Switzerland at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Switzerland at the 2000 Summer Olympics | |||||||||
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IOC code | SUI | ||||||||
NOC | Swiss Olympic Association | ||||||||
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in Sydney | |||||||||
Competitors | 102 (64 men, 38 women) in 19 sports | ||||||||
Flag bearer | Thomas Frischknecht | ||||||||
Medals Ranked 37th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
Other related appearances | |||||||||
1906 Intercalated Games |
Switzerland competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 102 competitors, 64 men and 38 women, took part in 82 events in 19 sports.[1]
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Gold | McMahon, BrigitteBrigitte McMahon | Triathlon | Women's individual | |
Silver | Blatter, BarbaraBarbara Blatter | Cycling | Women's mountainbike cross country | |
Silver | Fuchs, MarkusMarkus Fuchs Beat Mändli Lesley McNaught Willi Melliger | Equestrian | Team Jumping | |
Silver | Hablützel-Bürki, GiannaGianna Hablützel-Bürki | Fencing | Women's épée | |
Silver | Hablützel-Bürki, GiannaGianna Hablützel-Bürki Sophie Lamon Diana Romagnoli | Fencing | Women's team épée | |
Silver | Müller, XenoXeno Müller | Rowing | Men's single sculls | |
Silver | Ansermet, MichelMichel Ansermet | Shooting | Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol | |
Bronze | Messmer, MagaliMagali Messmer | Triathlon | Women's individual | |
Bronze | Sauser, ChristophChristoph Sauser | Cycling | Men's mountainbike cross country |
Athletics
Men's competition
Men's 800m
- Round 1 — 01:46.51
- Semifinal — 01:44.38
- Final — 01:45.40 (5th place)
Men's 110m Hurdles
- Paolo Della Santa
- Round 1 — 14.12 (did not advance)
- Raphael Monachon
- Round 1 — 14.8 (did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m
- Nicolas Baeriswyl, Andre Bucher, Laurent Clerc, Alain Rohr
- Round 1 — 03:06.01 (did not advance)
Men's 3,000m Steeplechase
- Round 1 — 08:33.45 (did not advance)
Men's 1,500m Wheelchair
- Final — 03:07.82 (Bronze medal)
Men's Marathon
- Final — 2:20:06 (36th place)
Men's Decathlon
- 100m — 11.35
- Long Jump — DNS
- Shot Put — DNS
Women's competition
Women's 100m
- Round 1 — 11.63 (did not advance)
Women's 200m
- Round 1 — 23.44 (did not advance)
Women's 1,500m
- Anita Wyermann
- Round 1 — 04:09.28
- Semifinal — 04:30.80 (did not advance)
- Round 1 — 04:10.78
- Semifinal — 04:06.67
- Final — 04:08.84 (9th place)
Women's Marathon
- Final — 2:43:00 (38th place)
Beach volleyball
- Martin Laciga and Paul Laciga — 5th place (tied)
Canoeing
Flatwater
Men's competition
Men's Kayak Singles 500m
- Adrian Hermann Bachmann
- Qualifying Heat — 01:45.187 (did not advance)
Men's Kayak Singles 1000m
- Adrian Hermann Bachmann
- Qualifying Heat — 03:45.705
- Semifinal — 03:47.479 (did not advance)
Slalom
Men's competition
Men's Kayak Singles
- Mathias Roethenmund
- Qualifying — 253.02
- Final — 227.96 (9th place)
Women's competition
Women's Kayak Singles
- Qualifying — 306.01
- Final — 262.30 (9th place)
Cycling
Cross Country Mountain Bike
Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
- Final — 2:11:21.00 (Bronze medal)
- Final — 2:12:42.49 (6th place)
- Thomas Hochstrasser
- Final — DNF
Women's Mountain Bike
- Final — 1:49:51.42 (Silver medal)
- Final — 1:56:49.53 (11th place)
Road Cycling
Men's competition
Men's Individual Time Trial
- Final — 1:02:34 (33rd place)
Men's Road Race
- Final — 5:30:46 (21st place)
- Final — 5:30:46 (37th place)
- Final — 5:30:46 (54th place)
- Final — 5:30:46 (64th place)
- Final — 5:30:46 (68th place)
Women's competition
Women's Individual Time Trial
- Final — 0:45:51 (23rd place)
Women's Road Race
- Final — 3:06:31 (9th place)
- Final — 3:06:31 (16th place)
- Final — 3:10:17 (32nd place)
Track Cycling
Men's competition
Men's Individual Pursuit
- Franco Marvulli
- Qualifying — 04:34.000 (did not advance)
Men's Point Race
- Bruno Risi
- Points — 13
- Laps Down — 2 (12th place)
Men's Madison
- Bruno Risi, Kurt Betschart
- Final — 5 (11th place)
Diving
Men's 3 Metre Springboard
- Jean-Romain Delaloye
- Preliminary — 292.68 (45th place, did not advance)
Women's 3 Metre Springboard
- Catherine Maliev — Aviolat
- Preliminary — 204.06 (38th place, did not advance)
Women's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard
- Catherine Maliev — Aviolat, Jacquiline Schneider
- Final — 256.2 (8th place)
Equestrianism
Fencing
Five fencers, two men and three women, represented Switzerland in 2000.
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Rowing
Sailing
Switzerland had four top 20 finishes during the Sailing competition at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
- Peter Theurer
- Race 1 — 16
- Race 2 — 13
- Race 3 — (21)
- Race 4 — 4
- Race 5 — 18
- Race 6 — 19
- Race 7 — 8
- Race 8 — 20
- Race 9 — (26) DNC
- Race 10 — 4
- Race 11 — 18
- Final — 120 (18th place)
Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
- Lukas Erni and Simon Bruegger
- Race 1 — (30) OCS
- Race 2 — (28)
- Race 3 — 27
- Race 4 — 24
- Race 5 — 20
- Race 6 — 7
- Race 7 — 20
- Race 8 — 26
- Race 9 — 27
- Race 10 — 8
- Race 11 — 25
- Final — 184 (27th place)
Women's Mistral
- Anja Kaeser
- Race 1 — 14
- Race 2 — (16)
- Race 3 — 7
- Race 4 — 7
- Race 5 — 10
- Race 6 — 12
- Race 7 — 13
- Race 8 — 10
- Race 9 — 13
- Race 10 — (18)
- Race 11 — 4
- Final — 90 (12th place)
Open Two Handed Keelboat (Star)
- Flabio Marazzi and Renato Marazzi
- Race 2 — 14
- Race 3 — 4
- Race 4 — (17) DSQ
- Race 5 — (17) DSQ
- Race 6 — (17) DNF
- Race 7 — 16
- Race 8 — 12
- Race 9 — 6
- Race 10 — 10
- Race 11 — 5
- Final — 97 (15th place)
Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)
- Thomas Rueegge and Claude Maurer
- Race 1 — 15
- Race 2 — 6
- Race 3 — 14
- Race 4 — 4
- Race 5 — 10
- Race 6 — (17)
- Race 7 — 8
- Race 8 — 9
- Race 9 — (17)
- Race 10 — 14
- Race 11 — 11
- Race 12 — 15
- Race 13 — 9
- Race 14 — 13
- Race 15 — 12
- Race 16 — 11
- Final — 151 (15th place)
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50m Freestyle
- Preliminary Heat — 23.15 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Preliminary Heat — 50.19 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100m Butterfly
- Preliminary Heat — 54.85 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
- Preliminary Heat — 01:02.54 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100m Backstroke
- Preliminary Heat — 57.5 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
- Preliminary Heat — 02:05.19 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
- Preliminary Heat — 04:22.38 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Phillipp Gilgen, Remo Lütolf, Phillippe Meyer, and Karel Novy
- Preliminary Heat — 03:42.78 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400m Freestyle
- Preliminary Heat — 04:11.77 (→ did not advance)
- Preliminary Heat — 04:16.17 (→ did not advance)
Women's 800m Freestyle
- Preliminary Heat — 08:30.44
- Final — 08:25.91 (→ 4th place)
- Preliminary Heat — 08:35.84 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
- Preliminary Heat — 01:13.19 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200m Breaststroke
- Preliminary Heat — 02:32.98 (→ did not advance)
Synchronized swimming
Duet
- Technical Routine — 32.153
- Free Routine — 59.886
- Final — 92.039 (10th place)
Tennis
Men's Singles competition:
- Roger Federer
Trampolining
Triathlon
At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, Switzerland was represented by three men and three women. The women captured both the gold medal and the bronze medal, while the men added one more top eight finish.
Men's Competition:
- Reto Hug — 1:49:21.30 (→ 8th place)
- Markus Keller — 1:50:15.25 (→ 18th place)
- Jean-Christophe Guinchard — 1:50:50.76 (→ 24th place)
Women's Competition:
- Brigitte McMahon — 2:00:40.52 (→ Gold Medal)
- Magali Messmer — 2:01:08.83 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Sibylle Matter — 2:13:25.38 (→ 36th place)
Wrestling
Notes
- Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
- International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
- International Olympic Committee Web Site
References
- ↑ "Switzerland at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-03-17.