Switzerland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
# Switzerland at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Switzerland competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 157 competitors, 148 men and 9 women, took part in 96 events in 17 sports.

## Gold

* Jack Günthard — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
* Hans Eugster — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars

## Silver

* Fritz Schwab — Athletics, Men's 10 km Walk
* Henri Chammartin, Gustav Fischer, and Gottfried Trachsel — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition
* Josef Stalder — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
* Hans Eugster, Ernst Fivian, Ernst Gebendinger, Jack Günthard, Hans Schwarzentruber, Josef Stalder, Melchior Thalmann, and Jean Tschabold — Gymnastics, Men's Combined Exercises
* Enrico Bianchi, Émile Ess, Walter Leiser, Heini Scheller, and Karl Weidmann — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
* Robert Bürchler — Shooting, Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions

## Bronze

* Oswald Zappelli — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Competition
* Paul Barth, Willy Fitting, Paul Meister, Otto Rüfenacht, Mario Valota, and Oswald Zappelli — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition
* Josef Stalder — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
* Josef Stalder — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
* Hans Eugster — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
* Hans Kalt and Kurt Schmid — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs

## Basketball

### Men's Team Competition

* Qualification Round (Group A)

   * Lost to Bulgaria (58-69)

   * Lost to Belgium (49-59) → did not advance

## Cycling

### Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

* Rolf Graf — 5:12:45.3 (→ 17th place)
* Fausto Lurati — 5:24:58.0 (→ 50th place)
* Kobi Scherer — did not finish (→ no ranking)

### Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

* Fredy Arber

   * Final — 1:15.4 (→ 15th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

* Fritz Siegenthaler — 16th place

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

* Hans Pfenninger, Heinrich Müller, Max Wirth, and Oskar von Büren

   * Eliminated in quarterfinals (→ 8th place)

## Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

* Heinz Schaub

   * Preliminary Round — 47.15 points (→ 35th place)

Women's 10m Platform

* Ferdinanda Martini-Pautasso

   * Preliminary Round — 30.04 points (→ 15th place)

## Fencing

Ten fencers, nine men and one woman, represented Switzerland in 1952.

### Men's épée

* Oswald Zappelli
* Paul Barth
* Paul Meister

### Men's team épée

* Otto Rüfenacht, Paul Meister, Oswald Zappelli, Paul Barth, Willy Fitting, Mario Valota

### Men's sabre

* Otto Greter
* Jules Amez-Droz
* Umberto Menegalli

### Men's team sabre

* Umberto Menegalli, Oswald Zappelli, Otto Greter, Jules Amez-Droz

### Women's foil

* Hedwig Rieder

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Switzerland in 1952.

### Individual

* Werner Vetterli
* Werner Schmid
* Erhard Minder

### Team

* Werner Vetterli
* Werner Schmid
* Erhard Minder

## Rowing

Switzerland had 13 male rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1952.

### Men's single sculls

* Paul Meyer

### Men's double sculls

* Peter Stebler
* Émile Knecht

### Men's coxless pair

* Kurt Schmid
* Hans Kalt

### Men's coxed pair

* Walter Lüchinger
* Alex Siebenhaar
* Walter Ludin (cox)

### Men's coxed four

* Rico Bianchi
* Karl Weidmann
* Heini Scheller
* Émile Ess
* Walter Leiser (cox)

## Shooting

Nine shooters represented Switzerland in 1952.

### 25 m pistol

* Rudolf Schnyder

### 50 m pistol

* Beat Rhyner
* Alexander Specker

### 300 m rifle, three positions

* Robert Bürchler
* August Hollenstein

### 50 m rifle, three positions

* Ernst Huber
* Otto Horber

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Otto Horber
* Ernst Huber

### Trap

* Louis Cavalli
* Pierre-André Flückiger
