Switzerland competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 151 competitors, 122 men and 29 women, took part in 116 events in 17 sports.
Medalists
Archery
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Switzerland entered three men but only one woman. Their highest placing competitor was Lucien Trepper, at 10th place in the men's competition.
Men's Individual Competition: Lucien Trepper – 2409 points (→ 10th place) Jakob Wolfensberger – 2367 points (→ 22nd place) Jean-Pierre Heritier – 2222 points (→ 47th place)
Women's Individual Competition: Sally Svendlin – 2191 points (33rd place)
Athletics
Men's 800 metres
Rolf Gysin
Heat — 1:47.5
Semifinals — 1:48.2 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres
Werner Meier
Heat — 3:43.2 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres
Fritz Rügsegger
Heat — 14:54.4 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
Michel Patry
Qualification Round — 2.09m (→ did not advance)
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Ten cyclists represented Switzerland in 1972.
Individual road race
Bruno Hubschmid — 19th place
Iwan Schmid — 20th place
Ueli Sutter — 24th place
Hugo Schär — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
Gilbert Bischoff
Bruno Hubschmid
Roland Schär
Ueli Sutter
1000m time trial
Christian Brunner
Final — 1:07.71 (→ 7th place)
Individual pursuit
Xaver Kurmann
Team pursuit
Martin Steger
Xaver Kurmann
René Savary
Christian Brunner
Diving
Men's 10m Platform
Sandro Rossi — 225.87 points (→ 35th place)
Equestrian
Fencing
12 fencers, 10 men and 2 women, represented Switzerland in 1972.
Men's épée
Daniel Giger
Peter Lötscher
Christian Kauter
Men's team épée
Guy Evéquoz, Peter Lötscher, Daniel Giger, Christian Kauter, François Suchanecki
Men's sabre
Sandor Gombay
Janos Mohoss
Istvan Kulcsar
Men's team sabre
Alain Barudoni, Sandor Gombay, Istvan Kulcsar, Janos Mohoss, Toni Reber
Women's foil
Fabienne Regamey
Madeleine Heitz
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Switzerland in 1972.
Men's Individual Competition: Hans Müller — 4392 points (→ 45th place) Beat Ganz — 4323 points (→ 51st place) Urs Hugi — 4661 points (→ 28th place)
Men's Team Competition: Müller, Ganz, and Hugi — 13359 points (→ 15th place)
Alternate member
Rudolf Steiner
Rowing
Men's Single Sculls
Melchior Bürgin
Heat — 8:00.20
Repechage — 8:04.81
Semi Finals — 8:16.95
Final — 7:31.99 (→ 6th place)
Men's Coxed Pairs
René Furler, Nicolas Lindecker and Stefan Hablützel
Heat — 7:46.03
Repechage — 8:11.53
Semi Finals — 8:32.34
B-Final — 8:05.54 (→ 12th place)
Sailing
Shooting
Eight male shooters represented Switzerland.
25 m pistol
Paul Buser
Kurt Rey
300 m rifle, three positions
Martin Truttmann
Andreas Beyeler
50 m rifle, three positions
Erwin Vogt
Martin Truttmann
50 m rifle, prone
Erwin Vogt
Theo Ditzler
Trap
Paul Vittet
Vincenzo Lucchini
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
Hanspeter Würmli
Heat — 55.08s (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Hanspeter Würmli
Heat — 2:03.14 (→ did not advance)