Switzerland competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 190 competitors, 184 men and 6 women, took part in 100 events in 21 sports.
Medalists
Gold Georges Miez — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
Silver Arthur Tell Schwab — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk Edgar Buchwalder, Ernst Nievergelt and Kurt Ott — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race Eugen Mack — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual Michael Reusch — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars Eugen Mack — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault Eugen Mack — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse Josef Walter — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises Albert Bachmann, Walter Bach, Eugen Mack, Georges Miez, Michael Reusch, and Edi Steinemann — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises Hermann Betschart, Alex Homberger, Hans Homberger, Karl Schmid, and Rolf Spring — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
Bronze Ernst Nievergelt — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race Albert Bachmann — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse Eugen Mack — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises Max Bloesch, Rolf Fäs, Willy Gysi, Erland Herkenrath, Ernst Hufschmid, Willy Hufschmid, Werner Meyer, Georg Mischon, Willy Schäfer, Werner Scheurmann, Edy Schmid, Erich Schmitt, Eugen Seiterle, Max Streib, Robert Studer, and Rudolf Wirz — Handball, Men's Team Competition Hermann Betschart, Alex Homberger, Hans Homberger, and Karl Schmid — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
Athletics
Basketball
The Swiss men's basketball team finished in 9th= place.
Fernand Bergmann, Pierre Carlier, René Karlen, Georges Laederach, Raymond Lambercy, Jean Paré, John Pollet (also known as Jean Pollet), Marcel Wuilleumier Humbert-Louis Bonardelly, Georges Moret, Pascal Ostengo, Henri Peclet and Charles Stettler did not start
Boxing
Canoeing
Men's K-1 1,000 metres (kayak singles) Hans Potthof (6th place, Heat 1)
Men's K-2 1,000 metres (kayak doubles) Rudolf Vilim, Werner Klingelfuss (5th)
Men's K-1 10,000 metres (kayak singles) Bruno Lips (7th)
Men's K-2 10,000 metres (kayak doubles) Werner Zimmermann, Othmar Bach (6th)
Men's folding K-1 10,000 metres (folding kayak singles) Hans Mooser (6th)
Men's folding K-2 10,000 metres (folding kayak doubles) Eugen Knoblauch, Emil Bottlang (6th)
Cycling
Eleven cyclists, all men, represented Switzerland in 1936.
Individual road race Ernst Nievergelt Edgar Buchwalder Kurt Ott Gottlieb Weber
Team road race Ernst Nievergelt Edgar Buchwalder Kurt Ott Gottlieb Weber
Sprint Werner Wägelin
Time trial Edy Baumann
Tandem Karl Burkhart Fritz Ganz
Team pursuit Walter Richli Ernst Fuhrimann Albert Kägi Werner Wägelin
Diving
Men AthleteEventFinalPointsRankFrédéric Boeni3 m springboard95.8421Max Happle80.2423
Women AthleteEventFinalPointsRankAnnie Villiger3 m springboard62.3814
Equestrian
Fencing
18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented Switzerland in 1936.
Men's foil Michel Fauconnet Gottfried von Meiss Jean Rubli
Men's team foil Michel Fauconnet, Édouard Fitting, Jean Rubli, Gottfried von Meiss, Constantin Antoniades
Men's épée Frédéric Fitting Jean Hauert François Duret
Men's team épée Jean Hauert, Édouard Fitting, Frédéric Fitting, Edmond Göldlin, Paul de Graffenried, Charles Hauert
Men's sabre Adolf Stocker Charles Glasstetter Alphonse Ruckstuhl
Men's team sabre Charles Glasstetter, Alphonse Ruckstuhl, Walter Widemann, Adolf Stocker
Women's foil Ingeborg Scheel Denise Kramer-Scholer Yvonne Bornand
Field hockey
Gymnastics
Handball
The Swiss men's handball team finished in 3rd place to win the bronze medal ().
Max Bloesch, Rolf Fäs, Burkhard Gantenbein, Willy Gysi, Erland Herkenrath, Ernst Hufschmid, Willy Hufschmid, Werner Meyer, Georg Mischon, Werner Scheurmann, Edy Schmid, Erich Schmitt, Eugen Seiterle, Max Streib, Robert Studer, Willy Schäfer, Rudolf Wirz Paul Gerber did not start.
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Switzerland in 1936.
Karl Wyss Willy Grundbacher Hans Baumann
Rowing
Switzerland had 16 rowers participate in seven out of seven rowing events in 1936.
Men's single sculls Ernst Rufli
Men's double sculls Kurt Haas Eugen Studach
Men's coxless pair Wilhelm Klopfer Karl Müller
Men's coxed pair Georges Gschwind Hans Appenzeller Rolf Spring (cox)
Men's coxless four Hermann Betschart Hans Homberger Alex Homberger Karl Schmid
Men's coxed four Hermann Betschart Hans Homberger Alex Homberger Karl Schmid Rolf Spring (cox)
Men's eight Werner Schweizer Fritz Feldmann Rudolf Homberger Oskar Neuenschwander Hermann Betschart Hans Homberger Alex Homberger Karl Schmid Rolf Spring (cox)
Sailing
Swimming
Men Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRoger Zirilli100 m freestyle 1:04.1 6 Did not advanceHans Brenner400 m freestyle 5:33.8 5 Did not advanceWerner Lehmann 5:36.8 7 Did not advance
Women Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTenny Wyss200 m breaststroke 3:31.3 6 Did not advance
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Aeronautics
Alpinism
Art competitions
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database