Switzerland at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Switzerland at the Olympic Games

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At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
3		 Bronze
0		 Total
3
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Switzerland competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

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[edit] Medals

Switzerland finished in 26th position in the final medal rankings, with three silver medals.

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • Alfred Bachmann and Heinrich Fischer — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
  • Guy Evéquoz, Daniel Giger, Christian Kauter, Peter Lötscher, and François Suchanecki — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Switzerland entered three men but only one woman. Their highest placing competitor was Lucien Trepper, at 10th place in the men's competition.

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Lucien Trepper – 2409 points (→ 10th place)
  • Jakob Wolfensberger – 2367 points (→ 22nd place)
  • Jean-Pierre Heritier – 2222 points (→ 47th place)

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Sally Svendlin – 2191 points (33rd place)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 800 metres

  • Rolf Gysin
  • Heat — 1:47.5
  • Semifinals — 1:48.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Werner Meier
  • Heat — 3:43.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

  • Fritz Rügsegger
  • Heat — 14:54.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  • Michel Patry
  • Qualification Round — 2.09m (→ did not advance)

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race

  • Bruno Hubschmid — 19th place
  • Iwan Schmid — 20th place
  • Ulrich Sutter — 24th place
  • Hugo Schär — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Christian Brunner
  • Final — 1:07.71 (→ 7th place)

[edit] Diving

Men's 10m Platform

  • Sandro Rossi — 225.87 points (→ 35th place)

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Hans Müller — 4392 points (→ 45th place)
  • Beat Ganz — 4323 points (→ 51st place)
  • Urs Hugi — 4661 points (→ 28th place)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Müller, Ganz, and Hugi — 13359 points (→ 15th place)

Alternate member

  • Rudolf Steiner

[edit] Rowing

Men's Single Sculls

  • Melchior Bürgin
  • Heat — 8:00.20
  • Repechage — 8:04.81
  • Semi Finals — 8:16.95
  • Final — 7:31.99 (→ 6th place)

Men's Coxed Pairs

  • René Furler, Nicolas Lindecker and Stefan Hablützel
  • Heat — 7:46.03
  • Repechage — 8:11.53
  • Semi Finals — 8:32.34
  • B-Final — 8:05.54 (→ 12th place)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Hanspeter Würmli
  • Heat — 55.08s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Hanspeter Würmli
  • Heat — 2:03.14 (→ did not advance)