Switzerland competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 102 competitors, 73 men and 29 women, took part in 80 events in 17 sports.
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Tennis Men's singles 8 August
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Switzerland at the 1992 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 8 7 15Badminton 0 2 2Canoeing 5 1 6Cycling 10 3 13Diving 0 2 2Equestrian 4 3 7Fencing 3 0 3Gymnastics 6 0 6Judo 4 1 5Modern pentathlon 1 – 1Rowing 9 0 9Sailing 9 1 10Shooting 6 2 8Swimming 2 2 4Synchronized swimming – 3 3Tennis 2 2 4Wrestling 4 – 4 Total 73 29 102
Athletics
Men's Marathon Daniel Boltz — 2:25.50 (→ 55th place)
Men's 50 km Walk Pascal Charriere — 4:08:32 (→ 20th place) Aldo Bertoldi — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's Discus Throw Christian Erb Qualification — 55.16 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Shot Put Werner Günthör Qualification — 20.50 m Final — 20.91 m (→ 4th place)
Women's Marathon Franziska Moser Qualification — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's High Jump Sieglind Cadush Qualification — 1.86 m (→ did not advance)
Badminton
Canoeing
Cycling
Thirteen cyclists, ten men and three women, represented Switzerland in 1992.
Men's road race Urs Güller Roland Meier Armin Meier
Men's team time trial Thomas Boutellier Roland Meier Beat Meister Theodor Rinderknecht
Men's sprint Rolf Furrer
Men's 1 km time trial Rocco Travella
Men's individual pursuit Viktor Kunz
Men's points race Andreas Aeschbach
Women's road race Luzia Zberg — 2:05:03 (→ 8th place) Petra Walczewski — 2:05:03 (→ 22nd place) Barbara Heeb — 2:09:42 (→ 43rd place)
Diving
Women's 3m Springboard Catherine Aviolat Preliminary Round — 239.49 points (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 10m Platform Yvonne Kostenberger Preliminary Round — 264.81 points (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Equestrianism
Fencing
Three male fencers represented Switzerland in 1992.
Men's épée Olivier Jacquet André Kuhn Daniel Lang
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
One male pentathlete represented Switzerland in 1992.
Individual Peter Steinmann
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50m Freestyle Dano Halsall Heat – 23.15 B-Final – 23.18 (→ 16th place) Stéphane Volery Heat – 23.47 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle Stéphane Volery Heat – 51.05 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 50m Freestyle Eva Gysling Heat – 27.21 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Women's 100m Backstroke Eva Gysling Heat – 1:04.50 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Nathalie Wunderlich Heat – 1:05.75 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Women's 200m Backstroke Nathalie Wunderlich Heat – 2:16.07 B-Final – 2:19.70 (→ 16th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley Nathalie Wunderlich Heat – 2:23.18 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Synchronized swimming
Three synchronized swimmers represented Switzerland in 1992.
Women's solo Claudia Peczinka Caroline Imoberdorf Rahel Hobi
Women's duet Claudia Peczinka Caroline Imoberdorf
Tennis
Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsMedal MatchOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMarc RossetSinglesW 6–2, 4–6, 2–1 r.W 6–4, 6–0, 6–2W 6–4, 6–2, 6–1W 6–4, 7–6(2), 3–6, 7–6(9)W 6–3, 7–5, 6–2W 7–6, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 8–6Jakob HlasekSinglesW 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2W 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(1)L 6–3, 0–6, 6–4, 6–7(1), 7–9Jakob Hlasek Marc RossetDoublesW 7–5, 6–1, 6–2W 7–6(4), 6–3, 6–4L 6–2, 6–7(3), 6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Women AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsMedal MatchOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankEmanuela ZardoSinglesL 2–6, 4–6Manuela Maleeva-FragniereSinglesW 6–2, 6–3W 4–6, 4–6W 6–0, 6–3L 7–5, 1–6, 0–6Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere Emanuela ZardoDoublesW 6–2, 6–2L 0–6, 1–6
Wrestling
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