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 MedalNameSportEventDate Cycling Men's road race Gymnastics Men's pommel horse Rowing Men's single sculls Michael Gier Rowing Men's lightweight double sculls Cycling Men's mountainbike cross country Sabine EichenbergerGabi MüllerIngrid Haralamow Canoeing Women's K-4 500 metres Calvaro V Equestrian Individual jumping
Athletics
Men's 1,500 metres Peter Philipp Qualification — 3:41.60 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Laurent Clerc, 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 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 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
Men's Individual Time Trial Tony Rominger 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 Final — 02:37:06 (→ 15th place)
Women's Individual Time Trial Diana Rast 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 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 Gianna Hablützel-Bürki Michèle Wolf Sandra Kenel
Women's team épée Gianna Hablützel-Bürki, 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 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
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