Switzerland at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Switzerland competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 102 competitors, 64 men and 38 women, took part in 82 events in 19 sports.^[1]

Switzerland at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Sydney
Competitors	102 (64 men, 38 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Thomas Frischknecht
Medals Ranked 37th	Gold 1 Silver 6 Bronze 2 Total 9
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 2024
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Brigitte McMahon	Triathlon	Women's individual
Silver	Barbara Blatter	Cycling	Women's mountainbike cross country
Silver	Markus Fuchs Beat Mändli Lesley McNaught Willi Melliger	Equestrian	Team Jumping
Silver	Gianna Hablützel-Bürki	Fencing	Women's épée
Silver	Gianna Hablützel-Bürki Sophie Lamon Diana Romagnoli	Fencing	Women's team épée
Silver	Xeno Müller	Rowing	Men's single sculls
Silver	Michel Ansermet	Shooting	Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
Bronze	Magali Messmer	Triathlon	Women's individual
Bronze	Christoph Sauser	Cycling	Men's mountainbike cross country

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's competition

Men's 800m

• André 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 4 × 400 m

• Nicolas Baeriswyl, André 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 Marathon

• Viktor Roethlin

• Final – 2:20:06 (36th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Philipp Huber

• 100m – 11.35
• Long Jump – DNS
• Shot Put – DNS

Women'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)

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Further information: Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's beach volleyball

• Martin Laciga and Paul Laciga – 5th place (tied)

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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)

Slalom

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

Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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 – DNF

Women'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

Main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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)

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, two men and three women, represented Switzerland in 2000.

Men's épée

• Marcel Fischer

Men's sabre

• Laurent Waller

Women's épée

• Gianna Hablützel-Bürki
• Diana Romagnoli
• Sophie Lamon

Women's team épée

• Gianna Hablützel-Bürki, Sophie Lamon, Diana Romagnoli

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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 and Simon 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 Käser

• 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)

• Flavio Marazzi and Renato 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 and Claude 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)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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
• Final – 01:01.88 (→ 8th place)

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 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Phillipp Gilgen, Remo Lütolf, Phillippe Meyer, and Karel 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)

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Duet

• Madeleine Perk, Belinda Schmid

• Technical Routine – 32.153
• Free Routine – 59.886
• Final – 92.039 (10th place)

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Singles competition:

• Roger Federer

Trampolining

Main article: Trampolining at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, Switzerland was represented by three men and three women. The women captured both the gold medal and the bronze 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:

• Brigitte McMahon – 2:00:40.52 (→ Gold Medal)
• Magali Messmer – 2:01:08.83 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Sibylle Matter – 2:13:25.38 (→ 36th place)

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Notes

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site