Switzerland at the
1984 Winter Olympics
IOC codeSUI
NOCSwiss Olympic Association
Websitewww.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Sarajevo
Competitors42 (29 men, 13 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer Erika Hess (alpine skiing)
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Switzerland competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Max Julen Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom 14 February
 Gold Michela Figini Alpine skiing Women's downhill 16 February
 Silver Maria Walliser Alpine skiing Women's downhill 16 February
 Silver Peter Müller Alpine skiing Men's downhill 16 February
 Bronze Silvio Giobellina
Heinz Stettler
Urs Salzmann
Rico Freiermuth		 Bobsleigh Four-man 18 February

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Conradin Cathomen Downhill 1:47.63 14
Urs Räber 1:46.32 5
Pirmin Zurbriggen 1:46.05 4
Peter Müller 1:45.86 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Pirmin Zurbriggen Giant Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Joël Gaspoz 1:21.98 8 1:21.62 10 2:43.60 10
Thomas Bürgler 1:21.75 7 1:22.09 15 2:43.84 11
Max Julen 1:20.54 1 1:20.64 2 2:41.18 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Max Julen Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Pirmin Zurbriggen DNF – – – DNF –
Joël Gaspoz DNF – – – DNF –
Thomas Bürgler 53.16 11 48.87 9 1:42.03 10
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Brigitte Oertli Downhill 1:14.93 12
Ariane Ehrat 1:13.95 4
Maria Walliser 1:13.41 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Michela Figini 1:13.36 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Maria Walliser Giant Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Monika Hess 1:10.90 14 1:13.68 19 2:24.58 15
Michela Figini 1:10.58 12 1:12.76 11 2:23.34 12
Erika Hess 1:10.54 11 1:11.97 3 2:22.51 7
Brigitte Oertli Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Erika Hess 49.57 10 48.34 3 1:37.91 5
Monika Hess 49.55 9 49.12 10 1:38.67 11

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Beat Meier 4 34:22.1 32
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Beat Meier 1'14:24.4 7 1'21:24.4 31
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1984 Winter Olympics
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
Meinrad Müller 		Two-man 51.73 4 52.21 5 51.35 5 51.47 5 3:26.76 5
SUI-2 Ralph Pichler
Rico Freiermuth 		Two-man 52.21 6 52.21 5 51.84 7 51.97 6 3:28.23 6
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
SUI-1 Silvio Giobellina
Heinz Stettler
Urs Salzmann
Rico Freiermuth 		Four-man 49.92 3 50.48 3 50.49 3 50.50 3 3:21.39 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
SUI-2 Ekkehard Fasser
Hans Märchy
Kurt Poletti
Rolf Strittmatter 		Four-man 50.46 5 50.60 4 50.81 4 51.03 5 3:22.90 4

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Markus Fähndrich 44:08.0 32
Konrad Hallenbarter 44:00.3 28
Giachem Guidon 42:45.9 12
Andi Grünenfelder 42:45.7 11
30 km Daniel Sandoz 1'39:18.6 46
Konrad Hallenbarter 1'35:23.2 28
Giachem Guidon 1'33:28.3 20
Andi Grünenfelder 1'33:26.4 19
50 km Markus Fähndrich 2'25:26.4 25
Giachem Guidon 2'24:25.9 19
Konrad Hallenbarter 2'21:11.6 9
Andi Grünenfelder 2'19:46.2 6
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Giachem Guidon
Konrad Hallenbarter
Joos Ambühl
Andi Grünenfelder 		1'58:06.0 5
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Monika Germann 19:42.0 42
Christina Gilli-Brügger 18:56.2 35
Karin Thomas 18:30.4 26
Evi Kratzer 17:47.5 9
10 km Monika Germann 35:36.0 38
Karin Thomas 34:31.6 23
Christina Gilli-Brügger 34:17.8 20
Evi Kratzer 33:04.8 11
20 km Monika Germann 1'08:25.5 34
Karin Thomas 1'06:36.1 22
Evi Kratzer 1'03:56.4 8
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Karin Thomas
Monika Germann
Christina Gilli-Brügger
Evi Kratzer 		1'09:40.3 6

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Women
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Myriam Oberwiler 15 13 14 28.2 14
Sandra Cariboni 4 14 12 20.0 11

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Events:

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Walter Hurschler Individual 66.0 74.0 143.8 28 48:12.4 204.940 4 348.740 26

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Fabrice Piazzini Normal hill 75.0 76.5 73.5 76.1 152.6 53
Christian Hauswirth 73.5 76.6 76.0 82.6 159.2 48
Hansjörg Sumi 80.0 89.5 80.0 89.0 178.5 32
Fabrice Piazzini Large hill 91.5 74.8 92.5 76.7 151.5 40
Hansjörg Sumi 99.0 88.3 98.5 88.1 176.4 22

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Silvia Brunner 42.99 11
1000 m Silvia Brunner 1:26.61 11
1500 m Silvia Brunner 2:12.62 16

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