Olympic Summer Games 1928 / Participant (Switzerland)

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The Switzerland participated in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , Netherlands , with a delegation of 114 athletes (113 men and one woman) part.

Medalist

gold

Name (s)	sport	competition
Ernst Kyburz	Wrestling	Middleweight, freestyle
Hans Schoechlin , Karl Schoechlin , Hans Bourquin	rowing	Two with a helmsman
Georges Miez	do gymnastics	Individual all-around & horizontal bar
Hans Grieder , August Güttinger , Hermann Hänggi , Eugen Mack , Georges Miez, Otto Pfister , Eduard Steinemann , Melchior Wezel	do gymnastics	Team all-around
Eugene Mack	do gymnastics	Horse jump
Hermann Hänggi	do gymnastics	Pommel horse

silver

Name (s)	sport	competition
Arnold Bögli	Wrestling	Light heavyweight, freestyle
Ernst Haas , Joseph Meyer , Otto Bucher , Karl Schwegler , Fritz Bösch	rowing	Foursome with a helmsman
Hermann Hänggi	do gymnastics	Individual all-around
Georges Miez	do gymnastics	Pommel horse

bronze

Name (s)	sport	competition
Charles-Gustave Kuhn	horse riding	Show jumping, singles
Hans Minder	Wrestling	Featherweight, freestyle
Hermann Hänggi	do gymnastics	Ingots
Eugene Mack	do gymnastics	Horizontal bar

Participants by sport

fencing

• Eugène Empeyta

  Foil, singles: preliminary round

  Foil, team: quarter-finals

  Epee, singles: semi-finals

  Epee, team: quarter-finals

• Frédéric Fitting

  Foil, singles: preliminary round

  Foil, team: quarter-finals

  Epee, team: quarter-finals

• John Albaret

  Foil, singles: preliminary round

  Foil, team: quarter-finals

  Epee, team: quarter-finals

• Édouard fitting

  Foil, team: quarter-finals

  Epee, singles: quarter-finals

  Epee, team: quarter-finals

• Michel Fauconnet

  Foil, team: quarter-finals

• Jean de Bardel

  Foil, team: quarter-finals

• Henri Jacquet

  Epee, singles: quarter-finals

  Epee, team: quarter-finals

• Paul de Graffenried

  Epee, team: quarter-finals

• Judith Morgenthaler

  Women, foil, singles: semi-finals

Soccer

• Men's team

  9th place

• Squad

  Edmond Bailly

  Franz Séchehaye

  Gaston Tschirren

  Kurt Pichler

  Walter Weiler

  Max Abegglen

  Paul de Lavallaz

  Paul Fassler

  Rudolf Ramseyer

  Willy Jaeggi

  Walter Dietrich

Weightlifting

• Arthur Reinmann

  Featherweight: 5th place

• Justin Tissot

  Featherweight: 15th place

• Albert Aeschmann

  Lightweight: 4th place

• Joseph Jaquenoud

  Lightweight: 9th place

• Ernst Trinkler

  Middleweight: 15th place

• Hermann Eichholzer

  Medium weight: ??

• Otto Garnus

  Light heavyweight: 10th place

• Edmond Donzé

  Light heavyweight: 15th place

• Franz Riederer

  Heavyweight: 14th place

• Walter Gasser

  Heavyweight: 16th place

hockey

• Men's team

  7th place

• Squad

  Adalbert Koch

  Adolf Fehr

  Charles Piot

  Ernst Luchsinger

  Edouard Mauris

  F. Fischer

  Fred Jenny

  Henri Poncet

  J. Loubert

  Jean-Jacques Auberson

  Maurice Magnin

  Max Zumstein

  Roland Olivier

  René Pellarin

  R. Rode

  Konrad Fehr

athletics

• Willy Weibel

  100 meters: heats

  200 meters: heats

  4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Willy Tschopp

  100 meters: heats

  4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Emmanuel Goldsmith

  100 meters: heats

  4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Hans Niggl

  200 meters: heats

  4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Paul Martin

  800 meters: semi-finals

  1500 meters: 6th place

• Adolf Meier

  Long jump: 22nd place in qualification

  Decathlon: ??

• Alfred Sutter

  Long jump: 40th place in qualification

• Werner Nuesch

  Shot put: 10th place in qualification

• Arturo Conturbia

  Discus throw: 15th place in qualification

Cycling

• Gottlieb Amstein

  Road race, individual: 6th place

  Road race, team: 6th place

• Jacob Caironi

  Road race, individual: 9th place

  Road race, team: 6th place

• Türel Wanzenried

  Road race, individual: 33rd place

  Road race, team: 6th place

• Paul Lychee

  Road race, singles: ??

• Willi Knabenhans

  Sprint: 3rd round

• Erich Fäs

  Individual time trial: 13th place

• Gustave Moss

  Team pursuit: 9th place

• Heinz Gilgen

  Team pursuit: 9th place

• J. Fischler

  Team pursuit: 9th place

horse riding

• Adolphe Mercier

  Dressage, individual: 15th place

  Dressage, team: 7th place

• Otto Frank

  Dressage, individual: 22nd place

  Dressage, team: 7th place

• Werner Stuber

  Dressage, individual: 25th place

  Dressage, team: 7th place

• Charles-Gustave Kuhn

  Show jumping, individual: bronze

  Show jumping, team: 8th place

• Alphonse Gemuseus

  Show jumping, singles: 8th place

  Show jumping, team: 8th place

• Pierre de Muralt

  Show jumping, individual: 37th place

  Show jumping, team: 8th place

• Willy Gerber

  Versatility, singles: 12th place

  Versatility, team: ??

• Charles Stoffel

  Versatility, singles: 20th place

  Versatility, team: ??

• René de Ribeaupierre

  Versatility, single: ??

  Versatility, team: ??

Wrestling

• Isidor Bieri

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 14th place

• Ernst Mumenthaler

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 13th place

• Otto Frei

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 9th place

• Max Studer

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 14th place

• Amedée Piguet

  Bantamweight, freestyle: 6th place

• Hans Minder

  Featherweight, freestyle: bronze

• Hans Mollet

  Lightweight, freestyle: 7th place

• Fritz Käsermann

  Welterweight, freestyle: 7th place

• Ernst Kyburz

  Middleweight, Freestyle: Gold

• Arnold Bögli

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: silver

• Henri Wernli

  Heavyweight, freestyle: 5th place

rowing

• Edouard Candeveau

  One: quarter finals

• Rudolf Bosshard

  Double scull: quarter-finals

• Maurice Rieder

  Double scull: quarter-finals

• Alois Reinhard

  Two without a helmsman: quarter-finals

• Willy Müller

  Two without a helmsman: quarter-finals

• Hans Schoechlin

  Two with a helmsman: gold

• Karl Schochlin

  Two with a helmsman: gold

• Hans Bourquin

  Two with a helmsman: gold

• Ernst Haas

  Four with helmsman: silver

• Joseph Meyer

  Four with helmsman: silver

• Otto Bucher

  Four with helmsman: silver

• Karl Schwegler

  Four with helmsman: silver

• Fritz Boesch

  Four with helmsman: silver

swim

• Robert Wyss

  200 meters chest: semi-finals

sailing

• Henri Fivaz

  12-foot dinghy: 16th place

do gymnastics

• Georges Miez

  Individual all-around: gold

  Team all-around: gold

  Bars: 30th place

  Horse jump: 4th place

  Horizontal bar: gold

  Rings: 8th place

  Pommel horse: silver

• Hermann Hänggi

  Individual all-around: silver

  Team all-around: gold

  Ingot: bronze

  Horse jump: 18th place

  Horizontal bar: 4th place

  Rings: 36th place

  Pommel horse: gold

• Eugene Mack

  Individual all-around: 8th place

  Team all-around: gold

  Bars: 21st place

  Horse jump: gold

  Horizontal bar: bronze

  Rings: 17th place

  Pommel horse: 19th place

• Melchior Wezel

  Individual all-around: 12th place

  Team all-around: gold

  Bars: 7th place

  Horse jump: 12th place

  Horizontal bar: 21st place

  Rings: 23rd place

  Pommel horse: 7th place

• Eduard Steinemann

  Individual all-around: 15th place

  Team all-around: gold

  Bars: 19th place

  Horse jump: 34th place

  Horizontal bar: 21st place

  Rings: 26th place

  Pommel horse: 4th place

• August Güttinger

  Individual all-around: 16th place

  Team all-around: gold

  Bars: 28th place

  Horse jump: 7th place

  Horizontal bar: 7th place

  Rings: 44th place

  Pommel horse: 5th place

• Hans Grieder

  Individual all-around: 18th place

  Team all-around: gold

  Bars: 11th place

  Horse jump: 12th place

  Horizontal bar: 7th place

  Rings: 49th place

  Pommel horse: 28th place

• Otto Pfister

  Individual all-around: 24th place

  Team all-around: gold

  Bars: 28th place

  Horse jump: 18th place

  Horizontal bar: 25th place

  Rings: 52nd place

  Pommel horse: 12th place

Water polo

• Men's team

  9th place

• Squad

  Othmar Schmalz

  Robert Wyss

  Robert Hürlimann

  Eric Brochon

  Ernest Hüttenmoser

  Robert Mermoud

  Fernand Moret

Diving

• Arthur Bischoff

  Art jumping: preliminary round

Web links

• Swiss Olympic team from 1928 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )