Switzerland at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Switzerland at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Switzerland at the; 1936 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Berlin
Competitors	190 (184 men and 6 women) in 21 sports
Medals; Ranked 16th	Gold 1 Silver 9 Bronze 5 Total 15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	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; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Switzerland competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 190 competitors, 184 men and 6 women, took part in 100 events in 21 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

Georges Miez — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises

Silver

Arthur Tell Schwab — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
Edgar Buchwalder, Ernst Nievergelt and Kurt Ott — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
Eugen Mack — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
Michael Reusch — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
Eugen Mack — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault
Eugen Mack — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
Josef Walter — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
Albert Bachmann, Walter Bach, Eugen Mack, Georges Miez, Michael Reusch, and Edi Steinemann — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
Hermann Betschart, Alex Homberger, Hans Homberger, Karl Schmid, and Rolf Spring — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours

Bronze

Ernst Nievergelt — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
Albert Bachmann — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
Eugen Mack — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
Max Bloesch, Rolf Fäs, Willy Gysi, Erland Herkenrath, Ernst Hufschmid, Willy Hufschmid, Werner Meyer, Georg Mischon, Willy Schäfer, Werner Scheurmann, Edy Schmid, Erich Schmitt, Eugen Seiterle, Max Streib, Robert Studer, and Rudolf Wirz — Handball, Men's Team Competition
Hermann Betschart, Alex Homberger, Hans Homberger, and Karl Schmid — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Eleven cyclists, all men, represented Switzerland in 1936.

Individual road race

Team road race

Sprint

Werner Wägelin

Time trial

Edy Baumann

Tandem

Team pursuit

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented Switzerland in 1936.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Michel Fauconnet, Édouard Fitting, Jean Rubli, Gottfried von Meiss, Constantin Antoniades

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Jean Hauert, Édouard Fitting, Frédéric Fitting, Edmond Göldlin, Paul de Graffenried, Charles Hauert

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Charles Glasstetter, Alphonse Ruckstuhl, Walter Widemann, Adolf Stocker

Women's foil

Field hockey

Gymnastics

Handball

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Switzerland in 1936.

Rowing

Switzerland had 16 rowers participate in seven out of seven rowing events in 1936.^[2]

Men's single sculls

Ernst Rufli

Men's double sculls

Men's coxless pair

Men's coxed pair

Men's coxless four

Men's coxed four

Men's eight

Sailing

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Aeronautics

Alpinism

Art competitions

References

^ "Switzerland at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Switzerland Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

External links

[sports-reference-1] "Switzerland at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2010.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Switzerland Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

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