Switzerland at the 1928 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	SUI
Nocname:	Swiss Olympic Association
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1928
Website:
Location:	Amsterdam
Competitors:	133
Sports:	15
Rank:	6
Gold:	7
Silver:	4
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Switzerland competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 133 competitors, 132 men and 1 woman, took part in 70 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
			Men's artistic individual all-around
			Men's horizontal bar
	, August Güttinger, Hermann Hänggi, Eugen Mack, Georges Miez, Otto Pfister, Eduard Steinemann, Melchior Wezel		Men's team all-around
			Men's pommel horse
			Men's vault
			Men's coxed pair
			Men's freestyle middleweight
			Men's artistic individual all-around
			Men's pommel horse
	, Otto Bucher, Ernst Haas, Joseph Meyer, Karl Schwegler		Men's coxed four
			Men's freestyle light heavyweight
			Individual jumping
			Men's horizontal bar
			Men's parallel bars
			Men's freestyle featherweight

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Nine cyclists, all men, represented Switzerland in 1928.

Individual road race

• Gottlieb Amstein
• Jakob Caironi
• Türel Wanzenried
• Paul Litschi

Team road race

• Gottlieb Amstein
• Jakob Caironi
• Türel Wanzenried

Sprint

• Willi Knabenhans

Time trial

• Erich Fäs

Team pursuit

• Erich Fäs
• Gustave Moos
• Heinz Gilgen
• Joseph Fischler

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Nine fencers, eight men and 1 woman, represented Switzerland in 1928.

Men's foil

• Eugène Empeyta
• Frédéric Fitting
• John Albaret

Men's team foil

• Édouard Fitting, Frédéric Fitting, Eugène Empeyta, John Albaret, Michel Fauconnet, Jean de Bardel

Men's épée

• Eugène Empeyta
• Henri Jacquet
• Édouard Fitting

Men's team épée

• Édouard Fitting, Henri Jacquet, Frédéric Fitting, Eugène Empeyta, John Albaret, Paul de Graffenried

Women's foil

• Jeanne Morgenthaler

Football

See main article: Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Round of 16

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Roster

Group play------------

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Water Polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Art competitions

See main article: Art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Switzerland at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060015/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SUI/summer/1928/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-05-01 . sports-reference.com.