Switzerland at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Switzerland at the; 1928 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Amsterdam
Competitors	133 in 15 sports
Medals; Ranked 6th	Gold 7 Silver 4 Bronze 4 Total 15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;
Other related appearances
	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
Gold	Georges Miez	Gymnastics	Men's artistic individual all-around	August 10
Gold	Georges Miez	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	August 9
Gold	Hans Grieder, August Güttinger, Hermann Hänggi, Eugen Mack, Georges Miez, Otto Pfister, Eduard Steinemann, Melchior Wezel	Gymnastics	Men's team all-around	August 10
Gold	Hermann Hänggi	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse	August 8
Gold	Eugen Mack	Gymnastics	Men's vault	August 10
Gold	Hans Bourquin, Hans Schöchlin, Karl Schöchlin	Rowing	Men's coxed pair	August 10
Gold	Ernst Kyburz	Wrestling	Men's freestyle middleweight	August 1
Silver	Hermann Hänggi	Gymnastics	Men's artistic individual all-around	August 10
Silver	Georges Miez	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse	August 8
Silver	Fritz Bösch, Otto Bucher, Ernst Haas, Joseph Meyer, Karl Schwegler	Rowing	Men's coxed four	August 10
Silver	Arnold Bögli	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light heavyweight	August 1
Bronze	Charles-Gustave Kuhn	Equestrian	Individual jumping	August 12
Bronze	Eugen Mack	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	August 9
Bronze	Hermann Hänggi	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars	August 9
Bronze	Hans Minder	Wrestling	Men's freestyle featherweight	August 1

Athletics

Cycling

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

Equestrian

Fencing

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

Round of 16

28 May 1928

14:00

Switzerland	0–4	Germany
	Report	Hofmann 17', 75', 85' Hornauer 42'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 16,158

Referee: Willem Eijmers (Netherlands)

Gymnastics

Hockey

Adalbert Koch
Adolf Fehr
Charles Piot
Ernst Luchsinger
Édouard Mauris
Alfred Fischer
Fred Jenny
Henri Poncet
J. Loubert
Jean-Jacques Auberson
Maurice Magnin
Max Zumstein
Roland Olivier
René Pellarin
R. Rodé
Werner Fehr
J. Brun
E. Coppetti
F. Hermenjat
L. Joset
A. Rhinow

Rowing

Sailing

Swimming

Water Polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

^ "Switzerland at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-05-01.

External links

[sports-reference-1] "Switzerland at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-05-01.

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