Switzerland at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta | ||||||||||
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| Medals | Gold 4 |
Silver 3 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 7 |
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Switzerland competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
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[edit] Medals
Switzerland finished in 18th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and three silver medals.
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Gold
- Pascal Richard — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
- Donghua Li — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
- Xeno Müller — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
- Markus Gier and Michael Gier — Rowing, Men's Lightweight Double Sculls
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Silver
- Thomas Frischknecht — Cycling, Men's Cross-Country Mountainbike
- Daniela Baumer, Sabine Eichenberger, Gabi Müller and Ingrid Haralamow — Canoeing, Women's K4 500m Kayak Fours
- Willi Melliger — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Athletics
Men's 1,500 metres
- Peter Philipp
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- Qualification — 3:41.60 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x400m Relay
- Laurent Clerc, Kevin Widmer, Alain Rohr, and Mathias Rusterholz
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- Heat — 3:03.05
- Semi Final — 3:05.36 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles
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- Heat — 51.20s (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
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- Final Result — 7743 points (→ 28th place)
Women's 10.000 metres
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- Qualification — 33:56.95 (→ did not advance)
- Ursula Jeitziner
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- Qualification — did not finish (→ did not advance)
Women's 400m Hurdles
- Michele Schenk
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- Qualification — 55.70
- Semifinals — 55.96 (→ did not advance)
- Martina Stoop
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- Qualification — 56.32 (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump
- Sieglinde Cadusch
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- Qualification — 1.85m (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon
- Patricia Nadler
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- Final Result — 5803 points (→ 23rd place)
Women's Marathon
- Franziska Rochat-Moser — 2:34.48 (→ 18th place)
- Nelly Glauser — 2:37.19 (→ 34th place)
[edit] Modern Pentathlon
Men's Competition
- Philipp Wäffler → 29th place (4774 pts)
[edit] Cycling
[edit] Road Competition
Men's Individual Time Trial
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- Final — 1:06:05 (→ 5th place)
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- Final — 1:06:33 (→ 7th place)
Women's Individual Road Race
- Barbara Heeb
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- Final — 02:37:06 (→ 8th place)
- Yvonne Schnorf
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- Final — 02:37:06 (→ 13th place)
- Diana Rast
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- Final — 02:37:06 (→ 15th place)
Women's Individual Time Trial
- Diana Rast
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- Final — 39:28 (→ 15th place)
[edit] Track Competition
Men's Points Race
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- Final — 8 points (→ 17th place)
[edit] Mountain Bike
Men's Cross Country
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- Final — 2:20:14 (→ Silver Medal)
- Final — 2:20:14 (→
- Beat Wabel
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- Final — 2:32:17 (→ 14th place)
Women's Cross Country
- Daniela Gassmann
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- Final — 1:59.11 (→ 12th place)
- Silvia Fürst
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- Final — 2:03.04 (→ 16th place)
[edit] Swimming
Women's 50m Freestyle
- Dominique Diezi
- Heat — 26.57 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Women's 100m Freestyle
- Sandrine Paquier
- Heat — 58.38 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
Women's 400m Freestyle
- Chantal Strasser
- Heat — 4:24.49 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Dominique Diezi, Nicole Zahnd, Lara Preacco, and Sandrine Paquier
- Heat — 3:53.30 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Sandrine Paquier, Dominique Diezi, Nicole Zahnd, and Chantal Strasser
- Heat — 8:21.55 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
[edit] Tennis
Men's Singles Competition
- Marc Rosset
- First round — Defeated Hicham Arazi (Morocco) 6-2 6-3
- Second round — Defeated Frederik Fetterlein (Denmark) 7-6 7-5
- Third round — Lost to Renzo Furlan (Italy) 0-6 2-4 retired
Women's Singles Competition
- Martina Hingis
- First round — Defeated Joelle Schad (Dominican Republic) 6-0 6-1
- Second round — Lost to Ai Sugiyama (Japan) 4-6 4-6
- Patty Schnyder
- First round — Lost to Conchita Martinez (Spain) 1-6 2-6
