Switzerland at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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