Gold

• Pascal Richard
  Pascal Richard
  Pascal Richard is a French-speaking Swiss former racing cyclist. He is most notable as a former King of the Mountains winner at the Giro d'Italia and Olympic Games gold medalist.-Biography:...
  
   — Cycling
  Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics. There were three categories of events – road cycling, track cycling and mountain biking...
  
  , Men's Individual Road Race

• Donghua Li
  Donghua Li
  Donghua Li is a Swiss gymnast from China. Originally a successful gymnast from China, he met a Swiss citizen while recovering from injury, fell in love with her, and emigrated to Switzerland, where he eventually acquired citizenship and began competing for that country internationally...
  
   — Gymnastics
  Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  At the 1996 Summer Olympics, two different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics. The artistic gymnastics events were held at the Georgia Dome from July 20–25 and July 28–29. The rhythmic gymnastics events were held at Stegeman Coliseum in nearby...
  
  , Men's Pommeled Horse

• Xeno Müller
  Xeno Müller
  Xeno Müller is a Swiss rower and Olympic gold medallist.His first international appearance was at the 1990 Junior World Rowing Championships - winning bronze in his single scull ....
  
   — Rowing
  Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Taking place at Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States, the 1996 Summer Olympics saw the debut of lightweight rowing events. The three included replaced the remaining coxed events for men and the Women's Coxless Four...
  
  , Men's Single Sculls

• Markus Gier
  Markus Gier
  Markus Gier is a Swiss competition rower and Olympic champion. He hails from Sankt Gallen.Together with his brother Michael Gier Gier won a gold medal in lightweight double sculls, at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
   and Michael Gier
  Michael Gier
  Michael Gier is a Swiss competition rower and Olympic champion.Together with his brother Markus Gier Gier won a gold medal in lightweight double sculls, at the 1996 Summer Olympics . He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he finished 5th.-References:...
  
   — Rowing
  Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Taking place at Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States, the 1996 Summer Olympics saw the debut of lightweight rowing events. The three included replaced the remaining coxed events for men and the Women's Coxless Four...
  
  , Men's Lightweight Double Sculls

Silver

• 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...
  
   — Cycling
  Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics. There were three categories of events – road cycling, track cycling and mountain biking...
  
  , Men's Cross-Country Mountainbike

• Daniela Baumer
  Daniela Baumer
  Daniela Baumer is a Swiss sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. She won a silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:**...
  
  , Sabine Eichenberger
  Sabine Eichenberger
  Sabine Eichenberger is a Swiss sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. She won a silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:**...
  
  , Gabi Müller
  Gabi Müller
  Gabi Müller is a Swiss sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. She won a silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:**...
  
   and Ingrid Haralamow
  Ingrid Haralamow
  Ingrid Haralamow-Raimann is a Swiss sprint canoer who competed in the 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at Atlanta in 1996.-References:**...
  
   — Canoeing
  Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The canoeing competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was composed of 16 events in two disciplines, slalom and sprint...
  
  , Women's K4 500m Kayak Fours

• Willi Melliger — Equestrian
  Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The Equestrian events were held at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, United States, -Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...
  
  , Jumping Individual Competition

Athletics

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

• Peter Philipp
• Qualification — 3:41.60 (→ did not advance)

• Laurent Clerc, Kevin Widmer, 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...
  
  , and Mathias Rusterholz
• Heat — 3:03.05
• Semi Final — 3:05.36 (→ did not advance)

• Marcel Schelbert
  Marcel Schelbert
  Marcel Schelbert is a retired Swiss athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.His personal best time of 48.13 seconds, achieved when he won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships, is also a Swiss record. He also won a bronze medal at the 1999 Summer Universiade...
  
  
• Heat — 51.20s (→ did not advance)

• 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:...
  
  
• Final Result — 7743 points (→ 28th place)

• Pascal Charrière — 4:10:20 (→ 31st place)

• Corinne Simasotchi
• Heat — 53.69 (→ did not advance)

• 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:...
  
  
• Qualification — 33:56.95 (→ did not advance)

• Ursula Jeitziner
• Qualification — did not finish (→ did not advance)

• Michele Schenk
• Qualification — 55.70
• Semifinals — 55.96 (→ did not advance)

• Martina Stoop
• Qualification — 56.32 (→ did not advance)

• Sieglinde Cadusch
  Sieglinde Cadusch
  Sieglinde Cadusch is a retired Swiss high jumper.She competed at the 1992 Olympic Games, 1994 European Championships, the 1995 World Championships and the 1996 Olympic Games as well as the World Indoor Championships in 1993, 1995 and 1997 without reaching the final.Her personal best jump is 1.95...
  
  
• Qualification — 1.85m (→ did not advance)

• Patricia Nadler
• Final Result — 5803 points (→ 23rd place)

• Franziska Rochat-Moser
  Franziska Rochat-Moser
  Franziska Rochat-Moser was a long-distance runner from Switzerland, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992...
  
   — 2:34.48 (→ 18th place)
• Nelly Glauser — 2:37.19 (→ 34th place)

Modern Pentathlon

Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Team events were eliminated from the 1996 Olympics.-Medal Summary:Individual:-Final Results:-References:*...

• Philipp Wäffler → 29th place (4774 pts)

Road Competition

• Tony Rominger
  Tony Rominger
  Tony Rominger is a Swiss former professional road racing cyclist who won the Vuelta a España in 1992, 1993 and 1994 and the Giro d'Italia in 1995.He began cycling late, allegedly spurred by competition with his brother...
  
  
• Final — 1:06:05 (→ 5th 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 — 1:06:33 (→ 7th place)

• Barbara Heeb
• Final — 02:37:06 (→ 8th place)

• Yvonne Schnorf
• Final — 02:37:06 (→ 13th place)

• Diana Rast
• Final — 02:37:06 (→ 15th place)

• Diana Rast
• Final — 39:28 (→ 15th place)

Track Competition

• 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...
  
  
• Final — 8 points (→ 17th place)

Mountain Bike

• 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 — 2:20:14 (→ Silver Medal)

• Beat Wabel
• Final — 2:32:17 (→ 14th place)

• Daniela Gassmann
• Final — 1:59.11 (→ 12th place)

• Silvia Fürst
• Final — 2:03.04 (→ 16th place)

Swimming

Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...

• Dominique Diezi
  1. Heat — 26.57 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

• Sandrine Paquier
  1. Heat — 58.38 (→ did not advance, 36th 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:*...
  
  
  1. Heat — 4:24.49 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

• Dominique Diezi, Nicole Zahnd, Lara Preacco, and Sandrine Paquier
  1. Heat — 3:53.30 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

• Sandrine Paquier, Dominique Diezi, Nicole Zahnd, and 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:*...
  
  
  1. Heat — 8:21.55 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Tennis

Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the host nation United States won 3 of the 4 gold medals in tennis. For the first time at the Olympics, a single bronze medal was awarded in each event.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...

• Marc Rosset
  Marc Rosset
  Marc Rosset is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland who is best remembered for winning the men's singles Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games....
  
  
  1. First round — Defeated Hicham Arazi
     Hicham Arazi
     Hicham Arazi is a male tennis player from Morocco. He played professionally from 1993 to the end of the 2007. The left-hander reached his highest singles ranking in the ATP Tour on November 5, 2001, when he reached number 22 in the world. During his career, Arazi captured one singles title, in...
     
      (Morocco) 6-2 6-3
  2. Second round — Defeated Frederik Fetterlein
     Frederik Fetterlein
     Frederik Fetterlein is a tennis player from Denmark, who turned professional in 1989.The right-hander Fetterlein represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the second round by Switzerland's Marc Rosset...
     
      (Denmark) 7-6 7-5
  3. Third round — Lost to Renzo Furlan
     Renzo Furlan
     Renzo Furlan is a former tennis player from Italy.Having turned professional in 1988, Furlan represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the quarter finals by India's Leander Paes...
     
      (Italy) 0-6 2-4 retired

• Martina Hingis
  Martina Hingis
  Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...
  
  
  1. First round — Defeated Joëlle Schad (Dominican Republic) 6-0 6-1
  2. Second round — Lost to Ai Sugiyama
     Ai Sugiyama
     is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She reached No. 1 in women's doubles on the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
     
      (Japan) 4-6 4-6

• Patty Schnyder
  Patty Schnyder
  Patty Schnyder is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. She played on the WTA tour from 1993 to 2011 and is a former World No. 7. She defeated several World No...
  
  
  1. First round — Lost to Conchita Martínez
     Conchita Martínez
     Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998...
     
     (Spain) 1-6 2-6