Switzerland at the 1980 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	SUI
Nocname:	Swiss Olympic Association
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1980
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Olympic Movement
Website:
Location:	Moscow
Competitors:	73 (67 men, 6 women)
Sports:	10
Rank:	19
Gold:	2
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Switzerland competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led 1980 Summer Olympics boycott, Switzerland competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag. 73 competitors, 67 men and 6 women, took part in 45 events in 10 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Robert Dill-Bundi - Cycling, Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit
• Jürg Röthlisberger - Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg)

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics. After not competing in the 1976 archery competition, Switzerland returned in 1980 with four competitors. Lotti Tschanz earned the nation's first top eight finish.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Lotti Tschanz - 2346 points (→ 8th place)
• Erika Ulrich - 2240 points (→ 18th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Romeo Frigo - 2364 points (→ 18th place)
• Patrick Jopp - 2190 points (→ 32nd place)

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Men's 1,500 metres

• Pierre Délèze

• Heat - 3:44.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

• Markus Ryffel

• Heat - 13:45.0

• Semi Final - 13:29.3

• Final - 13:23.1 (→ 5th place)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Heat - did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Josef Peter

• Final - 2:24:53 (→ 40th place)

Men's 4×400 metres Relay

• Rolf Strittmatter, Peter Haas, Rolf Gisler, and Urs Kamber

• Heat - 3:07.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Franz Meier

• Heat - 50.32

• Semifinals - 50.12

• Final - 50.00 (→ 7th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Rolf Bernhard

• Qualification - 7.98 m

• Final - 7.88 m (→ 9th place)

Men's High Jump

• Roland Dalhäuser

• Qualification - 2.21 m

• Final - 2.24 m (→ 5th place)

Men's Pole Vault

• Felix Böhni

• Qualification - 5.15 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Jean-Pierre Egger

• Qualification - 19.61 m

• Final - 18.90 m (→ 12th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Stephan Niklaus

• Final - 7762 points (→ 12th place)

Women's 100 metres

• Brigitte Senglaub

• Heat - 11.69

• Quarterfinals - 11.56 (→ did not advance)
• Mosi Alli

• Heat - 12.19 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 metres

• Cornelia Bürki

• Heat - 4:05.5 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

• Heat - did not start (→ did not advance)

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Ten cyclists represented Switzerland in 1980. Robert Dill-Bundi won gold in the individual pursuit.

Individual road race

• Gilbert Glaus
• Richard Trinkler
• Hubert Seiz
• Jürg Luchs

Team time trial

• Gilbert Glaus
• Fritz Joost
• Jürg Luchs
• Richard Trinkler

Sprint

• Heinz Isler

1000m time trial

• Heinz Isler

Individual pursuit

• Robert Dill-Bundi

Team pursuit

• Robert Dill-Bundi
• Urs Freuler
• Hans Känel
• Hans Ledermann

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to Soviet Union (15-22)

• Lost to Yugoslavia (21-26)

• Defeated Kuwait (32-14)

• Defeated Algeria (26-18)

• Lost to Romania (16-18)
• Classification Match

• 7th/8th place: Lost to Poland (22-23) → 8th place
• Team Roster

• Edi Wickli

• Ernst Züllig

• Robert Jehle

• Roland Brand

• Max Schär

• Peter Maag

• Walter Müller

• Rudolf Weber

• Hans Huber

• Konrad Affolter

• Hanspeter Lutz

• Ugo Jametti

• Peter Jehle

• Martin Ott

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Men's 100m Freestyle

• Stéfan Voléry

• Heats - 52,68 (→ did not advance)

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Switzerland at the 1980 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090350/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SUI/summer/1980/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 7 May 2015 . sports-reference.com.