Switzerland at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

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)

<br> Women's 50m Freestyle

• Eva Gysling
• # Heat &ndash; 27.21 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Eva Gysling
• # Heat &ndash; 1:04.50 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
• Nathalie Wunderlich
• # Heat &ndash; 1:05.75 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Nathalie Wunderlich
• # Heat &ndash; 2:16.07
• # B-Final &ndash; 2:19.70 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Nathalie Wunderlich
• # Heat &ndash; 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

Women

Wrestling

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