Switzerland at the 1928 Summer Olympics

The Switzerland took part in the Summer Olympic Games in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands with a delegation of 114 athletes (113 men and one woman ) participated.

  • 2.1 fencing
  • 2.2 Football
  • 2.3 weightlifting
  • 2.4 Hockey
  • 2.5 Athletics
  • 2.6 Cycling
  • 2.7 riding
  • 2.8 rings
  • 2.9 Rowing
  • 2:10 Swimming
  • 2:11 Sailing
  • 2:12 Gymnastics
  • 2:13 Water Polo
  • 2:14 Diving

Medalist

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Participants by sport

Fencing

  • Eugène Empeyta Fencing Foil, Single: Preliminary round Foil, Team: Quarter-finals Degen, Singles: semi-finals Degen, team: quarter-finals
  • Frédéric fitting Fencing Foil, Single: Preliminary round Foil, Team: Quarter-finals Degen, team: quarter-finals
  • John Albaret Fencing Foil, Single: Preliminary round Foil, Team: Quarter-finals Degen, team: quarter-finals
  • Édouard fitting Foil, Team: Quarter-finals Degen, Singles: quarter-finals Degen, team: quarter-finals
  • Michel Fauconnet Foil, Team: Quarter-finals
  • Jean de Bardel Foil, Team: Quarter-finals
  • Henri Jacquet Degen, Singles: quarter-finals Degen, team: quarter-finals
  • Paul de Graffenried Degen, team: quarter-finals
  • Judith Morgenthaler Women, Foil, Single: Semi-finals

Football

  • Men's team 9th place

Weightlifting

  • Justin Tissot Featherweight: 15th Place
  • Albert Aesch man Lightweight: 4th place
  • Joseph Jaquenoud Lightweight: 9th place
  • Ernst Trinkler Middleweight: 15th Place
  • Hermann Eichholzer Middleweight: ?
  • Otto Garnus Light Heavyweight: 10th place
  • Edmond Donzé Light Heavyweight: 15th Place
  • Franz Riederer Heavyweight: 14th Place
  • Walter Gasser Heavyweight: 16th Place

Hockey

  • Men's team 7th place
  • Squad A. Koch Adolf Fehr Charles Piot Ernst Luchsinger Édouard Mauris F. Fischer Jenny F. Henri Poncet J. Loubert J. J. Auberson M. Magnin M. Zumstein R. Olivier René Pellarin R. Rode Konrad Fehr

Athletics

  • Willy Weibel 100 meters: Heats 200 meters: Heats 4 × 100 meters: 5th place
  • Willy Tschopp 100 meters: Heats 4 × 100 meters: 5th place
  • Emmanuel Goldsmith 100 meters: Heats 4 × 100 meters: 5th place
  • Hans Niggl 200 meters: Heats 4 × 100 meters: 5th place
  • Paul Martin 800 meters: Semi-finals 1500 meters: 6th place
  • Adolf Meier Long Jump: 22 place in the qualification Decathlon:?
  • Alfred Sutter Long Jump: 40th place in qualifying
  • Werner Nüesch Shot Put: 10th place in qualifying
  • Arturo Conturbia Discus Throw: 15th place in the qualification

Cycling

  • Gottlieb Amstein Road race, individual: 6th place Road Race, Team: 6th place
  • Jacob Caironi Road Race, Single: 9th place Road Race, Team: 6th place
  • Türel Wanzenried Road race, individual: 33rd Road Race, Team: 6th place
  • Paul lychee Road race, individual: ?
  • Willi Hans boys Sprint: 3rd Round
  • Erich Fäs ITT: 13th Place
  • Gustave moss Team Pursuit: 9th place
  • Heinz Gilgen Team Pursuit: 9th place
  • J. Fischler Team Pursuit: 9th place

Riding

  • Adolphe Mercier Dressage, Individual: 15th Place Dressage, team: 7th place
  • Otto Frank Dressage, Individual: 22 Place Dressage, team: 7th place
  • Charles- Gustave Kuhn Jumping, Single: Bronze Jumping, Team: 8th Place
  • Pierre de Muralt Jumping, Individual: 37th place Jumping, Team: 8th Place
  • Willy Gerber Eventing, Individual: 12th Place Versatility, Team: ?
  • Charles Stoffel Eventing, Individual: 20th Place Versatility, Team: ?
  • René de Ribeaupierre Versatility, single: ? Versatility, Team: ?

Wrestling

  • Isidor Bieri Featherweight, Greco- Roman: 14th Place
  • Ernst Mumenthaler Lightweight, Greco- Roman: 13th Place
  • Otto Frei Middleweight, Greco- Roman: 9th place
  • Max Studer Light Heavyweight, Greco- Roman: 14th Place
  • Amedée Piguet Bantamweight, Freestyle: 6th place
  • Hans Minder Featherweight, Freestyle: Bronze
  • Hans Mollet Lightweight, Freestyle: 7th place
  • Fritz Käsermann Welterweight, Freestyle: 7th place
  • Arnold Bögli Light Heavyweight, Freestyle: Silver

Rowing

  • Édouard Candeveau A: Quarter-finals
  • Rudolf Bosshard Double Sculls: Quarter-finals
  • Maurice Rieder Double Sculls: Quarter-finals
  • Alois Reinhard Two coxless: Quarter-finals
  • Willy Müller Two coxless: Quarter-finals
  • Hans Schöchlin Two with coxswain: Gold
  • Karl Schöchlin Two with coxswain: Gold
  • Ernst Haas Four with coxswain: Silver
  • Joseph Meyer Four with coxswain: Silver
  • Karl Schwegler Four with coxswain: Silver
  • Fritz Boesch Four with coxswain: Silver

Swimming

  • Robert Wyss 200m breaststroke: Semi-finals

Sailing

  • Henri Fivaz 12-foot dinghy: 16th Place

Gymnastics

  • Georges Kitty Individual all-around: Gold Team all-around: Gold Bars: 30th place Horse jump: 4th place Reck: Gold Rings: 8th Place Pommel Horse: Silver
  • Hermann Hänggi Individual all-around: Silver Team all-around: Gold Bars: Bronze Horse jump: 18th Place Reck: 4th place Rings: 36th place Pommel Horse: Gold
  • Eugen Mack Individual all-around: 8th Place Team all-around: Gold Bars: 21 Place Horse jump: Gold Reck: Bronze Rings: 17th Place Pommel: 19th Place
  • Melchior Wezel Individual all-around: 12th Place Team all-around: Gold Bars: 7th place Horse jump: 12th Place Reck: 21 Place Rings: 23th Place Pommel Horse: 7th place
  • Edi Steinemann Individual all-around: 15th Place Team all-around: Gold Bars: 19th Place Horse jump: 34th place Reck: 21 Place Rings: 26th place Pommel Horse: 4th place
  • August Güttinger Individual all-around: 16th Place Team all-around: Gold Bars: 28th place Horse jump: 7th place Reck: 7th place Rings: 44th Pommel Horse: 5th place
  • Hans Grieder Individual all-around: 18th Place Team all-around: Gold Bars: 11th place Horse jump: 12th Place Reck: 7th place Rings: 49th place Pommel: 28th place
  • Otto Pfister Individual all-around: 24th Place Team all-around: Gold Bars: 28th place Horse jump: 18th Place Reck: 25th place Rings: 52nd place Pommel: 12th Place

Water polo

  • Men's team 9th place
  • Squad Othmar lard Robert Wyss Robert Hürlimann Eric Brochon Ernest Hüttenmoser Robert Mermoud Fernand Moret

Diving

  • Arthur Bischoff Springboard: Preliminary round
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