Switzerland at the 1928 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Amsterdam
Competitors	133 in 15 sports
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 7 Silver 4 Bronze 4 Total 15
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Switzerland competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 133 competitors, 132 men and 1 woman, took part in 70 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Medalists[edit]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Georges Miez	Gymnastics	Men's artistic individual all-around	August 10
			Men's horizontal bar	August 9
Gold	Hans Grieder, August Güttinger, Hermann Hänggi, Eugen Mack, Georges Miez, Otto Pfister, Eduard Steinemann, Melchior Wezel	Gymnastics	Men's team all-around	August 10
Gold	Hermann Hänggi	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse	August 8
Gold	Eugen Mack	Gymnastics	Men's vault	August 10
Gold	Hans Bourquin, Hans Schöchlin, Karl Schöchlin	Rowing	Men's coxed pair	August 10
Gold	Ernst Kyburz	Wrestling	Men's freestyle middleweight	August 1
Silver	Hermann Hänggi	Gymnastics	Men's artistic individual all-around	August 10
Silver	Georges Miez	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse	August 8
Silver	Fritz Bösch, Otto Bucher, Ernst Haas, Joseph Meyer, Karl Schwegler	Rowing	Men's coxed four	August 10
Silver	Arnold Bögli	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light heavyweight	August 1
Bronze	Charles-Gustave Kuhn	Equestrian	Individual jumping	August 12
Bronze	Eugen Mack	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	August 9
Bronze	Hermann Hänggi	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars	August 9
Bronze	Hans Minder	Wrestling	Men's freestyle featherweight	August 1

Athletics[edit]

Cycling[edit]

Nine cyclists, all men, represented Switzerland in 1928.

Individual road race

• Gottlieb Amstein
• Jakob Caironi
• Türel Wanzenried
• Paul Litschi

Team road race

• Gottlieb Amstein
• Jakob Caironi
• Türel Wanzenried

Sprint

• Willi Knabenhans

Time trial

• Erich Fäs

Team pursuit

• Erich Fäs
• Gustave Moos
• Heinz Gilgen
• Joseph Fischler

Diving[edit]

Equestrian[edit]

Fencing[edit]

Nine fencers, eight men and 1 woman, represented Switzerland in 1928.

Men's foil

• Eugène Empeyta
• Frédéric Fitting
• John Albaret

Men's team foil

• Édouard Fitting, Frédéric Fitting, Eugène Empeyta, John Albaret, Michel Fauconnet, Jean de Bardel

Men's épée

• Eugène Empeyta
• Henri Jacquet
• Édouard Fitting

Men's team épée

• Édouard Fitting, Henri Jacquet, Frédéric Fitting, Eugène Empeyta, John Albaret, Paul de Graffenried

Women's foil

• Jeanne Morgenthaler

Football[edit]

Round of 16

Gymnastics[edit]

Hockey[edit]

Roster

The following is the Switzerland roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 1928 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	4	4	0	0	26	0	+26	8	Gold medal match
2	Belgium	4	3	0	1	8	9	−1	6	Bronze medal match
3	Denmark	4	2	0	2	5	8	−3	4
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	3	2	11	−9	2
5	Austria	4	0	0	4	1	14	−13	0

17 May 1928 15:50 Switzerland  1–2  Denmark Loubert  ?' Report Husted  16' Holst  ?' Umpires: L. J. Quarles van Ufford (NED) M. J. Vandekerckhove (BEL)

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20 May 1928 16:00 Belgium  3–0   Switzerland Delheid  15' Diercxsens  34' Vercken  68' Report Umpires: A. Broese van Croenou (NED) F. Schiff (NED)

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22 May 1928 15:00 India  6–0   Switzerland Marthins  6' Chand  26', 53', 55', 65' Gateley  ?' Report Umpires: P. Reinberg (GER) M. Masip Ubis (ESP)

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24 May 1928 18:00 Switzerland  1-0  Austria Fehr  ?' Report Umpires: T. Evekink (NED) P. Regibo (BEL)

Rowing[edit]

Sailing[edit]

Swimming[edit]

Water Polo[edit]

Weightlifting[edit]

Wrestling[edit]

Art competitions[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database