Switzerland at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Switzerland competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 149 competitors, 147 men and 2 women, took part in 90 events in 16 sports.

Silver

 * Gustav Fischer &mdash; Equestrian, Dressage Individual Competition
 * Anton Bühler, Rudolf Günthardt and Hans Schwarzenbach &mdash; Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
 * Hans Rudolf Spillmann &mdash; Shooting, Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions

Bronze

 * Anton Bühler &mdash; Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
 * Ernst Hürlimann and Rolf Larcher &mdash; Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
 * Henri Copponex, Pierre Girard and Manfred Metzger &mdash; Sailing, 5.5 Metre

Cycling
14 male cyclists represented Switzerland in 1960.


 * Individual road race
 * Erwin Jaisli
 * Emil Beeler
 * Max Wechsler
 * Hubert Bächli


 * Team time trial
 * Erwin Jaisli
 * Roland Zöffel
 * René Rutschmann
 * Hubert Bächli


 * Sprint
 * Kurt Rechsteiner


 * 1000m time trial
 * Josef Helbling


 * Tandem
 * Peter Vogel
 * Peter Hirzel


 * Team pursuit
 * Walter Signer
 * Werner Weckert
 * Hans Heinemann
 * Egon Scheiwiller

Fencing
Seven fencers, all men, represented Switzerland in 1960.


 * Men's foil
 * Jean Cerrottini
 * Michel Steininger
 * Claudio Polledri


 * Men's épée
 * Jules Amez-Droz
 * Claudio Polledri
 * Michel Steininger


 * Men's team épée
 * Hans Bässler, Jules Amez-Droz, Paul Meister, Charles Ribordy, Claudio Polledri, Michel Steininger

Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Switzerland in 1960.


 * Individual
 * Erhard Minder
 * Werner Vetterli
 * Rolf Weber


 * Team
 * Erhard Minder
 * Werner Vetterli
 * Rolf Weber

Rowing

 * Men's single sculls
 * Hugo Waser


 * Men's double sculls
 * Ernst Hürlimann
 * Rolf Larcher


 * Men's coxless pair
 * Walter Knabenhans
 * Heinrich Scherer


 * Men's coxless four
 * Paul Kölliker
 * Göpf Kottmann
 * Kurt Schmid
 * Rolf Streuli


 * Men's eight
 * Rico Bianchi
 * Émile Ess
 * Hugo Goeggel
 * Hans Graber
 * Werner Kölliker
 * Walter Osterwalder
 * Gottfried Schär
 * Hansruedi Scheller
 * Werner Ehrensperger

Shooting
Ten shooters represented Switzerland in 1960.


 * 25 m pistol
 * Hansruedi Schneider
 * Hans Albrecht


 * 50 m pistol
 * Albert Späni
 * Frédéric Michel


 * 300 m rifle, three positions
 * Hans Rudolf Spillmann
 * August Hollenstein


 * 50 m rifle, three positions
 * Kurt Müller
 * Hans Schönenberger


 * 50 m rifle, prone
 * Hans Rudolf Spillmann
 * Hans Schönenberger


 * Trap
 * Pierre-André Flückiger
 * Louis von Sonnenberg