Switzerland competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 129 competitors, 102 men and 27 women, took part in 91 events in 18 sports.

Medalists

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!Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

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| || || Shooting || Men's 50 metre rifle three positions || 1 August

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| || <br><br><br> || Cycling || Men's team time trial || 5 August

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| || <br><br> || Equestrian || Team dressage || 9 August

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| || || Athletics || Men's 5000 metres || 11 August

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| || || Wrestling || Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg || 1 August

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| || || Swimming || Men's 200 metre breaststroke || 2 August

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| || || Equestrian || Individual dressage || 10 August

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| || || Equestrian || Individual jumping || 12 August

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Archery

In Switzerland's third appearance in Olympic archery, two women and one man competed.

Women's Competition:

  • Ursula Hess – 2473 points (→ 13th place)
  • Vreny Burger – 2419 points (→ 27th place)

Men's Competition:

  • Thomas Hardmeier – 2476 points (→ 20th place)

Athletics

Men's 400 metres

  • Marcel Arnold

:* Heat — 46.46

:* Quarterfinals — 46.10 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Markus Ryffel

:* Heat — 13:46.16

:* Semifinals — 13:40.08

:* Final — 13:07.54 (→ 16x16px Silver Medal)

Men's Marathon

  • Bruno Lafranchi

:* Final — 2:24:38 (→ 50th place)

Men's High Jump

  • Roland Dalhäuser

:* Qualification — 2.24m

:* Final — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's Long Jump

  • René Gloor

:* Qualification — 7.71m (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Felix Böhni

:* Qualifying Round — 5.40m

:* Final — 5.30m (→ 7th place)

Men's Shot Put

  • Werner Günthör

:* Qualifying Round — 19.71 m

:* Final — 20.28m (→ 5th place)

Men's Decathlon

  • Michele Rüfenacht

:* Final Result — 7924 points (→ 10th place)

  • Patrick Vetterli

:* Final Result — 7739 points (→ 13th place)

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Women's 3,000 metres

  • Cornelia Bürki

:* Heat — 8:45.82

:* Final — 8:45.20 (→ 5th place)

Women's Marathon

  • Gabriela Andersen-Schiess

:* Final — 2:48:42 (→ 37th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Regula Egger

:* Qualification — 57.88m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Corinne Schneider

:* Final Result — 6042 points (→ 10th place)

Canoeing

Cycling

Twelve cyclists represented Switzerland in 1984.

;Individual road race

  • Richard Trinkler — +1:43 (→ 10th place)
  • Stefan Maurer — +3:37 (→ 12th place)
  • Heinz Imboden — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Benno Wiss — did not finish (→ no ranking)

;Team time trial

  • Alfred Achermann
  • Richard Trinkler
  • Laurent Vial
  • Benno Wiss

;Sprint

  • Heinz Isler

;1000m time trial

  • Heinz Isler

;Individual pursuit

  • Jörg Müller
  • Stephan Joho

;Team pursuit

  • Daniel Huwyler
  • Hans Ledermann
  • Hansruedi Märki
  • Jörg Müller

;Points race

  • Jörg Müller
  • Stephan Joho

Equestrianism

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Switzerland in 1984

;Men's épée

  • Michel Poffet
  • Daniel Giger
  • Gabriel Nigon

;Men's team épée

  • Olivier Carrard, Daniel Giger, Gabriel Nigon, Michel Poffet, François Suchanecki

Gymnastics

Handball

;Men's Team Competition

  • Team Roster

:* Jürgen Bätschmann

:* René Barth

:* Markus Braun

:* Max Delhees

:* Roland Gassmann

:* Martin Glaser

:* Peter Hürlimann

:* Peter Jehle

:* Heinz Karrer

:* Uwe Mall

:* Martin Ott

:* Norwin Platzer

:* Martin Rubin

:* Max Schär

:* Peter Weber

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male modern pentathletes represented Switzerland in 1984.

;Individual

  • Andy Jung
  • Peter Steinmann
  • Peter Minder

;Team

  • Andy Jung
  • Peter Steinmann
  • Peter Minder

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Dano Halsall

:* Heat — 50.91

:* Final — 50.50 (→ 5th place)

  • Stéfan Voléry

:* Heat — 51.24

:* B-Final — 51.42 (→ 10th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Stéfan Voléry

:* Heat — 1:54.19 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

  • Thierry Jacot

:* Heat — 1:56.54 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Patrick Ferland

:* Heat — 58.78 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Patrick Ferland

:* Heat — 2:08.31 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Étienne Dagon

:* Heat — 1:05.37 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

  • Felix Morf

:* Heat — 1:05.89 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Étienne Dagon

:* Heat — 2:18.95

:* Final — 2:17.41 (→ Image:Med 3.png Bronze Medal)

  • Felix Morf

:* Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Théophile David

:* Heat — 55.81

:* B-Final — 55.40 (→ 10th place)

  • Dano Halsall

:* Heat — 55.35

:* B-Final — 55.51 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Théophile David

:* Heat — 2:03.21 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Dano Halsall, Stéfan Voléry, Thierry Jacot, and Roger Birrer

:* Heat — 3:26.61 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Patrick Ferland, Étienne Dagon, Théophile David, and Dano Halsall

:* Heat — 3:48.13

:* Final — 3:47.93 (→ 7th place)

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Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Marie-Thérèse Armentero

:* Heat — 58.73 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Nadia Krüger

:* Heat — 4:28.20 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

  • Nadia Krüger

:* Heat — 9:07.95 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Eva Gysling, Patricia Brülhart, Carole Brook, and Marie-Thérèse Armentero

:* Heat — 4:20.55

:* Final — 4:19.02 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Eva Gysling

:* Heat — 1:05.18

:* B-Final — 1:06.11 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Eva Gysling

:* Heat — 2:25.69 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

  • Carole Brook

:* Heat — 2:18.66

:* B-Final — 2:16.74 (→ 15th place)

Synchronized swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References