Switzerland at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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.

Switzerland at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Athens
Competitors	98 in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Roger Federer[1]
Medals Ranked 46th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Marcel Fischer	Fencing	Men's individual épée	August 17
Silver	Franco Marvulli Bruno Risi	Cycling	Men's madison	August 25
Bronze	Karin Thürig	Cycling	Women's road time trial	August 18
Bronze	Sven Riederer	Triathlon	Men's event	August 25
Bronze	Patrick Heuscher Stefan Kobel	Volleyball	Men's beach volleyball	August 25

Athletics

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]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

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	—				DNF

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Patric Suter	Hammer throw	73.54	23	Did not advance

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

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
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

Main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rubens Bertogliati	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial	1:02:16.56	27
Fabian Cancellara	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial	59:42.38	10
Martin Elmiger	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
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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Karin Thürig	Women's individual pursuit	3:34.746	6 Q	van Moorsel (NED) 3:34.831	5	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Franco Marvulli Bruno Risi	Men's madison	15	0

Mountain biking

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

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jean Romain Delaloye	10 m platform	326.82	31	Did not advance

Equestrian

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	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	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	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

Main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marcel Fischer	Individual épée	Bye	Nabil (EGY) W 15–10	Kovács (HUN) W 15–7	Fernández (VEN) W 15–13	Boisse (FRA) W 15–9	Wang L (CHN) W 15–9

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
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
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

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Melanie Marti	All-around	9.112	9.050	8.525	9.050	27.037	43	Did not advance

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Ludovic Martin	Men's	66.80	9	Did not advance

Judo

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 / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sergei Aschwanden	Men's −81 kg	Sganga (ARG) L 0002–1000	Did not advance
Lena Göldi	Women's −57 kg	Pekli (AUS) W 1000–0000	Ekuta (NGR) W 1010–0000	Lupetey (CUB) L 0000–0001	Did not advance	Bye	Harel (FRA) L WO	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Switzerland has qualified a single athlete in modern pentathlon.

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Niklaus Brünisholz	Men's	180	9	1096	14–17	=19	776	2:09.12	19	1252	196	25	1004	9:46.75	8	1056	5184	14

Rowing

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

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Carolina Lüthi	Single sculls	7:49.88	2 R	7:37.90	3 SC/D	7:47.33	4 FC	7:44.11	15

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

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

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Anja Käser	Mistral	14	12	10	10	OCS	7	15	13	12	18	10	121	14

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Christopher Rast Christian Steiger	49er	11	9	12	2	OCS	7	16	16	3	10	10	16	7	16	9	9	137	12

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

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

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

Swimming

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
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
Dominique Diezi	50 m freestyle	DNS		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

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Switzerland has qualified a spot in the women's duet.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Magdalena Brunner Belinda Schmid	Duet	45.334	11	46.000	91.334	11 Q	46.084	91.418	10

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Roger Federer	Men's singles	Davydenko (RUS) W 6–3, 5–7, 6–1	Berdych (CZE) L 6–4, 5–7, 5–7	Did not advance
Yves Allegro Roger Federer	Men's doubles	—	Fyrstenberg / Matkowski (POL) W 6–3, 6–2	Bhupathi / Paes (IND) L 6–7(5–7), 3–6	Did not advance
Myriam Casanova	Women's singles	Pratt (AUS) L 3–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Patty Schnyder		Mandula (HUN) W 6–3, 6–4	Hantuchová (SVK) W 3–6, 6–1, 6–4	Kuznetsova (RUS) L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Myriam Casanova Patty Schnyder	Women's doubles	—	Hantuchová / Husárová (SVK) W 6–3, 6–4	Yan Z / Zheng J (CHN) L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

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	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	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	Men's	Pool E  Child – Heese (CAN) W 2 – 0 (28–26, 21–18)  Prosser – Williams (AUS) W 2 – 1 (16–21, 22–20, 15–9)  Blanton – Nygaard (USA) W 2 – 1 (21–16, 13–21, 15–13)	1 Q	Brenha – Maia (POR) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–19)	Holdren – Metzger (USA) W 2 – 0 (21–16, 21–19)	Rego – Santos (BRA) L 1 – 2 (14–21, 21–19, 12–15)	Prosser – Williams (AUS) W 2 – 1 (19–21, 21–17, 15–13)
Martin Laciga Paul Laciga		Pool C  Gartmayer – Nowotny (AUT) W 2 – 0 (21–14, 21–14)  Bosma – Herrera (ESP) L 1 – 2 (19–21, 21–17, 9–15)  Berger – Gosch (AUT) W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–19)	2 Q	Araújo – Insfran (BRA) W 2 – 1 (21–19, 19–21, 15–12)	Rego – Santos (BRA) L 0 – 2 (13–21, 16–21)	Did not advance
Simone Kuhn Nicole Schnyder	Women's	Pool D  Dumont – Martin (CAN) L 0 – 2 (16–21, 13–21)  Glesnes – Maaseide (NOR) L 1 – 2 (18–21, 21–17, 13–15)  McPeak – Youngs (USA) L 1 – 2 (24–22, 17–21, 12–15)	4	Did not advance

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Key:

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rolf Scherrer	−96 kg	Tasoyev (UKR) L 1–3 PP	Gatsalov (RUS) L 1–3 PP	2	Did not advance			16

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Reto Bucher	−74 kg	Kikiniou (BLR) W 3–1 PP	Sai Yj (CHN) W 3–1 PP	1 Q	Khalimov (KAZ) W 3–0 PO	Yli-Hannuksela (FIN) L 0–3 PO	Samurgashev (RUS) L 0–4 ST	4

See also

• Switzerland at the 2004 Summer Paralympics