Switzerland at the 1972 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	SUI
Nocname:	Swiss Olympic Association
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1972
Website:
Location:	Munich, West Germany
Competitors:	151 (122 men and 29 women)
Sports:	17
Flagbearer:	Urs von Wartburg
Rank:	26
Gold:	0
Silver:	3
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Switzerland competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 151 competitors, 122 men and 29 women, took part in 116 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				September 2
				September 9

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Switzerland entered three men and just one woman. Their highest placing competitor was Lucien Trepper, positioned at 10th place in the men's competition.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Lucien Trepper – 2409 points (→ 10th place)
• Jakob Wolfensberger – 2367 points (→ 22nd place)
• Jean-Pierre Heritier – 2222 points (→ 47th place)

Women's Individual Competition:

• Sally Svendlin – 2191 points (33rd place)

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Men's 800 metres

• Rolf Gysin

• Heat — 1:47.5

• Semifinals — 1:48.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Werner Meier

• Heat — 3:43.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

• Fritz Rügsegger

• Heat — 14:54.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Michel Patry

• Qualification Round — 2.09m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Ten cyclists represented Switzerland in 1972.

Individual road race

• Bruno Hubschmid — 19th place
• Iwan Schmid — 20th place
• Ueli Sutter — 24th place
• Hugo Schär — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• Gilbert Bischoff
• Bruno Hubschmid
• Roland Schär
• Ueli Sutter

1000m time trial

• Christian Brunner

• Final — 1:07.71 (→ 7th place)

Individual pursuit

• Xaver Kurmann

Team pursuit

• Martin Steger
• Xaver Kurmann
• René Savary
• Christian Brunner

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's 10m Platform

• Sandro Rossi — 225.87 points (→ 35th place)

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics. 12 fencers, 10 men and 2 women, represented Switzerland in 1972.

Men's épée

• Daniel Giger
• Peter Lötscher
• Christian Kauter

Men's team épée

• Guy Evéquoz, Peter Lötscher, Daniel Giger, Christian Kauter, François Suchanecki

Men's sabre

• Sandor Gombay
• Janos Mohoss
• Istvan Kulcsar

Men's team sabre

• Alain Barudoni, Sandor Gombay, Istvan Kulcsar, Janos Mohoss, Toni Reber

Women's foil

• Fabienne Regamey
• Madeleine Heitz

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Switzerland in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Hans Müller — 4392 points (→ 45th place)
• Beat Ganz — 4323 points (→ 51st place)
• Urs Hugi — 4661 points (→ 28th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Müller, Ganz, and Hugi — 13359 points (→ 15th place)

Alternate member

• Rudolf Steiner

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's Single Sculls

• Melchior Bürgin

• Heat — 8:00.20

• Repechage — 8:04.81

• Semi Finals — 8:16.95

• Final — 7:31.99 (→ 6th place)

Men's Coxed Pairs

• René Furler, Nicolas Lindecker and Stefan Hablützel

• Heat — 7:46.03

• Repechage — 8:11.53

• Semi Finals — 8:32.34

• B-Final — 8:05.54 (→ 12th place)

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Eight male shooters represented Switzerland.

25 m pistol

• Paul Buser
• Kurt Rey

300 m rifle, three positions

• Martin Truttmann
• Andreas Beyeler

50 m rifle, three positions

• Erwin Vogt
• Martin Truttmann

50 m rifle, prone

• Erwin Vogt
• Theo Ditzler

Trap

• Paul Vittet
• Vincenzo Lucchini

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Hanspeter Würmli

• Heat — 55.08s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Hanspeter Würmli

• Heat — 2:03.14 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Switzerland at the 1972 Munich Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055244/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SUI/summer/1972/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 25 January 2016 . Sports Reference.