Switzerland at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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Switzerland at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Flag of Switzerland.svg
IOC code SUI
NOC Swiss Olympic Association
Website www.swissolympic.ch  (in German and French)
in Berlin
Competitors190 (184 men and 6 women) in 21 sports
Flag bearer Paul Martin [1]
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
1
Silver
9
Bronze
5
Total
15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Switzerland competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 190 competitors, 184 men and 6 women, took part in 100 events in 21 sports. [2]

Contents

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Eleven cyclists, all men, represented Switzerland in 1936.

Individual road race
Team road race
Sprint
Time trial
Tandem
Team pursuit

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented Switzerland in 1936.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil

Field hockey

Gymnastics

Handball

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Switzerland in 1936.

Rowing

Switzerland had 16 rowers participate in seven out of seven rowing events in 1936. [3]

Men's single sculls
Men's double sculls
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed pair
Men's coxless four
Men's coxed four
Men's eight

Sailing

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Aeronautics

Alpinism

Art competitions

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Hans Ernst Homberger was a Swiss rower who competed with two of his brothers. He won two medals at the 1935 European Rowing Championships and a further two medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Born into a family of industrialists, he took over the International Watch Company when his father died in 1955. He led the company until he sold it to VDO in 1978.

References

  1. "Flagbearers for Switzerland". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  2. "Switzerland at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Switzerland Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2018.