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Switzerland at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
SUI

Flag bearer
  
Stefan Schärer

Switzerland at the 1996 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Swiss Olympic Association

Website
  
www.swissolympic.ch (German) (French)

Competitors
  
114 (71 men and 43 women) in 17 sports

MedalsRanked 18th
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal4307

Switzerland competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 114 competitors, 71 men and 43 women, took part in 83 events in 17 sports.

Contents

Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Peter Philipp
  • Qualification — 3:41.60 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Laurent Clerc, Kevin Widmer, Alain Rohr, and Mathias Rusterholz
  • Heat — 3:03.05
  • Semi Final — 3:05.36 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Marcel Schelbert
  • Heat — 51.20s (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Decathlon

  • Philipp Huber
  • Final Result — 7743 points (→ 28th place)

    • Men's 50 km Walk

  • Pascal Charrière — 4:10:20 (→ 31st place)


    • Women's 400 metres

  • Corinne Simasotchi
  • Heat — 53.69 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's 10,000 metres

  • Daria Nauer
  • Qualification — 33:56.95 (→ did not advance)
  • Ursula Jeitziner
  • Qualification — did not finish (→ did not advance)

    • Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Michele Schenk
  • Qualification — 55.70
  • Semifinals — 55.96 (→ did not advance)
  • Martina Stoop
  • Qualification — 56.32 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's High Jump

  • Sieglinde Cadusch
  • Qualification — 1.85m (→ did not advance)

    • Women's Heptathlon

  • Patricia Nadler
  • Final Result — 5803 points (→ 23rd place)

    • Women's Marathon

  • Franziska Rochat-Moser — 2:34.48 (→ 18th place)
  • Nelly Glauser — 2:37.19 (→ 34th place)

    • Road Competition

    Men's Individual Time Trial

  • Tony Rominger
  • Final — 1:06:05 (→ 5th place)
  • Alex Zülle
  • Final — 1:06:33 (→ 7th place)

    • Women's Individual Road Race

  • Barbara Heeb
  • Final — 02:37:06 (→ 8th place)
  • Yvonne Schnorf
  • Final — 02:37:06 (→ 13th place)
  • Diana Rast
  • Final — 02:37:06 (→ 15th place)

    • Women's Individual Time Trial

  • Diana Rast
  • Final — 39:28 (→ 15th place)

    • Track Competition

    Men's Points Race

  • Bruno Risi
  • Final — 8 points (→ 17th place)

    • Mountain Bike

    Men's Cross Country

  • Thomas Frischknecht
  • Final — 2:20:14 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Beat Wabel
  • Final — 2:32:17 (→ 14th place)

    • Women's Cross Country

  • Daniela Gassmann
  • Final — 1:59.11 (→ 12th place)
  • Silvia Fürst
  • Final — 2:03.04 (→ 16th place)

    • Fencing

    Five fencers, two men and three women, represented Switzerland in 1996.

    Men's épée
  • Nic Bürgin
  • Olivier Jacquet
    • Women's épée
  • Gianna Hablützel-Bürki
  • Michèle Wolf
  • Sandra Kenel
    • Women's team épée
  • Gianna Hablützel-Bürki, Michèle Wolf, Sandra Kenel

    • Modern pentathlon

    Men's Competition

  • Philipp Wäffler → 29th place (4774 pts)

    • Swimming

    Women's 50m Freestyle

  • Dominique Diezi
    1. Heat — 26.57 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

    • Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Sandrine Paquier
    1. Heat — 58.38 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

    • Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Chantal Strasser
    1. Heat — 4:24.49 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

    • Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Dominique Diezi, Nicole Zahnd, Lara Preacco, and Sandrine Paquier
    1. Heat — 3:53.30 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

    • Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Sandrine Paquier, Dominique Diezi, Nicole Zahnd, and Chantal Strasser
    1. Heat — 8:21.55 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

    • Tennis

    Men's Singles Competition

  • Marc Rosset
    1. First round — Defeated Hicham Arazi (Morocco) 6-2 6-3
    2. Second round — Defeated Frederik Fetterlein (Denmark) 7-6 7-5
    3. Third round — Lost to Renzo Furlan (Italy) 0-6 2-4 retired


    • Women's Singles Competition

  • Martina Hingis
    1. First round — Defeated Joëlle Schad (Dominican Republic) 6-0 6-1
    2. Second round — Lost to Ai Sugiyama (Japan) 4-6 4-6
  • Patty Schnyder
    1. First round — Lost to Conchita Martínez (Spain) 1-6 2-6

    • References

    Switzerland at the 1996 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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