Switzerland At The 1968 Summer Olympics
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Switzerland At The 1968 Summer Olympics
Switzerland competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 85 competitors, 81 men and 4 women, took part in 68 events in 12 sports. Medalists Silver * Bernhard Dunand, Louis Noverraz and Marcel Stern — Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter Class Bronze * Xaver Kurmann — Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit * Henri Chammartin, Gustav Fischer and Marianne Gossweiler — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition * Peter Bolliger, Gottlieb Fröhlich, Jakob Grob, Denis Oswald and Hugo Waser — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours * Kurt Müller — Shooting, Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions Athletics Boxing Cycling Four cyclists represented Switzerland in 1968. ; Individual road race * Bruno Hubschmid ; Individual pursuit * Xaver Kurmann ; Team pursuit * Walter Richard * Jürgen Schneider * Bruno Hubschmid * Xaver Kurmann Equestrian Fencing Five fencers, all men, represented Switzerland in 1968. ; Men's épée * Peter Lötscher * Michel Steininger * ...
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Swiss Olympic Association
Swiss Olympic (also known as german: Schweizerischer Olympischer Verband, french: Association Olympique Suisse, it, Associazione Olimpica Svizzera, rm, Assiociaziun Olimpica Svizra) is the National Olympic Committee and the umbrella organisation for organised Swiss sport under private law. It has 104 members (81 national sports federations and 23 partner organisations), to which some two million people belong, practising sports in about 19,000 clubs. Swiss Olympic has its headquarters in the House of Sports in Ittigen near Bern. Swiss Olympic represents Olympic as well as non-Olympic sports and is a non-profit organisation. The big sports federations are divided into regional and cantonal associations. Former National Council member Jürg Stahl has been President since 2017. Roger Schnegg has been Director since January 2012. History Since 1 January 1997, the Olympic movement of Switzerland has been backed by the Swiss Olympic Association (Swiss Olympic - known as Schweizeri ...
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Kurt Müller (sport Shooter)
Kurt Müller (born 4 April 1934) is a Swiss sport shooter. He won a bronze medal in the men's 300 m rifle, 3 positions at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o .... References 1934 births Living people Swiss male sport shooters Shooters at the 1960 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1964 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for Switzerland Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics People from Lucerne-Land District Sportspeople from the canton of Lucerne 20th-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-Olympic-medalist-stub ...
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Christian Kauter
Christian Kauter (born 6 May 1947) is a Swiss fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... His sons Fabian Kauter and Michael Kauter have also fenced in the Olympics, both in épée. References External links * 1947 births Living people Swiss male épée fencers Olympic fencers of Switzerland Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in fencing Sportspeople from Bern Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics 20th- ...
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Denys Chamay
Denys Chamay (12 December 1941 – 23 September 2013) was a Swiss fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References External links * 1941 births 2013 deaths Swiss male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Switzerland Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Geneva Universiade medalists in fencing FISU World University Games gold medalists for Switzerland Medalists at the 1967 Summer Universiade {{Switzerland-fencing-bio-stub ...
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Fencing At The 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Team épée
The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 24 to 25 October 1968. 91 fencers from 20 nations competed. For the first time in 60 years, Italy failed to finish in the top three positions. Rosters ;Argentina * Guillermo Saucedo * Alberto Balestrini * Guillermo Obeid * Omar Vergara ;Australia * Russell Hobby * Peter Macken * Graeme Jennings * Bill Ronald * Duncan Page ;Austria * Udo Birnbaum * Roland Losert * Herbert Polzhuber * Frank Battig ;Brazil * Arthur Ribeiro * Darío Amaral * José Maria Pereira * Carlos Couto ;Canada * Peter Bakonyi * John Andru * Magdy Conyd * Gerry Wiedel ;Cuba * Orlando Ruíz * Gustavo Oliveros * Manuel González * José Antonio Díaz ;East Germany * Bernd Uhlig * Klaus Dumke * Harry Fiedler * Hans-Peter Schulze ;France * François Jeanne * Claude Bourquard * Yves Boissier * Jacques La ...
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Alexandre Bretholz
Alexandre Bretholz (born 9 June 1944) is a Swiss fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References External links * 1944 births Living people Swiss male fencers Olympic fencers for Switzerland Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics People from Broye-Vully District Sportspeople from the canton of Vaud {{Switzerland-fencing-bio-stub ...
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Michel Steininger
Michel Steininger (born 5 February 1935) is a Swiss fencer. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References 1935 births Living people Swiss male fencers Olympic fencers for Switzerland Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Lausanne Universiade medalists in fencing Universiade silver medalists for Switzerland Medalists at the 1959 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1963 Summer Universiade {{Switzerland-fencing-bio-stub ...
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Peter Lötscher
Peter Lötscher (4 February 1941 – 24 October 2017) was a Swiss fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... References External links * 1941 births 2017 deaths Swiss male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Switzerland Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in fencing Sportspeople from Basel-Stadt Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swiss people 21st-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-fencing-bio-stub ...
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Fencing At The 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's épée
The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 21 to 22 October 1968. 72 fencers from 28 nations competed. Each nation was limited to three fencers. The event was won by Győző Kulcsár of Hungary, the nation's first medal in the men's individual épée. Defending gold medalist Grigory Kriss of the Soviet Union took silver, becoming the eighth man to win multiple medals in the event and extending the Soviet podium streak to three Games. Italy returned to the podium as well after a one-Games absence broke its six-Games gold medal streak, with Gianluigi Saccaro (who came within a barrage of a medal in 1964) earning bronze. Background This was the 15th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (with only foil and sabre events held) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900. Seven of the eight quarterfinali ...
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Jürgen Schneider
Jürgen Schneider (born 19 December 1949) is a Swiss former cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References External links * 1949 births Living people Swiss male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Switzerland Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Bern {{Switzerland-cycling-bio-stub ...
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Walter Richard
Walter Richard (born 13 October 1939) is a former Swiss cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References External links * 1939 births Living people Swiss male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Switzerland Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Zürich {{Switzerland-cycling-bio-stub ...
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Cycling At The 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Pursuit
These are the official results of the men's team pursuit at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, held on 19 to 21 October 1968. There were 85 participants from 20 nations. Competition format The team pursuit competition consisted of a qualifying round and a 3-round knockout tournament, including a bronze medal race. Each race, in both the qualifying round and the knock-out rounds, consisted of two teams of 4 cyclists each starting from opposite sides of the track. The teams raced for 4,000 metres, attempting to finish with the fastest time (measured by the third rider) and, if possible, catch the other team. For the qualifying round, the eight fastest times overall (regardless of whether the team finished first or second in its heat, though any team that was overtaken was eliminated) earned advancement to the knockout rounds. In the knockout rounds, the winner of each heat advanced to the next round. Teams could change members between rounds.Official Report, vol. 3, ...
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