Switzerland at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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.^[2]

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
Flag bearer	Paul Martin[1]
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 1 Silver 9 Bronze 5 Total 15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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

Main article: Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Eleven cyclists, all men, represented Switzerland in 1936.

Individual road race

• Ernst Nievergelt
• Edgar Buchwalder
• Kurt Ott
• Gottlieb Weber

Team road race

• Ernst Nievergelt
• Edgar Buchwalder
• Kurt Ott
• Gottlieb Weber

Sprint

• Werner Wägelin

Time trial

• Edy Baumann

Tandem

• Karl Burkhart
• Fritz Ganz

Team pursuit

• Walter Richli
• Ernst Fuhrimann
• Albert Kägi
• Werner Wägelin

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Frédéric Boeni	3 m springboard	95.84	21
Max Happle		80.24	23

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Annie Villiger	3 m springboard	62.38	14

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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

Men's foil

• Michel Fauconnet
• Gottfried von Meiss
• Jean Rubli

Men's team foil

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

Men's épée

• Frédéric Fitting
• Jean Hauert
• François Duret

Men's team épée

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

Men's sabre

• Adolf Stocker
• Charles Glasstetter
• Alphonse Ruckstuhl

Men's team sabre

• Charles Glasstetter, Alphonse Ruckstuhl, Walter Widemann, Adolf Stocker

Women's foil

• Ingeborg Scheel
• Denise Kramer-Scholer
• Yvonne Bornand

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Switzerland in 1936.

• Karl Wyss
• Willy Grundbacher
• Hans Baumann

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Switzerland had 16 rowers participate in seven out of seven rowing events in 1936.^[3]

Men's single sculls

• Ernst Rufli

Men's double sculls

• Kurt Haas
• Eugen Studach

Men's coxless pair

• Wilhelm Klopfer
• Karl Müller

Men's coxed pair

• Georges Gschwind
• Hans Appenzeller
• Rolf Spring (cox)

Men's coxless four

• Hermann Betschart
• Hans Homberger
• Alex Homberger
• Karl Schmid

Men's coxed four

• Hermann Betschart
• Hans Homberger
• Alex Homberger
• Karl Schmid
• Rolf Spring (cox)

Men's eight

• Werner Schweizer
• Fritz Feldmann
• Rudolf Homberger
• Oskar Neuenschwander
• Hermann Betschart
• Hans Homberger
• Alex Homberger
• Karl Schmid
• Rolf Spring (cox)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roger Zirilli	100 m freestyle	1:04.1	6	Did not advance
Hans Brenner	400 m freestyle	5:33.8	5	Did not advance
Werner Lehmann		5:36.8	7	Did not advance

Women

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tenny Wyss	200 m breaststroke	3:31.3	6	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Aeronautics

Alpinism

Art competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics