Olympic Summer Games 1968 / Participant (Switzerland)
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The Switzerland participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , Mexico , with a delegation of 85 athletes (81 men and four women) part.
Medalist
silver
Name (s) | sport | competition |
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Bernard Dunand , Louis Noverraz , Marcel Stern | sailing | 5.5 mR class |
bronze
Participants by sport
Boxing
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Max Hebeisen
- Welterweight: 9th place
fencing
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Denys chamay
- Epee, team: 1st round
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Peter Loetscher
- Epee, singles: 7th place
- Epee, team: 1st round
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Christian Kauter
- Epee, team: 1st round
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Alexandre Bretholz
- Epee, singles: 25th place
- Epee, team: 1st round
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Michel Steininger
- Epee, singles: 25th place
- Epee, team: 1st round
athletics
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Hansruedi Wiedmer
- 100 meters: heats
- 200 meters: quarter-finals
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Hansrüedi Knill
- 1500 meters: semi-finals
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Werner Schneiter
- 5000 meters: heats
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Josef Gwerder
- Marathon: 32nd place
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Helmut Kunisch
- Marathon: 44th place
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Edgar Friedli
- Marathon: race not finished
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Daniel Riedo
- 110 meter hurdles: semi-finals
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Hans Menet
- 3000 meter obstacle: prelims
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René Pfister
- 20 kilometers of walking: 23rd place
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Erwin Stütz
- 50 kilometers of walking: 20th place
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Michel Portmann
- High jump: 28th place in qualification
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Thomas Wieser
- High jump: 31st place in qualification
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Heinz Wyss
- Pole vault: 22nd place in qualification
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Edy Hubacher
- Shot put: 15th place in qualification
- Discus throw: 25th place in qualification
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Ernst Ammann
- Hammer throw: 19th place in qualification
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Urs von Wartburg
- Javelin throw: 8th place
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Rolf Bühler
- Javelin throw: 27th place in qualification
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Urs Trautmann
- Decathlon: 18th place
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Hansruedi Kunz
- Decathlon: competition not finished
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Werner Duttweiler
- Decathlon: competition not finished
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Meta antennas
- Women, 80 meter hurdles: prelims
- Women, pentathlon: 8th place
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Sieglinde Ammann
- Women, long jump: Eliminated in qualification
- Women, pentathlon: 23rd place
Modern pentathlon
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Alex Tschui
- Singles: 26th place
Cycling
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Bruno Hubschmid
- Road race, individual: Race not finished
- Team Pursuit: Prelims
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Walter Richard
- Team Pursuit: Prelims
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Jürgen Schneider
- Team Pursuit: Prelims
horse riding
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Monica Bachmann-Weier
- Show jumping, singles: 7th place
- Show jumping, team: 6th place
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Arthur Blickenstorfer
- Show jumping, singles: 13th place
- Show jumping, team: 6th place
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Paul Weier
- Show jumping, singles: 21st place
- Show jumping, team: 6th place
Wrestling
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Jimmy Martinetti
- Welterweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round
- Welterweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Jean-Marie Chardonnens
- Middleweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round
- Middleweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Peter Jutzeler
- Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place
- Light heavyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round
rowing
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Hans Ruckstuhl
- One: DNS in the second round
- Double scull: 11th place
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Melchior surety
- Double scull: 11th place
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Martin Studach
- Double scull: 11th place
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Fred Rüssli
- Two without a helmsman: 5th place
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Werner Zwimpfer
- Two without a helmsman: 5th place
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Urs Fankhauser
- Two with a helmsman: 7th place
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Urs Bitterli
- Two with a helmsman: 7th place
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Beat Wirz
- Two with a helmsman: 7th place
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Roland Altenburger
- Four without a helmsman: 4th place
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Nicolas Gobet
- Four without a helmsman: 4th place
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Franz Rentsch
- Four without a helmsman: 4th place
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Alfred Meister
- Four without a helmsman: 4th place
shoot
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Kurt Klingler
- Rapid Fire Pistol: 40th place
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Josef Ziltener
- Rapid Fire Pistol: 42nd place
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Ernst Stoll
- Free pistol: 12th place
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Albert Spani
- Free pistol: 23rd place
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Erwin Vogt
- Free rifle: 5th place
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Peter Ruch
- Small caliber, three-position fight: 30th place
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Hansrüdi Schafroth
- Small caliber, lying: 23rd place
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Hans Sinniger
- Small bore, lying: 58th place
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Paul Vittet
- Skeet: 32nd place
swim
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Pano Capéronis
- 100 meters freestyle: prelims
- 200 meters freestyle: prelims
- 400 meters freestyle: prelims
- 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs
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Gerald Evard
- 100 meters back: heats
- 200 meters back: heats
- 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs
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Nicolas Gilliard
- 100 meter chest: heats
- 200 meters chest: heats
- 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs
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Ayis Capéronis
- 100 meter butterfly: prelims
- 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs
sailing
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Alex Bally
- Finn dinghy: 16th place
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Edwin Bernet
- Star: 8th place
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Rolf Amrein
- Star: 8th place
do gymnastics
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Meinrad Berchtold
- Individual all-around: 25th place
- Team all-around: 9th place
- Bars: 23rd place in qualification
- Floor: 57th place in qualification
- Horse jump: 18th place in qualification
- Horizontal bar: 29th place in qualification
- Rings: 38th place in qualification
- Pommel horse: 36th place in qualification
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Hans Ettlin
- Individual all-around: 29th place
- Team all-around: 9th place
- Bars: 15th place in qualification
- Floor: 71st place in qualification
- Horse jump: 37th place in qualification
- Horizontal bar: 23rd place in qualification
- Rings: 20th place in qualification
- Pommel horse: 65th place in qualification
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Peter Rohner
- Individual all-around: 31st place
- Team all-around: 9th place
- Bars: 35th place in qualification
- Floor: 37th place in qualification
- Horse jump: 63rd place in qualification
- Horizontal bar: 38th place in qualification
- Rings: 54th place in qualification
- Pommel horse: 26th place in qualification
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Roland Hurzeler
- Individual all-around: 49th place
- Team all-around: 9th place
- Bars: 12th place in qualification
- Floor: 69th place in qualification
- Horse jump: 75th place in qualification
- Horizontal bar: 74th place in qualification
- Rings: 68th place in qualification
- Pommel horse: 29th place in qualification
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Paul Muller
- Individual all-around: 59th place
- Team all-around: 9th place
- Bars: 45th place in qualification
- Floor: 79th place in qualification
- Horse jump: 96th place in qualification
- Horizontal bar: 75th place in qualification
- Rings: 54th place in qualification
- Pommel horse: 22nd place in qualification
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Edwin Greutmann
- Individual all-around: 70th place
- Team all-around: 9th place
- Bars: 57th place in qualification
- Floor: 69th place in qualification
- Horse jump: 87th place in qualification
- Horizontal bar: 65th place in qualification
- Rings: 67th place in qualification
- Pommel horse: 76th place in qualification
Web links
- Swiss Olympic team from 1968 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )