Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	SUI
Nocname:	Swiss Olympic Association
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Website:
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	84
Sports:	19
Flagbearer:	Roger Federer (opening) Sergei Aschwanden (closing)
Rank:	33
Gold:	2
Silver:	1
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Switzerland competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of all of the Swiss athletes who have qualified for the Olympics and have been nominated by Swiss Olympic Association.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's time trial
			Men's doubles
			Men's road race
			Women's time trial
			Men's 90 kg
			Men's cross-country
			Team jumping

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Philipp Bandi	5000 m	13:59.68	10	Did not advance
Marco Cribari	200 m	20.98	5	Did not advance
Marc Schneeberger	200 m	20.86	4 q	21.48	8	Did not advance
Viktor Röthlin	Marathon	2:10:35	6

Field events

Women

Field events

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
Linda Züblin	Result	13.90	1.62	12.34	24.99	5.74	47.19	2:18.68	5743	30*
Points	993	759	684	888	771	806	842

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.^[1] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Züblin moved up a position.

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Christian Bösiger	Men's singles		L 12–21, 21–11, 19–21	Did not advance
Jeanine Cicognini	Women's singles	W 21–9, 21–13	L 11–21, 13–21	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Fabian Cancellara	Men's road race	6:23:49
Men's time trial	1:02:11
Nicole Brändli-Sedoun	Women's road race	3:22:52	18
align=left rowspan=2	Priska Doppmann	Women's road race	3:22:45	7
Women's time trial	36:27.79	8
Jennifer Hohl	Women's road race	Did not finish
Karin Thürig	Women's time trial	35:50.99

The athlete who finished in second place, Davide Rebellin (Italy), tested positive for a banned substance.^[2] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Rebellin was stripped of his silver medal, and Cancellara was upgraded to silver.

Track

Pursuit

Omnium

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christoph Sauser	align=left rowspan=3	Men's cross-country	1:57:54	4
Nino Schurter	1:57:52
Florian Vogel	Did not finish
Petra Henzi	align=left rowspan=2	Women's cross-country	1:48:41	6
Nathalie Schneitter	1:53:42	15

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Roger Rinderknecht	Men's BMX	36.466	14	12	3 Q	19	7	Did not advance
Jenny Fähndrich	Women's BMX	38.209	9	17	6	Did not advance

Equestrian

See main article: article.

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Steve Guerdat	Jalisca Solier	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	1	14	4 #	5	13 Q	5	10	13 Q	4	11 Q	4	8	10	8	10
Christina Liebherr	No Mercy	0	=1	4	4	8 Q	23	27	38	Did not advance					27	38
Pius Schwizer	Nobless M	4 #	30	4	8	16 Q	5	13	15 Q	8	=23	Did not advance			8	23
Niklaus Schurtenberger	Cantus	0	=1	4	4	8 Q	8	12	14 Q	8	=23	Did not advance			8	=23
Steve Guerdat Christina Liebherr Pius Schwizer Niklaus Schurtenberger	See above	Team	12	1 Q	18	30	3	30

# denotes a result that did not count toward the team score
* Switzerland was upgraded to bronze medal in the team jumping competition after Camiro, the horse of Norway's bronze medal winner Tony André Hansen, tested positive for use of capsaicin and was disqualified.^[3]

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Claudio Capelli	All-around	13.600	14.475	14.375	15.325	14.100	14.675	86.550	35	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Christoph Schärer	Pommel horse		13.150	13.150	66	Did not advance
Horizontal bar	15.350	15.350	14	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Ariella Käslin	All-around	14.300	15.225	14.650	13.875	58.050	25 Q	13.950	15.350	14.275	14.425	58.000	18
Vault		14.975	14.975	8 Q		15.050	15.050	5

Marks and ranks from vault qualification differ as two vaults were used to determine event finalists while only the first of those counts toward the All-around total.
Ariella Käslin qualified for the All-around final of the top 24 gymnasts because the number of finalists from the same nation is limited to two. Thus, five gymnasts ranked ahead of her were ineligible for the final.

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Richard Stauffacher	RS:X	9	11	11	13	9	18	15	8	17	22	EL	111	14
Christoph Bottoni	Laser	34	13	32	40	39	BFD	36	24	33	CAN	EL	241	37
Tobias Etter Felix Steiger	470	21	23	5	25	7	OCS	27	26	9	19	EL	162	23
Enrico De Maria Flavio Marazzi	Star	9	7	9	9	5	5	6	11	4	1	4	59	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Nathalie Brugger	Laser Radial	13	6	12	12	22	10	10	8	9	CAN	10	90	6
Emmanuelle Rol Anne-Sophie Thilo	470	15	9	7	13	3	5	OCS	15	18	19	EL	114	17

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Simon Beyeler	10 m air rifle	583	45	Did not advance
50 m rifle prone	585	48	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Marcel Bürge	50 m rifle prone	590	32	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1155	35	Did not advance
Beat Müller	50 m rifle 3 positions	1164	21	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Christoph Schmid	10 m air pistol	573	33	Did not advance
50 m pistol	542	40	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Irene Beyeler	10 m air rifle	395	16	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	577	23	Did not advance
Cornelia Frölich	10 m air pistol	381	17	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Sandra Kolly	10 m air pistol	378	27	Did not advance
25 m pistol	574	29	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Annik Marguet	10 m air rifle	391	33	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	577	25	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Jonathan Massacand	100 m backstroke	55.21 NR	27	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:01.80	32	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Dominik Meichtry	100 m freestyle	48.55	16 Q	49.58	16	Did not advance
200 m freestyle	1:45.80	1 Q	1:46.54	7 Q	1:46.95	6
400 m freestyle	3:50.55	27	Did not advance
Flori Lang Dominik Meichtry Karel Novy Adrien Perez	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:16.80	13	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Swann Oberson	10 km open water	1:59:36.9	6
align=left rowspan=2	Flavia Rigamonti	400 m freestyle	4:09.59	14	Did not advance
800 m freestyle	8:28.67	13	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

See main article: article and Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Roger Federer	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	W 6–4, 6–2	W 6–2, 6–4	W 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)	L 4–6, 6–7^(2–7)	Did not advance
Stanislas Wawrinka	W 4–6, 6–3, 6–2	L 4–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Roger Federer Stanislas Wawrinka	Men's doubles		W 7–5, 6–1	W 6–4, 6–3	W 6–2, 6–4	W 7–6^(8–6), 6–4	W 6–3, 6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3
Timea Bacsinszky	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles	L 3–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Patty Schnyder	W 6–3, 6–2	L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Emmanuelle Gagliardi Patty Schnyder	Women's doubles		W 6–0, 6–4	L 3–6, 6–7^(2–7)	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Reto Hug	align=left rowspan=3	Men's	18:55	0:27	58:20	0:29	33:53	1:52:04.93	29
Olivier Marceau	18:55	0:29	58:18	0:31	32:37	1:50:50.07	19
Sven Riederer	18:14	0:34	58:52	0:28	33:11	1:51:19.45	23
Magali Chopard Di Marco	align=left rowspan=3	Women's	19:50	0:30	1:04:22	0:29	36:39	2:01:50.74	13
Daniela Ryf	19:56	0:26	1:04:17	0:30	35:31	2:00:40.20	7
Nicola Spirig	20:17	0:28	1:03:54	0:31	35:20	2:00:30.48	6

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Patrick Heuscher Sascha Heyer	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	Pool B W 2 – 0 (21–13, 21–17) L 0 – 2 (15–21, 10–21) L 1 – 2 (17–21, 23–21, 13–15) Lucky Losers L 0 – 2 (11–21, 19–21)	3	Did not advance
Martin Laciga Jan Schnider	Pool E L 0 – 2 (14–21, 15–21) W 2 – 0 (21–15, 21–15) W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–13)	2 Q	L 1 – 2 (16–21, 23–21, 13–15)	Did not advance
Simone Kuhn Lea Schwer	Women's	Pool E L 0 – 2 (12–21, 18–21) L 0 – 2 (11–21, 17–21) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 17–21)	4	Did not advance

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle

External links

• Swiss Olympic : Selections for Beijing 2008 (available in German and French)
• sports-reference

Notes and References

1. News: Blonska thrown out of long jump . 2008-08-21 . . 2008-08-21 .
2. Web site: Young: Olympians lose medals after retroactive doping test. Toronto Star. 2009-11-19. 2009-11-19. Young, Chris.
3. Bronze medal reassigned after the disqualification of Tony André Hansen of Norway.Web site: Norwegian rider stripped of Olympic medal. The Canadian Press. The Sports Network. 2008-12-22. 2008-12-22.