.76 | 6 |
  | Heini Hemmi | Giant Slalom | 1:45.41 | 3 | 1:41.56 | 2 | 3:26.97 | |
  | Ernst Good | Giant Slalom | 1:44.60 | 2 | 1:42.57 | 3 | 3:27.17 | |
  | Ernst Good | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
  | Heini Hemmi | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
  | Peter Lüscher | Slalom | 1:02.76 | 13 | 1:05.34 | 7 | 2:08.10 | 8 |
  | Walter Tresch | Slalom | 1:01.34 | 6 | 1:03.92 | 3 | 2:05.26 | 4 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Doris de Agostini | Downhill | | | | | 1:50.46 | 18 |
  | Marlies Oberholzer | Downhill | | | | | 1:48.68 | 8 |
  | Bernadette Zurbriggen | Downhill | | | | | 1:48.62 | 7 |
  | Bernadette Zurbriggen | Giant Slalom | | | | | DNF | – |
  | Marlies Oberholzer | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:34.09 | 26 |
  | Marie-Theres Nadig | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:30.44 | 5 |
  | Lise-Marie Morerod | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:30.40 | 4 |
  | Marie-Theres Nadig | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
  | Lise-Marie Morerod | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
  | Bernadette Zurbriggen | Slalom | 49.78 | 17 | 47.40 | 11 | 1:37.18 | 12 |
  
  ## Biathlon
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time $^1$ | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 20 km | Christian Danuser | 1'20:16.43 | 7 | 1'27:16.43 | 40 |
  | 20 km | Albert Mächler | 1'17:28.66 | 6 | 1'23:28.66 | 25 |
  | 20 km | Hansruedi Süssli | 1'16:53.73 | 3 | 1'19:53.73 | 14 |
  
      $^1$ 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 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | SUI-1 | Erich Schärer Sepp Benz | Two-man | 56.43 | 5 | 56.53 | 5 | 56.33 | 3 | 56.41 | 3 | 3:45.70 | |
  | SUI-2 | Fritz Lüdi Thomas Hagen | Two-man | 56.95 | 9 | 57.32 | 10 | 57.35 | 10 | 57.48 | 11 | 3:49.10 | 10 |
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | SUI-1 | Fritz Lüdi Thomas Hagen Rudolf Schmid Karl Häseli | Four-man | 55.29 | 7 | 55.33 | 6 | 56.37 | 9 | 57.05 | 9 | 3:44.04 | 9 |
  | SUI-2 | Erich Schärer Ueli Bächli Ruedi Marti Sepp Benz | Four-man | 54.96 | 5 | 54.81 | 2 | 55.28 | 1 | 55.84 | 1 | 3:40.89 | |
  
  ## Cross-country skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 15 km | Alfred Kälin | 47:05.39 | 27 |
  | 15 km | Eduard Hauser | 46:29.14 | 17 |
  | 15 km | Franz Renggli | 45:53.49 | 12 |
  | 15 km | Albert Giger | 45:47.07 | 11 |
  | 30 km | Hansueli Kreuzer | 1'39:58.44 | 50 |
  | 30 km | Alfred Kälin | 1'36:09.97 | 29 |
  | 30 km | Eduard Hauser | 1'35:50.29 | 25 |
  | 30 km | Albert Giger | 1'32:17.71 | 7 |
  | 50 km | Christian Pfeuti | 2'49:50.90 | 32 |
  | 50 km | Venanz Egger | 2'48:30.70 | 31 |
  | 50 km | Heinz Gähler | 2'45:51.64 | 20 |
  | 50 km | Franz Renggli | 2'45:25.24 | 18 |
  
  ### Men's 4 × 10 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Time | Rank |
  | Franz Renggli Eduard Hauser Heinz Gähler Alfred Kälin | 2'11:28.53 | 5 |
  
  ## Figure skating
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Danielle Rieder | 16 | – | – | – | DNF | – |
  
  ### Pairs
  
  | Athletes | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Karin Künzle Christian Künzle | 6 | 7 | 128.97 | 64 | 7 |
  
  ## Ice hockey
  
  ### First round
  
  Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.
  
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | - | - | - |
  | West Germany | 5–1 | Switzerland |
  
  ### Consolation Round
  
  | Rank | | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | Romania | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 8 |
  | 8 | Austria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 6 |
  | 9 | Japan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 6 |
  | 10 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 6 |
  | 11 | Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 4 |
  | 12 | Bulgaria | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 38 | 0 |
  
  * Yugoslavia 6-4 Switzerland
  * Switzerland 8-3 Bulgaria
  * Japan 6-4 Switzerland
  * Austria 3-5 Switzerland
  * Romania 4-3 Switzerland
  * Contestants Alfio Molina André Jorns Charles Henzen Andreas Meyer Jakob Kölliker Ueli Hofmann Ernst Lüthi Aldo Zenhäusern Nando Mathieu Bernhard Neininger Anton Neininger Renzo Holzer Walter Dürst Guy Dubois Georg Mattli Jürg Berger Rolf Schiemer Daniel Widmer
  
  ## Nordic combined
  
  Events:
  
  * normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  * 15 km cross-country skiing
  
  | Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Karl Lustenberger | Individual | 72.5 | 74.5 | 202.5 | 10 | 52:57.52 | 175.60 | 27 | 378.10 | 19 |
  
  ## Ski jumping
  
  | Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
  | Robert Mösching | Normal hill | 75.0 | 104.3 | 75.0 | 103.3 | 207.6 | 35 |
  | Hans Schmid | Normal hill | 78.0 | 112.1 | 79.0 | 114.2 | 226.3 | 13 |
  | Walter Steiner | Normal hill | 80.0 | 117.3 | 78.5 | 114.9 | 232.2 | 9 |
  | Ernst von Grünigen | Normal hill | 80.5 | 119.1 | 80.5 | 119.6 | 238.7 | 5 |
  | Robert Mösching | Large hill | 84.0 | 87.6 | 79.0 | 80.1 | 167.7 | 38 |
  | Ernst von Grünigen | Large hill | 84.5 | 93.3 | 81.5 | 89.1 | 182.4 | 23 |
  | Hans Schmid | Large hill | 86.5 | 95.6 | 83.0 | 90.7 | 186.3 | 20 |
  | Walter Steiner | Large hill | 89.5 | 99.8 | 93.0 | 108.7 | 208.5 | 9 |
  
  ## Speed skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 1500 m | Franz Krienbühl | 2:12.52 | 27 |
  | 5000 m | Franz Krienbühl | 7:53.11 | 17 |
  | 10,000 m | Franz Krienbühl | 15:36.43 | 8 |
  