- Switzerland at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics Switzerland
games=2000 Summer
competitors=
sports=
gold=1
silver=6
bronze=2
total=9Switzerland competed at the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney ,Australia .Medalists
Switzerland finished in 18th position in the final medal rankings, with one gold medal and 9 medals overall.
Gold
*
Brigitte McMahon — Triathlon, Women's CompetitionSilver
*
Barbara Blatter — Cycling, Women's Mountainbike*
Markus Fuchs ,Beat Mändli ,Lesley McNaught andWilli Melliger — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition*
Gianna Hablützel-Bürki — Fencing, Women's Épée Individual*
Gianna Hablützel-Bürki ,Sophie Lamon ,Diana Romagnoli , andTabea Steffen — Fencing, Women's Épée Individual*
Xeno Müller — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls*
Michel Ansermet — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire PistolBronze
*
Magali Messmer — Triathlon, Women's Competition*
Christoph Sauser — Cycling, Men's MountainbikeResults by event
Men's competition
Men's 800m
*Andre Bucher
*# Round 1 – 01:46.51
*# Semifinal – 01:44.38
*# Final – 01:45.40 (5th place)Men's 110m Hurdles
*Paolo Della Santa
*# Round 1 – 14.12 (did not advance)*
Raphael Monachon
*# Round 1 – 14.8 (did not advance)Men's 4x400m
*Nicolas Baeriswyl ,Andre Bucher ,Laurent Clerc ,Alain Rohr
*# Round 1 – 03:06.01 (did not advance)Men's 3,000m Steeplechase
*Christian Belz
*# Round 1 – 08:33.45 (did not advance)Men's 1,500m Wheelchair
*Heinz Frei
*# Final – 03:07.82 (Bronze medal)Men's Marathon
*Viktor Roethlin
*# Final – 2:20:06 (36th place)Men's Decathlon
*Philipp Huber
*# 100m – 11.35
*# Long Jump – DNS
*# Shot Put – DNSWomen's competition
Women's 100m
*Mireille Donders
*# Round 1 – 11.63 (did not advance)Women's 200m
*Mireille Donders
*# Round 1 – 23.44 (did not advance)Women's 1,500m
*Anita Wyermann
*# Round 1 – 04:09.28
*# Semifinal – 04:30.80 (did not advance)*
Sabine Fischer
*# Round 1 – 04:10.78
*# Semifinal – 04:06.67
*# Final – 04:08.84 (9th place)Women's Marathon
*Daria Nauer
*# Final – 2:43:00 (38th place)Flatwater
Men's competition
Men's Kayak Singles 500m
*Adrian Hermann Bachmann
*# Qualifying Heat – 01:45.187 (did not advance)Men's Kayak Singles 1000m
*Adrian Hermann Bachmann
*# Qualifying Heat – 03:45.705
*# Semifinal – 03:47.479 (did not advance)lalom
Men's competition
Men's Kayak Singles
*Mathias Roethenmund
*# Qualifying – 253.02
*# Final – 227.96 (9th place)Women's competition
Women's Kayak Singles
*Sandra Friedli
*# Qualifying – 306.01
*# Final – 262.30 (9th place)
=Cycling=Cross Country Mountain Bike
Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
*Christoph Sauser
*# Final – 2:11:21.00 (Bronze medal)*
Thomas Frischknecht
*# Final – 2:12:42.49 (6th place)*
Thomas Hochstrasser
*# Final – DNFWomen's Mountain Bike
*Barbara Blatter
*# Final – 1:49:51.42 (Silver medal)*
Chantal Daucourt
*# Final – 1:56:49.53 (11th place)Road Cycling
Men's competition
Men's Individual Time Trial
*Alex Zülle
*# Final – 1:02:34 (33rd place)Men's Road Race
*Markus Zberg
*# Final – 5:30:46 (21st place)*
Oscar Camenzind
*# Final – 5:30:46 (37th place)*
Mauro Gianetti
*# Final – 5:30:46 (54th place)*
Laurent Dufaux
*# Final – 5:30:46 (64th place)*
Alex Zülle
*# Final – 5:30:46 (68th place)Women's competition
Women's Individual Time Trial
*Nicole Brändli
*# Final – 0:45:51 (23rd place)Women's Road Race
*Yvonne Schnorf
*# Final – 3:06:31 (9th place)*
Nicole Brändli
*# Final – 3:06:31 (16th place)*
Priska Doppmann
*# Final – 3:10:17 (32nd place)Track Cycling
Men's competition
Men's Individual Pursuit
*Franco Marvulli
**Qualifying – 04:34.000 (did not advance)Men's Point Race
*Bruno Risi
**Points – 13
**Laps Down – 2 (12th place)Men's Madison
*Bruno Risi ,Kurt Betschart
**Final – 5 (11th place)
=Diving=Men's 3 Metre Springboard
*Jean-Romain Delaloye
*# Preliminary – 292.68 (45th place, did not advance)Women's 3 Metre Springboard
*Catherine Maliev – Aviolat
*# Preliminary – 204.06 (38th place, did not advance)Women's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard
*Catherine Maliev – Aviolat ,Jacquiline Schneider
*# Final – 256.2 (8th place)
=Sailing=Switzerland had four top 20 finishes during the Sailing competition at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
*Peter Theurer
*# Race 1 – 16
*# Race 2 – 13
*# Race 3 – (21)
*# Race 4 – 4
*# Race 5 – 18
*# Race 6 – 19
*# Race 7 – 8
*# Race 8 – 20
*# Race 9 – (26) DNC
*# Race 10 – 4
*# Race 11 – 18
*# Final – 120 (18th place)Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
*Lukas Erni andSimon Bruegger
*# Race 1 – (30) OCS
*# Race 2 – (28)
*# Race 3 – 27
*# Race 4 – 24
*# Race 5 – 20
*# Race 6 – 7
*# Race 7 – 20
*# Race 8 – 26
*# Race 9 – 27
*# Race 10 – 8
*# Race 11 – 25
*# Final – 184 (27th place)Women's Mistral
*Anja Kaeser
*# Race 1 – 14
*# Race 2 – (16)
*# Race 3 – 7
*# Race 4 – 7
*# Race 5 – 10
*# Race 6 – 12
*# Race 7 – 13
*# Race 8 – 10
*# Race 9 – 13
*# Race 10 – (18)
*# Race 11 – 4
*# Final – 90 (12th place)Open Two Handed Keelboat (Star)
*Flabio Marazzi andRenato Marazzi
*# Race 2 – 14
*# Race 3 – 4
*# Race 4 – (17) DSQ
*# Race 5 – (17) DSQ
*# Race 6 – (17) DNF
*# Race 7 – 16
*# Race 8 – 12
*# Race 9 – 6
*# Race 10 – 10
*# Race 11 – 5
*# Final – 97 (15th place)Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)
*Thomas Rueegge andClaude Maurer
*# Race 1 – 15
*# Race 2 – 6
*# Race 3 – 14
*# Race 4 – 4
*# Race 5 – 10
*# Race 6 – (17)
*# Race 7 – 8
*# Race 8 – 9
*# Race 9 – (17)
*# Race 10 – 14
*# Race 11 – 11
*# Race 12 – 15
*# Race 13 – 9
*# Race 14 – 13
*# Race 15 – 12
*# Race 16 – 11
*# Final – 151 (15th place)
=Swimming=Men's 50m Freestyle
*Christophe Bühler
*# Preliminary Heat – 23.15 (→ did not advance)Men's 100m Freestyle
*Karel Novy
*# Preliminary Heat – 50.19 (→ did not advance)Men's 100m Butterfly
*Philippe Meyer
*# Preliminary Heat – 54.85 (→ did not advance)Men's 100m Breaststroke
*Remo Lütolf
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:02.54 (→ did not advance)Men's 100m Backstroke
*Philipp Gilgen
*# Preliminary Heat – 57.5 (→ did not advance)Men's 200m Individual Medley
*Yves Platel
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:05.19 (→ did not advance)Men's 400m Individual Medley
*Yves Platel
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:22.38 (→ did not advance)Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
*Phillipp Gilgen ,Remo Lütolf ,Phillippe Meyer , andKarel Novy
*# Preliminary Heat – 03:42.78 (→ did not advance)Women's 400m Freestyle
*Flavia Rigamonti
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:11.77 (→ did not advance)*
Chantal Strasser
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:16.17 (→ did not advance)Women's 800m Freestyle
*Flavia Rigamonti
*# Preliminary Heat – 08:30.44
*# Final – 08:25.91 (→ 4th place)*
Chantal Strasser
*# Preliminary Heat – 08:35.84 (→ did not advance)Women's 100m Breaststroke
*Agata Czaplicki
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:13.19 (→ did not advance)Women's 200m Breaststroke
*Agata Czaplicki
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:32.98 (→ did not advance)Duet
*Madeleine Perk ,Belinda Schmid
*# Technical Routine – 32.153
*# Free Routine – 59.886
*# Final – 92.039 (10th place)Tennis
Men's Singles competition:
* Roger FedererAt the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, Switzerland was represented by three men and three women. The women captured both the
gold medal and thebronze medal , while the men added one more top eight finish.Men's Competition:
*Reto Hug — 1:49:21.30 (→ 8th place)
*Markus Keller — 1:50:15.25 (→ 18th place)
*Jean-Christophe Guinchard — 1:50:50.76 (→ 24th place)Women's Competition:
* Gold Medal)
* Bronze Medal)
*Sibylle Matter — 2:13:25.38 (→ 36th place)Men's Beach Competition
*
Martin Laciga andPaul Laciga — 5th place (tied)References
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*International Olympic Committee (2001). [http://www.gamesinfo.com.au/results/results.pdf The Results] . Retrieved 11/12/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v1.pdf Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v2.pdf Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Results.pdf The Results] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
* [http://www.olympic.org International Olympic Committee Web Site]
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