Olympic Summer Games 2004 / Participant (Switzerland)

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The Switzerland participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Greek capital Athens with 98 athletes, 40 women and 58 men, in part.

Since 1896 , it was Switzerland's 25th participation in the Summer Olympic Games . This made Switzerland, along with Australia , Greece , France and the United Kingdom, one of the five nations that had previously participated in all the Summer Olympics.

Flag bearer

Tennis player Roger Federer wore the flag of Switzerland during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium , at the closing ceremony it was carried by Olympic fencing champion Marcel Fischer .

Medals

Each with a recovered gold and silver and three bronze medals, the Swiss team was ranked 46 in the medal count .

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Marcel Fischer	fencing	Epee single

silver

Names	sport	competition
Franco Marvulli & Bruno Risi	Cycling	Madison

bronze

Name / s	sport	competition
Patrick Heuscher & Stefan Kobel	beach volleyball	Men's tournament
Karin Thürig	Cycling	Road, individual time trial
Sven Riederer	Triathlon	singles

Participants by sport

beach volleyball

• Patrick Heuscher

  Beach volleyball, men: game for 3rd place, bronze

• Stefan Kobel

  Beach volleyball, men: game for 3rd place, bronze

• Simone Kuhn

  Beach volleyball, women: eliminated in the preliminary round, 19.

• Martin Laciga

  Beach volleyball, men: eliminated in the quarter-finals, 5.

• Paul Laciga

  Beach volleyball, men: eliminated in the quarter-finals, 5.

• Nicole Schnyder-Benoit

  Beach volleyball, women: eliminated in the preliminary round, 19.

fencing

• Marcel Fischer

  Epee, men: gold

Judo

• Sergei Aschwanden

  Light middleweight (- 81 kg), men: eliminated in the 1st round

• Lena Göldi

  Lightweight (- 57 kg), women: eliminated in the quarter-finals

canoe

• Ronnie Dürrenmatt

  Canoe slalom, C1, men: 8.

• Nagwa El Desouki

  Canoe slalom, K1, women: 6.

• Simon Fäh

  K1, 500 m, men: eliminated in the semi-finals, 15.

  K1, 1000 m, men: eliminated in the semi-finals, 17.

• Michael Kurt

  Canoe slalom, K1, men: eliminated in the semi-finals, 20.

athletics

• Christian Belz

  5000 m, men: eliminated in the run-up, 22.

• Anita Brägger

  800 m, women: eliminated in the run-up, 31.

• André Bucher

  800 m, men: eliminated in the run-up, 38.

• Cédric El-Idrissi

  400 m hurdles, men: eliminated in the run-up, 25.

• Philipp Huber

  Decathlon, men: not run

• Corinne Mueller

  High jump, women: eliminated in qualification, 23.

• Marie Polli

  20 km walking, women: 39.

• Nadine Rohr

  Pole vault, women: eliminated in qualification, 24.

• Viktor Röthlin

  Marathon, men: gave up during the race

• Patric Suter

  Hammer throw, men: eliminated in qualification, 23.

Modern pentathlon

• Niklaus Brünisholz

  Singles, men: 14.

Cycling

• Rubens Bertogliati

  Individual time trial, men: 26.

  Road races, men: race not finished

• Barbara Blatter

  Cross country, women, race not finished

• Nicole Brändli

  Road races, women: 38.

• Fabian Cancellara

  Individual time trial, men: 10.

  Road races, men: race not finished

• Priska Doppmann

  Individual time trial, women: 9.

  Street races, women: 18.

• Barbara Heeb

  Street races, women: 28.

• Petra Henzi

  Cross Country, Women: did not start

Petra Henzi was injured in a training drive and could not take part in the competition.

• Martin Elmiger

  Road race, men: 29.

• Thomas Frischknecht

  Cross Country, Men, 7.

• Katrin Leumann

  Cross Country, women, 19th

• Franco Marvulli

  Madison, men: silver (with Bruno Risi)

• Ralph Näf

  Cross Country, Men, 6.

• Karin Thürig

  Individual time trial, women: bronze

  3000 m individual pursuit, women: 5.

• Grégory Rast

  Road races, men: race not finished

• Bruno Risi

  Madison, Men: Silver (with Franco Marvulli)

• Christoph Sauser

  Cross country, men, race not finished

• Markus Zberg

  Road race, men: 12.

horse riding

• Christophe Barbeau

  Show jumping, team: substitute

• Marisa Cortesi

  Versatility, singles: 65.

• Fabio Crotta

  Show jumping, individual: 36.

  Show jumping, team: 5.

• Jennifer Eicher

  Eventing, singles: 33.

• Markus Fuchs

  Show jumping, singles: 46.

  Show jumping, team: 5.

• Steve Guerdat

  Show jumping, singles: 52.

  Show jumping, team: 5.

• Silvia Iklé

  Dressage, individual: eliminated after the Grand Prix Special, 18.

  Dressage, team: 10.

• Christina Liebherr

  Show jumping, singles: 14.

  Show jumping, team: 5.

• Christian Plage

  Dressage, individual: eliminated after the Grand Prix Special, 30.

  Dressage, team: 10.

• Daniel Ramseier

  Dressage, individual: eliminated after the Grand Prix Special, 45.

  Dressage, team: 10.

• Jasmine Sanche burger

  Dressage, individual: withdrawn

  Dressage, team: 10.

Wrestling

• Reto Bucher

  Greco-Roman, class up to 74 kg, men: fight for 3rd, 4th place.

• Rolf Scherrer

  Freestyle, class up to 96 kg, men: eliminated in the pool phase, 16.

rowing

• Olivier Gremaud

  Double foursome, men: 8.

• Carolina Lüthi

  One, women: 15.

• Reto Niedermann

  Double foursome, men: substitute

• Christian Stofer

  Double foursome, men: 8.

• Florian Stofer

  Double foursome, men: 8.

• Simon storm

  Double foursome, men: 8.

• André Vonarburg

  One, men: 8.

shoot

• Gaby Bühlmann

  Small caliber three-position fight, women: 13.

• Marcel Bürge

  Small caliber three-position fight, men: 18.

  Small caliber prone match, men: 9.

• Cornelia Froelich

  Air pistol, women: 7.

• Niki Marty

  Rapid fire pistol, men: 12.

• Monika Rieder

  Air pistol, women: 38.

swim

• Magdalena Brunner

  Synchronized swimming, duet, women: 11.

• Dominique Diezi

  50 m freestyle, women: not run

  4 × 100 m freestyle, women: eliminated in the run-up, 15.

  4 × 100 m medley, women: eliminated in the run-up, 15.

• Remo Lütolf

  100 m chest, men: eliminated in the run-up, 34.

• Dominik Meichtry

  200 m freestyle, men: eliminated in the semi-finals, 14.

• Hanna Miluska

  200 m freestyle, women: eliminated in the preliminary run, 24.

  4 × 200 m freestyle, women: eliminated in the run-up, 12.

• Karel Novy

  50 m freestyle, men: eliminated in the semi-finals, 16.

  100 m freestyle, men: eliminated in the preliminary run, 22.

• Yves Platel

  400 m medley, men: eliminated in the run-up, 24.

• Seraina checked

  4 × 100 m freestyle, women: eliminated in the run-up, 15.

• Flavia Rigamonti

  800 m freestyle, women: eliminated in the preliminary run, 13.

  4 × 200 m freestyle, women: eliminated in the run-up, 12.

• Marjorie Sagne

  4 × 100 m freestyle, women: eliminated in the run-up, 15.

• Carmela Schlegel

  4 × 100 m medley, women: eliminated in the run-up, 15.

• Belinda Schmid

  Synchronized swimming, duet, women: 11.

• Carla Stampfli

  4 × 100 m medley, women: eliminated in the run-up, 15.

• Chantal Strasser

  4 × 200 m freestyle, women: eliminated in the run-up, 12.

• Nicole Zahnd

  4 × 100 m freestyle, women: eliminated in the run-up, 15.

  4 × 200 m freestyle, women: eliminated in the run-up, 12.

  4 × 100 m medley, women: eliminated in the run-up, 15.

sailing

• Anja Käser

  Mistral, women: 14.

• Enrico De Maria

  Star, men: 4.

• Flavio Marazzi

  Star, men: 4.

• Christopher Rast

  49er: 12.

• Richard Stauffacher

  Mistral, men: 24.

• Christian Steiger

  49er: 12.

tennis

• Yves Allegro

  Doubles, men: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Myriam Casanova

  Singles, women: eliminated in the 1st round

  Doubles, women: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Roger Federer

  Singles, men: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Doubles, men: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Patty Schnyder

  Singles, women: eliminated in the 3rd round

  Doubles, women: eliminated in the 2nd round

Trampoline exercise

• Ludovic Martin

  Singles, men: eliminated after the preliminary fight, 9.

Triathlon

• Reto Hug

  Singles, men: 40.

• Olivier Marceau

  Singles, men: 8.

• Brigitte McMahon

  Singles, women: 10.

• Sven Riederer

  Singles, men: bronze

• Nicola Spirig

  Singles, women: 19.

do gymnastics

• Melanie Marti

  Singles, women: eliminated in qualification, 43.

• Christoph Schärer

  Individual, all-around, men: eliminated in qualification, 86th (gave up after three machines)

• Andreas Schweizer

  Individual, all-around, men: 24.

  Rings, men: 8.

Diving

• Jean-Romain Delaloye

  Diving, men: eliminated in qualification, 31.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ swissolympic.ch: Swiss flag bearers since 1948 . Retrieved February 20, 2010.
2. ↑ swissolympic.ch: MTB rider Petra Henzi injured  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved March 11, 2012.  

Web links

• Swiss Olympic team 2004 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )