Switzerland at the 1980 Summer Olympics
# Switzerland at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Switzerland competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led 1980 Summer Olympics boycott, Switzerland competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag. 73 competitors, 67 men and 6 women, took part in 45 events in 10 sports.

## Medalists

### Gold

* Robert Dill-Bundi — Cycling, Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit
* Jürg Röthlisberger — Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg)

## Archery

After not competing in the 1976 archery competition, Switzerland returned in 1980 with four competitors. Lotti Tschanz earned the nation's first top eight finish.

Women's Individual Competition:

* Lotti Tschanz — 2346 points (→ 8th place)
* Erika Ulrich — 2240 points (→ 18th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

* Romeo Frigo — 2364 points (→ 18th place)
* Patrick Jopp — 2190 points (→ 32nd place)

## Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres

* Pierre Délèze

   * Heat — 3:44.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

* Markus Ryffel

   * Heat — 13:45.0

   * Semi Final — 13:29.3

   * Final — 13:23.1 (→ 5th place)

Men's 10,000 metres

* Markus Ryffel

   * Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

* Josef Peter

   * Final — 2:24:53 (→ 40th place)

Men's 4×400 metres Relay

* Rolf Strittmatter, Peter Haas, Rolf Gisler, and Urs Kamber

   * Heat — 3:07.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

* Franz Meier

   * Heat — 50.32

   * Semifinals — 50.12

   * Final — 50.00 (→ 7th place)

Men's Long Jump

* Rolf Bernhard

   * Qualification — 7.98 m

   * Final — 7.88 m (→ 9th place)

Men's High Jump

* Roland Dalhäuser

   * Qualification — 2.21 m

   * Final — 2.24 m (→ 5th place)

Men's Pole Vault

* Felix Böhni

   * Qualification — 5.15 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

* Jean-Pierre Egger

   * Qualification — 19.61 m

   * Final — 18.90 m (→ 12th place)

Men's Decathlon

* Stephan Niklaus

   * Final — 7762 points (→ 12th place)

Women's 100 metres

* Brigitte Senglaub

   * Heat — 11.69

   * Quarterfinals — 11.56 (→ did not advance)
* Mosi Alli

   * Heat — 12.19 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 metres

* Cornelia Bürki

   * Heat — 4:05.5 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

* Yvonne Von Kauffungen

   * Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)

## Cycling

Ten cyclists represented Switzerland in 1980. Robert Dill-Bundi won gold in the individual pursuit.

### Individual road race

* Gilbert Glaus
* Richard Trinkler
* Hubert Seiz
* Jürg Luchs

### Team time trial

* Gilbert Glaus
* Fritz Joost
* Jürg Luchs
* Richard Trinkler

### Sprint

* Heinz Isler

### 1000m time trial

* Heinz Isler

### Individual pursuit

* Robert Dill-Bundi

### Team pursuit

* Robert Dill-Bundi
* Urs Freuler
* Hans Känel
* Hans Ledermann

## Handball

### Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group B)

   * Lost to Soviet Union (15-22)

   * Lost to Yugoslavia (21-26)

   * Defeated Kuwait (32-14)

   * Defeated Algeria (26-18)

   * Lost to Romania (16-18)
* Classification Match

   * 7th/8th place: Lost to Poland (22-23) → 8th place
* Team Roster

   * Edi Wickli

   * Ernst Züllig

   * Robert Jehle

   * Roland Brand

   * Max Schär

   * Peter Maag

   * Walter Müller

   * Rudolf Weber

   * Hans Huber

   * Konrad Affolter

   * Hanspeter Lutz

   * Ugo Jametti

   * Peter Jehle

   * Martin Ott

## Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

* Stéfan Voléry

   * Heats — 52,68 (→ did not advance)
