Switzerland competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in

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. 102 competitors, 64 men and 38 women, took part in 82 events in 19 sports.

Medalists

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 800m * Andre Bucher :* Round 1 – 01:46.51 :* Semifinal – 01:44.38 :* Final – 01:45.40 (5th place) Men's 110m Hurdles * Paolo Della Santa :* Round 1 – 14.12 (did not advance) * Raphael Monachon :* Round 1 – 14.8 (did not advance) Men's 4 × 400 m * Nicolas Baeriswyl, Andre Bucher,

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, Alain Rohr :* Round 1 – 03:06.01 (did not advance) Men's 3,000m Steeplechase *

Christian Belz Christian Belz (born 11 September 1974) is a Swiss long-distance runner. He was initially a steeplechaser and represented Switzerland in the event at the World Championships in Athletics in 1999 and 2001 as well as the 2000 Summer Olympic ...

:* Round 1 – 08:33.45 (did not advance) Men's Marathon * Viktor Roethlin :* Final – 2:20:06 (36th place) Men's Decathlon * Philipp Huber :* 100m – 11.35 :* Long Jump – DNS :* Shot Put – DNS

Women's competition

Women's 100m * Mireille Donders :* Round 1 – 11.63 (did not advance) Women's 200m * Mireille Donders :* Round 1 – 23.44 (did not advance) Women's 1,500m * Anita Wyermann :* Round 1 – 04:09.28 :* Semifinal – 04:30.80 (did not advance) * Sabine Fischer :* Round 1 – 04:10.78 :* Semifinal – 04:06.67 :* Final – 04:08.84 (9th place) Women's Marathon * Daria Nauer :* Final – 2:43:00 (38th place)

Beach volleyball

* Martin Laciga and Paul Laciga – 5th place (tied)

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500m * Adrian Hermann Bachmann :* Qualifying Heat – 01:45.187 (did not advance) Men's Kayak Singles 1000m * Adrian Hermann Bachmann :* Qualifying Heat – 03:45.705 :* Semifinal – 03:47.479 (did not advance)

Slalom

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles * Mathias Roethenmund :* Qualifying – 253.02 :* Final – 227.96 (9th place)

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles * Sandra Friedli :* Qualifying – 306.01 :* Final – 262.30 (9th place)

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike *

Christoph Sauser Christoph Sauser (born 13 April 1976 in Sigriswil, Switzerland) is a cross-country mountain biker who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He currently races on the Specialized Cross Country Team. He was ...

:* Final – 2:11:21.00 (Bronze medal) *

Thomas Frischknecht Thomas Frischknecht (born 17 February 1970 in Feldbach, Switzerland) is a former Swiss mountain bike and cyclo-cross racer, often called Europe's ''Elder Statesman'' of mountain biking, because of his extraordinarily long career at the top le ...

:* Final – 2:12:42.49 (6th place) * Thomas Hochstrasser :* Final – DNF Women's Mountain Bike * Barbara Blatter :* Final – 1:49:51.42 (Silver medal) *

Chantal Daucourt Chantal Daucourt (born 23 June 1966) is a Swiss professional cross-country mountain biker of the 1990s and 2000s (decade) as well as a competition ski mountaineer. Daucourt was born in Biel/Bienne and grew up in Courroux. She works as a regist ...

:* Final – 1:56:49.53 (11th place)

Road Cycling

Men's competition

Men's Individual Time Trial *

Alex Zülle Alex Zülle (born 5 July 1968) is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer. During the 1990s he was one of the most successful cyclists in the world, winning the 1996 and 1997 Vuelta a España, taking second place in the 1995 and the 1999 ...

:* Final – 1:02:34 (33rd place) Men's Road Race *

Markus Zberg Markus Zberg (born June 27, 1974 in Altdorf, Uri) is a retired Swiss professional road bicycle racer; he is the younger brother of Beat Zberg. Zberg retired after a severe fall in the Tour de l'Ain. He was the Swiss National Road Race champio ...

:* Final – 5:30:46 (21st place) *

Oscar Camenzind Oscar Camenzind (born 12 September 1971 in Schwyz, Switzerland) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Switzerland. He became national road champion in 1997. In 1998 he won the World Road Championship and the Giro di Lombardia, in 200 ...

:* Final – 5:30:46 (37th place) *

Mauro Gianetti Mauro Gianetti (born 16 March 1964 in Lugano) is a Swiss former professional road cyclist and later directeur sportif. Gianetti was employed as team manager for the cycling team throughout its existence between 2004 and 2011. Several riders ha ...

:* Final – 5:30:46 (54th place) *

Laurent Dufaux Laurent Dufaux (born 20 May 1969 in Montreux, Switzerland) is a former professional road cyclist from 1991 to 2004. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1991. Major results ;1990 : 9th Giro dell'Emilia ;1991 : 1st Road race, Natio ...

:* Final – 5:30:46 (64th place) *

:* Final – 5:30:46 (68th place)

Women's competition

Women's Individual Time Trial *

Nicole Brändli Nicole Brändli (born 18 June 1979) is a professional cyclist from Switzerland. She is a three-time winner of Giro d'Italia Femminile. She was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 2001, 2002 and 2003. She also competed at the 2000 Summer O ...

:* Final – 0:45:51 (23rd place) Women's Road Race * Yvonne Schnorf :* Final – 3:06:31 (9th place) *

:* Final – 3:06:31 (16th place) * Priska Doppmann :* Final – 3:10:17 (32nd place)

Track Cycling

Men's competition

Men's Individual Pursuit *

Franco Marvulli Franco Marvulli (born 11 November 1978 in Zürich) is a Swiss professional racing cyclist. Palmares ;2000 : 3rd, National U23 Time Trial Championship ;2001 : European Omnium Champion : 1st, Six-Days of Grenoble (with Alexander Äschbach) : 2n ...

**Qualifying – 04:34.000 (did not advance) Men's Point Race *

Bruno Risi Bruno Risi (born 6 September 1968) is a retired Swiss professional racing cyclist. He competed at five Olympic Games. Risi was one of the top six-day riders of his generation, he won many professional Madison events during his long career. He ...

**Points – 13 **Laps Down – 2 (12th place) Men's Madison *

, Kurt Betschart **Final – 5 (11th place)

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard * Jean-Romain Delaloye :* Preliminary – 292.68 (45th place, did not advance) Women's 3 Metre Springboard * Catherine Maliev-Aviolat :* Preliminary – 204.06 (38th place, did not advance) Women's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard * Catherine Maliev-Aviolat, Jacquiline Schneider :* Final – 256.2 (8th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Five fencers, two men and three women, represented Switzerland in 2000. ; Men's épée * Marcel Fischer ; Men's sabre * Laurent Waller ; Women's épée *

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* Diana Romagnoli * Sophie Lamon ; Women's team épée *

, Sophie Lamon, Diana Romagnoli

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Switzerland had four top 20 finishes during the Sailing competition at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn) * Peter Theurer :* Race 1 – 16 :* Race 2 – 13 :* Race 3 – (21) :* Race 4 – 4 :* Race 5 – 18 :* Race 6 – 19 :* Race 7 – 8 :* Race 8 – 20 :* Race 9 – (26) DNC :* Race 10 – 4 :* Race 11 – 18 :* Final – 120 (18th place) Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470) * Lukas Erni and Simon Bruegger :* Race 1 – (30) OCS :* Race 2 – (28) :* Race 3 – 27 :* Race 4 – 24 :* Race 5 – 20 :* Race 6 – 7 :* Race 7 – 20 :* Race 8 – 26 :* Race 9 – 27 :* Race 10 – 8 :* Race 11 – 25 :* Final – 184 (27th place) Women's Mistral * Anja Kaeser :* Race 1 – 14 :* Race 2 – (16) :* Race 3 – 7 :* Race 4 – 7 :* Race 5 – 10 :* Race 6 – 12 :* Race 7 – 13 :* Race 8 – 10 :* Race 9 – 13 :* Race 10 – (18) :* Race 11 – 4 :* Final – 90 (12th place) Open Two Handed Keelboat (Star) * Flabio Marazzi and Renato Marazzi :* Race 2 – 14 :* Race 3 – 4 :* Race 4 – (17) DSQ :* Race 5 – (17) DSQ :* Race 6 – (17) DNF :* Race 7 – 16 :* Race 8 – 12 :* Race 9 – 6 :* Race 10 – 10 :* Race 11 – 5 :* Final – 97 (15th place) Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er) * Thomas Rueegge and Claude Maurer :* Race 1 – 15 :* Race 2 – 6 :* Race 3 – 14 :* Race 4 – 4 :* Race 5 – 10 :* Race 6 – (17) :* Race 7 – 8 :* Race 8 – 9 :* Race 9 – (17) :* Race 10 – 14 :* Race 11 – 11 :* Race 12 – 15 :* Race 13 – 9 :* Race 14 – 13 :* Race 15 – 12 :* Race 16 – 11 :* Final – 151 (15th place)

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle * Christophe Bühler :* Preliminary Heat – 23.15 (→ did not advance) Men's 100m Freestyle * Karel Novy :* Preliminary Heat – 50.19 (→ did not advance) Men's 100m Butterfly * Philippe Meyer :* Preliminary Heat – 54.85 (→ did not advance) Men's 100m Breaststroke * Remo Lütolf :* Preliminary Heat – 01:02.54 :* Final – 01:01.88 (→ 8th place) Men's 100m Backstroke * Philipp Gilgen :* Preliminary Heat – 57.5 (→ did not advance) Men's 200m Individual Medley * Yves Platel :* Preliminary Heat – 02:05.19 (→ did not advance) Men's 400m Individual Medley * Yves Platel :* Preliminary Heat – 04:22.38 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Phillipp Gilgen, Remo Lütolf, Phillippe Meyer, and Karel Novy :* Preliminary Heat – 03:42.78 (→ did not advance) Women's 400m Freestyle * Flavia Rigamonti :* Preliminary Heat – 04:11.77 (→ did not advance) * Chantal Strasser :* Preliminary Heat – 04:16.17 (→ did not advance) Women's 800m Freestyle * Flavia Rigamonti :* Preliminary Heat – 08:30.44 :* Final – 08:25.91 (→ 4th place) * Chantal Strasser :* Preliminary Heat – 08:35.84 (→ did not advance) Women's 100m Breaststroke * Agata Czaplicki :* Preliminary Heat – 01:13.19 (→ did not advance) Women's 200m Breaststroke * Agata Czaplicki :* Preliminary Heat – 02:32.98 (→ did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

Duet * Madeleine Perk, Belinda Schmid :* Technical Routine – 32.153 :* Free Routine – 59.886 :* Final – 92.039 (10th place)

Tennis

Men's Singles competition: * Roger Federer

Trampolining

Triathlon

At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, Switzerland was represented by three men and three women. The women captured both the

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, while the men added one more top eight finish. Men's Competition: * Reto Hug – 1:49:21.30 (→ 8th place) * Markus Keller – 1:50:15.25 (→ 18th place) *

Jean-Christophe Guinchard Jean-Christophe Guinchard (born 1 November 1967) is an athlete from Switzerland. He competes in triathlon. Guinchard competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics Triathlon made its official debut at the 2000 Summe ...

– 1:50:50.76 (→ 24th place) Women's Competition: *

Brigitte McMahon Brigitte McMahon-Huber (born 25 March 1967 in Baar) is an athlete from Switzerland, who competed in triathlon. McMahon competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She won the gold medal with a total time of 2:00:40.5 ...

– 2:00:40.52 (→ Gold Medal) * Magali Messmer – 2:01:08.83 (→ Bronze Medal) * Sibylle Matter – 2:13:25.38 (→ 36th place)

Wrestling

Notes

*Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. . *International Olympic Committee (2001)
The Results
Retrieved 12 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games
Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games
Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
The Results
Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

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