Switzerland at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Switzerland at the Olympic Games

Flag of Switzerland
IOC code: SUI
NOC: Swiss Olympic Association
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2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Flag bearer Roger Federer
Medals
Rank: 46		 Gold
1		 Silver
1		 Bronze
3		 Total
5
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Switzerland competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

[edit] Silver

  • Franco Marvulli and Bruno Risi — Cycling, Men's Madison

[edit] Bronze

  • Karin Thürig — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Time Trial
  • Patrick Heuscher and Stefan Kobel — Volleyball, Men's Beach Volleyball Competition

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 400 metre Hurdles:

Men's 800 metres:

Women's 800 metres:

  • Anita Bragger – Round 1: 2:04.00

Men's 5000 metres:

Men's Marathon:

Women's Marathon:

  • Marie Polli – 1:37:53 (39th place)

Women's High Jump:

  • Corinne Muller – Round 1: 1.89 metres

Women's Pole Vault:

  • Nadine Rohr – Round 1: 4.15 metres

Men's Hammer Throw:

  • Patric Suter – Round 1, 73.54 metres (did not advance)

[edit] Canoeing

Men's K1 500 metres:

  • Simon Faeh – semifinal, 15th place

Men's K1 1000 metres:

  • Simon Faeh – semifinal, 17th place

Men's C1 slalom:

  • Ronnie Duerrenmatt – semifinal, 11th place

Men's K1 slalom:

  • Michael Kurt – semifinal, 20th place

Women's K1 slalom:

  • Nagwa el Desouki – final, 6th place

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road cycling

Men's Individual Road Race:

  • Markus Zberg – 12th place, 5:41:56
  • Martin Elmiger – 29th place, 5:41:56
  • Fabian Cancellara – did not finish
  • Gregory Rast – did not finish
  • Rubens Bertogliati – did not finish

Women's Individual Road Race:

  • Priska Doppmann – 18th place, 3:25:42
  • Barbara Heeb – 28th place, 3:25:42
  • Nicole Brandli – 38th place, 3:28:39

Men's Time Trial:

  • Fabian Cancellara – 10th place, 59:42.38
  • Rubens Bertogliati – 26th place, 1:02:16.56

Women's Time Trial:

  • Karin Thürig – Bronze Medal, 31:54.89
  • Priska Doppmann – 9th place, 32:40.47

[edit] Track cycling

Women's Individual Pursuit:

  • Karin Thürig – first round, 5th place

Men's Madison:

  • Franco Marvulli and Bruno Risi – Silver Medal, 15 points

[edit] Mountain biking

Men's Cross Country:

Women's Cross Country:

  • Katrin Leumann – 19th place, 2:16:07
  • Barbara Blatter – did not finish

[edit] Diving

Men's 10 metre Platform:

  • Jean Romain Delaloye – preliminary, 31st place

[edit] Equestrian

Because only three horse and rider pairs from a single nation could advance to the final rounds in the individual jumping event, Steve Guerdat did not advance and received a final ranking below all those pairs that did advance despite having performed better in the qualifier rounds than many who moved on to the final.

Individual Dressage Competition:

  • Silvia Ikle riding Salieri CH – second round, 18th place
  • Christian Plaege riding Regent – first round, 30th place
  • Daniel Ramseier riding Palladio – first round, 45th place
  • Jasmien Sanche-Burger riding Mr G de Lully – withdrew

Team Dressage Competition:

  • Ikle, Plaege, Ramseier, and Sanche-Burger – 10th place, 65.653%

Individual Eventing Competition:

  • Jennifer Eicher riding Agent Mulder – third round, 33rd place
  • Marisa Cortesi riding Peppermint III – third round, 65th place

Individual Jumping Competition:

  • Christina Liebherr riding No Mercy – final round B, 14th place
  • Fabio Crotta riding Mme Pompadour M – final round A, 36th place
  • Markus Fuchs riding Tinka's Boy – final round A, 46th place
  • Steve Guerdat riding Olympic – qualifier, 52nd place (41st after round)

Team Jumping Competition:

  • Crotta, Fuchs, Guerdat, and Liebherr – final, 5th place

[edit] Fencing

Men's Épée Individual Competition:

[edit] Gymnastics

Men's Artistic Competition:

  • Andreas Schweizer – advanced in two exercises
    • Rings – 8th place
    • All-around – 24th place
  • Christoph Schaerer – did not advance in any exercise

Women's Artistic Competition:

  • Melanie Marti – did not advance in any exercise

Men's Trampoline Competition:

  • Ludovic Martin – 9th place

[edit] Judo

Men's 81 kg:

  • Sergei Aschwanden – defeated in round of 32

Women's 57 kg:

  • Lena Goeldi – defeated in quarterfinals; repechage round of 16

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Men's Competition:

  • Niklaus Bruenisholz – 14th place

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition:

  • Roger Federer – second round (lost to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic)

Men's Doubles competition:

[edit] Triathlon

Switzerland, having won gold and bronze medals in the first Olympic triathlon, returned to the second in 2004 with five triathletes. They gathered another bronze medal as well as an eighth place finish.

Women's Competition:

Men's Competition:

[edit] Volleyball

Men's Beach Competition:

  • Stefan Kobel and Patrick Heuscher – bronze medal
    • Prelims: 3-0
    • Round of 16: Won 2-0 against Miguel Maia and Joao Brenha, Portugal
    • Quarterfinal: Won 2-0 against Daxton Holdren and Stein Metzger, United States
    • Semifinal: Defeated 2-1 by Ricardo Alex Santos and Emanuel Rego, Brazil
    • Bronze medal game: Won 2-1 against Julien Prosser and Mark Williams, Australia
  • Paul Laciga and Martin Laciga
    • Prelims: 2-1
    • Round of 16: Won 2-1 against Benjamin Insfran and Henrique Araujo Marcio, Brazil
    • Quarterfinal: Defeated 2-0 by Ricardo Alex Santos and Emanuel Rego, Brazil

Women's Beach Competition:

  • Nicole Schnyder and Simone Kuhn
    • Prelims: 0-3
    • Round of 16: Did not qualify

[edit] Officials

  • President: Walter Kägi
  • Secretary General: Martin Rutishauser


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