Switzerland at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Switzerland at the
1904 Summer Olympics

IOC code| SUI
NOC| Swiss Olympic Association
Website| www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in St. Louis
Competitors| 2 (to 5) in 2 sports
Medals
Ranked 8th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

According to the official statistics, one gymnast, Adolf Spinnler, and one wrestler, Gustav Thiefenthaler, from Switzerland competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, United States.

But there were more athletes with Swiss roots at the Olympics: Andreas Kempf competed in three gymnastics events, finishing 8th in the combined three events finals. He arrived in the United States in 1902 and represented the Kansas City Turnverein. Kempf applied for naturalization as a US citizen in 1908, but was denied citizenship. Emil Schwegler competed for the United States in three gymnastics events, representing the St. Louis Schweizer Turnverein. Born in Switzerland, he was naturalized as a US citizen with his parents and then was a college student in Kansas City, Missouri. And Oscar Schwab was born in Paris to a Swiss mother and was adopted by her American husband. He competed for the US in the quarter mile cycling race. After the games he raced mostly in Europe and was Swiss sprint champion in 1907.

In fact, eighteen-year old Gustav Tiefenthaler was also born in Switzerland, moved to the United States with his family when he was a child and was naturalized as a US citizen with his parents. So he was "less Swiss" than Andreas Kempf. Tiefenthaler represented the South Broadway Athletic Club of St. Louis. At the Olympics, Tiefenthaler had a single bout in the men's freestyle light flyweight event and lose, but still earned a bronze medal.

Adolf Spinnler on the other hand was clearly European, but he was born in Switzerland, later moved to Esslingen am Neckar in the German Empire and represented a German sports club - so his affiliation to a national team is also disputed.

## Medalists

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Further information: 1904 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1904 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Adolf Spinnler | Gymnastics | Men's triathlon | July 2
Bronze | Adolf Spinnler | Gymnastics | Men's all-around | July 2
Bronze | Gustav Tiefenthaler | Wrestling | Men's freestyle light flyweight | July 2

## Results by event

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### Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Event | Place | Athlete | Total score

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Men's triathlon | 64th | Adolf Spinnler | 24.5

### Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Event | Place | Gymnast | Score

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Men's all-around | 3rd | Adolf Spinnler | 67.99
Men's triathlon | 1st | Adolf Spinnler | 43.39

## References

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* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database

## External links

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* "Switzerland at the 1904 Olympics" at switzerlandusa.medium.com

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Switzerland hosted the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics.
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