Switzerland at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Switzerland at the Paralympic Games
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At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London
Competitors	25 in 7 sports
Medals Rank: 33	Gold 3	Silver 6	Bronze 4	Total 13
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Switzerland competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from August 29 to September 9, 2012.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Edith Wolf	Athletics	Women's 5000m T54	2 September
Gold	Heinz Frei	Cycling	Men's Time Trial H2	5 September
Gold	Sandra Graf	Cycling	Women's Time Trial H3	5 September
Silver	Edith Wolf	Athletics	Women's 800m T54	5 September
Silver	Marcel Hug	Athletics	Men's 800m T54	6 September
Silver	Edith Wolf	Athletics	Women's 1500m T54	7 September
Silver	Tobias Fankhauser	Cycling	Men's Road Race H1	7 September
Silver	Jean-Marc Berset	Cycling	Men's Road Race H2	7 September
Silver	Marcel Hug	Athletics	Men's Marathon T54	9 September
Bronze	Edith Wolf	Athletics	Women's 400m T54	3 September
Bronze	Ursula Schwaller	Cycling	Women's Time Trial H1-2	5 September
Bronze	Jean-Marc Berset Heinz Frei Ursula Schwaller	Cycling	Mixed Team Relay H1-4	8 September
Bronze	Sandra Graf	Athletics	Women's Marathon T54	9 September

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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
Philippe Horner	Ind. Compound Open	656	8	Evans (CAN) L 4-6	Did not advance

Women

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
Magali Comte	Ind. Recurve Standing	514	12	Bye	Mohammadi (IRI) W 6-2	Lee (KOR) L 4-6	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men’s Track and Road Events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Philipp Handler	100m T13	11.45	5	Did not advance
	200m T13	23.45	5	Did not advance
Bojan Mitic	100m T34	16.56	1 Q	16.69	4
	200m T34	30.23	2 Q	30.35	4
Christoph Bausch	100m T44	12.09	4	Did not advance
	200m T44	24.22	4 q	23.70	6
Beat Boesch	100m T52	17.99	2 Q	18.41	4
	200m T52	31.93	2 Q	32.75	4
	400m T52	1:04.83	3 Q	1:07.72	6
Marcel Hug	400m T54	48.87	2 Q	47.80	5
	800m T54	1:38.27	2 Q	1:37.84
	1500m T54	3:11.17	1 Q	3:12.76	4
	5000m T54	11:31.78	1 Q	11:08.16	4
	Marathon T54	N/A		1:30:21
Christoph Sommer	Marathon T46	N/A		3:01:42	11
Heinz Frei	Marathon T54	N/A		1:33:06	11

Women’s Track and Road Events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Manuela Schaer	100m T54	16.92	3 Q	16.76	5
	400m T54	57.47	4 q	57.57	7
	800m T54	1:56.60	2 Q	1:50.90	5
Alexandra Helbling	100m T54	18.53	5	Did not advance
	800m T54	1:56.49	6	Did not advance
	1500m T54	3:43.59	6	Did not advance
Edith Wolf	400m T54	56.35	3 Q	56.25
	800m T54	1:53.13	1 Q	1:49.87
	1500m T54	3:32.04	2 Q	3:36.78
	5000m T54	12:23.61	1 Q	12:27.87
	Marathon T54	N/A		DNF
Patricia Keller	400m T54	1:01.74	7	Did not advance
	5000m T54	12:51.49	4 q	12:29.38	10
	Marathon T54	N/A		2:06:07	10
Sandra Graf	5000m T54	13:12.82	5	Did not advance
	Marathon T54	N/A		1:46:35

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tobias Fankhauser	Road Race H1	1:53:11
	Time Trial H1	40:34.48	9
Jean-Marc Berset	Road Race H2	1:37:59
	Time Trial H2	28:01.90	5
Heinz Frei	Road Race H2	1:38:19	5
	Time Trial H2	26:52.39
Lukas Weber	Road Race H2	1:38:19	4
	Time Trial H2	27:27.73	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ursula Schwaller	Road Race H1-3	DNF
	Time Trial H1-2	34:56.55
Sandra Graf	Road Race H1-3	1:50:13	5
	Time Trial H3	33:21.61
Annina Schillig	Road Race C4-5	1:55:43	7
	Time Trial C5	28:40.72	10
Sara Tretola	Road Race C4-5	1:57:19	12
	Time Trial C5	27:07.57	8

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jean-Marc Berset Heinz Frei Ursula Schwaller	Team Relay H1-4	30:58.00

Track

Time Trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Annina Schillig	Women’s 500m Time Trial C4-5	43.248	13
Sara Tretola	Women’s 500m Time Trial C4-5	44.122	14

Individual Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Annina Schillig	Women’s Individual Pursuit C5	4:21.481	10	Did not advance
Sara Tretola	Women’s Individual Pursuit C5	4:14.950	9	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Paul Schnider	Men's 10m Air Pistol SH1	555	18	Did not advance
	Mixed 25m Pistol SH1	551	14	Did not advance
	Mixed 50m Pistol SH1	526	11	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Women

Athletes	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chantal Cavin	50m freestyle S11	35.76	11	Did not advance
	100m freestyle S11	1:19.80	12	Did not advance
	400m freestyle S11	6:05.55	7 Q	6:11.29	7

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Silvio Keller	Individual C1	Nikelis (GER) L 0-3	Cho (KOR) W 3-1	2	Did not advance

Wheelchair Tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yann Avanthey	Men’s Singles	Mharakurwa (ZIM) L 4-6, 3-6	Did not advance
Daniel Pellegrina	Men’s Singles	Lee (KOR) L 1-6, 1-6	Did not advance
Yann Avanthey Daniel Pellegrina	Men’s Doubles	N/A	Jewitt, Phillipson (GBR) L 3-6, 2-6	Did not advance

See also

• Switzerland at the 2012 Summer Olympics