1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (Switzerland)

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The Switzerland participated in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Italian capital Rome with a delegation of 149 athletes, 147 men and two women, in part.

Medals

With three won silver and bronze medals, the team of Switzerland was ranked 24 in the medal count .

silver

Name (s)	sport	competition
Gustav Fischer	horse riding	Dressage, singles
Anton Bühler , Rudolf Günthardt , Hans Schwarzenbach	horse riding	Versatility, team
Hans Rudolf Spillmann	shoot	Free rifle

bronze

Name (s)	sport	competition
Anton Bühler	horse riding	Versatility, single
Ernst Hürlimann , Rolf Larcher	rowing	Double scull
Henri Copponex , Pierre Girard , Manfred Metzger	sailing	5.5 mR class

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Paul Chervet

  Flyweight: 9th place

• Emile Anner

  Bantamweight: 17th place

• Ernest Chervet

  Featherweight: 5th place

• Max Meier

  Welterweight: 9th place

• Hans Büchi

  Middleweight: 5th place

• Max Bösiger

  Heavyweight: 9th place

fencing

• Jean Cerrottini

  Foil, singles: 2nd round

• Michel Steininger

  Foil, singles: preliminary round

  Epee, singles: preliminary round

  Epee, team: 5th place

• Claudio Polledri

  Foil, singles: preliminary round

  Epee, singles: preliminary round

  Epee, team: 5th place

• Jules Amez-Droz

  Epee, singles: 2nd round

  Epee, team: 5th place

• Hans Bässler

  Epee, team: 5th place

• Paul Meister

  Epee, team: 5th place

• Charles Ribordy

  Epee, team: 5th place

Weightlifting

• Hans Koehler

  Lightweight: 21st place

• Georges Freiburghaus

  Middleweight: 18th place

• Roland Fidel

  Light heavyweight: 19th place

hockey

• Men's team

  15th place

• Squad

  Albert Piaget

  Georges Mathys

  Gilbert Recordon

  Hans Straub

  Heinz Wirz

  Jean Giubbini

  Jean Glarner

  Kurt Locher

  Kurt von Arx

  René Widmer

  Roger Zanetti

  Roland Zaninetti

  Walther Arber

  Walther Wirz

  Werner Hausmann

  Werner Schmid

canoe

• Roland Huber

  Single kayak, 1000 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 500 meters: quarter-finals

• Hans Straub

  Two-person kayak, 1000 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 500 meters: quarter-finals

• Robert Zika

  Two-person kayak, 1000 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 500 meters: quarter-finals

• Werner Weber

  4 × 500 meters: quarter-finals

athletics

• Heinz Müller

  100 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 100 meters: semi-finals

• Sebald Schnellmann

  200 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 100 meters: semi-finals

• Peter Laeng

  200 meters: heats

  4 × 100 meters: semi-finals

• René Weber

  400 meters: heats

  4 × 400 meters: 6th place

• Christian Wägli

  800 meters: 5th place

  4 × 400 meters: 6th place

• Arthur Wittwer

  Marathon: 44th place

• Bruno Galliker

  400 meter hurdles: 6th place

• Walter Kammermann

  3000 meter obstacle: prelims

• Werner Schaufelberger

  4 × 100 meters: semi-finals

• Ernst Zaugg

  4 × 400 meters: 6th place

• Hansruedi's brother

  4 × 400 meters: 6th place

• Louis Marquis

  20 kilometers of walking: 17th place

  50 kilometers of walking: 22nd place

• Gabriel Reymond

  20 kilometers of walking: ??

• Alfred Leiser

  50 kilometers of walking: 25th place

• René Charrière

  50 kilometers of walking: 27th place

• René Maurer

  High jump: 19th place in qualification

• Gérard Barras

  Pole vault: 23rd place in qualification

• Gustav Schlosser

  Long jump: 21st place in qualification

• Hansruedi Jost

  Hammer throw: 22nd place in qualification

• Urs von Wartburg

  Javelin throw: 19th place in qualification

• Fritz Vogelsang

  Decathlon: 11th place

Modern pentathlon

• Erhard Minder

  Individual: 19th place

  Team: 11th place

• Werner Vetterli

  Singles: 33rd place

  Team: 11th place

• Rolf Weber

  Individual: 49th place

  Team: 11th place

Cycling

• Erwin Jaisli

  Road race, individual: 12th place

  Team time trial: 9th place

• Emil Beeler

  Road race, individual: 32nd place

• Max changer

  Road race, individual: 65th place

• Hubert Bächli

  Road race, individual: 72nd place

  Team time trial: 9th place

• Roland Zoeffel

  Team time trial: 9th place

• René Rutschmann

  Team time trial: 9th place

• Kurt Rechsteiner

  Sprint: 6th lap

• Josef Helbling

  Individual time trial: 8th place

• Peter Vogel

  Tandem, sprint: 2nd round

• Peter Hirzel

  Tandem, sprint: 2nd round

• Walter Signer

  Team time trial: heats

• Werner Weckert

  Team time trial: heats

• Hans Heinemann

  Team time trial: heats

• Egon Scheiwiller

  Team time trial: heats

horse riding

• Anton Bühler

  Versatility, singles: bronze

  Versatility, team: silver

• Hans Schwarzenbach

  Versatility, singles: 13th place

  Versatility, team: silver

• Rudolf Günthardt

  Versatility, singles: 20th place

  Versatility, team: silver

• Rolf Ruff

  Versatility, single: ??

  Versatility, team: silver

• Gustav Fischer

  Dressage, individual: silver

• Henri Chammartin

  Dressage, individual: 8th place

• Hans Möhr

  Show jumping, singles: 22nd place

• Paul Weier

  Show jumping, singles: ??

Wrestling

• Franz Burkhard

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 12th place

• Richard Debrunner

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 17th place

• Joseph Schmid

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 19th place

• Hans-Jörg Hirschbühl

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 8th place

• Charles Berthoud

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 15th place

• Kurt Rusterholz

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 12th place

• Paul Hänni)

  Bantamweight, freestyle: 16th place

• Ernst Meinhard

  Featherweight, freestyle: 23rd place

• Karl Bruggmann

  Welterweight, freestyle: 9th place

• Henri Mottier

  Middleweight, freestyle: 17th place

• Eugen Holzherr

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 12th place

• Max Widmer

  Heavyweight, freestyle: 15th place

rowing

• Hugo Waser

  Skiff: semifinals

• Ernst Hürlimann

  Double scull: bronze

• Rolf Larcher

  Double scull: bronze

• Walter Knabenhans

  Two without a helmsman: semi-finals

• Heinrich Scherer

  Two without a helmsman: semi-finals

• Paul Kölliker

  Four without a helmsman: 6th place

• Göpf Kottmann

  Four without a helmsman: 6th place

• Kurt Schmid

  Four without a helmsman: 6th place

• Rolf Streuli

  Four without a helmsman: 6th place

• Enrico Bianchi

  Eighth: semi-finals

• Émile Ess

  Eighth: semi-finals

• Hugo Göggel

  Eighth: semi-finals

• Hans Graber

  Eighth: semi-finals

• Werner Koelliker

  Eighth: semi-finals

• Walter Osterwalder

  Eighth: semi-finals

• Gottfried Schär

  Eighth: semi-finals

• Hansrüdi Scheller

  Eighth: semi-finals

• Werner Ehrensperger

  Eighth: semi-finals

shoot

• Hansrüdi Schneider

  Rapid fire pistol: 4th place

• Hans Albrecht

  Rapid Fire Pistol: 37th place

• Albert Spani

  Free target pistol: 6th place

• Frédéric Michel

  Free target pistol: 19th place

• Hans Rudolf Spillmann

  Free rifle: silver

  Small caliber, lying: 32nd place

• August Hollenstein

  Free rifle: 11th place

• Kurt Mueller

  Small caliber, three-position battle: 17th place

• Hans Schönenberger

  Small caliber, three-position battle: 22nd place

  Small caliber, lying: 49th place

• Pierre-André Flückiger

  Trap: 27th place

• Louis von Sonnenberg

  Trap: ??

swim

• Peter Bärtschi

  100 meters freestyle: prelims

  4 × 200 meters: prelims

• Karl Fridlin

  400 meters freestyle: prelims

  4 × 200 meters: prelims

• Hans-Ulrich Dürst

  400 meters freestyle: prelims

  1500 meters: heats

  4 × 200 meters: prelims

• Rainer Goltzsche

  1500 meters: heats

  4 × 200 meters: prelims

• Rolf Burggraf

  100 meters back: heats

• Nicolas Wildhaber

  200 meters chest: heats

• Werner Risi

  200 meters chest: heats

• Doris Gontersweiler-Vetterli

  Women, 100 meters back: heats

• Maya hunger pods

  Women, 200 meters chest: prelims

sailing

• Louis Schiess

  Finn dinghy: 26th place

• Hans Bryner

  Star: 5th place

• Urs-Ulrich Bucher

  Star: 5th place

• Robert Thorens

  Dragons: 21st place

• Pierre Camoletti

  Dragons: 21st place

• Gilbert Casalecchi

  Dragons: 21st place

• Pierre Siegenthaler

  Flying Dutchman: 9th place

• Michel Buzzi

  Flying Dutchman: 9th place

• Henri Copponex

  5.5 mR class: bronze

• Pierre Girard

  5.5 mR class: bronze

• Manfred Metzger

  5.5 mR class: bronze

do gymnastics

• Ernst Fivian

  Individual all-around: 21st place

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 13th place in qualification

  Floor: 7th place in qualification

  Horse jump: 20th place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 42nd place in qualification

  Rings: 73rd place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 51st place in qualification

• Max Benker

  Individual all-around: 37th place

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 14th place in qualification

  Floor: 68th place in qualification

  Horse jump: 28th place in the qualification

  Horizontal bar: 46th place in qualification

  Rings: 71st place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 48th place in qualification

• Fritz Feuz

  Individual all-around: 40th place

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 8th place in qualification

  Floor: 52nd place in qualification

  Horse jump: 43rd place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 87th place in qualification

  Rings: 59th place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 26th place in qualification

• André Brüllmann

  Individual all-around: 47th place

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 17th place in qualification

  Floor: 71st place in qualification

  Horse jump: 69th place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 42nd place in qualification

  Rings: 73rd place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 54th place in qualification

• Hans Schwarzentruber

  Individual all-around: 47th place

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 31st place in qualification

  Floor: 46th place in qualification

  Horse jump: 46th place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 81st place in qualification

  Rings: 43rd place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 59th place in qualification

• Edy Thomi

  Individual all-around: 63rd place

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 31st place in qualification

  Floor: 52nd place in qualification

  Horse jump: 81st place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 42nd place in qualification

  Rings: 105th place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 30th place in qualification

Diving

• Hans Klug

  Art jumping: 31st place

Web links

• Swiss Olympic team from 1960 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )