Switzerland at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Switzerland at the
1896 Summer Olympics
Switzerland at the; 1896 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Athens
Competitors	3 in 2 sports
Medals	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 3
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

Three competitors from Switzerland competed in two sports at the 1896 Summer Olympics. The Swiss won one championship and placed second in two more events, for a total of three medals. They had 8 entries in 5 events.

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Louis Zutter	Gymnastics	Men's Pommel Horse
Silver	Louis Zutter	Gymnastics	Men's Parallel Bars
Silver	Louis Zutter	Gymnastics	Men's Vault

Gymnastics[]

All of Switzerland's medals were won by Zutter in the gymnastics competitions. Zutter's only event that did not result in a medal was in the horizontal bar. Champaud^[1] (see Bulgaria at the 1896 Summer Olympics) entered three events, but did not medal in any.

Gymnast	Event	Score	Rank
Louis Zutter	Vault	Unknown
	Parallel bars	Unknown
	Pommel horse	Unknown
	Horizontal bar	Unknown	3–15

Shooting[]

Baumann took 8th of 42 in the military rifle competition.

Shooter	Event	Hits	Score	Rank
Albert Baumann	200 m military rifle	Unknown	1294	8

Notes[]

^ Which nation Champaud's results should be credited to is disputed. Champaud was a Swiss national living in Sofia. The Bulgarian Olympic Committee claims Champaud competed for Bulgaria, making that nation one of those debuting in 1896; however, most results list include Champaud as Swiss. The International Olympic Committee's official number of 14 nations at the 1896 Summer Olympics almost certainly includes Bulgaria, which would make Champaud's results credited to Bulgaria.

References[]

Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J. & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at [1])
Mallon, Bill & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at [2])
Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.

[Champaud-1] Which nation Champaud's results should be credited to is disputed. Champaud was a Swiss national living in Sofia. The Bulgarian Olympic Committee claims Champaud competed for Bulgaria, making that nation one of those debuting in 1896; however, most results list include Champaud as Swiss. The International Olympic Committee's official number of 14 nations at the 1896 Summer Olympics almost certainly includes Bulgaria, which would make Champaud's results credited to Bulgaria.

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