1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (Switzerland)

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The Switzerland took at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki with 157 athletes, nine women and 148 men in 96 competitions in 17 sports part.

Since 1896 it was the twelfth participation of a Swiss team in the Summer Olympics . This made Switzerland, along with Australia , France , the United Kingdom , Greece and the United States, one of six nations that had previously participated in all the Summer Olympics.

Flag bearer

The gymnast Walter Lehmann carried the flag of Switzerland during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium , at the closing ceremony it was carried by the cyclist Rolf Graf .

→ Main article : List of flag bearers of Swiss teams at Olympic Games

Medals

With 14 medals won, two gold, six silver and six bronze medals, the Swiss team came in 11th in the national ranking .

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Jack Günthard	do gymnastics	Horizontal bar
Hans Eugster	do gymnastics	Ingots

silver

Name / s	sport	competition
Fritz Schwab	athletics	10,000 m walking
Gustav Fischer on Soliman , Gottfried Trachsel on course and Henri Chammartin on Wohler	horse riding	Dressage team
Enrico Bianchi , Karl Weidmann , Heinrich Scheller , Émile Ess and Walter Leiser	rowing	Foursome with a helmsman
Robert Bürchler knife	shoot	Free rifle three position fight
Josef Stalder	do gymnastics	Horizontal bar
Josef Stalder, Hans Eugster , Jack Günthard , Jean Tschabold , Melchior Thalmann , Ernst Gebendinger , Hans Schwarzentruber and Ernst Fivian	do gymnastics	Team all-around

bronze

Name / s	sport	competition
Otto Rüfenacht , Paul Meister , Paul Barth , Oswald Zappelli , Willy Fitting and Mario Valota	fencing	Epee team
Oswald Zappelli	fencing	Epee single
Kurt Schmid and Hans Kalt	rowing	Two without a helmsman
Josef Stalder	do gymnastics	Individual all-around
Josef Stalder	do gymnastics	Ingots
Hans Eugster	do gymnastics	Rings

Medals by sports

rank	sport	G	S.	B.	total
1	do gymnastics	2	2	3	7th
2	rowing	-	1	1	2
3	athletics	-	1	-	1
3	horse riding	-	1	-	1
3	shoot	-	1	-	1
6th	fencing	-	-	2	2

Participants by sport

basketball

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / basketball

• Pierre Albrecht , Henri Baumann , Marcos Bossy , René Chiappino , Maurice Chollet , Gérald Cottier , Roger Domenjoz , Marcel Moget , Roger Prahin , Jacques Redard , Bernard Schmied , Georges Stockly , Jean-Pierre Voisin and René Wohler

  Qualifying round , group A : two losses, not qualified for the main round, 17th place

  July 15 in Helsinki: 58:69 (22:30) defeat against Bulgaria 

  July 16 in Helsinki: 49:59 (25:33) defeat against Belgium 

Boxing

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Boxing

Feather weight (up to 57 kg)

• Alfred Willommet

  1st round: 0-3 defeat against Su Bung-Nan from South Korea

Lightweight (up to 60 kg)

• Roger Cuche

  1st round: Knockout loss in the third round against Frederick Reardon from Great Britain

Welter weight (up to 67 kg)

• Peter Müller

  1st round: defeat against Moos Linneman from the Netherlands

Medium weight (up to 71 kg)

• Hans Büchi

  1st round: BYE

  2nd round: defeat by technical knockout in the third round against Erich Schöppner from the Federal Republic of Germany

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

• Hans Niederhauser

  1st round: 0-3 defeat against Walter Sentimenti from Italy

Heavy weight (over 81 kg)

• Hans Jost

  1st round: Knockout loss in the first round against the American Ed Sanders

fencing

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Fencing

Men

Epee single

• Paul Barth

  1st round: BYE

  2nd round, group 3: with four wins (5th place) not qualified for the semi-finals

• Paul Meister

  1st round: BYE

  2nd round, group 2: with one win (rank 8) not qualified for the semi-finals

• Oswald Zappelli

  1st round: BYE

  2nd round, group 5: qualified for the semi-finals with four wins (4th place)

  Semi-finals, group 1: qualified for the finals with six wins (3rd place)

  Final: six wins, 3rd place

Epee team

• Paul Barth, Willy Fitting , Paul Meister, Otto Rüfenacht , Mario Valota and Oswald Zappelli

  1st round, group 3: qualified for the 2nd round with one win (rank 2)

  8-2 win against Brazil / Otto Rüfenacht (2), Paul Meister (2), Oswald Zappelli (1), Paul Barth (3) 

  2nd round, group 2: qualified for the semi-finals with two wins (2nd place)

  7: 7 (38:35) - victory against Belgium / Otto Rüfenacht (2), Paul Barth (2), Willy Fitting (3) 

  8: 3 win against Norway / Otto Rüfenacht (3), Paul Barth (2), Mario Valota (1), Willy Fitting (2) 

  Semi-finals, group 2: qualified for the finals with one win (rank 1)

  12: 4 win against Hungary / Otto Rüfenacht (3), Paul Barth (2), Willy Fitting (4), Oswald Zappelli (3) 

  6-8 defeat against Sweden / Mario Valota (1), Oswald Zappelli (2), Willy Fitting (3) 

  Final: a win, 3rd place

  4:12 defeat against Italy / Otto Rüfenacht (2), Paul Barth (1), Willy Fitting (1) 

  6-8 defeat against Sweden / Otto Rüfenacht (2), Paul Barth (1), Willy Fitting (1), Oswald Zappelli (2) 

  8: 4 win against Luxemburg / Otto Rüfenacht (3), Paul Meister (1), Oswald Zappelli (1), Paul Barth (3) 

Saber single

• Jules Amez-Droz

  1st round, group 6: qualified for the 2nd round with four wins (4th place)

  2nd round, group 5: without a win (rank 8) not qualified for the semi-finals

• Otto Greter

  1st round, group 7: qualified for the 2nd round with five wins (2nd place)

  2nd round, group 3: with two wins (7th place) not qualified for the semi-finals

• Umberto Menegalli

  1st round, group 1: with three wins (rank 6) not qualified for the 2nd round

Saber crew

• Jules Amez-Droz, Otto Greter, Umberto Menegalli and Oswald Zappelli

  1st round, group 6: with two defeats (3rd place) not qualified for the 2nd round

  5:11 defeat against Great Britain / Oswald Zappelli (2), Otto Greter (2), Jules Amez-Droz (1)

  2: 9 defeat against the United States / Umberto Menegalli (1), Oswald Zappelli (1)

Women

Foil single

• Hedwig Rieder

  1st round, group 4: with one win (rank 5) not qualified for the 2nd round

Weightlifting

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting

Bantam weight (up to 56 kg)

• Roland Magnenat (55.60 kg)

  Final: 250.0 kg, rank 16

  Military press: 65.0 kg / 70.0 kg / 72.5 kg

  Tear: 72.5kg / 72.5kg / 77.5kg

  Push: 95.0kg / 100.0kg / 102.5kg

Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)

• Roger Rubini (67.45 kg)

  Final: 295.0 kg, 20th place

  Military press: 80.0 kg / 85.0 kg / 85.0 kg

  Tear: 87.5kg / 92.5kg / 95.0kg

  Push: 115.0kg / 122.5kg / 122.5kg

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

• Walter Dossenbach (74.40 kg)

  Final: 312.5 kg, 19th place

  Military press: 85.0kg / 92.5kg / 92.5kg

  Tear: 95.0 kg / 100.0 kg / 102.5 kg

  Push: 95.0kg / 100.0kg / 102.5kg

• Jacques Flury (74.50 kg)

  Final: 310.0 kg, 20th place

  Military press: 80.0 kg / 85.0 kg / -

  Tear: 95.0 kg 100.0 kg / 100.0 kg

  Push: 117.5kg / 125.0kg / 130.0

hockey

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Hockey

• Jean-Pierre Bolomey , Kurt Goldschmid , Jean Gruner , Karl Hofstetter , Rudolf Keller , Fridolin Kurmann , Kurt Müller , Gilbert Recordon , Jean-Pierre Roche , Fritz Stühlinger , Hugo Vonlanthen and Roger Zanetti

  Main tournament , preliminary round : 1: 2 (0: 1) defeat against Austria 

  Consolation round 1 : 2: 1 (0: 0) victory against France 

  Consolation round 2 : 0: 1 (0: 1) defeat against Poland 

  Placement game : without a fight for Austria , rank 8 

canoe

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Canoe

Men

Single kayak 1000 m

• Hansrüdi Engler

  Prelims: in run 1 (rank 6) with 4: 39.7 min not qualified for the final

Single kayak 10,000 m

• Raymond Kamber

  Final: 54: 57.3 min (+ 7: 34.5 min), 16th place

Two-person kayak 1000 m

• Anton Kuster and Hans Straub

  Prelims: in run 2 (rank 5) with 4: 14.9 min not qualified for the final

Two-person kayak 10,000 m

• Werner Bieri and Werner Müller

  Final: 49: 21.2 min (+ 4: 59.9 min), 16th place

Women

Single kayak 500 m

• Elsa Sidler

  Prelims: in run 3 (4th place) with 2: 43.1 min not qualified for the final

athletics

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics

Men

100 m

• Fritz Griesser

  Preliminary runs : in run 8 (rank 5) with 11.1 s (hand-stopped) or 11.54 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

• Willy Schneider

  Preliminary runs: in run 6 (3rd place) with 11.1 s (hand-stopped) or 11.22 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

• Hans Wehrli

  Preliminary runs: in run 10 (rank 2) with 10.8 s (hand-stopped) or 11.00 s (electronic) qualified for the quarter-finals

  Quarter-finals : in run 2 (rank 5) with 10.8 s (hand-stopped) or 11.05 s (electronically) not qualified for the semi-finals

200 m

• Willy Eichenberger

  Preliminary runs : in run 2 (4th place) with 22.6 s (hand-stopped) or 22.98 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

• Ernst Mühlethaler

  Preliminary runs: in run 13 (4th place) with 23.0 s (hand-stopped) or 23.26 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

• Hans Wehrli

  Preliminary runs: in run 8 (3rd place) with 22.2 s (hand-topped) or 22.35 s (electronically) not qualified for the quarter-finals

400 m

• Ernst von Gunten

  Preliminary runs : in run 5 (rank 6) with 50.7 s (hand-topped) or 50.88 s (electronically) not qualified for the quarter-finals

• Hans Ernst Schneider

  Preliminary runs: in run 12 (rank 2) with 48.7 s (hand-topped) or 48.86 s (electronic) qualified for the quarter-finals

  Quarter-finals : in run 1 (rank 6) with 49.2 s (hand-stopped) or 49.32 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals

• Sepp Steger

  Preliminary runs: in run 3 (4th place) with 49.2 s (hand-topped) or 49.35 s (electronically) not qualified for the quarter-finals

800 m

• Johannes Baumgartner

  Preliminary runs : in run 1 (rank 5) with 1: 57.1 min not qualified for the semi-finals

• Fred Lüthi

  Preliminary runs: in run 8 (rank 5) with 1: 55.0 min not qualified for the semi-finals

1500 m

• Fred Lüthi

  Preliminary runs : in run 2 (rank 7) with 3: 56.4 min (hand-stopped) or 3: 56.52 min (electronically) not qualified for the semi-finals

5000 m

• Pierre Page

  Prelims : in run 2 (rank 10) with 14: 57.0 min not qualified for the final

• August Sutter

  Preliminary runs: in run 1 (rank 8) with 14: 45.2 min not qualified for the final

marathon

• Rudolf Morgenthaler

  2: 56: 33.0 h (+ 33: 29.8 min), rank 50

10,000 m walking

• Gabriel Reymond

  Preliminary round : in Group 1 (4th place) qualified for the final with 46: 35.2 min

  Final : 46: 38.6 min (+ 1: 35.8 min), rank 9

• Fritz Schwab

  Preliminary round: qualified for the final in group 2 (4th place) with 47: 06.0 min

  Final: 45: 41.0 min (+ 38.2 s), 2nd place

50 km of walking

• René Charrière

  5: 08: 59.0 h (+ 40: 51.2 min), rank 26

• Gilbert Marquis

  5:02: 56.2 h (+ 34: 48.4 min), rank 24

110 m hurdles

• Olivier Bernard

  Preliminary runs : in run 1 (3rd place) with 15.1 s (hand-stopped) or 15.29 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals

400 m hurdles

• Karl Schmid

  Preliminary runs : in run 6 (rank 5) with 57.5 s (hand-stopped) not qualified for the quarter-finals

• Hans Schwarz

  Preliminary runs: in run 7 (3rd place) qualified for the quarter-finals with 54.9 s (hand-stopped)

  Quarter-finals : in run 1 (rank 6) with 54.0 s (hand-stopped) or 54.09 s (electronically) not qualified for the semi-finals

4 × 100 m relay

• Willy Eichenberger , Ernst Mühlethaler , Willy Schneider and Hans Wehrli

  Preliminary runs : in run 3 (rank 5) with 41.6 s (hand-stopped) or 41.81 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals

4 × 400 m relay

• Ernst von Gunten , Hans Ernst Schneider , Paul Stalder and Sepp Steger

  Preliminary runs : in run 2 (rank 5) with 3: 15.4 min (hand-stopped) or 3: 15.36 min (electronic) not qualified for the final

high jump

• Hans Wahli

  Qualification , group B : 1.87 m, rank 1, qualified for the final

  1.70 m: skipped in the first attempt

  1.80 m: skipped in the first attempt

  1.84 m: skipped in the first attempt

  1.87 m: skipped in the first attempt

  Final : 1.90 m, 16th place

  1.70 m: left out

  1.80 m: skipped in the first attempt

  1.90 m: skipped in the second attempt

  1.95 m: three failed attempts

Pole vault

• Walter Hofstetter

  Qualification , group A : 3.90 m, rank 8, not qualified for the final

  3.60 m: skipped in the first attempt

  3.70 m: skipped in the second attempt

  3.80 m: skipped in the first attempt

  3.90 m: three failed attempts

Discus throw

• Oskar Häflinger

  Qualification , group A : 44.73 m, rank 9, not qualified for the final

  1st litter: 38.90 m

  2nd litter: invalid

  3rd litter: 44.73 m

Decathlon

• Max Wehrli

  Final : 5561 points (- 2326 points), 18th place

  100 m : 11.8 s / 650 points / 22nd place; total 650 points / rank 22

  Long jump : 6.48 m / 635 points / 17th place; total 1285 points / rank 21

  Shot put : 12.73 m / 647 points / rank 9; total 1932 points / rank 17

  High jump : 1.60 m / 555 points / 22nd place; total 2487 points / rank 21

  400 m : 54.7 s / 545 points / 21st place; total 3032 points / rank 19

  110 m hurdles : 16.4 s / 523 points / 15th place; total 3555 points / rank 20

  Discus throw : 36.81 m / 541 points / rank 16; total 4096 points / rank 18

  Pole vault : 3.80 m / 645 points / 4th place; total 4741 points, rank 18

  Javelin throw : 51.08 m / 548 points / 18th place; total 5289 points / rank 16

  1500 m : 4: 58.6 min / 272 points / 15th place; total 5561 points / rank 18

Women

100 m

• Sonja Prétôt

  Preliminary runs : in run 6 (rank 5) with 14.7 s (hand-stopped) or 14.93 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

80 m hurdles

• Gretel Bolliger

  Preliminary runs : in run 6 (rank 6) with 12.3 s (hand-stopped) or 12.56 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals

Long jump

• Gretel Bolliger

  Qualification , group A : 5.14 m, rank 14, not qualified for the final

  1st jump: 5.14 m

  2nd jump: 5.07 m

  3rd jump: 5.12 m

Shot put

• Gretel Bolliger

  Qualification : 11.48 m, rank 17, not qualified for the final

  1st stroke: 11.29 m

  2nd stroke: 10.84 m

  3rd stroke: 11.48 m

Discus throw

• Gretel Bolliger

  Qualification : 38.20 m, rank 11, qualified for the final

  1st litter: 34.84 m

  2nd litter: 34.81 m

  3rd litter: 38.20 m

  Final : 36.36 m, 17th place

  1st litter: 35.34 m

  2nd litter: 36.36 m

  3rd throw: 36.24 m; did not qualify for the final of the six best throwers

Modern pentathlon

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Modern Pentathlon

singles

rank	Surname	Points		Points		Points		Points		Points		Points
18th	Werner Vetterli	107	97 (10.11.6)	18th	22 (3)	27	20-180	24	4: 33.5 min	14th	15: 59.7 min	24
20th	Werner Schmid	110	100 (10,18.6)	14th	25 (5)	15th	20-184	11	5: 29.0 min	39	16: 19.3 min	31
35	Erhard Minder	158	not finished	49	21 (4)	29	19-181	32	5: 36.9 min	42	15:04.1 min	6th

team

rank	Names	Points
9	Hardy Minder Werner Schmid Werner Vetterli	356	77	69	64	87	59

Cycling

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Cycling

Railway competitions

sprint

• Fritz Siegenthaler

  1st round: in run 7 (3rd place) not directly qualified for the quarter-finals

  1st round, hope runs: in run 2 (rank 2) not qualified for the quarter-finals

1000 m time trial

• Fredy Arber

  1: 15.4 min, 15th place

tandem

• Fredy Arber and Fritz Siegenthaler

  1st round: in run 5 (rank 2) not directly qualified for the quarter-finals

  1st round, hope runs: in run 2 (rank 1) not directly qualified for the quarter-finals

  1st round, Hope Runs final: 2nd place, not qualified for the quarterfinals

4000 m team pursuit

• Oskar von Büren , Heinrich Müller , Hans Pfenninger and Max Wirth

  Qualification: 4: 55.0 min, rank 8, qualified for the quarter-finals

  Quarter-finals: in run 1 (rank 2) with 5: 06.2 min not qualified for the semi-finals

Road Race (190.4 km)

Individual evaluation

• Rolf Graf

  5: 12: 45.3 h, 17th place

• Fausto Lurati

  5: 24: 58.0 h, rank 50

• Kobi Scherer

  Race not finished

• Josef Schraner

  5: 15: 06.1 h, rank 20

Team ranking

• Rolf Graf, Fausto Lurati, Kobi Scherer and Josef Schraner

  15: 52: 49.4 h (+ 32: 02.8 min), rank 9

horse riding

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Riding

Dressage singles

• Henri Chammartin on Wöhler

  529.5 points (- 31.5 points), 6th place

• Gustav Fischer on Soliman

  518.5 points (- 42.5 points), rank 8

• Gottfried Trachsel on course

  531.0 points (- 30.0 points), 4th place

Dressage team

• Henri Chammartin on Wöhler , Gustav Fischer on Soliman and Gottfried Trachsel on course

  1579.0 points (- 18.5 points), 2nd place

Show jumping singles

• Alexander Stoffel

  44.25 penalty points, rank 42

  1st round: 40.25 penalty points

  2nd round: 04.00 penalty points

Versatility single

• Werner Kilcher on voilette

  Contest not over

  Dressage: -126.33 points, 18th place

  Terrain ride: disqualified

  Show jumping: ./.

• Hans Schwarzenbach on Vae Victis

  -155.66 points, rank 17

  Dressage: -121.66 points, rank 12

  Terrain ride: 0 + 27 - 51 = -24 points, rank 19

  Show jumping: 10.00 + 0.00 = 10.00 points, rank 10

• Jürgen Ziegler on Vanna

  -147.00 points, rank 16

  Dressage: -161.00 points, rank 42

  Terrain ride: 0 + 30 + 4 = 34 points, rank 14

  Show jumping: 20.00 + 0.00 = 20.00 points, rank 24

Versatility team

• Werner Kilcher, Hans Schwarzenbach and Jürgen Ziegler

  not qualified

Wrestling

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Wrestling

Freestyle, bantam weight (up to 57 kg)

• Paul Hänni

  Rank 13

  1st round: 0-3 defeat against the American William Borders

  2nd round: defeat against Raszid Mamedbekov from the Soviet Union

Freestyle, lightweight (up to 67 kg)

• Paul Besson

  Rank 13

  1st round: defeat against Risto Talosela from Finland

  2nd round: BYE

  3rd round: 0-3 defeat against Godfrey Pienaar from South Africa

Freestyle, welterweight (up to 73 kg)

• Daniel Hauser

  Rank 14

  1st round: 0-3 defeat against Sweden Per Berlin

  2nd round: 0-3 defeat against Anton Mackowiak from the Federal Republic of Germany

Freestyle, middle weight (up to 79 kg)

• Felix Neuhaus

  Rank 9

  1st round: BYE

  2nd round: 0-3 defeat against South African Carl Reitz

  3rd round: 0-3 defeat against Gustav Gocke from the Federal Republic of Germany

Freestyle, light heavyweight (up to 87 kg)

• Willy Lardon

  Rank 9

  1st round: defeat against Robert Steckle from Canada

  2nd round: defeat against the American Henry Wittenberg

rowing

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Rowing

One

• Paul Meyer

  Prelims: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 2 (rank 2) with 7: 44.5 min

  Semi-finals: in run 2 (4th place) with 8: 07.1 min, not directly qualified for the final

  Semi-finals, hope runs: in run 1 (rank 2) with 7: 48.3 min not qualified for the final

Double scull

• Emil Knecht and Peter Stebler

  Preliminary runs: in run 2 (3rd place) with 7: 09.3 min not directly qualified for the semi-finals

  Preliminary runs, hope runs: in run 1 (rank 2) with 7: 05.8 min not qualified for the semi-finals

Two without a helmsman

• Hans Kalt and Kurt Schmid

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 1 (rank 1) with 7: 46.0 min

  Semi-finals: Qualified for the final in run 1 (rank 1) with 7: 37.7 min

  Final: 8: 32.7 min, 3rd place

Two with a helmsman

• Walter Lüchinger , Walter Ludin and Alex Siebenhaar

  Preliminary runs: in run 2 (3rd place) with 8: 16.4 min not directly qualified for the semi-finals

  Preliminary runs, hope runs: in run 1 (rank 2) with 7: 56.8 min not qualified for the semi-finals

Foursome with a helmsman

• Rico Bianchi , Émile Ess , Walter Leiser , Heinrich Scheller and Karl Weidmann

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 4 (rank 1) with 7: 20.7 min

  Semi-finals: in run 2 (rank 2) with 6: 59.2 min not directly qualified for the final

  Semi-finals, hope runs: qualified for the final in run 2 (1st place) with 7: 02.3 min

  Final: 7: 36.5 min (+ 3.1 s), 2nd place

shoot

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Shooting

Small caliber three-position fight

• Otto Horber

  1156 rings (- 8 rings), rank 10

  standing: 398 rings

  kneeling: 387 rings

  lying: 371 rings

• Ernst Huber

  1162 rings (- 2 rings), rank 4

  standing: 397 rings

  kneeling: 390 rings

  lying: 375 rings

Small caliber lying

• Otto Horber

  398 rings (-2 rings), rank 6

  100 + 100 + 100 + 98 rings

• Ernst Huber

  397 rings (-3 rings), rank 10

  99 + 99 + 99 + 100 rings

Free target gun

• Beat Rhyner

  539 rings (-14 rings), rank 8

  93 + 92 + 91 + 87 + 87 + 89 rings

• Alexander Specker

  506 rings (-47 rings), rank 38

  84 + 93 + 83 + 85 + 76 + 85 rings

Free rifle three position fight (300 m)

• Robert Bürchler

  1120 rings (-3 rings), rank 2

  standing: 389 rings

  kneeling: 381 rings

  lying: 350 rings

• August Hollenstein

  1108 rings (-15 rings), rank 4

  standing: 384 rings

  kneeling: 370 rings

  lying: 354 rings

Rapid fire pistol (25 m)

• Rudolf Schnyder

  551 rings (-28 rings), rank 26

  1st pass: 96 + 88 + 91 = 275 rings

  2nd pass: 95 + 92 + 89 = 276 rings

Clay pigeon shooting

• Louis Cavalli

  159 points (-33 points), rank 34

  1st round: 20 + 17 + 25 + 21 = 83 points

  2nd round: 19 + 18 + 20 + 19 = 76 points

• Pierre-André Flückiger

  159 points (-33 points), rank 36

  1st round: 23 + 18 + 21 + 21 = 83 points

  2nd round: 20 + 21 + 18 + 17 = 76 points

swim

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Swimming

Men

100 m freestyle

• Michel Currat

  Preliminary runs: in run 7 (rank 7) with 1: 07.2 min not qualified for the semi-finals

400 m freestyle

• Walter Schneider

  Preliminary runs: in run 3 (rank 7) with 5: 27.3 min not qualified for the semi-finals

1500 m freestyle

• Walter Schneider

  Prelims: in run 2 (rank 5) with 21: 36.2 min not qualified for the final

100 m back

• Hermann Gericke

  Preliminary runs: in run 2 (rank 5) with 1: 12.6 min not qualified for the semi-finals

200 m chest

• Alfons Oehy

  Preliminary runs: in run 2 (rank 7) with 2: 54.8 min not qualified for the semi-finals

Women

100 m freestyle

• Susy father louse

  Preliminary runs: in run 6 (rank 6) with 1: 16.8 min not qualified for the semi-finals

100 m back

• Doris Gontersweiler-Vetterli

  Preliminary runs: in run 2 (rank 7) with 1: 26.5 min not qualified for the final

200 m chest

• Margrit Knabenhans

  Preliminary runs: in run 1 (rank 7) with 3: 17.4 min not qualified for the semi-finals

• Liselotte Kobi

  Preliminary runs: in run 5 (rank 7) with 3: 22.0 min not qualified for the semi-finals

sailing

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Sailing

Finn dinghy

• Willy Pieper

  3541 points, rank 13

  1st race: 344 points, 16th place

  2nd race: 402 points, 14th place

  3rd race: 434 points, 13th place

  4th race: 946 points, 04th place

  5th race: 318 points , 17th place

  6th race: 770 points, 06th place

  7th race: 645 points, 08th place

5.5 mR class

• Pierre Chuit , Henri Copponex and Markus Schurch on the yacht Tam-Tam II

  1674 points, rank 12

  1st race: 0192 points, 13th place

  2nd race: 1004 points, 02nd place

  3rd race: 0 points , disqualified000

  4th race: 0159 points, 14th place

  5th race: 0129 points, 15th place

  6th race: 0191 points, 13th place

  7th race: 0 points, disqualified000

6 mR class

• François Chapot , André Firmenich , Louis Noverraz , Charles Stern and Marcel Stern on the yacht Ylliam VIII

  3020 points, rank 6

  1st race: 0188 points, 9th place

  2nd race: 1142 points, 1st place

  3rd race: 0 points , disqualified000

  4th race: 0188 points, 9th place

  5th race: 0297 points, 7th place

  6th race: 0364 points, 6th place

  7th race: 0841 points, 2nd place

star

• Hans Bryner and Kurt Bryner on the yacht Ali-Baba IV

  3400 points, rank 9

  1st race: 0309 points, 13th place

  2nd race: 1122 points, 02nd place

  3rd race: 0277 points, 14th place

  4th race: 0469 points, 09th place

  5th race: 0578 points, 07th place

  6th race: 0645 points, 06th place

  7th race: 0168 points , 18th place

do gymnastics

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Individual all-around

rank	Surname	Points (place) per discipline						points total
		ground	Leap	Ingots	Horizontal bar	Rings	horse
3	Josef Stalder	18.65 (19.)	18.80 (13.)	19.50 ( )	19.50 ( )	19.10 (11.)	19.20 (5.)	114.75
5	Hans Eugster	17.70 (66.)	18.95 (5.)	19.65 ( )	19.15 (11.)	19.40 ( )	18.55 (25.)	113.40
8th	Jean Tschabold	18.15 (41.)	18.70 (19.)	19.30 (5.)	19.35 (6.)	18.75 (23.)	19.05 (8.)	113.30
17th	Jack Günthard	17.15 (96.)	18.30 (65.)	19.05 (13.)	19.55 ( )	18.70 (26.)	18.85 (13.)	111.60
25th	Melchior Thalmann	17.00 (103.)	18.60 (28.)	18.75 (23.)	19.25 (7.)	18.30 (53.)	18.85 (13.)	110.75
39	Ernst Gebendinger	18.05 (47.)	18.35 (54.)	18.50 (38.)	18.60 (32.)	17.70 (86.)	18.55 (25.)	109.75
52	Hans Schwarzentruber	17.40 (84.)	18.40 (44.)	18.95 (18.)	18.20 (51.)	18.45 (38.)	17.00 (88.)	108.40
55	Ernst Fivian	18.15 (41.)	18.90 (7.)	18.30 (49.)	17.45 (79.)	18.30 (53.)	16.85 (90.)	107.95

Team all-around

• Josef Stalder, Hans Eugster, Jean Tschabold, Jack Günthard, Melchior Thalmann, Ernst Gebendinger, Hans Schwarzentruber and Ernst Fivian

  567.50 points (-7.90 points), 2nd place

Diving

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Men

Jump 3 m

• Heinz Schaub

  Rank 15

  Preliminary round: 47.15 points, not qualified for the final of the eight best jumpers

  1st jump: 8.67 points

  2nd jump: 8.00 points

  3rd jump: 7.22 points

  4th jump: 6.00 points

  5th jump: 7.60 points

  6th jump: 9.66 points

Diving

• Heinz Schaub

  Rank 31st

  Preliminary round: 54.40 points, not qualified for the final of the eight best jumpers

  1st jump: 11.59 points

  2nd jump: 09.01 points

  3rd jump: 08.36 points

  4th jump: 07.28 points

  5th jump: 10.80 points

  6th jump: 07.36 points

Women

Diving

• Fernanda Martini-Pautasso

  Rank 15

  Preliminary round: 30.04 points, not qualified for the final of the eight best jumpers

  1st jump: 9.12 points

  2nd jump: 6.84 points

  3rd jump: 9.76 points

  4th jump: 4.32 points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Swiss team at www.sports-reference.com ( English ); accessed on October 24, 2017
2. ↑ swissolympic.ch: Swiss flag bearers since 1948 . Retrieved February 20, 2010.

Web links

• Swiss Olympic team 1952 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Helsinki 1952 - Official Site of the Olympic Movement