Switzerland competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom Alpine skiing Men's downhill Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom Bobsleigh Four-man Bobsleigh Two-man
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRené BerthodDownhill1:47.8912Walter Tresch1:47.297Philippe Roux1:46.294Bernhard Russi1:46.06Walter TreschGiant Slalom1:49.2627DNF–DNF–Engelhard Pargätzi1:46.1661:42.6043:28.766Heini Hemmi1:45.4131:41.5623:26.97Ernst Good1:44.6021:42.5733:27.17Ernst GoodSlalomDNF–––DNF–Heini HemmiDNF–––DNF–Peter Lüscher1:02.76131:05.3472:08.108Walter Tresch1:01.3461:03.9232:05.264
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDoris de AgostiniDownhill1:50.4618Marlies Oberholzer1:48.688Bernadette Zurbriggen1:48.627Bernadette ZurbriggenGiant SlalomDNF–Marlies Oberholzer1:34.0926Marie-Theres Nadig1:30.445Lise-Marie Morerod1:30.404Marie-Theres NadigSlalomDNF–––DNF–Lise-Marie MorerodDNF–––DNF–Bernadette Zurbriggen49.781747.40111:37.1812
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmChristian Danuser1'20:16.4371'27:16.4340Albert Mächler1'17:28.6661'23:28.6625Hansruedi Süssli1'16:53.7331'19:53.7314
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSUI-1Erich SchärerSepp BenzTwo-man56.43556.53556.33356.4133:45.70SUI-2Fritz LüdiThomas HagenTwo-man56.95957.321057.351057.48113:49.1010
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSUI-1Fritz LüdiThomas HagenRudolf SchmidKarl HäseliFour-man55.29755.33656.37957.0593:44.049SUI-2Erich SchärerUeli BächliRuedi MartiSepp BenzFour-man54.96554.81255.28155.8413:40.89
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmAlfred Kälin47:05.3927Eduard Hauser46:29.1417Franz Renggli45:53.4912Albert Giger45:47.071130 kmHansueli Kreuzer1'39:58.4450Alfred Kälin1'36:09.9729Eduard Hauser1'35:50.2925Albert Giger1'32:17.71750 kmChristian Pfeuti2'49:50.9032Venanz Egger2'48:30.7031Heinz Gähler2'45:51.6420Franz Renggli2'45:25.2418
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankFranz RenggliEduard HauserHeinz GählerAlfred Kälin2'11:28.535
Figure skating
Women AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank Danielle Rieder16–––DNF–
Pairs AthletesSPFSPointsPlacesRank Karin KünzleChristian Künzle67128.97647
Ice hockey
First round Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.
Consolation Round RankPldWLTGFGAPts754102315885320181469532020186105320221961152302422412505019380
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 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankKarl LustenbergerIndividual72.574.5202.51052:57.52175.6027378.1019
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankRobert MöschingNormal hill75.0104.375.0103.3207.635Hans Schmid78.0112.179.0114.2226.313Walter Steiner80.0117.378.5114.9232.29Ernst von Grünigen80.5119.180.5119.6238.75Robert MöschingLarge hill84.087.679.080.1167.738Ernst von Grünigen84.593.381.589.1182.423Hans Schmid86.595.683.090.7186.320Walter Steiner89.599.893.0108.7208.59
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank1500 mFranz Krienbühl2:12.52275000 mFranz Krienbühl7:53.111710,000 mFranz Krienbühl15:36.438
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com