Switzerland competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in

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. 114 competitors, 71 men and 43 women, took part in 83 events in 17 sports.

Medalists

Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres * Peter Philipp :* Qualification — 3:41.60 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 400 m Relay *

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, 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 Philipp Huber (born 18 February 1974) is a Swiss decathlete. His personal best result was 8153 points, achieved in June 2000 in Götzis Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg. The Alpine Rhine valley municipality belongs ...

:* Final Result — 7743 points (→ 28th place) Men's 50 km Walk * Pascal Charrière — 4:10:20 (→ 31st place)
Women's 400 metres * Corinne Simasotchi :* Heat — 53.69 (→ did not advance) 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 Sieglinde Cadusch (born 28 August 1967) is a retired Swiss high jumper. She competed at the 1992 Olympic Games, 1994 European Championships, the 1995 World Championships and the 1996 Olympic Games as well as the World Indoor Championships in ...

:* Qualification — 1.85m (→ did not advance) Women's Heptathlon * Patricia Nadler :* Final Result — 5803 points (→ 23rd place) Women's Marathon *

Franziska Rochat-Moser Franziska Rochat-Moser (17 August 1966 – 7 March 2002) was a long-distance runner from Switzerland, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won the 1997 New York City Marathon The New Y ...

— 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 *

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:* 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 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, a ...

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

:* Final — 39:28 (→ 15th place)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race *

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:* Final — 8 points (→ 17th place)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country *

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:* 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)

Equestrian

Fencing

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

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

, Michèle Wolf, Sandra Kenel

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 Chantal Strasser (born 21 March 1978 in Zürich) is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Switzerland. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. References * 197 ...

*# 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

*# Heat — 8:21.55 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition *

Marc Rosset Marc Rosset (born 7 November 1970) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He is best known for winning the men's singles gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He also won a major doubles title, at the French Open in 1992 partnering com ...

*# First round — Defeated

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(Morocco) 6-2 6-3 *# Second round — Defeated Frederik Fetterlein (Denmark) 7-6 7-5 *# Third round — Lost to

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(Italy) 0-6 2-4 retired
Women's Singles Competition *

Martina Hingis Martina Hingis (, sk, Martina Hingisová; 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Hingis is the first Swiss player, male or female, to win a major title and attain a world No. 1 ranking. She spent a total of 209 weeks a ...

*# First round — Defeated Joelle Schad (Dominican Republic) 6-0 6-1 *# Second round — Lost to

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(Japan) 4-6 4-6 *

Patty Schnyder Patty Schnyder (born 14 December 1978)
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*# First round — Lost to

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(Spain) 1-6 2-6

Wrestling

References

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