Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Triathlon Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics Triathlon made its Olympic Games debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The sport consists of three different disciplines, competed consecutively with no rest between them.The Olympic distances for the three disciplines are:...	Women's individual
		Cycling Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics At the 2000 Summer Olympics, 3 different Bicycle racing disciplines were contested: Road cycling, Track cycling, and Mountain biking.-Medal table:-Road cycling:-Track cycling:MenWomen-Mountain biking:-References:*...	Women's mountainbike cross country
	Beat Mändli Lesley McNaught Willi Melliger	Equestrian Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics The Equestrian Events at the 2000 Sydney Olympics included Dressage, Eventing, and Show Jumping. All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions.-Medals:-Event Summary:-Riders:*Imtiaz Anees*David O'Connor *Andrew Hoy*Mark Todd...	Team Jumping
		Fencing Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics -Men's events:-Women's events:-References:*...	Women's épée
	Sophie Lamon Diana Romagnoli Tabea Steffen	Fencing Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics -Men's events:-Women's events:-References:*...	Women's team épée
		Rowing Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics Final results for the Rowing events at the 2000 Summer Olympics:The event is probably most noted for Steve Redgrave's winning his fifth Olympic gold medal in as many games in the British men's coxless four. However, there were a number of other dramatic races. Both the men's and women's single...	Men's single sculls
		Shooting Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics The shooting competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics were carried out at the Sydney International Shooting Centre in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia during the first week of the Games, from Saturday 16 September 2000 to Saturday 23 September 2000....	Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
		Triathlon Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics Triathlon made its Olympic Games debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The sport consists of three different disciplines, competed consecutively with no rest between them.The Olympic distances for the three disciplines are:...	Women's individual
		Cycling Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics At the 2000 Summer Olympics, 3 different Bicycle racing disciplines were contested: Road cycling, Track cycling, and Mountain biking.-Medal table:-Road cycling:-Track cycling:MenWomen-Mountain biking:-References:*...	Men's mountainbike cross country

Men's competition

Men's 800m

• Andre Bucher
  André Bucher
  André Bucher is a retired Swiss 800 metres runner. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton in his event. Bucher also won the indoor bronze that same year....
  
  
• Round 1 — 01:46.51
• Semifinal — 01:44.38
• Final — 01:45.40 (5th place)

Men's 110m Hurdles

• Paolo Della Santa
• Round 1 — 14.12 (did not advance)

• Raphael Monachon
• Round 1 — 14.8 (did not advance)

Men's 4x400m

• Nicolas Baeriswyl, Andre Bucher
  André Bucher
  André Bucher is a retired Swiss 800 metres runner. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton in his event. Bucher also won the indoor bronze that same year....
  
  , Laurent Clerc, Alain Rohr
  Alain Rohr
  Alain Rohr is a Swiss athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles.Rohr finished fourth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Cédric El-Idrissi, Martin Leiser and Andreas Oggenfuss...
  
  
• Round 1 — 03:06.01 (did not advance)

Men's 3,000m Steeplechase

• Christian Belz
  Christian Belz
  Christian Belz is a Swiss long-distance runner. He was initially a steeplechaser and represented Switzerland in the event at the World Championships in Athletics in 1999 and 2001 as well as the 2000 Summer Olympics. He broke the national record with a run of 8:22.24 in June 2001...
  
  
• Round 1 — 08:33.45 (did not advance)

Men's 1,500m Wheelchair

• Heinz Frei
  Heinz Frei
  Heinz Frei is a Swiss wheelchair athlete. Frei has had a long career of racing, winning the London Marathon wheelchair race three times, and earning 5 medals at the 2003 European games at the age of 45...
  
  
• Final — 03:07.82 (Bronze medal)

Men's Marathon

• Viktor Roethlin
• Final — 2:20:06 (36th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Philipp Huber
  Philipp Huber
  Philipp Huber is a Swiss decathlete. His personal best result was 8153 points, achieved in June 2000 in Götzis.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  
• 100m — 11.35
• Long Jump — DNS
• Shot Put — DNS

Women's competition

Women's 100m

• Mireille Donders
• Round 1 — 11.63 (did not advance)

Women's 200m

• Mireille Donders
• Round 1 — 23.44 (did not advance)

Women's 1,500m

• Anita Wyermann
• Round 1 — 04:09.28
• Semifinal — 04:30.80 (did not advance)

• Sabine Fischer
  Sabine Fischer
  Sabine Fischer is a Swiss long-distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
• Round 1 — 04:10.78
• Semifinal — 04:06.67
• Final — 04:08.84 (9th place)

Women's Marathon

• Daria Nauer
  Daria Nauer
  Daria Nauer is a retired Swiss long-distance runner, who won a bronze medal in 10,000 metres at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki in a Swiss record time of 31:35.96 minutes.-Achievements:...
  
  
• Final — 2:43:00 (38th place)

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500m

• Adrian Hermann Bachmann
• Qualifying Heat — 01:45.187 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000m

• Adrian Hermann Bachmann
• Qualifying Heat — 03:45.705
• Semifinal — 03:47.479 (did not advance)

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles

• Mathias Roethenmund
• Qualifying — 253.02
• Final — 227.96 (9th place)

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles

• Sandra Friedli
  Sandra Friedli
  Sandra Friedli is a Swiss slalom canoer who competed from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-1 event at the 1999 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell....
  
  
• Qualifying — 306.01
• Final — 262.30 (9th place)

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

• Christoph Sauser
  Christoph Sauser
  Christoph Sauser is a cross-country mountain biker, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He currently races on the Specialized Cross Country Team....
  
  
• Final — 2:11:21.00 (Bronze medal)

• Thomas Frischknecht
  Thomas Frischknecht
  Thomas Frischknecht is a Swiss mountain bike and cyclo-cross racer, often called Europe's Elder Statesman of mountain biking, because of his extraordinarily long career at the top level of the sport...
  
  
• Final — 2:12:42.49 (6th place)

• Thomas Hochstrasser
• Final — DNF

Women's Mountain Bike

• Barbara Blatter
• Final — 1:49:51.42 (Silver medal)

• Chantal Daucourt
• Final — 1:56:49.53 (11th place)

Men's competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Alex Zülle
  Alex Zülle
  Alex Zülle is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer. During the 1990s he was one of the best cyclists in the world, winning the Vuelta a España twice and taking the second place in 1999 Tour de France. He was world time-trial champion in Lugano in 1996.-Early career:Zülle was born and...
  
  
• Final — 1:02:34 (33rd place)

Men's Road Race

• Markus Zberg
  Markus Zberg
  Markus Zberg is a retired Swiss professional road bicycle racer; he is the younger brother of Beat Zberg.- Palmarès :19961998...
  
  
• Final — 5:30:46 (21st place)

• Oscar Camenzind
  Oscar Camenzind
  Oscar Camenzind is a former professional road racing cyclist from Switzerland. He is national road champion of 1997. In 1998 he won the World Road Championship and the Giro di Lombardia, in 2000 he won the Tour de Suisse and he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2001...
  
  
• Final — 5:30:46 (37th place)

• Mauro Gianetti
  Mauro Gianetti
  Mauro Gianetti is a Swiss directeur sportif, and a former rider in professional road bicycle racing. Gianetti is employed as team manager for the cycling team....
  
  
• Final — 5:30:46 (54th place)

• Laurent Dufaux
  Laurent Dufaux
  Laurent Dufaux was a professional road cyclist from 1991 - 2003.- Major results :1993199419951996-External links:**...
  
  
• Final — 5:30:46 (64th place)

• Alex Zülle
  Alex Zülle
  Alex Zülle is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer. During the 1990s he was one of the best cyclists in the world, winning the Vuelta a España twice and taking the second place in 1999 Tour de France. He was world time-trial champion in Lugano in 1996.-Early career:Zülle was born and...
  
  
• Final — 5:30:46 (68th place)

Women's competition

Women's Individual Time Trial

• Nicole Brändli
  Nicole Brändli
  Nicole Brändli is a professional cyclist from Switzerland. She's a three time winner of Giro d'Italia Femminile.-Palmarès:...
  
  
• Final — 0:45:51 (23rd place)

Women's Road Race

• Yvonne Schnorf
• Final — 3:06:31 (9th place)

• Nicole Brändli
  Nicole Brändli
  Nicole Brändli is a professional cyclist from Switzerland. She's a three time winner of Giro d'Italia Femminile.-Palmarès:...
  
  
• Final — 3:06:31 (16th place)

• Priska Doppmann
  Priska Doppmann
  Priska Doppmann is a Swiss road racing cyclist, born in Cham. She finished 7th in the Women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Currently, she is a manager for the women's team .-Palmarès:1999...
  
  
• Final — 3:10:17 (32nd place)

Men's competition

Men's Individual Pursuit

• Franco Marvulli
  Franco Marvulli
  Franco Marvulli is a Swiss professional racing cyclist.-Palmares:20002001Franco Marvulli is a Swiss professional racing cyclist.-Palmares:2000...
  
  
  • Qualifying — 04:34.000 (did not advance)

Men's Point Race

• Bruno Risi
  Bruno Risi
  Bruno Risi is a Swiss professional racing cyclist.He is the ninth Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics , after middle-distance runner Paul Martin, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg, equestrian Christine Stückelberger, and Alpine skier Paul...
  
  
  • Points — 13
  • Laps Down — 2 (12th place)

Men's Madison

• Bruno Risi
  Bruno Risi
  Bruno Risi is a Swiss professional racing cyclist.He is the ninth Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics , after middle-distance runner Paul Martin, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg, equestrian Christine Stückelberger, and Alpine skier Paul...
  
  , Kurt Betschart
  Kurt Betschart
  Kurt Betschart born 25 August 1968 in Erstfeld Switzerland is a former professional cyclist. He was a Six Day Track specialist holding a world record 37 victories with the same partner, Bruno Risi. He had a total of 47 professional victories and represented Switzerland at the Olympic games...
  
  
  • Final — 5 (11th place)

Diving

Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, eight diving events were contested for the first time due to the inclusion of synchronized variants for each of the traditional events...

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Jean-Romain Delaloye
• Preliminary — 292.68 (45th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Catherine Maliev — Aviolat
• Preliminary — 204.06 (38th place, did not advance)

Women's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard

• Catherine Maliev — Aviolat, Jacquiline Schneider
• Final — 256.2 (8th place)

Sailing

Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

Switzerland had four top 20 finishes during the Sailing competition at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

• Peter Theurer
• Race 1 — 16
• Race 2 — 13
• Race 3 — (21)
• Race 4 — 4
• Race 5 — 18
• Race 6 — 19
• Race 7 — 8
• Race 8 — 20
• Race 9 — (26) DNC
• Race 10 — 4
• Race 11 — 18
• Final — 120 (18th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Lukas Erni and Simon Bruegger
• Race 1 — (30) OCS
• Race 2 — (28)
• Race 3 — 27
• Race 4 — 24
• Race 5 — 20
• Race 6 — 7
• Race 7 — 20
• Race 8 — 26
• Race 9 — 27
• Race 10 — 8
• Race 11 — 25
• Final — 184 (27th place)

Women's Mistral

• Anja Kaeser
• Race 1 — 14
• Race 2 — (16)
• Race 3 — 7
• Race 4 — 7
• Race 5 — 10
• Race 6 — 12
• Race 7 — 13
• Race 8 — 10
• Race 9 — 13
• Race 10 — (18)
• Race 11 — 4
• Final — 90 (12th place)

Open Two Handed Keelboat (Star)

• Flabio Marazzi and Renato Marazzi
• Race 2 — 14
• Race 3 — 4
• Race 4 — (17) DSQ
• Race 5 — (17) DSQ
• Race 6 — (17) DNF
• Race 7 — 16
• Race 8 — 12
• Race 9 — 6
• Race 10 — 10
• Race 11 — 5
• Final — 97 (15th place)

Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)

• Thomas Rueegge and Claude Maurer
• Race 1 — 15
• Race 2 — 6
• Race 3 — 14
• Race 4 — 4
• Race 5 — 10
• Race 6 — (17)
• Race 7 — 8
• Race 8 — 9
• Race 9 — (17)
• Race 10 — 14
• Race 11 — 11
• Race 12 — 15
• Race 13 — 9
• Race 14 — 13
• Race 15 — 12
• Race 16 — 11
• Final — 151 (15th place)

Swimming

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Christophe Bühler
• Preliminary Heat — 23.15 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Karel Novy
• Preliminary Heat — 50.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Philippe Meyer
• Preliminary Heat — 54.85 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Remo Lütolf
• Preliminary Heat — 01:02.54 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Philipp Gilgen
• Preliminary Heat — 57.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Yves Platel
• Preliminary Heat — 02:05.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Yves Platel
• Preliminary Heat — 04:22.38 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

• Phillipp Gilgen, Remo Lütolf, Phillippe Meyer, and Karel Novy
• Preliminary Heat — 03:42.78 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Flavia Rigamonti
  Flavia Rigamonti
  Flavia Rigamonti is a Swiss swimmer from Sorengo. As of 2010, she holds the Swiss Records in the women's 400, 800 and 1500 freestyles.At the 2007 World Championships, she set the European Record in the women's 1500 free ....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 04:11.77 (→ did not advance)

• Chantal Strasser
  Chantal Strasser
  Chantal Strasser is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Switzerland, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996 .-References:*...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 04:16.17 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800m Freestyle

• Flavia Rigamonti
  Flavia Rigamonti
  Flavia Rigamonti is a Swiss swimmer from Sorengo. As of 2010, she holds the Swiss Records in the women's 400, 800 and 1500 freestyles.At the 2007 World Championships, she set the European Record in the women's 1500 free ....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 08:30.44
• Final — 08:25.91 (→ 4th place)

• Chantal Strasser
  Chantal Strasser
  Chantal Strasser is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Switzerland, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996 .-References:*...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 08:35.84 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Agata Czaplicki
• Preliminary Heat — 01:13.19 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• Agata Czaplicki
• Preliminary Heat — 02:32.98 (→ did not advance)

Synchronized Swimming

Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in the Olympic Aquatic Centre where 104 competitors challenged for 2 gold medals in the duet and team events. Each event was made up of a technical and free routine with the points added together to determine the medalists.-Medal...

Duet

• Madeleine Perk, Belinda Schmid
• Technical Routine — 32.153
• Free Routine — 59.886
• Final — 92.039 (10th place)

Triathlon

Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Triathlon made its Olympic Games debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The sport consists of three different disciplines, competed consecutively with no rest between them.The Olympic distances for the three disciplines are:...

At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, Switzerland was represented by three men and three women. The women captured both the gold medal

Gold medal

A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...

 and the bronze medal

Bronze medal

A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...

, while the men added one more top eight finish.

Men's Competition:

• Reto Hug
  Reto Hug
  Reto Hug is an athlete from Switzerland, who competes in the triathlon.-Olympics:Hug competed in his first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took eighth place with a total time of 1:49:21.30. At the following games, Hug competed again in the triathlon competition, placing 40th...
  
   — 1:49:21.30 (→ 8th place)
• Markus Keller
  Markus Keller
  Markus Keller is a retired male athlete from Switzerland, who competed in triathlon. Keller competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took eighteenth place with a total time of 1:50:15.25.-References:*...
  
   — 1:50:15.25 (→ 18th place)
• Jean-Christophe Guinchard
  Jean-Christophe Guinchard
  Jean-Christophe Guinchard is an athlete from Switzerland. He competes in triathlon.Guinchard competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took 24th place with a total time of 1:50:50.76.-References:...
  
   — 1:50:50.76 (→ 24th place)

Women's Competition:

• Brigitte McMahon
  Brigitte McMahon
  Brigitte McMahon-Huber is an athlete from Switzerland, who competed in triathlon.McMahon competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She won the gold medal with a total time of 2:00:40.52, which until 2008 was the fastest time for a female in an Olympic triathlon...
  
   — 2:00:40.52 (→ Gold Medal)
• Magali Messmer
  Magali Messmer
  Magali Di Marco Messmer , is one of the most seasoned professional elite triathletes and part of the Swiss National Team since 1995. She took part in two Olympic Games, placing 3rd in Sydney and 13th in Beijing...
  
   — 2:01:08.83 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Sibylle Matter
  Sibylle Matter
  Sibylle Matter is an athlete from Switzerland and physician. She competes in triathlon.Matter competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She took thirty-sixth place with a total time of 2:13:25.38....
  
   — 2:13:25.38 (→ 36th place)

Men's Beach Competition

• Martin Laciga
  Martin Laciga
  Martin Laciga is a beach volleyball player from Switzerland, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Marseille, France, partnering his older brother Paul Laciga...
  
   and Paul Laciga
  Paul Laciga
  Paul Laciga is a beach volleyball player from Switzerland, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany, partnering Sascha Heyer...
  
  — 5th place (tied)