Switzerland at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

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Switzerland at the
2004 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeSUI
NPCSwiss Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.swissparalympic.ch
in Athens
Competitors41 in 8 sports
Medals
Ranked 40th
Gold
2
Silver
6
Bronze
8
Total
16
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Switzerland competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 41 athletes, 27 men and 14 women.[1] Competitors from Switzerland won 16 medals, including 2 gold, 6 silver and 8 bronze to finish 40th in the medal table.[2]

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Urs Kolly Athletics Men's long jump F44
 Gold Urs Kolly Athletics Men's pentathlon P44
 Silver
Beat Bosch
 Athletics Men's 100m T52
 Silver Pia Schmid Athletics Women's 200m T52
 Silver
Manuela Schar
 Athletics Women's 200m T54
 Silver
Edith Hunkeler
 Athletics Women's 1500m T54
 Silver
Edith Hunkeler
 Athletics Women's 5000m T54
 Silver Franz Weber Cycling Men's handcycle road race HC A
 Bronze
Beat Bosch
 Athletics Men's 200m T52
 Bronze Marcel Hug Athletics Men's 800m T54
 Bronze Marcel Hug Athletics Men's 1500m T54
 Bronze
Manuela Schar
 Athletics Women's 100m T54
 Bronze Franz Weber Cycling Men's handcycle time trial HC A
 Bronze Franz Nietlispach Cycling Men's handcycle time trial HC B/C
 Bronze Sara Tretola Cycling Women's bicycle time trial LC1-4 & CP 3/4
 Bronze
Sandra Kalt
Karin Suter-Erath
 Wheelchair tennis Women's doubles

Sports

Archery

Men

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Robert Lehner Men's individual W1 603 8 N/A  Antonios (FIN)
L 155-160 		did not advance

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Beat Bosch
 		T52 100m N/A 17.69 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200m 32.32 3 Q N/A 32.35 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Heinz Frei T53 800m 1:40.40 4 Q N/A 1:40.11 6
T54 5000m 10:25.76 8 q N/A 10:26.64 11
10000m 21:10.07 7 q N/A 20:53.95 7
Marathon N/A 1:32:04 7
Lukas Hendry T11 400m 56.36 10 did not advance
Marcel Hug T54 800m 1:35.60 4 Q N/A 1:32.66 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1500m 3:08.08 20 Q 3:04.73 3 Q 3:05.48 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
5000m 10:29.93 14 Q N/A 10:25.51 6
Edison Kasumaj T53 100m 16.87 19 did not advance
Tobias Loetscher T54 800m 1:41.10 18 did not advance
1500m 3:04.54 9 q 3:08.64 12 did not advance
Bojan Mitic T53 100m 16.08 13 did not advance
200m 27.57 10 did not advance
Franz Nietlispach T54 1500m 3:05.58 14 q DNF did not advance
10000m 21:48.46 16 Q N/A 20:56.02 9
Marathon N/A DNS
Christoph Sommer T46 1500m did not advance 4:08.81 9
5000m did not advance 15:24.99 6
Marcel Hug
Edison Kasumaj
Tobias Loetscher
Bojan Mitic 		T53/54 4 × 100 m relay 54.75 6 did not advance
Heinz Frei
Marcel Hug
Tobias Loetscher
Franz Nietlispach 		T53/54 4 × 400 m relay 3:19.23 6 did not advance

Men's field

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Lukas Hendry F11 Long jump 5.84 - 7
Urs Kolly F44 Long jump 6.68 PR - 1st place, gold medalist(s)
F44/46 Discus 41.66 833 6
Javelin 46.87 871 7
Shot put 12.65 870 9
P44 Pentathlon 4447 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Women's track

Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Simone Buess T54 200m 34.07 14 did not advance
Sandra Graf T54 800m 1:56.11 12 did not advance
1500m 3:36.13 2 Q N/A 3:30.30 10
5000m 11:59.94 2 Q N/A 12:10.50 6
Marathon N/A 1:59:09 5
Edith Hunkeler
 		T54 800m 1:53.61 5 q N/A 1:52.13 4
1500m 3:38.21 9 Q N/A 3:28.48 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
5000m 12:19.25 6 Q N/A 11:59.69 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Marathon N/A 1:56:21 4
Manuela Schaer
 		T54 100m 16.72 3 Q N/A 16.93 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200m 30.11 2 Q N/A 30.24 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Pia Schmid T52 200m 40.42 2 Q N/A 41.04 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
400m 1:23.15 3 Q N/A 1:22.61 4

Cycling

Men's road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Franz Nietlispach Men's handcycle road race HC div B/C 1:24:51 5
Men's handcycle time trial HC div B/C 18:18.92 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Markus Rauber Men's handcycle road race HC div B/C OVL 10
Men's handcycle time trial HC div B/C 18:46.85 6
Ivan Renggli Men's road race/time trial LC1 DNF
Beat Schwarzenbach Men's road race/time trial LC3 2:07:19 10
Franz Weber Men's handcycle road race HC div A 1:05:49 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's handcycle time trial HC div A 12:10.70 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Raphael Ioset
Beat Howald (pilot) 		Men's road race/time trial tandem B1-3 - 14

Men's track

Athlete Event Qualification 1st round Final
Time Rank Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank
Ivan Renggli Men's 1km time trial LC1-4 N/A 1:13.28 16
Men's individual pursuit LC1 5:11.36 5 Q  Vignati (ITA)
W 5:05.87 		4 q  Triboli (ITA)
L 5:08.00 		4
Beat Schwarzenbach Men's 1km time trial LC1-4 N/A DNS
Men's individual pursuit LC3 4:19.66 9 did not advance
Raphael Ioset
Beat Howald (pilot) 		Men's 1km time trial tandem B1-3 N/A 1:07.60 9
Men's individual pursuit tandem B1-3 4:46.13 12 did not advance
Men's sprint tandem B1-3 DNS did not advance

Women's road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Sara Tretola Women's time trial LC1-4/CP 3/4 28:00.04 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Women's track

Athlete Event Qualification 1st round Final
Time Rank Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank
Sara Tretola Women's 1km time trial LC1-4/CP 3/4 N/A 1:25.50 11

Equestrian

Athlete Event Total
Score Rank
Claudia Straub Mixed individual championship test grade IV 58.968 15
Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV
 61.955 15

Shooting

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Juerg Kohler Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 596 22 did not advance
Otto Koller Men's 10m air pistol SH1 549 26 did not advance
Mixed 50m pistol SH1 504 20 did not advance
Patrik Plattner Men's 10m air pistol SH1 550 23 did not advance
Mixed 50m pistol SH1 503 21 did not advance
Hans Peter Steffen Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 1084 21 did not advance
Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 595 33 did not advance
August Wyss Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 564 20 did not advance
Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 1128 8 Q 89.2 1217.2 8
Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 595 33 did not advance
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 579 20 did not advance

Swimming

Women

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Chantal Cavin S11 50m freestyle 35.15 6 Q 33.92 6
100m freestyle 1:15.17 2 Q 1:14.97 5
SB11 100m breaststroke 1:42.38 5 Q 1:42.72 4
Christina Heer S8 100m freestyle 1:22.01 14 did not advance
400m freestyle 5:50.49 9 did not advance
100m backstroke 1:39.16 11 did not advance
Nathalie Suter S7 50m freestyle 37.01 7 Q 37.18 8
100m freestyle 1:21.68 8 Q 1:21.42 8
100m backstroke 1:37.91 8 Q 1:35.73 8
SB7 100m breaststroke 1:56.33 9 did not advance
Tamara Vaucher S7 50m freestyle 42.70 15 did not advance
400m freestyle 7:03.34 14 did not advance
50m butterfly 49.45 13 did not advance

Table tennis

Men

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Christian Sutter Men's singles 4  Caci (ITA)
W 3-2 		 Benedetti (FRA)
L 2-3 		 Eid (EGY)
W 3-1 		2 Q  
Choi (KOR
)
L 0-3 		did not advance
Rolf Zumkehr Men's singles 1  Launonen (FIN)
L 2–3 		 Kang (KOR)
L 1–3 		 Maslup (ARG)
W 3–1 		3 did not advance
Christian Sutter
Rolf Zumkehr 		Men's teams 4  France (FRA)
L 2-3 		 Germany (GER)
L 0-3 		 Egypt (EGY)
W 3-1 		3 did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Alice Rast Women's singles 4  Pape (GER)
W 3–2 		 Pillarova (SVK)
L 2–3 		 Riese (RSA)
W 3–1 		2 Q  Dolinar (SLO)
W 3–1 		 
Weinmann (GER
)
L 0-3 		 Pape (GER)
L 1-3 		4

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Athlete Class Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Martin Erni Open Men's singles  Plowman (GBR)
L 0–6, 6–2, 6-7 		did not advance
Daniel Pellegrina  Gatelli (ITA)
L 1–6, 7–5, 0-6 		did not advance
Martin Erni
Daniel Pellegrina 		Men's doubles N/A  Quintero (USA) /
 Rydberg (USA)
L 0–6, 3-6 		did not advance

Women

Athlete Class Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Sandra Kalt
 Open Women's singles  Korb (USA)
W 7–6, 6–2 		 Young (KOR)
W 6–3, 6–2 		 Gravellier (FRA)
L 2–6, 1-6 		did not advance
Karin Suter-Erath  Smit (NED)
L 2–6, 3-6 		did not advance
Sandra Kalt
Karin Suter-Erath
 Women's doubles N/A  
Ochoa (ESP) /
 Vidal (ESP
)
W 6–3, 6-0 		 Young (KOR) /
 Myung (KOR)
W 6–3, 6-2 		 Khanthasit (THA) /
 Techamaneewat (THA)
L 5–7, 0-6 		 Ohmae (JPN) /
 Yaosa (JPN)
W 7–5, 6-3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Participation Numbers Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
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