Olympic Summer Games 1972 / Participant (Switzerland)

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The Switzerland participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 151 athletes (122 men and 29 women) part. At the opening ceremony, the athlete Urs von Wartburg carried the Swiss flag; at the closing ceremony, his colleague Meta Antenen played this role.

Medalist

silver

Name (s)	sport	competition
Guy Evéquoz , Daniel Giger , Peter Lötscher , Christian Kauter , François Suchanecki	fencing	Sword, team
Xaver Kurmann	Cycling	One's pursuit
Heinrich Fischer , Alfred Bachmann	rowing	Two without a helmsman

Participants by sport

Archery

• Lucien Trepper

  Singles: 10th place

• Jakob Wolfensberger

  Individual: 22nd place

• Jean-Pierre Héritier

  Singles: 47th place

• Sally Svendelin

  Women, singles: 33rd place

Boxing

• Rudolf Vogel

  Featherweight: 17th place

• Karl Gschwind

  Welterweight: 17th place

• Anton Schär

  Light heavyweight: 17th place

fencing

• Daniel Giger

  Epee, singles: semi-finals

  Epee, team: silver

• Peter Loetscher

  Epee, singles: quarter-finals

  Epee, team: silver

• Christian Kauter

  Epee, singles: preliminary round

  Epee, team: silver

• Guy Evéquoz

  Epee, team: silver

• François Suchanecki

  Epee, team: silver

• Sandor Gombay

  Saber, singles: 2nd round

  Saber, team: preliminary round

• Janos Mohoss

  Saber, singles: preliminary round

  Saber, team: preliminary round

• Istvan Kulcsar

  Saber, singles: preliminary round

  Saber, team: preliminary round

• Alain Barudoni

  Saber, team: preliminary round

• Toni Reber

  Saber, team: preliminary round

• Fabienne Regamey

  Women, swords, singles: preliminary round

• Madeleine Heitz

  Women, swords, singles: preliminary round

Weightlifting

• Walter Hauser

  Lightweight: 82.5 kg BW: 81.95 kg, Press: 147.5 kg, Snatch: 127.5x / 127.5x /127.5x, Jerk: 0

Judo

• Marcel Burkhard

  Lightweight: 13th place

• Reto Zinsli

  Light middleweight: 7th place

• Philippe Aubert

  Middleweight: 13th place

• Frédéric Kyburz

  Light heavyweight: 9th place

• Pierre Paris

  Heavyweight: 11th place

• Ueli Falk

  Open class: 19th place

canoe

• Edi Heiz

  Single kayak, slalom: 13th place

• Peter Bani

  Single kayak, slalom: 27th place

• Hanspeter Hasler

  Single kayak, slalom: 33rd place

• Edy Paul

  Single Canadier, Slalom: 22nd place

• Danielle Kamber

  Women, single kayak, slalom: 12th place

• Elisabeth cheese maker

  Women, single kayak, slalom: 20th place

athletics

• Philippe Clerc

  100 meters: quarter-finals

  200 meters: quarter-finals

• Rolf Gysin

  800 meters: semi-finals

• Werner Meier

  1500 meters: heats

• Fritz Rüegsegger

  5000 meters: heats

• Werner Doessegger

  10,000 meters: heats

• Albrecht Moser

  10,000 meters: heats

• Alfons Sidler

  Marathon: 44th place

• Beat Pfister

  110 meter hurdles: prelims

• Hansjörg Wirz

  400 meter hurdles: prelims

• Toni Feldmann

  3000 meter obstacle: prelims

• Hans Menet

  3000 meter obstacle: prelims

• Georges Kaiser

  3000 meter obstacle: prelims

• Alfred Badel

  50 kilometers of walking: race not finished

• Michel Patry

  High jump: 30th place in qualification

• Rolf Bernhard

  Long jump: 16th place in qualification

• Linus Rebmann

  Long jump: 32nd place in qualification

• Urs von Wartburg

  Javelin throw: 15th place in qualification

• Heinz Born

  Decathlon: 19th place

• Ruedi Mangisch

  Decathlon: DNF

• Vreni Leiser

  Women, 400 meters: heats

• Elisabeth Neuenschwander

  Women, 800 meters: heats

• Margrit Hess

  Women, 1500 meters: heats

• Marijke Moser

  Women, 1500 meters: heats

• Meta antennas

  Women, 100 meter hurdles: semi-finals

  Women, long jump: 6th place

• Beatrix calculator

  Women, high jump: 28th place in qualification

• Doris Bisang

  Women, high jump: 33rd place in qualification

• Sieglinde Ammann

  Women, long jump: 17th place in qualification

• Kathrin Lardi

  Women, pentathlon: 26th place

Modern pentathlon

• Urs Hugi

  Singles: 28th place

  Team: 15th place

• Hans Müller

  Singles: 45th place

  Team: 15th place

• Beat Ganz

  Singles: 51st place

  Team: 15th place

Cycling

• Bruno Hubschmid

  Road race, individual: 19th place

  Team time trial: 8th place

• Ivan Schmid

  Road race, individual: 20th place

• Ueli Sutter

  Road race, individual: 24th place

  Team time trial: 8th place

• Hugo Schär

  Road race, individual: Race not finished

• Gilbert Bischoff

  Team time trial: 8th place

• Roland Schär

  Team time trial: 8th place

• Christian Brunner

  Individual time trial: 7th place

  Team pursuit: 5th place

• Xaver Kurmann

  Single tracking: silver

  Team pursuit: 5th place

• Martin Steger

  Team pursuit: 5th place

• René Savary

  Team pursuit: 5th place

horse riding

• Christine Stückelberger

  Dressage, individual: 15th place

  Dressage, team: 7th place

• Hermann Dür

  Dressage, individual: 21st place

  Dressage, team: 7th place

• Marita Aeschbacher

  Dressage, individual: 28th place

  Dressage, team: 7th place

• Paul Weier

  Show jumping, singles: 22nd place

  Show jumping, team: 5th place

• Max Hauri

  Show jumping, singles: 30th place

  Show jumping, team: 5th place

  Versatility, individual: eliminated

  Versatility, team: 6th place

• Kurt Maeder

  Show jumping, singles: 47th place

• Monica Bachmann-Weier

  Show jumping, team: 5th place

• Hermann von Siebenthal

  Show jumping, team: 5th place

• Paul Hürlimann

  Versatility, singles: 14th place

  Versatility, team: 6th place

• Anton Bühler

  Versatility, singles: 15th place

  Versatility, team: 6th place

• Alfred Schwarzenbach

  Versatility, singles: 33rd place

  Versatility, team: 6th place

Wrestling

• Jakob Tanner

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Featherweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Heinz Rhyn

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Robert Blaser

  Welterweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Welterweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 4th round

• Jimmy Martinetti

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Middleweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 4th round

• Jean-Marie Chardonnens

  Light heavyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Ruedi Lüscher

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• André Chardonnens

  Lightweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Étienne Martinetti

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Bruno Jutzeler

  Heavyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

rowing

• Melchior surety

  One: 6th place

• Hans Ruckstuhl

  Double scull: 8th place

• Ueli Isler

  Double scull: 8th place

• Heinrich Fischer

  Two without a helmsman: silver

• Fredy Bachmann

  Two without a helmsman: silver

• René Furler

  Two with helmsman: 12th place

• Nicolas Lindecker

  Two with helmsman: 12th place

• Stefan Hablützel

  Two with helmsman: 12th place

• Hans-Jörg Bendiner

  Four without a helmsman: 11th place

• Walter Steiner

  Four without a helmsman: 11th place

• Thomas Macher

  Four without a helmsman: 11th place

• Kurt Baumann

  Four without a helmsman: 11th place

• Hanspeter Lüthi

  Four with helmsman: 8th place

• Urs Fankhauser

  Four with helmsman: 8th place

• Franz Rentsch

  Four with helmsman: 8th place

• Denis Oswald

  Four with helmsman: 8th place

• Rolf Stadelmann

  Four with helmsman: 8th place

shoot

• Paul Buser

  Rapid fire pistol: 4th place

• Kurt Rey

  Rapid fire pistol: 60th place

• Martin Truttmann

  Free rifle: 10th place

  Small bore, three-position fight: 45th place

• Andreas Beyeler

  Free rifle: 22nd place

• Erwin Vogt

  Small caliber, three-position fight: 15th place

  Small bore, lying: 62nd place

• Theo Ditzler

  Small bore, lying: 63rd place

• Paul Vittet

  Trap: 31st place

• Vincenzo Lucchini

  Trap: 37th place

swim

• Hans Peter Würmli

  100 meters freestyle: prelims

  200 meters freestyle: prelims

• Alain Charmey

  400 meters freestyle: prelims

• Christoph Kreienbühl

  1500 meters freestyle: prelims

• Jean-Pierre Dubey

  100 meter chest: heats

  200 meters chest: heats

• Françoise Monod

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

• Margrit Thomet

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: semi-finals

  Women, 200 meters butterfly: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

• Irène Debrunner

  Women, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims

• Christiane Flamand

  Women, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims

• Susanne Niesner

  Women, 100 meters back: heats

  Women, 200 meters back: heats

  Women, 200 meter medley: prelims

  Women, 400 meter medley: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

• Erika Rüegg

  Women, 100 breasts: semi-finals

  Women, 200 breasts: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

sailing

• Walter Bachmann

  Finn dinghy: 17th place

• Peter Frey

  Tempest: 13th place

• Urs Kohler

  Tempest: 13th place

• Edwin Bernet

  Tempest: 14th place

• Rolf Amrein

  Tempest: 14th place

• Hans Gut

  Dragons: 20th place

• Peter Gerber

  Dragons: 20th place

• Ronni Pieper

  Dragons: 20th place

• Jean Degaudenzi

  Flying Dutchman: 20th place

• Luc Argand

  Flying Dutchman: 20th place

do gymnastics

• Peter Rohner

  Individual all-around: 23rd place

  Team all-around competition: 11th place

  Bars: 17th place in qualification

  Floor: 38th place in qualification

  Horse jump: 6th place

  Horizontal bar: 32nd place in qualification

  Rings: 31st place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 45th place in qualification

• Robert Bretscher

  Individual all-around: 43rd place in qualification

  Team all-around competition: 11th place

  Bars: 47th place in qualification

  Floor: 55th place in qualification

  Horse jump: 16th place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 21st place in qualification

  Rings: 94th place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 41st place in qualification

• Edwin Greutmann

  Individual all-around: 55th place in qualification

  Team all-around competition: 11th place

  Bars: 42nd place in qualification

  Floor: 60th place in qualification

  Horse jump: 76th place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 45th place in qualification

  Rings: 54th place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 71st place in qualification

• Max Brühwiler

  Individual all-around: 59th place in qualification

  Team all-around competition: 11th place

  Bars: 27th place in qualification

  Floor: 90th place in qualification

  Horse jump: 93rd place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 75th place in qualification

  Rings: 58th place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 29th place in qualification

• Philippe Gaille

  Individual all-around: 66th place in qualification

  Team all-around competition: 11th place

  Bars: 101st place in qualification

  Floor: 74th place in qualification

  Horse jump: 38th place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 50th place in qualification

  Rings: 49th place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 64th place in qualification

• Hans Ettlin

  Individual all-around: 113th place in qualification

  Team all-around competition: 11th place

  Floor: 113th place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 111th place in qualification

• Käthi Fritschi

  Women, individual all-around: 26th place

  Women, team all-around competition: 13th place

  Women, floor: 47th place in qualification

  Women, horse jump: 28th place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 30th place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 41st place in qualification

• Patrizia Bazzi

  Women, individual all-around: 42nd place in qualification

  Women, team all-around competition: 13th place

  Women, floor: 47th place in qualification

  Women, horse jump: 44th place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 54th place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 31st place in qualification

• Judith Steiger

  Women, individual all-around: 90th place in qualification

  Women, team all-around competition: 13th place

  Women, floor: 74th place in qualification

  Women, horse vault: 112th place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 105th place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 54th place in qualification

• Liselotte Marti

  Women, individual all-around: 91st place in qualification

  Women, team all-around competition: 13th place

  Women, floor: 107th place in qualification

  Women, horse vault: 84th place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 50th place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 108th place in qualification

• Jacqueline Sievert

  Women, individual all-around: 95th place in qualification

  Women, team all-around competition: 13th place

  Women, floor: 87th place in qualification

  Women, horse jump: 95th place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 100th place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 92nd place in qualification

• Christine Steger

  Women, individual all-around: 110th place in the qualification

  Women, team all-around competition: 13th place

  Women, floor: 90th place in qualification

  Women, horse jump: 102nd place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 103rd place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 116th place in qualification

Diving

• Sandro Rossi

  High diving: 35th place in qualification

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Swiss standard bearer at the Olympic Games from 1948 to 2008

Web links

• Swiss Olympic team from 1972 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )