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 &mdash; Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
 * Hans Eugster &mdash; Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars

Silver

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

Bronze

 * Oswald Zappelli &mdash; Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Competition
 * Paul Barth, Willy Fitting, Paul Meister, Otto Rüfenacht, Mario Valota, and Oswald Zappelli &mdash; Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition
 * Josef Stalder &mdash; Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
 * Josef Stalder &mdash; Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
 * Hans Eugster &mdash; Gymnastics, Men's Rings
 * Hans Kalt and Kurt Schmid &mdash; 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
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
 * Road Competition
 * Rolf Graf &mdash; 5:12:45.3 (→ 17th place)
 * Fausto Lurati &mdash; 5:24:58.0 (→ 50th place)
 * Kobi Scherer &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
 * Track Competition
 * Fredy Arber
 * Final &mdash; 1:15.4 (→ 15th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
 * Fritz Siegenthaler &mdash; 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 &mdash; 47.15 points (→ 35th place)

Women's 10m Platform
 * Ferdinanda Martini-Pautasso
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 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