Switzerland at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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.

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Gold

• Jack Günthard &mdash; Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
• Hans Eugster &mdash; Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars

Silver

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

Bronze

• Oswald Zappelli &mdash; Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Competition
• Paul Barth, Willy Fitting, Paul Meister, Otto Rüfenacht, Mario Valota, and Oswald Zappelli &mdash; Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition
• Josef Stalder &mdash; Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
• Josef Stalder &mdash; Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
• Hans Eugster &mdash; Gymnastics, Men's Rings
• Hans Kalt and Kurt Schmid &mdash; 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&nbsp;km)

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

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Fredy Arber

* Final &mdash; 1:15.4 (→ 15th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Fritz Siegenthaler &mdash; 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

Women

Equestrian

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

Switzerland had 13 male rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1952.

Men's single sculls

• Paul Meyer

Men's double sculls

• Peter Stebler
• Émile Knecht

Men's coxless pair

• Kurt Schmid
• Hans Kalt

Men's coxed pair

• Walter Lüchinger
• Alex Siebenhaar
• Walter Ludin (cox)

Men's coxed four

• Rico Bianchi
• Karl Weidmann
• Heini Scheller
• Émile Ess
• Walter Leiser (cox)

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

Men

<small>Ranks given are within the heat.</small>

Women

<small>Ranks given are within the heat.</small>

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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