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Switzerland at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
SUI

Flag bearer
  
Thomas Frischknecht

Switzerland at the 2000 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Swiss Olympic Association

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

Competitors
  
102 (64 men, 38 women) in 19 sports

MedalsRanked 37th
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal1629

Switzerland competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 102 competitors, 64 men and 38 women, took part in 82 events in 19 sports.

Contents

Men's competition

Men's 800m

  • Andre Bucher
  • Round 1 — 01:46.51
  • Semifinal — 01:44.38
  • Final — 01:45.40 (5th place)

    • Men's 110m Hurdles

  • Paolo Della Santa
  • Round 1 — 14.12 (did not advance)
  • Raphael Monachon
  • Round 1 — 14.8 (did not advance)

    • Men's 4 × 400 m

  • Nicolas Baeriswyl, Andre Bucher, Laurent Clerc, Alain Rohr
  • Round 1 — 03:06.01 (did not advance)

    • Men's 3,000m Steeplechase

  • Christian Belz
  • Round 1 — 08:33.45 (did not advance)

    • Men's 1,500m Wheelchair

  • Heinz Frei
  • Final — 03:07.82 (Bronze medal)

    • Men's Marathon

  • Viktor Roethlin
  • Final — 2:20:06 (36th place)

    • Men's Decathlon

  • Philipp Huber
  • 100m — 11.35
  • Long Jump — DNS
  • Shot Put — DNS

    • Women's competition

    Women's 100m

  • Mireille Donders
  • Round 1 — 11.63 (did not advance)

    • Women's 200m

  • Mireille Donders
  • Round 1 — 23.44 (did not advance)

    • Women's 1,500m

  • Anita Wyermann
  • Round 1 — 04:09.28
  • Semifinal — 04:30.80 (did not advance)
  • Sabine Fischer
  • Round 1 — 04:10.78
  • Semifinal — 04:06.67
  • Final — 04:08.84 (9th place)

    • Women's Marathon

  • Daria Nauer
  • Final — 2:43:00 (38th place)

    • Beach volleyball

  • Martin Laciga and Paul Laciga — 5th place (tied)

    • Men's competition

    Men's Kayak Singles 500m

  • Adrian Hermann Bachmann
  • Qualifying Heat — 01:45.187 (did not advance)

    • Men's Kayak Singles 1000m

  • Adrian Hermann Bachmann
  • Qualifying Heat — 03:45.705
  • Semifinal — 03:47.479 (did not advance)

    • Men's competition

    Men's Kayak Singles

  • Mathias Roethenmund
  • Qualifying — 253.02
  • Final — 227.96 (9th place)

    • Women's competition

    Women's Kayak Singles

  • Sandra Friedli
  • Qualifying — 306.01
  • Final — 262.30 (9th place)

    • Cross Country Mountain Bike

    Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

  • Christoph Sauser
  • Final — 2:11:21.00 (Bronze medal)
  • Thomas Frischknecht
  • Final — 2:12:42.49 (6th place)
  • Thomas Hochstrasser
  • Final — DNF

    • Women's Mountain Bike

  • Barbara Blatter
  • Final — 1:49:51.42 (Silver medal)
  • Chantal Daucourt
  • Final — 1:56:49.53 (11th place)

    • Men's competition

    Men's Individual Time Trial

  • Alex Zülle
  • Final — 1:02:34 (33rd place)

    • Men's Road Race

  • Markus Zberg
  • Final — 5:30:46 (21st place)
  • Oscar Camenzind
  • Final — 5:30:46 (37th place)
  • Mauro Gianetti
  • Final — 5:30:46 (54th place)
  • Laurent Dufaux
  • Final — 5:30:46 (64th place)
  • Alex Zülle
  • Final — 5:30:46 (68th place)

    • Women's competition

    Women's Individual Time Trial

  • Nicole Brändli
  • Final — 0:45:51 (23rd place)

    • Women's Road Race

  • Yvonne Schnorf
  • Final — 3:06:31 (9th place)
  • Nicole Brändli
  • Final — 3:06:31 (16th place)
  • Priska Doppmann
  • Final — 3:10:17 (32nd place)

    • Men's competition

    Men's Individual Pursuit

  • Franco Marvulli
  • Qualifying — 04:34.000 (did not advance)

    • Men's Point Race

  • Bruno Risi
  • Points — 13
  • Laps Down — 2 (12th place)

    • Men's Madison

  • Bruno Risi, Kurt Betschart
  • Final — 5 (11th place)

    • Diving

    Men's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Jean-Romain Delaloye
  • Preliminary — 292.68 (45th place, did not advance)

    • Women's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Catherine Maliev — Aviolat
  • Preliminary — 204.06 (38th place, did not advance)

    • Women's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard

  • Catherine Maliev — Aviolat, Jacquiline Schneider
  • Final — 256.2 (8th place)

    • Fencing

    Five fencers, two men and three women, represented Switzerland in 2000.

    Men's épée
  • Marcel Fischer
    • Men's sabre
  • Laurent Waller
    • Women's épée
  • Gianna Hablützel-Bürki
  • Diana Romagnoli
  • Sophie Lamon
    • Women's team épée
  • Gianna Hablützel-Bürki, Sophie Lamon, Diana Romagnoli

    • Sailing

    Switzerland had four top 20 finishes during the Sailing competition at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

    Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

  • Peter Theurer
  • Race 1 — 16
  • Race 2 — 13
  • Race 3 — (21)
  • Race 4 — 4
  • Race 5 — 18
  • Race 6 — 19
  • Race 7 — 8
  • Race 8 — 20
  • Race 9 — (26) DNC
  • Race 10 — 4
  • Race 11 — 18
  • Final — 120 (18th place)

    • Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Lukas Erni and Simon Bruegger
  • Race 1 — (30) OCS
  • Race 2 — (28)
  • Race 3 — 27
  • Race 4 — 24
  • Race 5 — 20
  • Race 6 — 7
  • Race 7 — 20
  • Race 8 — 26
  • Race 9 — 27
  • Race 10 — 8
  • Race 11 — 25
  • Final — 184 (27th place)

    • Women's Mistral

  • Anja Kaeser
  • Race 1 — 14
  • Race 2 — (16)
  • Race 3 — 7
  • Race 4 — 7
  • Race 5 — 10
  • Race 6 — 12
  • Race 7 — 13
  • Race 8 — 10
  • Race 9 — 13
  • Race 10 — (18)
  • Race 11 — 4
  • Final — 90 (12th place)

    • Open Two Handed Keelboat (Star)

  • Flabio Marazzi and Renato Marazzi
  • Race 2 — 14
  • Race 3 — 4
  • Race 4 — (17) DSQ
  • Race 5 — (17) DSQ
  • Race 6 — (17) DNF
  • Race 7 — 16
  • Race 8 — 12
  • Race 9 — 6
  • Race 10 — 10
  • Race 11 — 5
  • Final — 97 (15th place)

    • Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)

  • Thomas Rueegge and Claude Maurer
  • Race 1 — 15
  • Race 2 — 6
  • Race 3 — 14
  • Race 4 — 4
  • Race 5 — 10
  • Race 6 — (17)
  • Race 7 — 8
  • Race 8 — 9
  • Race 9 — (17)
  • Race 10 — 14
  • Race 11 — 11
  • Race 12 — 15
  • Race 13 — 9
  • Race 14 — 13
  • Race 15 — 12
  • Race 16 — 11
  • Final — 151 (15th place)

    • Swimming

    Men's 50m Freestyle

  • Christophe Bühler
  • Preliminary Heat — 23.15 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Karel Novy
  • Preliminary Heat — 50.19 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Philippe Meyer
  • Preliminary Heat — 54.85 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Remo Lütolf
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:02.54 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Philipp Gilgen
  • Preliminary Heat — 57.5 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Yves Platel
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:05.19 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 400m Individual Medley

  • Yves Platel
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:22.38 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Phillipp Gilgen, Remo Lütolf, Phillippe Meyer, and Karel Novy
  • Preliminary Heat — 03:42.78 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Flavia Rigamonti
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:11.77 (→ did not advance)
  • Chantal Strasser
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:16.17 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's 800m Freestyle

  • Flavia Rigamonti
  • Preliminary Heat — 08:30.44
  • Final — 08:25.91 (→ 4th place)
  • Chantal Strasser
  • Preliminary Heat — 08:35.84 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's 100m Breaststroke

  • Agata Czaplicki
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:13.19 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's 200m Breaststroke

  • Agata Czaplicki
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:32.98 (→ did not advance)

    • Synchronized swimming

    Duet

  • Madeleine Perk, Belinda Schmid
  • Technical Routine — 32.153
  • Free Routine — 59.886
  • Final — 92.039 (10th place)

    • Tennis

    Men's Singles competition:

  • Roger Federer

    • Triathlon

    At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, Switzerland was represented by three men and three women. The women captured both the gold medal and the bronze medal, while the men added one more top eight finish.

    Men's Competition:

  • Reto Hug — 1:49:21.30 (→ 8th place)
  • Markus Keller — 1:50:15.25 (→ 18th place)
  • Jean-Christophe Guinchard — 1:50:50.76 (→ 24th place)

    • Women's Competition:

  • Brigitte McMahon — 2:00:40.52 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Magali Messmer — 2:01:08.83 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Sibylle Matter — 2:13:25.38 (→ 36th place)

    • References

    Switzerland at the 2000 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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