Switzerland at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Switzerland at the Olympic Games

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At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 11		 Gold
2		 Silver
6		 Bronze
6		 Total
14
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Switzerland competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • Fritz Schwab — Athletics, Men's 10km Walk
  • Henri Chammartin, Gustav Fischer, and Gottfried Trachsel — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition
  • Josef Stalder — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
  • Hans Eugster, Ernst Fivian, Ernst Gebendinger, Jack Günthard, Hans Schwarzentruber, Josef Stalder, Melchior Thalmann, and Jean Tschabold — Gymnastics, Men's Combined Exercises
  • Enrico Bianchi, Emile Ess, Walter Leiser, Heinrich Scheller, and Karl Weidmann — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
  • Robert Bürchler — Shooting, Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Oswald Zappelli — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Competition
  • Paul Barth, Willy Fitting, Paul Meister, Otto Rüfenacht, Mario Valota, and Oswald Zappelli — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition
  • Josef Stalder — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
  • Josef Stalder — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
  • Hans Eugster — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
  • Hans Kalt and Kurt Schmid — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Qualification Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Bulgaria (58-69)
  • Lost to Belgium (49-59) → did not advance

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

  • Rolf Graf — 5:12:45.3 (→ 17th place)
  • Fausto Lurati — 5:24:58.0 (→ 50th place)
  • Kobi Scherer — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Fredy Arber
  • Final — 1:15.4 (→ 15th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

  • Fritz Siegenthaler — 16th place

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

  • Hans Pfenninger, Heinrich Müller, Max Wirth, and Oscar von Büren
  • Eliminated in quarterfinals (→ 8th place)

[edit] Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Heinz Schaub
  • Preliminary Round — 47.15 points (→ 35th place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Fernanda Martini-Pautasso
  • Preliminary Round — 30.04 points (→ 15th place)



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