Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Switzerland at the Olympic Games
Switzerland at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (German)
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	84 in 20 sports
Flag bearer	Roger Federer
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Switzerland competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of all of the Swiss athletes who have qualified for the Olympics and have been nominated by Swiss Olympic Association.

[edit] Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Fabian Cancellara	Cycling	Men's time trial
1 Gold	Roger Federer Stanislas Wawrinka	Tennis	Men's doubles
2 Silver	Fabian Cancellara	Cycling	Men's road race
3 Bronze	Karin Thürig	Cycling	Women's time trial
3 Bronze	Sergei Aschwanden	Judo	Men's 90 kg
3 Bronze	Nino Schurter	Cycling	Men's cross-country
3 Bronze	Christina Liebherr Pius Schwizer Niklaus Schurtenberger Steve Guerdat	Equestrian	Team jumping

[edit] Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nathalie Dielen	Individual	601	54	Natalia Erdyniyeva (RUS) (11) L102 - 107	Eliminated

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat round 1		Heat round 2		Semifinal		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
200 m	Marco Cribari	20.98	38	Did not advance
200 m	Marc Schneeberger	20.86	28	21.48	31	Did not advance
5000 m	Philipp Bandi	13:59.68	29	Did not advance
Marathon	Viktor Röthlin							2:10:35	6

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Julien Fivaz	7.53	36	Did not advance

[edit] Women

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pole vault	Nicole Büchler	4.30	22	Did not advance

Combined events

Heptathlon
Event	Linda Züblin
Event	Results	Points	Rank
100 m hurdles	13.90	993	=27
High jump	1.62	759	41
Shot put	12.34	684	34
200 m	24.99	888	27
Long jump	5.74	771	36
Javelin throw	47.19	806	11
800 m	2:18.68	842	24
Final total		5743	30

[edit] Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Christian Bösiger	Singles		Przemysław Wacha (POL) L 12:21 21:11 19:21	Eliminated

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jeanine Cicognini	Singles	Ana Moura (POR) W 21:09 21:13	Anna Rice (CAN) L 11:21 13:21	Eliminated

[edit] Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Slalom

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Michael Kurt	K-1	87.58	16	91.08	19	178.66	17	Eliminated

[edit] Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] BMX

Men

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Roger Rinderknecht	Individual	36.466	14	12	3 Q	19	7	Eliminated

Women

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jenny Fähndrich	Individual	38.209	9	17	6	Eliminated

[edit] Mountain biking

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christoph Sauser	Cross-country	1:57:54	4
Nino Schurter	Cross-country	1:57:52
Florian Vogel	Cross-country	Did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Petra Henzi	Cross-country	1:48:41	6
Nathalie Schneitter	Cross-country	1:53:42	15

[edit] Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Fabian Cancellara	Road race	6h 23' 49 (+0:00)
Fabian Cancellara	Time trial	1h 02' 11 (-0:33)

Fabian Cancellara was upgraded from bronze to silver medal in the men's road race due to doping disqualification of initial silver medalist Davide Rebellin.^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Nicole Brändli-Sedoun	Road race	3h 22' 52 (+0:28)	18
Priska Doppmann	Road race	3h 22' 45 (+0:21)	7
Priska Doppmann	Time trial	36:27.79 (+1:36.07)	8
Jennifer Hohl	Road race	Did not finish
Karin Thürig	Time trial	35:50'99 (+59.27)

[edit] Track

Pursuits

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1st round		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Karin Thürig	Women's individual pursuit	3:40.862	9	Eliminated

Points races

Athlete	Event	Points/laps	Rank
Franco Marvulli Bruno Risi	Men's Madison	3/-1	11

[edit] Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping				Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final	Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Penalties	Rank
Tiziana Realini	Gamour	Individual	48.90	28	32.80	81.70	31	16.00	97.70	37	Did not advance	97.70	37

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Ind. 1st qualifier/ team qualifier		Ind. 2nd qualifier/ team final round 1			Ind. 3rd aualifier/ team final round 2			Individual final				Final rank
			Ind. 1st qualifier/ team qualifier		Ind. 2nd qualifier/ team final round 1			Ind. 3rd aualifier/ team final round 2			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total
Steve Guerdat	Jalisca Solier	Individual	1.00	14	4.00 #	5.00	13	5.00	10.00	13 Q	4.00	11 Q	4.00	8.00	10
Christina Liebherr	No Mercy	Individual	0.00	1	4.00	4.00	8	23.00 #	27.00	38	Did not advance				38
Pius Schwizer	Nobless M	Individual	4.00 #	30	4.00	8.00	16	5.00	13.00	15 Q	8.00	23	Did not advance		23
Niklaus Schurtenberger	Cantus	Individual	0.00	1	4.00	4.00	8	8.00	12.00	14 Q	8.00	23	Did not advance		23
Steve Guerdat Christina Liebherr Pius Schwizer Niklaus Schurtenberger	as above	Team	1.00	2 Q	12.00	-	1	18.00	30.00

'#' denotes a result that did not count toward the team score
Switzerland's was awarded the bronze medal the team jumping competition after Camiro, the horse of Norway's bronze medal winner Tony André Hansen, tested positive for use of capsaicin and was disqualified.^[2]

[edit] Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Michael Kauter	Individual épée		Bogdan Nikishyn (UKR) W 15 - 12	Bas Verwijlen (NED) L 13 - 15	Eliminated

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Sophie Lamon	Individual épée		Maria G. Martinez Gascon (VEN) W 15 - 9	Li Na (CHN) L 10 - 15	Eliminated

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus												Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Floor	Rank	Pommel horse	Rank	Rings	Rank	Vault	Rank	Parallel bars	Rank	Horizontal bar	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Claudio Capelli	All-around	13.600	71	14.475	30	14.375	47	15.325	64	14.100	68	14.675	36	86.550	35	Did not advance
Christoph Schärer	All-around			13.150	66							15.350	14	28.500	91	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Apparatus								Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Vault	Rank	Uneven bars	Rank	Balance beam	Rank	Floor	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Ariella Käslin	All-around	15.225	11 Q	14.300	49	14.650	33	13.875	55	58.050	25 Q	58.000	18
Ariella Käslin	Vault									14.975	8 Q	15.050	5

Marks and ranks from Vault qualification differ as two vaults are used to determine event finalists while only the first of those counts toward the All-around total.
Ariella Käslin qualified for the All-around final of the top 24 gymnasts because the number of finalists from the same nation is limited to two. Thus, five gymnasts ranked ahead of her were ineligible for the final.

[edit] Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	First repechage round	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Bronze medal final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Sergei Aschwanden	−90 kg	Michael Pinske (GER) W 0010 - 0002	Mark Huizinga (NED) W 1101 - 0010	Amar Benikhlef (ALG) L 0000 - 0001	Eliminated				Mohamed El Assri (MAR) W 0001 - 0000	Eduardo Santos (BRA) W 0000 - 0000	Ivan Pershin (RUS) W 1000 - 0020

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Shooting			Fencing			Swimming			Riding			Running			Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Rings	Points	Rank	Record	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Time/penalty	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Belinda Schreiber	Individual	188	1192	1	18-17	832	17	2:16.96	1280	11	66.82/28	1172	9	11:23.70	988	32	5464	11

[edit] Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final B		Total rank
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total rank
André Vonarburg	Single sculls	7:26.21	9 Q	7:02.29	13 Q	7:14.64	10	7:13.07	3	9

[edit] Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M	Score	Rank
Richard Stauffacher	Sailboard	9	11	11	13	9	18	15	8	17	22		111	14
Christoph Bottoni	Laser	34	13	32	40	39	DQ	36	24	33	CAN		241	37
Enrico De Maria Flavio Marazzi	470	21	23	5	25	7	OCS	27	26	9	19		162	23
Tobias Etter Felix Steiger	Star	9	7	9	9	5	5	6	11	4	1	4	59	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M	Score	Rank
Nathalie Brugger	Laser Radial	13	6	12	12	22	10	10	8	9	CAN	10	90	6
Emmanuelle Rol Anne-Sophie Thilo	470	15	9	7	13	3	5	OCS	15	18	19		114	17

OCS = On the course side of the starting line
Black box = Black flag disqualification

[edit] Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Rank
Simon Beyeler	10 m air rifle	583	45	Did not advance		45
Simon Beyeler	50 m rifle prone	585	48	Did not advance		48
Marcel Bürge	50 m rifle prone	590	32	Did not advance		32
Marcel Bürge	50 m rifle three positions	1155	35	Did not advance		35
Beat Müller	50 m rifle three positions	1164	21	Did not advance		21
Christoph Schmid	10 m air pistol	573	33	Did not advance		33
Christoph Schmid	50 m pistol	542	40	Did not advance		40

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Rank
Annik Marguet	10 m air rifle	391	33	Did not advance		33
Annik Marguet	50 m rifle three positions	577	25	Did not advance		25
Irene Beyeler	10 m air rifle	395	16	Did not advance		16
Irene Beyeler	50 m rifle three positions	577	23	Did not advance		23
Cornelia Froelich	10 m air pistol	381	17	Did not advance		17
Sandra Kolly	10 m air pistol	378	27	Did not advance		27
Sandra Kolly	25 m pistol	574	29	Did not advance		29

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jonathan Massacand	Men's 100 m backstroke	55.21	27	Eliminated
Jonathan Massacand	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:01.80	32	Eliminated
Dominik Meichtry	Men's 100 m freestyle	48.55	16	49.58	16	Eliminated
	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:45.80	1	1:46.54	7	1:46.95	6
	Men's 400 m freestyle	3:50.55	27	Eliminated
Swann Oberson	Women's 10 km open water					1:59:36.9	6
Flavia Rigamonti	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:09.59	14	Eliminated
Flavia Rigamonti	Women's 800 m freestyle	8:28.67	13	Eliminated
Flori Lang Dominik Meichtry Karel Novy Adrien Perez	Men's 4×100 m freestyle	3:16.80	13	Eliminated

[edit] Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)				Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank
Magdalena Brunner Ariane Schneider	Duet	44.250	13	45.000	12	89.250	12 Q	45.000	12	89.250	12

[edit] Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Manuela Bezzola	−49 kg	Charlotte Craig (USA) L 0-4	Did not advance

[edit] Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Medal match
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Roger Federer	Singles	D Tursunov (RUS) W 6–4, 6–2	R Arevalo (ESA) W 6–2, 6–4	T Berdych (CZE) W 6–3, 7–6(4)	J Blake (USA) L 4–6, 6–7(2)	Did not advance
Stanislas Wawrinka	Singles	F Dancevic (CAN) W 4–6, 6–3, 6–2	J Melzer (AUT) L 4–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Roger Federer Stanislas Wawrinka	Doubles		S Bolelli (ITA) A Seppi (ITA) W 7–5, 6–1	D Tursunov (RUS) M Youzhny (RUS) W 6–4, 6–3	M Bhupathi (IND) L Paes (IND) W 6–2, 6–4	B Bryan (USA) M Bryan (USA) W 7–6(6), 6–4	S Aspelin (SWE) T Johansson (SWE) W 6–3, 6–4, 6–7(4), 6–3

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Medal match
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Timea Bacsinszky	Singles	V Williams (USA) L 3–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Patty Schnyder	Singles	J Craybas (USA) W 6–3, 6–2	S Bammer (AUT) L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Patty Schnyder Emmanuelle Gagliardi	Doubles		E Daniilidou (GRE) A Gerasimou (GRE) W 6–0, 6–4	Z Yan (CHN) J Zheng (CHN) L 3–6, 6–7(2)	Did not advance

[edit] Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women:

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)		Trans 1	Cycling (40 km)		Trans 2	Run (10 km)		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Trans 1	Time	Rank	Trans 2	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Reto Hug	Individual	18:55	50	0:27	58:20	5	0:29	33:53	28	1:52:04.93	29
Olivier Marceau	Individual	18:55	52	0:29	58:18	4	0:31	32:37	18	1:50:50.07	19
Sven Riederer	Individual	18:14	17	0:34	58:52	19	0:28	33:11	23	1:51:19.45	23

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)		Trans 1	Cycling (40 km)		Trans 2	Run (10 km)		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Trans 1	Time	Rank	Trans 2	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Magali Chopard Di Marco	Individual	19:50	2	0:30	1:04:22	16	0:29	36:39	22	2:01:50.74	13
Daniela Ryf	Individual	19:56	13	0:26	1:04:17	10	0:30	35:31	10	2:00:40.20	7
Nicola Spirig	Individual	20:17	36	0:28	1:03:54	1	0:31	35:20	9	2:00:30.48	6

[edit] Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Beach

Men

Athlete	Event	Pool game 1	Pool game 2	Pool game 3	Standing	Lucky loser	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Patrick Heuscher Sascha Heyer	Doubles	Conde - Baracetti (ARG) W 21:13 21:17	Rogers - Dalhausser (USA) L 15:21 10:21	Samoilovs - Pļaviņš (LAT) L 17:21 23:21 13:15	3	Gosch - Horst (AUT) L 11:21 19:21	Eliminated
Martin Laciga Jan Schnider	Doubles	Nummerdor - Schuil (NED) L 14:21 15:21	Klemperer - Koreng (GER) W 21:15 21:15	Kjemperud - Skarlund (NOR) W 21:17 21:13	2		Rogers - Dalhausser (USA) L 16:21 23:21 13:15	Eliminated

Women

Athlete	Event	Pool game 1	Pool game 2	Pool game 3	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Simone Kuhn Lea Schwer	Doubles	Tian Jia - Wang (CHN) L 12:21 18:21	Maaseide - Glesnes (NOR) L 11:21 17:21	Van Breedam - Mouha (BEL) L 18:21 17:21	4	Eliminated

[edit] Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Semifinals	Bronze medal bout	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Grégory Sarrasin	−66 kg	Emin Azizov (AZE) L 0-1, 0-2	Did not advance

[edit] References

^ Young, Chris (2009-11-19). "Young: Olympians lose medals after retroactive doping test". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/article/727878--young-olympians-lose-medals-after-retroactive-doping-test. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
^ Bronze medal reassigned after the disqualification of Tony André Hansen of Norway. The Canadian Press (2008-12-22). "Norwegian rider stripped of Olympic medal". The Sports Network. http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/story/?id=260587&lid=headline&lpos=secStory_main. Retrieved 2008-12-22.

[edit] External links

[0] Young, Chris (2009-11-19). "Young: Olympians lose medals after retroactive doping test". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/article/727878--young-olympians-lose-medals-after-retroactive-doping-test. Retrieved 2009-11-19.

[Hansen-1] Bronze medal reassigned after the disqualification of Tony André Hansen of Norway. The Canadian Press (2008-12-22). "Norwegian rider stripped of Olympic medal". The Sports Network. http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/story/?id=260587&lid=headline&lpos=secStory_main. Retrieved 2008-12-22.

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Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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[edit] Medalists

[edit] Archery

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Men

[edit] Women

[edit] Badminton

[edit] Canoeing

[edit] Slalom

[edit] Cycling

[edit] BMX

[edit] Mountain biking

[edit] Road

[edit] Track

[edit] Equestrian

[edit] Fencing

[edit] Gymnastics

[edit] Artistic

[edit] Judo

[edit] Modern pentathlon

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Sailing

[edit] Shooting

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Synchronized swimming

[edit] Taekwondo

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Triathlon

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Beach

[edit] Wrestling

[edit] References

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