Switzerland competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 102 competitors, 64 men and 38 women, took part in 82 events in 19 sports.
Sydney 2000 marked the first time the Swiss Olympic team competed in Australia as Switzerland and other European nations boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne due to the Soviet invasion of Hungary but Switzerland did take part in the Equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Stockholm five months earlier.
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Triathlon Women's individual Cycling Women's mountainbike cross country Beat MändliLesley McNaughtWilli Melliger Equestrian Team Jumping Fencing Women's épée Sophie LamonDiana Romagnoli Fencing Women's team épée Rowing Men's single sculls Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol Triathlon Women's individual Cycling Men's mountainbike cross country
Athletics
Men's competition Men's 800m André 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, André Bucher, Laurent Clerc, Alain Rohr Round 1 – 03:06.01 (did not advance)
Men's 3,000m Steeplechase Christian Belz 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 Final – 2:11:21.00 (Bronze medal)
Thomas Frischknecht 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 Final – 1:56:49.53 (11th place)
Road Cycling
Men's competition Men's Individual Time Trial Alex Zülle Final – 1:02:34 (33rd place)
Men's Road Race Markus Zberg Final – 5:30:46 (21st place)
Oscar Camenzind Final – 5:30:46 (37th place)
Mauro Gianetti Final – 5:30:46 (54th place)
Laurent Dufaux Final – 5:30:46 (64th place)
Alex Zülle Final – 5:30:46 (68th place)
Women's competition Women's Individual Time Trial Nicole Brändli Final – 0:45:51 (23rd place)
Women's Road Race Yvonne Schnorf Final – 3:06:31 (9th place)
Nicole Brändli 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 Qualifying – 04:34.000 (did not advance)
Men's Point Race Bruno Risi Points – 13 Laps Down – 2 (12th place)
Men's Madison Bruno Risi, 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 Gianna Hablützel-Bürki Diana Romagnoli Sophie Lamon
Women's team épée Gianna Hablützel-Bürki, 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 Käser 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) Flavio 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 gold medal and the bronze medal, 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 – 1:50:50.76 (→ 24th place)
Women's Competition: Brigitte McMahon – 2:00:40.52 (→ Gold Medal) Magali Messmer – 2:01:08.83 (→ Bronze Medal) Sibylle Matter – 2:13:25.38 (→ 36th place)
Wrestling
Notes
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