Switzerland at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Switzerland at the 1932 Winter Olympics

IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Lake Placid
Competitors	7 (men) in 3 sports
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Switzerland competed at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Reto Capadrutt Oscar Geier	Bobsleigh	Two-man

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Reto Capadrutt Oscar Geier	Two-man	2:05.88	1	2:07.21	2	2:03.52	2	1:59.67	2	8:16.28

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SUI-1	Reto Capadrutt Hans Eisenhut Charles Jenny Oscar Geier	Four-man	2:06.81	4	2:03.40	4	2:01.47	4	2:00.50	5	8:12.18	4

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1932 Winter Olympics

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. 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.

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
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank
Fritz Kaufmann	Individual	1'59:20	97.50	32	59.5	60.5	223.2	1	320.70	23
Cesare Chiogna		1'58:33	102.00	30	58.0	59.5	219.6	4	321.60	22
Fritz Steuri		1'54:57	115.50	26	51.0	51.0	200.4	11	315.90	26

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Fritz Steuri	Normal hill	58.0	97.6	15	53.5	94.8	20	192.4	18
Cesare Chiogna		60.0	102.1	9	63.0	107.7	9	209.8	9
Fritz Kaufmann		63.5	106.5	6	65.5	109.3	5	215.8	6

References

(ed.) George Lattimer (1932). Official Report III Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1932 (PDF). III Olympic Winter Games Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
Olympic Winter Games 1932, full results by sports-reference.com

v t e Nations at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States
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Switzerland at the Olympics

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Intercalated Games	1906

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