Swiss University Championships 1916

2nd Swiss University Championships
city	Bern
Stadion	Threshold mätteli
Competitions	21st
opening	July 8, 1916
Final day	July 9, 1916
timeline
← Bern 1914	Zurich 1918 →

Medal table (final score after 21 decisions)
Pl.	University	G	S.	B.	Su.
1	University of Bern	15th	min. 8th	min. 1	min. 24
1	ETH Zurich	6th	min. 3	?	min. 9

The 2nd Swiss University Championships (then Ⅱ. Academic Olympics) took place from July 8th to 9th, 1916 in Bern . They were part of the Swiss National Exhibition in 1914 . Only ETH Zurich and the University of Bern took part in this event .

Results

athletics

Olympic decathlon

space	athlete	University	Points
1	Hans Geiser	University of Bern	102.48

Olympic pentathlon

space	athlete	University	Points
1	Hans Geiser	University of Bern	73.91
2	C. Mosca	unknown	69.10

Olympic four-way fight

space	athlete	University	Points
1	Jakob Berger	University of Bern	50.3 ISB / 54.3 NZZ
2	C. Roner	unknown

100 meters

space	athlete	University	Time (s)
1	Walter Gerber	ETH Zurich	12.2
2	Gottl. Bigler	unknown	12.2

400 meters

space	athlete	University	Time (s)
1	Walter Gerber	ETH Zurich	57 SHR SHMR
2	Louis Chavanne	ETH Zurich	58 (source 28 sec.)

800 meters

space	athlete	University	Time (min)
1	Kurt Decker	ETH Zurich	2: 20.48 ISB / 2: 20.8 NZZ
2	Moritz Zeller	University of Bern

1500 meters

space	athlete	University	Time (min)
1	Louis Chavanne	ETH Zurich	4: 53.25
2	Moritz Zeller	University of Bern

5000 meters

space	athlete	University	Time (min)
1	Kurt Decker	ETH Zurich	19: 08.15 ISB / 19: 28.2 NZZ
2	Max Travels	University of Bern

4 × 100 m relay

space	team	University	Time (s)
1	1st team of the Swiss Confederation. technical college	ETH Zurich	49.2 SHR SHMR
2	2nd team from the University of Bern	University of Bern	50.6

3000 meters of walking

space	athlete	University	Time (min)
1	Max Rathgeb	University of Bern	17: 31.4
2	Franz Moser	University of Bern

Long jump with a run-up

space	athlete	University	Width (m)
1	Hans Geiser	University of Bern	6.13 SHR SHMR
2	Rudolf Dellsperger	University of Bern	5.92

Triple jump with a run-up

space	athlete	University	Width (m)
1	Thodor Lukač	University of Bern	11.39 SHR SHMR
2	Göldi	ETH Zurich	10.86

High jump with a run-up

space	athlete	University	Height (m)
1	Rudolf Dellsperger	University of Bern	1.65 SHR SHMR
2	Ruchti	University of Bern	1.45

High jump without running

space	athlete	University	Height (m)
1	Lorenz Barolini	University of Bern	1.27 SHR SHMR

Sling ball

space	athlete	University	Width (m)
1	Hans Geiser	University of Bern	42.15 SHR SHMR
2	Bigler	unknown	42.15

Shot put, 7¼ kilograms

space	athlete	University	Width (m)
1	Jakob Berger	University of Bern	9.90 SHR SHMR

Throwing balls

space	athlete	University	Width (m)
1	Jakob Berger	University of Bern	13.37 ISB / 13.30 NZZ
2	Mathys	University of Bern	13.07

Discus throw

space	athlete	University	Width (m)
1	Hans Geiser	University of Bern	80.70 SHR SHMR

Javelin

space	athlete	University	Width (m)
1	Jakob Berger	University of Bern	37.27

Throwing hand grenades

space	athlete	University	Width (m)
1	Jakob Berger	University of Bern	37.50 SHR SHMR

Games

Fistball game

space	athlete	University	Points
1	2nd team of the gymnastic society Bern	University of Bern	4th
2	1st team of the gymnastic society Zurich	ETH Zurich	1
3	1st team of the gymnastic society Bern	University of Bern	1

Bern against ETH 8: 2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ⅱ. Academic Olympics. In: Intelligence Journal for the City of Bern . July 12, 1916, p. 4 , accessed November 30, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Switzerland. Akad. Olympia. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Aktiengesellschaft für die Neue Zürcher Zeitung, July 11, 1916, p. F2 , accessed on November 30, 2019 (not freely accessible).