Switzerland at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Switzerland at the Olympic Games
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At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Competitors	102 (73 men, 29 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Daniel Giubellini
Medals Rank: 37	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 1
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Switzerland competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 102 competitors, 73 men and 29 women, took part in 80 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Rosset, MarcMarc Rosset	Tennis	Men's singles

Athletics

Men's Marathon

• Daniel Boltz — 2:25.50 (→ 55th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Pascal Charriere — 4:08:32 (→ 20th place)
• Aldo Bertoldi — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Discus Throw

• Christian Erb

• Qualification — 55.16 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Werner Günthör

• Qualification — 20.50 m
• Final — 20.91 m (→ 4th place)

Women's Marathon

• Franziska Moser

• Qualification — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's High Jump

• Sieglind Cadush

• Qualification — 1.86 m (→ did not advance)

Badminton

Canoeing

Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

• Luzia Zberg

• Final — 2:05:03 (→ 8th place)

• Petra Walczewski

• Final — 2:05:03 (→ 22nd place)

• Barbara Heeb

• Final — 2:09:42 (→ 43rd place)

Diving

Women's 3m Springboard

• Catherine Aviolat

• Preliminary Round — 239.49 points (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 10m Platform

• Yvonne Kostenberger

• Preliminary Round — 264.81 points (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Three male fencers represented Switzerland in 1992.

Men's épée

• Olivier Jacquet
• André Kuhn
• Daniel Lang

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Switzerland in 1992.

Individual

• Peter Steinmann

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Dano Halsall
  1. Heat – 23.15
  2. B-Final – 23.18 (→ 16th place)
• Stéphane Volery
  1. Heat – 23.47 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Stéphane Volery
  1. Heat – 51.05 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Eva Gysling
  1. Heat – 27.21 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Eva Gysling
  1. Heat – 1:04.50 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
• Nathalie Wunderlich
  1. Heat – 1:05.75 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Nathalie Wunderlich
  1. Heat – 2:16.07
  2. B-Final – 2:19.70 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Nathalie Wunderlich
  1. Heat – 2:23.18 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented Switzerland in 1992.

Women's solo

• Claudia Peczinka
• Caroline Imoberdorf
• Rahel Hobi

Women's duet

• Claudia Peczinka
• Caroline Imoberdorf

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Medal Match
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marc Rosset	Singles	K Alami (MAR) W 6–2, 4–6, 2–1 r.	W Ferreira (RSA) W 6–4, 6–0, 6–2	J Courier (USA) W 6–4, 6–2, 6–1	E Sánchez (ESP) W 6–4, 7–6(2), 3–6, 7–6(9)	G Ivanišević (CRO) W 6–3, 7–5, 6–2	J Arrese (ESP) W 7–6, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 8–6
Jakob Hlasek	Singles	F Maciel (MEX) W 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2	A Sznajder (CAN) W 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(1)	G Ivanišević (CRO) L 6–3, 0–6, 6–4, 6–7(1), 7–9	Did not advance
Jakob Hlasek Marc Rosset	Doubles		Meng Q-H (CHN)  J Xia (CHN) W 7–5, 6–1, 6–2	O Casey (IRL)  E Collins (IRL) W 7–6(4), 6–3, 6–4	J Frana (ARG)  C Miniussi (ARG) L 6–2, 6–7(3), 6–3, 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Medal Match
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Emanuela Zardo	Singles	M Maleeva (BUL) L 2–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere	Singles	A Vieira (BRA) W 6–2, 6–3	R Reggi-Concato (ITA) W 4–6, 4–6	A Gavaldón (MEX) W 6–0, 6–3	M J Fernandez (USA) L 7–5, 1–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere Emanuela Zardo	Doubles		D Randriantefy (MAD)  N Randriantefy (MAD) W 6–2, 6–2	C Martínez (ESP)  A Sánchez Vicario (ESP) L 0–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Wrestling

References

1. "Switzerland at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-12-28.