Switzerland at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Switzerland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (German) (French)
in Helsinki
Competitors	157 (148 men and 9 women) in 17 sports
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 6 6 14
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Switzerland competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 157 competitors, 148 men and 9 women, took part in 96 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Jack Günthard — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
• Hans Eugster — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars

Silver

• Fritz Schwab — Athletics, Men's 10 km Walk
• Henri Chammartin, Gustav Fischer, and Gottfried Trachsel — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition
• Josef Stalder — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
• Hans Eugster, Ernst Fivian, Ernst Gebendinger, Jack Günthard, Hans Schwarzentruber, Josef Stalder, Melchior Thalmann, and Jean Tschabold — Gymnastics, Men's Combined Exercises
• Enrico Bianchi, Émile Ess, Walter Leiser, Heinrich Scheller, and Karl Weidmann — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
• Robert Bürchler — Shooting, Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions

Bronze

• Oswald Zappelli — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Competition
• Paul Barth, Willy Fitting, Paul Meister, Otto Rüfenacht, Mario Valota, and Oswald Zappelli — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition
• Josef Stalder — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
• Josef Stalder — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
• Hans Eugster — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
• Hans Kalt and Kurt Schmid — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs

Athletics

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Qualification Round (Group A)

• Lost to Bulgaria (58-69)
• Lost to Belgium (49-59) → did not advance

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Rolf Graf — 5:12:45.3 (→ 17th place)
• Fausto Lurati — 5:24:58.0 (→ 50th place)
• Kobi Scherer — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Fredy Arber

• Final — 1:15.4 (→ 15th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Fritz Siegenthaler — 16th place

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

• Hans Pfenninger, Heinrich Müller, Max Wirth, and Oskar von Büren

• Eliminated in quarterfinals (→ 8th place)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

• Heinz Schaub

• Preliminary Round — 47.15 points (→ 35th place)

Women's 10m Platform

• Fernanda Martini-Pautasso

• Preliminary Round — 30.04 points (→ 15th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Ten fencers, nine men and one woman, represented Switzerland in 1952.

Men's épée

• Oswald Zappelli
• Paul Barth
• Paul Meister

Men's team épée

• Otto Rüfenacht, Paul Meister, Oswald Zappelli, Paul Barth, Willy Fitting, Mario Valota

Men's sabre

• Otto Greter
• Jules Amez-Droz
• Umberto Menegalli

Men's team sabre

• Umberto Menegalli, Oswald Zappelli, Otto Greter, Jules Amez-Droz

Women's foil

• Hedwig Rieder

Gymnastics

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Switzerland in 1952.

Individual

• Werner Vetterli
• Werner Schmid
• Erhard Minder

Team

• Werner Vetterli
• Werner Schmid
• Erhard Minder

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Nine shooters represented Switzerland in 1952.

25 m pistol

• Rudolf Schnyder

50 m pistol

• Beat Rhyner
• Alexander Specker

300 m rifle, three positions

• Robert Bürchler
• August Hollenstein

50 m rifle, three positions

• Ernst Huber
• Otto Horber

50 m rifle, prone

• Otto Horber
• Ernst Huber

Trap

• Louis Cavalli
• Pierre-André Flückiger

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References