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1896 - Athens
Paris 1892 : Pierre de Coubertin proposed the revival of the Olympic Games. 1894 : the IOC was constituted and, at a Congress held in Paris, Athens was officially chosen to host the Games. On 6 April 1896, James Connolly (USA) became the first Olympic triple jump champion of the modern era. During the Games, in which only men were allowed to compete, Spyridon Louis, a Greek shepherd, won the marathon, while the Olympic Hymn was heard for the first time.
At the first modern Olympic Games, Switzerland had no official delegation, and was represented by Neuchâtel gymnast Louis Zutter, who accompanied the German team. He alone took three of the “crowns” that the two countries claimed. The Feuille d’Avis de Neuchâtel newspaper reported that he had “received a large diploma and a magnificent medal, and was invited to a dinner for the winners by the King of Greece”. Other Swiss gymnasts triumphed before 1939: Georges Miez (eight medals between 1924 and 1936) and Basle’s Eugen Mack. In Lausanne, Jean Tschabold (1952), a high school gymnastics teacher at the Gymnase de la Cité, is also remembered for winning a silver team medal.
Links
Athens 1996 - IOC's official web site
Gymnastics - olympic sport since 1896
Weightlifting - olympic sport since 1896
Swiss medalists
 | Li Donghua , Atlanta (1996), Artistic G. pommel horse , Gold |
| Eugster Hans , Helsinki (1952), Artistic G. parallel bars , Gold |
| Günthard Jakob (Jack) , Helsinki (1952), Artistic G. horizontal bar , Gold |
| Frei Karl , London (1948), Artistic G. rings , Gold |
| Reusch Michael , London (1948), Artistic G. parallel bars , Gold |
| Stalder Josef , London (1948), Artistic G. horizontal bar , Gold |
| Miez Georges , Berlin (1936), Artistic G. floor exercises , Gold |
| Grieder Hans , Amsterdam (1928), Artistic G. team competition , Gold |
| Güttinger August , Amsterdam (1928), Artistic G. team competition , Gold |
| Hänggi Hermann , Amsterdam (1928), Artistic G. pommel horse , Gold |
| Hänggi Hermann , Amsterdam (1928), Artistic G. team competition , Gold |
| Mack Eugen , Amsterdam (1928), Artistic G. team competition , Gold |
| Mack Eugen , Amsterdam (1928), Artistic G. vault , Gold |
| Miez Georges , Amsterdam (1928), Artistic G. horizontal bar , Gold |
| Miez Georges , Amsterdam (1928), Artistic G. individual all-round , Gold |
| Miez Georges , Amsterdam (1928), Artistic G. team competition , Gold |
| Pfister Otto , Amsterdam (1928), Artistic G. team competition , Gold |
| Steinemann Eduard , Amsterdam (1928), Artistic G. team competition , Gold |
| Wezel Melchior , Amsterdam (1928), Artistic G. team competition , Gold |
| Güttinger August , Paris (1924), Artistic G. parallel bars , Gold |
| Wilhelm Josef , Paris (1924), Artistic G. pommel horse , Gold |
| Spinnler Adolf , St. Louis (1904), Artistic G. combined 3 events , Gold |
| Zutter Louis , Athens (1896), Artistic G. pommel horse , Gold |
 | Eugster Hans , Helsinki (1952), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Fivian Ernst , Helsinki (1952), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Gebendinger Ernst , Helsinki (1952), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Günthard Jakob (Jack) , Helsinki (1952), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Schwarzentruber Johannes (Hans) , Helsinki (1952), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Stalder Josef , Helsinki (1952), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Stalder Josef , Helsinki (1952), Artistic G. horizontal bar , Silver |
| Thalmann Melchior , Helsinki (1952), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Tschabold Jean Louis , Helsinki (1952), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Frei Karl , London (1948), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Kipfer Christian , London (1948), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Lehmann Walter , London (1948), Artistic G. individual all-round , Silver |
| Lehmann Walter , London (1948), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Lehmann Walter , London (1948), Artistic G. horizontal bar , Silver |
| Lucy Robert , London (1948), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Reusch Michael , London (1948), Artistic G. rings , Silver |
| Reusch Michael , London (1948), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Stalder Josef , London (1948), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Studer Emil , London (1948), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Thalmann Melchior , London (1948), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Bach Walter , Berlin (1936), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Bachmann Albert , Berlin (1936), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Beck Walter , Berlin (1936), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Mack Eugen , Berlin (1936), Artistic G. vault , Silver |
| Mack Eugen , Berlin (1936), Artistic G. individual all-round , Silver |
| Mack Eugen , Berlin (1936), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Mack Eugen , Berlin (1936), Artistic G. pommel horse , Silver |
| Miez Georges , Berlin (1936), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Reusch Michael , Berlin (1936), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Reusch Michael , Berlin (1936), Artistic G. parallel bars , Silver |
| Steinemann Eduard , Berlin (1936), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Walter Josef , Berlin (1936), Artistic G. floor exercises , Silver |
| Walter Josef , Berlin (1936), Artistic G. team competition , Silver |
| Miez Georges , Los Angeles (1932), Artistic G. floor exercises , Silver |
| Hänggi Hermann , Amsterdam (1928), Artistic G. individual all-round , Silver |
| Miez Georges , Amsterdam (1928), Artistic G. pommel horse , Silver |
| Gutweninger Jean , Paris (1924), Artistic G. pommel horse , Silver |
| Gutweninger Jean , Paris (1924), Artistic G. horizontal bar , Silver |
| Hünenberger Fritz , Paris (1924), Weightlifting 75 - 82.5kg, one-two hand 5 e. (lightheavyweight) , Silver |
| Hünenberger Fritz , Antwerp (1920), Weightlifting 75 - 82.5kg, one-two hand 3 e. (lightheavyweight) , Silver |
| Zutter Louis , Athens (1896), Artistic G. parallel bars , Silver |
| Zutter Louis , Athens (1896), Artistic G. vault , Silver |
 | Eugster Hans , Helsinki (1952), Artistic G. rings , Bronze |
| Stalder Josef , Helsinki (1952), Artistic G. parallel bars , Bronze |
| Stalder Josef , Helsinki (1952), Artistic G. individual all-round , Bronze |
| Kipfer Christian , London (1948), Artistic G. parallel bars , Bronze |
| Stalder Josef , London (1948), Artistic G. parallel bars , Bronze |
| Bachmann Albert , Berlin (1936), Artistic G. pommel horse , Bronze |
| Mack Eugen , Berlin (1936), Artistic G. floor exercises , Bronze |
| Hänggi Hermann , Amsterdam (1928), Artistic G. parallel bars , Bronze |
| Mack Eugen , Amsterdam (1928), Artistic G. horizontal bar , Bronze |
| Grieder Hans , Paris (1924), Artistic G. team competition , Bronze |
| Güttinger August , Paris (1924), Artistic G. rope climbing , Bronze |
| Güttinger August , Paris (1924), Artistic G. team competition , Bronze |
| Gutweninger Jean , Paris (1924), Artistic G. team competition , Bronze |
| Miez Georges , Paris (1924), Artistic G. team competition , Bronze |
| Pfister Otto , Paris (1924), Artistic G. team competition , Bronze |
| Rebetez Antoine , Paris (1924), Artistic G. pommel horse , Bronze |
| Rebetez Antoine , Paris (1924), Artistic G. team competition , Bronze |
| Reinmann Arthur , Paris (1924), Weightlifting - 60kg, one-two hand 5 events (featherweight) , Bronze |
| Widmer Karl , Paris (1924), Artistic G. team competition , Bronze |
| Wilhelm Josef , Paris (1924), Artistic G. team competition , Bronze |
| Ryther Eugène , Antwerp (1920), Weightlifting - 60kg, one-two hand 3 events (featherweight) , Bronze |
| Spinnler Adolf , St. Louis (1904), Artistic G. individual all-round , Bronze |
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