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.
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 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)
Martin Laciga and Paul Laciga — 5th place (tied)
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 Kayak Singles
Mathias Roethenmund
Qualifying — 253.02
Final — 227.96 (9th place)
Women's Kayak Singles
Sandra Friedli
Qualifying — 306.01
Final — 262.30 (9th place)
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 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 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 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)
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)
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
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)
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)
Duet
Madeleine Perk, Belinda Schmid
Technical Routine — 32.153
Free Routine — 59.886
Final — 92.039 (10th place)
Men's Singles competition:
Roger Federer
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)
