Switzerland competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 114 competitors, 71 men and 43 women, took part in 83 events in 17 sports.

Medalists

Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres *

Peter Philipp Peter Philipp (16 July 1971 – 6 February 2014) was a German writer and comedian. Life and work Peter Philipp was born in 1971 in Düsseldorf in Northrhine-Westphalia. There he studied from 1992 to 2000 German literature and philosophy at th ...

:* Qualification — 3:41.60 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 400 m Relay * Laurent Clerc,

Kevin Widmer Kevin Widmer (born 23 September 1970) is a retired Swiss athlete who competed in sprinting events. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as three outdoor and two indoor World Championships. Widmer is of Vietnamese desce ...

Alain Rohr Alain Rohr (born 25 December 1971) is a retired Swiss athlete, who specialized in the 400 m hurdles. Rohr finished fourth in 4 × 400 m relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Cédric El-Idrissi, Martin Leiser and ...

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Mathias Rusterholz Mathias Rusterholz (born 16 August 1971 in Herisau) is a retired Swiss sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as three outdoor and one indoor World Championships. In addition, ...

:* Heat — 3:03.05 :* Semi Final — 3:05.36 (→ did not advance) Men's 400m Hurdles *

Marcel Schelbert Marcel Schelbert (born 26 February 1976) is a retired Swiss athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men ...

:* Heat — 51.20s (→ did not advance) Men's Decathlon * Philipp Huber :* Final Result — 7743 points (→ 28th place) Men's 50 km Walk *

Pascal Charrière Pascal Charrière (born 14 November 1964) is a Swiss racewalker. He competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, al ...

— 4:10:20 (→ 31st place)
Women's 400 metres *

Corinne Simasotchi Corinne Simasotchi (born 11 June 1971) is a Swiss sprinter. She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly ...

:* Heat — 53.69 (→ did not advance) Women's 10,000 metres *

Daria Nauer Daria Nauer (born 21 May 1966) is a retired Swiss long-distance runner, who won a bronze medal in 10,000 metres at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city ...

:* 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 Martina Stoop (born 1 January 1973) is a Swiss hurdler. She competed in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commo ...

:* 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)

Badminton

Canoeing

Cycling

Road Competition

1996 Atlanta Olympics Time Trial - Alex Zulle

Men's Individual Time Trial * Tony Rominger :* Final — 1:06:05 (→ 5th place) *

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:* Final — 1:06:33 (→ 7th place) Women's Individual Road Race *

Barbara Heeb Barbara Heeb (born 13 February 1969 in Appenzell) is a Swiss road racing cyclist. In 1996 Heeb won the world championship and finished 8th place in the road race at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olymp ...

:* Final — 02:37:06 (→ 8th place) *

Yvonne Schnorf Yvonne Schnorf-Wabel (born 28 July 1965) is a road cyclist from Switzerland. She represented her nation at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also kn ...

:* Final — 02:37:06 (→ 13th place) *

Diana Rast Diana Rast (born 28 August 1970) is a Swiss former racing cyclist. She was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 2000. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, ...

:* Final — 02:37:06 (→ 15th place) Women's Individual Time Trial *

:* 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 Beat Wabel (born 23 May 1967) is a Swiss former professional cyclist. He competed in the men's cross-country mountain biking event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Professional from 1991 to 2005, he won the UCI Junior Cyclo-cross World Championsh ...

:* 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)

Equestrian

Fencing

Five fencers, two men and three women, represented Switzerland in 1996. ; Men's épée * Nic Bürgin *

Olivier Jacquet Olivier Jacquet (born 27 June 1969) is a Swiss fencer. He competed in the individual épée events at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and c ...

; Women's épée *

Gianna Hablützel-Bürki Gianna Hablützel-Bürki (née Bürki, born 22 December 1969 in Basel) is a female épée fencer. Life She married Christoph Hablützel in 1997. They have a daughter named Demi, born in 1998 and currently live in Riehen/ Basel-City Occupation ...

* Michèle Wolf * Sandra Kenel ; Women's team épée *

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Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Modern pentathlon

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

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

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 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Dominique Diezi, Nicole Zahnd, Lara Preacco, and Sandrine Paquier *# Heat — 3:53.30 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay * Sandrine Paquier, Dominique Diezi, Nicole Zahnd, and Chantal Strasser *# Heat — 8:21.55 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Table tennis

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 Martínez (Spain) 1-6 2-6

Wrestling

References

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