Switzerland at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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Curling
Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place at Karuizawa, who had hosted the equestrian events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The 1998 Nagano Olympics marked the first time that curling was held as an official Olympic sport...

 
Men's competition
Snowboarding
Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics
-Giant Slalom:-Halfpipe:-Giant Slalom:-Halfpipe:-References:*...

 
Men's halfpipe
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events held near Nagano, Japan. The speed events were held at Hakuba and the technical events at Shiga Kogen. There were a number of postponements due to weather; the races were run from February 10-21, 1998.-Downhill:The event was held...

 
Men's super-G



Bobsleigh
Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics
-Two-man:Huber lead Lueders by 0.05 seconds after the first run. Leuders picked up 0.02 seconds in the next two runs. Prior to the start of the fourth run, Lueders turned to Huber and asked "Can you imagine if we tied this thing?" After the fourth run, Tartaglia stated "In the end, it felt like...

 
Four-man
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events held near Nagano, Japan. The speed events were held at Hakuba and the technical events at Shiga Kogen. There were a number of postponements due to weather; the races were run from February 10-21, 1998.-Downhill:The event was held...

 
Men's giant slalom
Freestyle skiing
Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
-Men's aerials:February 17, 1998-Men's moguls:February 10, 1998-Women's aerials:February 17, 1998-Women's moguls:February 10, 1998-External links:*...

 
Women's aerials
Snowboarding
Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics
-Giant Slalom:-Halfpipe:-Giant Slalom:-Halfpipe:-References:*...

 
Men's giant slalom

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Bruno Kernen
Bruno Kernen
Bruno Kernen is a Swiss alpine skier. In 1997, he was world champion in downhill, as well as a silver medalist in Alpine combined. In 2003, he won bronze in downhill at the world championships in St. Moritz. He is the 2003 winner of the Lauberhorn race.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Kernen...

Downhill DNF
Franco Cavegn 1:51.74 14
Didier Cuche
Didier Cuche
Didier Cuche is a Swiss alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in the speed disciplines of downhill and Super-G, along with the technical discipline of giant slalom...

1:50.91 8
Jürg Grünenfelder 1:50.64 4
Paul Accola
Paul Accola
Paul Accola is a Swiss former Alpine skier. He came top in the overall World Cup in 1992, and won a total of four medals at the Winter Olympics and World Championships in the combined event....

Super-G 1:36.87 18
Steve Locher
Steve Locher
Steve Locher is a former Swiss alpine skier, who won the bronze medal in the combined event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.- World Cup victories :-External links:* * * *...

1:36.62 14
Bruno Kernen
Bruno Kernen
Bruno Kernen is a Swiss alpine skier. In 1997, he was world champion in downhill, as well as a silver medalist in Alpine combined. In 2003, he won bronze in downhill at the world championships in St. Moritz. He is the 2003 winner of the Lauberhorn race.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Kernen...

1:36.37 11
Didier Cuche
Didier Cuche
Didier Cuche is a Swiss alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in the speed disciplines of downhill and Super-G, along with the technical discipline of giant slalom...

1:35.43
Urs Kälin
Urs Kälin
Urs Kälin is a Swiss former alpine skier. Kälin won three silver medals in Giant Slalom: at the 1991 World Championships in Saalbach, at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, and at 1996 World Championships in Sierra Nevada....

Giant Slalom 1:22.00 1:19.17 2:41.17 12
Steve Locher
Steve Locher
Steve Locher is a former Swiss alpine skier, who won the bronze medal in the combined event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.- World Cup victories :-External links:* * * *...

1:21.98 1:18.32 2:40.30 6
Paul Accola
Paul Accola
Paul Accola is a Swiss former Alpine skier. He came top in the overall World Cup in 1992, and won a total of four medals at the Winter Olympics and World Championships in the combined event....

1:21.31 1:19.26 2:40.57 7
Michael von Grünigen
Michael von Grünigen
Michael von Grünigen is a Swiss former alpine skier. In 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2003, he won the World Cup in Giant Slalom. In 1997 and 2001, he was World Champion in Giant Slalom.-World Cups:-Individual races:-External links:*...

1:20.98 1:18.71 2:39.69
Marco Casanova Slalom DNF DNF
Paul Accola
Paul Accola
Paul Accola is a Swiss former Alpine skier. He came top in the overall World Cup in 1992, and won a total of four medals at the Winter Olympics and World Championships in the combined event....

57.56 57.35 1:54.91 18
Michael von Grünigen
Michael von Grünigen
Michael von Grünigen is a Swiss former alpine skier. In 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2003, he won the World Cup in Giant Slalom. In 1997 and 2001, he was World Champion in Giant Slalom.-World Cups:-Individual races:-External links:*...

57.33 57.63 1:54.96 19
Didier Plaschy 56.67 55.36 1:52.03 12


Men's combined
Athlete Slalom Downhill Total
Time 1 Time 2 Time Total time Rank
Jürg Grünenfelder DNF DNF
Bruno Kernen
Bruno Kernen
Bruno Kernen is a Swiss alpine skier. In 1997, he was world champion in downhill, as well as a silver medalist in Alpine combined. In 2003, he won bronze in downhill at the world championships in St. Moritz. He is the 2003 winner of the Lauberhorn race.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Kernen...

DNF DNF
Paul Accola
Paul Accola
Paul Accola is a Swiss former Alpine skier. He came top in the overall World Cup in 1992, and won a total of four medals at the Winter Olympics and World Championships in the combined event....

49.39 DNF DNF

Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Corinne Rey-Bellet
Corinne Rey-Bellet
Corinne Rey-Bellet was a Swiss alpine skier.Rey-Bellet shared a World Championship silver medal in the downhill event in St. Moritz in 2003 and won a total of five World Cup races...

Downhill 1:32.92 30
Catherine Borghi 1:31.45 22
Heidi Zurbriggen
Heidi Zurbriggen
Heidi Andenmatten-Zurbriggen in Saas-Almagell, Kanton Wallis) is a Swiss former alpine skier and sister of Pirmin Zurbriggen. She won 3 Downhill races on the World Cup tour. She now operates Chalet Rustica with her husband Damian in Saas-Almagell.-Downhill:-Footnotes:...

1:30.25 12
Catherine Borghi Super-G 1:20.69 34
Corinne Rey-Bellet
Corinne Rey-Bellet
Corinne Rey-Bellet was a Swiss alpine skier.Rey-Bellet shared a World Championship silver medal in the downhill event in St. Moritz in 2003 and won a total of five World Cup races...

1:20.31 31
Heidi Zurbriggen
Heidi Zurbriggen
Heidi Andenmatten-Zurbriggen in Saas-Almagell, Kanton Wallis) is a Swiss former alpine skier and sister of Pirmin Zurbriggen. She won 3 Downhill races on the World Cup tour. She now operates Chalet Rustica with her husband Damian in Saas-Almagell.-Downhill:-Footnotes:...

1:19.22 21
Sonja Nef
Sonja Nef
Sonja Nef is a Swiss former alpine skier. Nef was women's World Champion in Giant Slalom in 2001. She won the 2001 and 2002 World Cup in Giant Slalom...

Giant Slalom DNF DNF
Catherine Borghi 1:21.90 1:36.52 2:58.42 19
Karin Roten 1:20.91 1:36.05 2:56.96 16
Heidi Zurbriggen
Heidi Zurbriggen
Heidi Andenmatten-Zurbriggen in Saas-Almagell, Kanton Wallis) is a Swiss former alpine skier and sister of Pirmin Zurbriggen. She won 3 Downhill races on the World Cup tour. She now operates Chalet Rustica with her husband Damian in Saas-Almagell.-Downhill:-Footnotes:...

1:20.31 1:33.30 2:53.61 6
Sonja Nef
Sonja Nef
Sonja Nef is a Swiss former alpine skier. Nef was women's World Champion in Giant Slalom in 2001. She won the 2001 and 2002 World Cup in Giant Slalom...

Slalom DNF DNF
Karin Roten 46.64 DNF DNF
Martina Accola 46.37 47.75 1:34.12 7


Women's combined
Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Total time Rank
Catherine Borghi 1:31.24 37.32 36.77 2:45.33 10

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Jean-Marc Chabloz DNF DNF

Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Jean-Marc Chabloz 59:41.0 4 1'03:41.0 51


1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

2One minute added per missed target.

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 Reto Götschi
Reto Götschi
Reto Götschi is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. He won a silver medal in the two-man event with teammate Guido Acklin at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer....


Guido Acklin
Guido Acklin
Guido Acklin is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, he won a silver medal in the two-man event with his teammate Reto Götschi....

Two-man 54.71 3 54.77 12 54.44 7 54.35 4 3:38.27 6
SUI-2 Christian Reich
Christian Reich
Christian Reich is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the two-man event with teammate Steve Anderhub at Salt Lake City in 2002.Reich also won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with one silver...


Cédric Grand
Cedric Grand
Cédric Grand is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from 1997 to 2010. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Turin in 2006....

Two-man 54.73 4 54.56 4 54.32 5 54.54 7 3:38.15 4

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
SUI-1 Marcel Rohner
Markus Nüssli
Markus Nüssli
Markus Nüssli is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he won a silver medal in the four-man event with teammates Marcel Rohner, Markus Wasser and Beat Seitz....


Markus Wasser
Markus Wasser
Markus Wasser is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he won a silver medal in the four-man event with teammates Marcel Rohner, Markus Nüssli and Beat Seitz....


Beat Seitz
Beat Seitz
Beat Seitz is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he won a silver medal in the four-man event with teammates Marcel Rohner, Markus Nüssli and Markus Wasser.-References:**...

Four-man 53.13 8 53.15 2 53.73 4 2:40.01
SUI-2 Christian Reich
Christian Reich
Christian Reich is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the two-man event with teammate Steve Anderhub at Salt Lake City in 2002.Reich also won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with one silver...


Steve Anderhub
Steve Anderhub
Steve Anderhub is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He won a silver medal in the two-man event with teammate Christian Reich at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....


Thomas Handschin
Cédric Grand
Cedric Grand
Cédric Grand is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from 1997 to 2010. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Turin in 2006....

Four-man 52.88 3 53.47 6 53.93 13 2:40.28 7

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km
C
Patrick Mächler
Patrick Mächler
Patrick Mächler aka "Valio" is a Swiss politician and member of the Pirate Party Switzerland . Besides Samir Allioui from the Netherlands he was co-president of Pirate Parties International from July 2009 to February 2010, the umbrella organization of the international Pirate Party movement Both...

DNF
Wilhelm Aschwanden
Wilhelm Aschwanden
Wilhelm Aschwanden was a Swiss cross country skier who competed from 1992 to 2004. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best career and individual finishes at Nagano in 1998 with a sixth in the 4 x 10 km relay and a 22nd in the 50 km event, respectively.Aschwanden's best...

31:10.5 63
Jeremias Wigger
Jeremias Wigger
Jeremias Wigger was a Swiss cross country skier who competed from 1988 to 1998. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was fourth in the 4 x 10 km at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and 13th in the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit at the 1994 Winter Olympics in...

30:33.4 49
Beat Koch
Beat Koch
Beat Koch is a Swiss cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2006. Competing at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he finished sixth overall in the 4 x 10 km relay and 17th individually in the 10 km events as his best finishes....

28:49.6 17
15 km
pursuit1
F
Wilhelm Aschwanden
Wilhelm Aschwanden
Wilhelm Aschwanden was a Swiss cross country skier who competed from 1992 to 2004. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best career and individual finishes at Nagano in 1998 with a sixth in the 4 x 10 km relay and a 22nd in the 50 km event, respectively.Aschwanden's best...

45:32.8 49
30 km
C
Beat Koch
Beat Koch
Beat Koch is a Swiss cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2006. Competing at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he finished sixth overall in the 4 x 10 km relay and 17th individually in the 10 km events as his best finishes....

1'46:38.3 53
Jeremias Wigger
Jeremias Wigger
Jeremias Wigger was a Swiss cross country skier who competed from 1988 to 1998. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was fourth in the 4 x 10 km at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and 13th in the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit at the 1994 Winter Olympics in...

1'39:46.4 16
50 km
F
Reto Burgermeister
Reto Burgermeister
Reto Burgermeister is a Swiss cross country skier who has competed since 1994. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he finished sixth in the 4 x 10 km relay at Nagano in 1998 overall and ninth in the 15 km at Salt Lake City in 2002....

2'22:28.3 49
Wilhelm Aschwanden
Wilhelm Aschwanden
Wilhelm Aschwanden was a Swiss cross country skier who competed from 1992 to 2004. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best career and individual finishes at Nagano in 1998 with a sixth in the 4 x 10 km relay and a 22nd in the 50 km event, respectively.Aschwanden's best...

2'14:18.0 22
Jeremias Wigger
Jeremias Wigger
Jeremias Wigger was a Swiss cross country skier who competed from 1988 to 1998. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was fourth in the 4 x 10 km at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and 13th in the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit at the 1994 Winter Olympics in...

2'13:50.5 18

1 Starting delay based om 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle


Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Jeremias Wigger
Jeremias Wigger
Jeremias Wigger was a Swiss cross country skier who competed from 1988 to 1998. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was fourth in the 4 x 10 km at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and 13th in the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit at the 1994 Winter Olympics in...


Beat Koch
Beat Koch
Beat Koch is a Swiss cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2006. Competing at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he finished sixth overall in the 4 x 10 km relay and 17th individually in the 10 km events as his best finishes....


Reto Burgermeister
Reto Burgermeister
Reto Burgermeister is a Swiss cross country skier who has competed since 1994. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he finished sixth in the 4 x 10 km relay at Nagano in 1998 overall and ninth in the 15 km at Salt Lake City in 2002....


Wilhelm Aschwanden
Wilhelm Aschwanden
Wilhelm Aschwanden was a Swiss cross country skier who competed from 1992 to 2004. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best career and individual finishes at Nagano in 1998 with a sixth in the 4 x 10 km relay and a 22nd in the 50 km event, respectively.Aschwanden's best...

1'42:49.2 6

Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km
C
Andrea Senteler 20:07.5 62
Andrea Huber
Andrea Huber
Andrea Huber is a Swiss cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2004. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and finished 27th in the individual sprint at those same games....

19:27.6 45
Sylvia Honegger
Sylvia Honegger
Sylvia Honegger was a Swiss cross country skier who competed from 1990 to 1999. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she had her best career finish of fourth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Nagano in 1998 and her best individual finish of 11th in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit event at Lillehammer in...

18:29.6 14
Brigitte Albrecht Loretan
Brigitte Albrecht Loretan
Brigitte Albrecht Loretan is a Swiss cross-country skier who has competed from 1992 to 2002. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a 7th place in the 30 km event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in...

18:16.5 10
10 km
pursuit2
F
Sylvia Honegger
Sylvia Honegger
Sylvia Honegger was a Swiss cross country skier who competed from 1990 to 1999. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she had her best career finish of fourth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Nagano in 1998 and her best individual finish of 11th in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit event at Lillehammer in...

30:44.3 22
Brigitte Albrecht Loretan
Brigitte Albrecht Loretan
Brigitte Albrecht Loretan is a Swiss cross-country skier who has competed from 1992 to 2002. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a 7th place in the 30 km event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in...

29:34.8 10
15 km
C
Sylvia Honegger
Sylvia Honegger
Sylvia Honegger was a Swiss cross country skier who competed from 1990 to 1999. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she had her best career finish of fourth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Nagano in 1998 and her best individual finish of 11th in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit event at Lillehammer in...

50:31.9 22
30 km
F
Natascia Leonardi Cortesi
Natascia Leonardi Cortesi
Natascia Leonardi Cortest is a Swiss cross-country skier and Ski mountaineering who has competed since 1988 in the World Cup circuit. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a 10th place in the 30 km...

1'30:31.8 24
Brigitte Albrecht Loretan
Brigitte Albrecht Loretan
Brigitte Albrecht Loretan is a Swiss cross-country skier who has competed from 1992 to 2002. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a 7th place in the 30 km event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in...

1'25:15.0 7

2 Starting delay based om 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle


Women's 4 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Sylvia Honegger
Sylvia Honegger
Sylvia Honegger was a Swiss cross country skier who competed from 1990 to 1999. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she had her best career finish of fourth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Nagano in 1998 and her best individual finish of 11th in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit event at Lillehammer in...


Andrea Huber
Andrea Huber
Andrea Huber is a Swiss cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2004. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and finished 27th in the individual sprint at those same games....


Brigitte Albrecht Loretan
Brigitte Albrecht Loretan
Brigitte Albrecht Loretan is a Swiss cross-country skier who has competed from 1992 to 2002. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a 7th place in the 30 km event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in...


Natascia Leonardi Cortesi
Natascia Leonardi Cortesi
Natascia Leonardi Cortest is a Swiss cross-country skier and Ski mountaineering who has competed since 1988 in the World Cup circuit. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a 10th place in the 30 km...

56:55.2 4

Group stage

Country Skip W L
Mike Harris
Mike Harris (curler)
Mike Harris is a Canadian curler. Mike Harris is the golf professional at The Donalda Golf and Country Club in Toronto, Ontario....

 
6 1
Eigil Ramsfjell
Eigil Ramsfjell
Eigil Ramsfjell is a Norwegian curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. Many consider him as one of pioneers in modern curling. He received a bronze medal as skip at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano...

 
5 2
Patrick Hürlimann
Patrick Hürlimann
Patrick Hürlimann is a Swiss curler and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.He has received three medals at the World Curling Championships as skip for the Swiss team....

 
5 2
Tim Somerville
Tim Somerville
Tim Somerville is an American curler. He was born in Superior, Wisconsin. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, where the American team placed fourth, and at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.-References:...

 
3 4
Makoto Tsuruga
Makoto Tsuruga
is a Japanese curler. He represented Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, where the Japanese team placed 5th. He is skip for the Japanese team at the 2010 World Men's Curling Championship.-Team mates:-References:...

 
3 4
Peja Lindholm
Peja Lindholm
Peter "Peja" Rutger Lindholm is a Swedish curler. He is a three-time world champion skip, winning in 1997, 2001 and 2004. He is also a two-time European champion and a former world junior champion .Lindholm announced his retirement from curling following the 2007 European Curling Championships...

 
3 4
Douglas Dryburgh
Douglas Dryburgh
Douglas Dryburgh is an Irish curler.Dryburgh was a successful junior curler in his native Scotland. In his first international tournament, Dryburgh and his Scottish team claimed a gold medal at the 1987 World Junior Curling Championships...

 
2 5
Andy Kapp
Andy Kapp
Andreas "Andy" Kapp is a German curler from Unterthingau. After a number of unsuccessful tournaments at the Junior, Olympic and World Championship levels, Kapp surprised many by winning the 1992 European championship. The next year however, he finished only 7th, but at the 1994 World Championships...

 
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Medal Round

Semi-final
Gold medal game

Contestants Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
Gold medal Patrick Hürlimann
Patrick Hürlimann
Patrick Hürlimann is a Swiss curler and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.He has received three medals at the World Curling Championships as skip for the Swiss team....

Patrik Lörtscher
Patrik Lörtscher
Patrik Lörtscher is a Swiss curler, an Olympic champion and world champion. He received a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. He was the world champion in 1981, and the European champion in 1978 and 1981....

Daniel Müller
Daniel Müller
Daniel Müller is a Swiss curler and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.-References:...

Diego Perren
Diego Perren
Diego Perren is a Swiss curler and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.-References:...

Dominic Andres
Dominic Andres
Dominic Andres is a Swiss curler and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano....


Figure skating

Men
Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Patrick Meier
Patrick Meier
Patrick Meier is a Swiss figure skater. He is a multiple Swiss national champion.Meier began skating at the age of six. He represented Switzerland at the European Figure Skating Championships, the World Figure Skating Championships, and the 1998 Winter Olympics, where he placed 22nd...

22 22 33.0 22

Freestyle skiing

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Corinne Bodmer Moguls 34.04 19.93 20 Did not advance
Evelyne Leu
Evelyne Leu
Evelyne Leu is a former Swiss freestyle skier.She won a Gold medal in Aerial skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics. However, she failed to reach the Finals at the 2010 Winter Olympics when she crashed in her second jump during qualifying.She retired in April 2010.-External...

Aerials 148.72 15 Did not advance
Michèle Rohrbach 161.76 10 Q 129.36 11
Colette Brand
Colette Brand
Colette Brand is a Swiss freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, in aerials....

165.07 7 Q 171.83

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Reto Gilly 50.594 16 50.646 20 51.485 25 50.627 20 3:23.352 22

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:
  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country
time
Total
rank
Points Rank
Marco Zarucchi
Marco Zarucchi
Marco Zarucchi is a Swiss nordic combined skier who competed from 1993 to 1999. He finished seventh in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano....

Individual 185.5 43 45:37.9 25
Andy Hartmann 193.0 38 46:18.5 28
Urs Kunz
Urs Kunz
Urs Kunz was a Swiss nordic combined skier who competed from 1997 to 2000. He finished seventh in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano....

196.0 32 44:53.2 18
Jean-Yves Cuendet
Jean-Yves Cuendet
Jean-Yves Cuendet is a Swiss nordic combined skier who competed during the 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the 3 x 10 km team event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer....

206.0 21 44:34.6 17


Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events:
  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes Ski jumping Cross-country
time
Total
rank
Points Rank
Marco Zarucchi
Marco Zarucchi
Marco Zarucchi is a Swiss nordic combined skier who competed from 1993 to 1999. He finished seventh in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano....


Andy Hartmann
Jean-Yves Cuendet
Jean-Yves Cuendet
Jean-Yves Cuendet is a Swiss nordic combined skier who competed during the 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the 3 x 10 km team event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer....


Urs Kunz
Urs Kunz
Urs Kunz was a Swiss nordic combined skier who competed from 1997 to 2000. He finished seventh in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano....

797.0 10 56:41.6 7

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Points Rank
Marco Steinauer
Marco Steinauer
Marco Steinauer is a Swiss ski jumper who competed from 1992 to 2006. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he finished sixth in the team large hill and 33rd in the individual large hill events....

Normal hill 66.0 63.5 56 Did not advance
Simon Ammann
Simon Ammann
Simon Ammann is a Swiss ski jumper, and double Olympic Champion at both 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics.Ammann was born in Grabs, Switzerland, to Margit and Heinrich Ammann and raised in Unterwasser, Switzerland. He has two brothers and three sisters. He married Yana Yanovskaya on 25 June 2010...

75.0 83.5 35 Did not advance
Sylvain Freiholz
Sylvain Freiholz
Sylvain Freiholz is a Swiss ski jumper who competed from 1991 to 2003. He won a bronze medal in the individual large hill event at the 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim....

76.0 86.0 30 Q 80.5 96.0 182.0 29
Bruno Reuteler
Bruno Reuteler
Bruno Reuteler was a Swiss ski jumper who competed from 1992 to 2000. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he finished sixth in the team large hill and 18th in the individual normal hill events....

81.0 96.5 23 Q 84.0 103.5 200.0 18
Sylvain Freiholz
Sylvain Freiholz
Sylvain Freiholz is a Swiss ski jumper who competed from 1991 to 2003. He won a bronze medal in the individual large hill event at the 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim....

Large hill 106.0 88.8 41 Did not advance
Simon Ammann
Simon Ammann
Simon Ammann is a Swiss ski jumper, and double Olympic Champion at both 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics.Ammann was born in Grabs, Switzerland, to Margit and Heinrich Ammann and raised in Unterwasser, Switzerland. He has two brothers and three sisters. He married Yana Yanovskaya on 25 June 2010...

106.0 89.3 39 Did not advance
Marco Steinauer
Marco Steinauer
Marco Steinauer is a Swiss ski jumper who competed from 1992 to 2006. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he finished sixth in the team large hill and 33rd in the individual large hill events....

108.0 93.9 33 Did not advance
Bruno Reuteler
Bruno Reuteler
Bruno Reuteler was a Swiss ski jumper who competed from 1992 to 2000. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he finished sixth in the team large hill and 18th in the individual normal hill events....

115.5 105.9 21 Q 120.5 116.4 222.3 19


Men's team large hill
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Sylvain Freiholz
Sylvain Freiholz
Sylvain Freiholz is a Swiss ski jumper who competed from 1991 to 2003. He won a bronze medal in the individual large hill event at the 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim....


Marco Steinauer
Marco Steinauer
Marco Steinauer is a Swiss ski jumper who competed from 1992 to 2006. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he finished sixth in the team large hill and 33rd in the individual large hill events....


Simon Ammann
Simon Ammann
Simon Ammann is a Swiss ski jumper, and double Olympic Champion at both 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics.Ammann was born in Grabs, Switzerland, to Margit and Heinrich Ammann and raised in Unterwasser, Switzerland. He has two brothers and three sisters. He married Yana Yanovskaya on 25 June 2010...


Bruno Reuteler
Bruno Reuteler
Bruno Reuteler was a Swiss ski jumper who competed from 1992 to 2000. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he finished sixth in the team large hill and 18th in the individual normal hill events....

735.0 6

1Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding

Men's giant slalom
Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
André Grütter DSQ DSQ
Gilles Jaquet
Gilles Jaquet
Gilles Jaquet is a Swiss snowboarder.Jaquet has competed since 1995 and was World Champion in 2001 and 2002.-External links:*http://www.gillesjaquet.ch...

DSQ DSQ
Fadri Mosca DSQ DSQ
Ueli Kestenholz
Ueli Kestenholz
Ueli Kestenholz is a Swiss snowboarder and Speedriding pioneer.Kestenholz was Snowboard World Champion in 2000 and 2001. He won the first ever Olympic Medal in Snowboarding: Bronze at the 1998 Winter Olympics...

1:00.20 1:03.88 2:04.08


Men's halfpipe
Athlete Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Patrik Hasler 32.6 24 32.1 23 Did not advance
Gian Simmen
Gian Simmen
Gian Simmen is a Swiss snowboarder.In Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics, Simmen won Gold in Men's Halfpipe. He attended the 1998, 2002, and the 2006 Olympics Winter games.-External links:* - FIS Competition Results...

34.0 21 39.8 3 QF 85.2
Bertrand Denervaud 37.8 11 35.3 19 Did not advance
Fabien Rohrer 38.5 6 QF 78.7 4

Women's giant slalom
Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Steffi von Siebenthal 1:21.93 DNF DNF
Renate Keller 1:19.48 1:12.32 2:31.80 18
Cécile Plancherel 1:15.84 1:08.23 2:24.07 11


Women's halfpipe
Athlete Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Anita Schwaller 32.0 9 32.2 7 Did not advance

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5000 m Martin Feigenwinter 6:47.08 21
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