Switzerland at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	SUI
Nocname:	Swiss Olympic Association
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2004
Website:
Location:	Athens
Competitors:	98
Sports:	18
Flagbearer:	Roger Federer^[1]
Rank:	46
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Switzerland competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Swiss athletes competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except when they boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne as a protest to the Soviet invasion of Hungary. The Swiss Olympic Association sent a total of 98 athletes to the Games, 59 men and 39 women, to compete in 18 sports.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Swiss athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^{[2] [3]}

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Christian Belz	5000 m	13:29.59	12	Did not advance
André Bucher	800 m	1:47.34	3	Did not advance
Cedric El Idrissi	400 m hurdles	49.44	6	Did not advance
Viktor Röthlin	Marathon

Field events

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Anita Bragger	800 m	2:04.00	4	Did not advance
Marie Polli	20 km walk	1:37:53	39

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Corinne Muller	High jump	1.89	23	Did not advance
Nadine Rohr	Pole vault	4.15	24	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Ronnie Dürrenmatt	Men's C-1	103.91	8	102.55	5	206.46	8 Q	102.52	11	Did not advance
Michael Kurt	Men's K-1	94.30	4	92.49	1	186.79	1 Q	103.20	20	Did not advance
Nagwa El Desouki	Women's K-1	118.38	12	110.27	5	228.65	10 Q	113.24	9 Q	111.80	5	225.04	6

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Simon Fäh	Men's K-1 500 m	1:42.415	7 q	1:41.039	5	Did not advance
Men's K-1 1000 m	3:41.392	6 q	3:37.569	8 Q	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Rubens Bertogliati	Road race	Did not finish
Time trial	1:02:16.56	27
align=left rowspan=2	Fabian Cancellara	Road race	Did not finish
Time trial	59:42.38	10
Martin Elmiger	align=left rowspan=3	Road race	5:41:56	29
Grégory Rast	Did not finish
Markus Zberg	5:41:56	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Nicole Brändli	Road race	3:38:39	38
align=left rowspan=2	Priska Doppmann	Road race	3:25:42	18
Time trial	32:40.47	9
Barbara Heeb	Road race	3:25:42	28
Karin Thürig	Time trial	31:54.89

Track

Pursuit

Omnium

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Thomas Frischknecht	align=left rowspan=3	Men's cross-country	2:19:39	7
Ralf Näf	2:19:15	6
Christoph Sauser	Did not finish
Barbara Blatter	align=left rowspan=2	Women's cross-country	Did not finish
Katrin Leumann	2:16:07	19

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Silvia Iklé	Salieri CH	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	67.042	28 Q	69.101	18	Did not advance
Christian Pläge	Regent	66.667	30	Did not advance
Daniel Ramseier	Palladio	63.250	45	Did not advance
Jasmien Sanche-Burger	Mr G de Lully	Withdrew		Did not advance
Silvia Iklé Christian Pläge Daniel Ramseier Jasmien Sanche-Burger	See above	Team	65.653	10

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Marisa Cortesi	Peppermint III	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	48.40	26	111.00	159.40	68	12.00	171.40	58	Did not advance			171.40	58
Jennifer Eicher	Agent Mulder	65.00	57	0.00	65.00	=33	12.00	77.00	=33	Did not advance			77.00	=33

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Fabio Crotta	Mme Pompadour M	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	5	=31	8	13	=33 Q	4	17	=21 Q	16	=36	Did not advance
Steve Guerdat	Olympic	4	=19	4	8	=16 Q	13	21	=33 Q	Retired		Did not advance
Markus Fuchs	Tinka's Boy	6	=42	20	26	=55 Q	2	28	=41	Did not advance
Christina Liebherr	No Mercy	9	=54	0	9	=23 Q	8	17	=21 Q	8	=12 Q	9	17	14	17	14
Fabio Crotta Markus Fuchs Steve Guerdat Christina Liebherr	See above	Team	12	=4 Q	14	26	5	26	5

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Christoph Schärer	Floor	8.787	8.787	72	Did not advance
Pommel horse		8.650	8.650	74	Did not advance
Parallel bars	8.737		8.737	69	Did not advance
Horizontal bar	9.650	9.650	26	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Andreas Schweizer	All-around	8.787	9.200	9.737 Q	9.100	9.387	9.225	55.436	27 Q	8.450	9.062	9.675	9.225	9.450	8.750	54.612	24
Rings	9.737	9.737	8 Q	9.737	9.737	8

Women

Trampoline

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sergei Aschwanden	Men's −81 kg	L 0002–1000	Did not advance
Lena Göldi	Women's −57 kg	W 1000–0000	W 1010–0000	L 0000–0001	Did not advance		L	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Switzerland has qualified a single athlete in modern pentathlon.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
André Vonarburg	Single sculls	7:23.43	2 R	6:53.48	1 SA/B/C	7:08.52	4 FB	6:52.88	8
Olivier Gremaud Christian Stofer Florian Stofer Simon Stürm	Quadruple sculls	6:20.67	5 R	5:47.94	2 SA/B	5:48.74	6 FB	6:04.53	8

Women

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Richard Stauffacher	Mistral	24	13	14	25	OCS	22	24	20	22	23	OCS	222	24
Simon Brügger Lukas Erni	470	20	25	18	20	6	24	20	27	11	15	4	163	22
Flavio Marazzi Enrico De Maria	Star	10	1	3	7	9	9	12	11	4	8	9	70	4

Women

Open

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Marcel Bürge	10 m air rifle	576	47	Did not advance
50 m rifle prone	594	=9	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1158	18	Did not advance
Niki Marty	25 m rapid fire pistol	577	12	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Gaby Bühlmann	10 m air rifle	575	=13	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	391	=27	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Cornelia Frölich	10 m air pistol	384	=6 Q	481.5	7
25 m pistol	557	34	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Monika Rieder	10 m air pistol	366	=38	Did not advance
25 m pistol	568	29	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Swiss swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Remo Lütolf	100 m breaststroke	1:03.82	34	Did not advance
Dominik Meichtry	200 m freestyle	1:49.45 NR	11 Q	1:50.02	14	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Karel Novy	50 m freestyle	22.51	13 Q	22.63	16	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	49.93	22	Did not advance
Yves Platel	400 m individual medley	4:28.94	29	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Dominique Diezi	50 m freestyle			Did not advance
100 m freestyle	56.67	=26	Did not advance
Hanna Miluska	200 m freestyle	2:03.28	24	Did not advance
Flavia Rigamonti	800 m freestyle	8:38.10	13	Did not advance
Dominique Diezi Seraina Prünte Marjorie Sagne Nicole Zahnd	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:48.61	15	Did not advance
Hanna Miluska Flavia Rigamonti Chantal Strasser Nicole Zahnd	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:10.41	12	Did not advance
Dominique Diezi Carmela Schlegel Carla Stampfli Nicole Zahnd	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:15.54	15	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Switzerland has qualified a spot in the women's duet.

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Roger Federer	Men's singles	W 6–3, 5–7, 6–1	L 6–4, 5–7, 5–7	Did not advance
Yves Allegro Roger Federer	Men's doubles		W 6–3, 6–2	L 6–7^(5–7), 3–6	Did not advance
Myriam Casanova	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles	L 3–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Patty Schnyder	W 6–3, 6–4	W 3–6, 6–1, 6–4	L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Myriam Casanova Patty Schnyder	align=left rowspan=2	Women's doubles		W 6–3, 6–4	L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Switzerland has qualified five athletes in both men's and women's triathlon.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Reto Hug	align=left rowspan=3	Men's	18:19	0:18	1:05:37	0:18	37:44	2:01:40.43	40
Olivier Marceau	18:18	0:18	1:00:46	0:20	33:40	1:52:44.36	8
Sven Riederer	18:17	0:17	1:00:45	0:20	32:31	1:51:33.26
Brigitte McMahon	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	19:46	0:19	1:10:41	0:21	36:40	2:07:07.73	10
Nicola Spirig	20:34	0:20	1:09:51	0:21	38:19	2:08:44.46	19

Volleyball

Beach

See also: Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Patrick Heuscher Stefan Kobel	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	Pool E W 2 – 0 (28–26, 21–18) W 2 – 1 (16–21, 22–20, 15–9) W 2 – 1 (21–16, 13–21, 15–13)	1 Q	W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–19)	W 2 – 0 (21–16, 21–19)	L 1 – 2 (14–21, 21–19, 12–15)	W 2 – 1 (19–21, 21–17, 15–13)
Martin Laciga Paul Laciga	Pool C W 2 – 0 (21–14, 21–14) L 1 – 2 (19–21, 21–17, 9–15) W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–19)	2 Q	W 2 – 1 (21–19, 19–21, 15–12)	L 0 – 2 (13–21, 16–21)	Did not advance
Simone Kuhn Nicole Schnyder	Women's	Pool D L 0 – 2 (16–21, 13–21) L 1 – 2 (18–21, 21–17, 13–15) L 1 – 2 (24–22, 17–21, 12–15)	4	Did not advance

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle

Men's Greco-Roman

See also

• Switzerland at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Swiss Olympic Association

Notes and References

1. News: Federer serves warning to Olympic rivals. swissinfo. 10 August 2004. 4 April 2014.
2. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. June 4, 2011.
3. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards. IAAF. 4 June 2011.