Switzerland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 157 (148 men and 9 women) in 17 sports | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 11 |
Gold 2 |
Silver 6 |
Bronze 6 |
Total 14 |
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Switzerland competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 157 competitors, 148 men and 9 women, took part in 96 events in 17 sports.[1]
Contents
Medalists
Gold
- Jack Günthard — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
- Hans Eugster — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
Silver
- Fritz Schwab — Athletics, Men's 10 km Walk
- Henri Chammartin, Gustav Fischer, and Gottfried Trachsel — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition
- Josef Stalder — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
- Hans Eugster, Ernst Fivian, Ernst Gebendinger, Jack Günthard, Hans Schwarzentruber, Josef Stalder, Melchior Thalmann, and Jean Tschabold — Gymnastics, Men's Combined Exercises
- Enrico Bianchi, Émile Ess, Walter Leiser, Heinrich Scheller, and Karl Weidmann — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
- Robert Bürchler — Shooting, Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions
Bronze
- Oswald Zappelli — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Competition
- Paul Barth, Willy Fitting, Paul Meister, Otto Rüfenacht, Mario Valota, and Oswald Zappelli — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition
- Josef Stalder — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
- Josef Stalder — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
- Hans Eugster — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
- Hans Kalt and Kurt Schmid — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
Athletics
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Basketball
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- Men's Team Competition
- Qualification Round (Group A)
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- Lost to Bulgaria (58-69)
- Lost to Belgium (49-59) → did not advance
Boxing
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Canoeing
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Cycling
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- Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
- Rolf Graf — 5:12:45.3 (→ 17th place)
- Fausto Lurati — 5:24:58.0 (→ 50th place)
- Kobi Scherer — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
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- Final — 1:15.4 (→ 15th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
- Fritz Siegenthaler — 16th place
Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
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- Eliminated in quarterfinals (→ 8th place)
Diving
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Men's 3m Springboard
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- Preliminary Round — 47.15 points (→ 35th place)
Women's 10m Platform
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- Preliminary Round — 30.04 points (→ 15th place)
Equestrianism
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Fencing
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Ten fencers, nine men and one woman, represented Switzerland in 1952.
Gymnastics
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Hockey
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Modern pentathlon
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Three male pentathletes represented Switzerland in 1952.
- Individual
- Team
- Werner Vetterli
- Werner Schmid
- Erhard Minder
Rowing
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Sailing
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Shooting
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Nine shooters represented Switzerland in 1952.
Swimming
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Weightlifting
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Wrestling
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References
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