Switzerland at The 2006 Winter Olympics - Alpine Skiing

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
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.

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