Alpine Skiing
Switzerland won three medals in Alpine Skiing, with the best performance a silver from Martina Schild in the women's downhill. Bruno Kernen finished 17th in the final men's downhill training run, but improved in the race itself, winning the bronze medal.
- Men
Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
Daniel Albrecht | Giant slalom | Did not finish | ||||
Slalom | 55.33 | Did not finish | ||||
Combined | 1:40.47 | 45.31 | 44.95 | 3:10.73 | 4 | |
Marc Berthod | Giant slalom | 1:19.05 | 1:19.20 | n/a | 2:38.25 | 17 |
Slalom | 56.22 | 49.78 | n/a | 1:46.00 | 14 | |
Combined | 1:41.24 | 45.21 | 44.77 | 3:11.22 | 7 | |
Didier Cuche | Super-G | n/a | 1:31.50 | 12 | ||
Giant slalom | 1:19.08 | 1:20.25 | n/a | 2:39.33 | 19 | |
Didier Défago | Downhill | n/a | 1:51.51 | 26 | ||
Super-G | n/a | 1:31.90 | 16 | |||
Giant slalom | 1:18.03 | 1:19.57 | n/a | 2:37.60 | 14 | |
Combined | 1:38.68 | Did not finish | ||||
Tobias Gruenenfelder | Downhill | n/a | 1:50.44 | 12 | ||
Ambrosi Hoffmann | Downhill | n/a | 1:50.72 | 17 | ||
Super-G | n/a | 1:30.98 | ||||
Bruno Kernen | Downhill | n/a | 1:49.82 | |||
Super-G | n/a | 1:31.95 | 18 | |||
Silvan Zurbriggen | Slalom | 55.17 | 50.93 | n/a | 1:46.10 | 15 |
Combined | 1:41.08 | Did not finish |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
Fraenzi Aufdenblatten | Downhill | n/a | 1:57.96 | 12 | ||
Super-G | n/a | 1:34.10 | 17 | |||
Giant slalom | 1:03.46 | 1:09.16 | n/a | 2:12.62 | 16 | |
Combined | 41.22 | 47.23 | Did not start | |||
Sylviane Berthod | Downhill | n/a | 1:58.36 | 14 | ||
Super-G | n/a | 1:34.00 | 15 | |||
Martina Schild | Downhill | n/a | 1:56.86 | |||
Super-G | n/a | 1:33.33 | 6 | |||
Nadia Styger | Downhill | n/a | 1:57.62 | 5 | ||
Super-G | n/a | 1:35.57 | 35 | |||
Giant slalom | 1:01.87 | 1:12.58 | n/a | 2:14.45 | 24 |
Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.
Read more about this topic: Switzerland At The 2006 Winter Olympics
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