Switzerland at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Switzerland at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Switzerland
games=1996 Summer
competitors=
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gold=4
silver=3
bronze=0
total=7

Switzerland competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medalists

Switzerland finished in 18th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and three silver medals.

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

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

Results by event


=Athletics=

Men's 1,500 metres
* Peter Philipp:* Qualification — 3:41.60 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400m 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)
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)


=Modern Pentathlon=

Men's Competition
* Philipp Wäffler → 29th place (4774 pts)


=Cycling=

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)


=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)


=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 Joëlle 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


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