Switzerland at the Olympics explained

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Nocname:Swiss Olympic Association
Games:Olympics
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Rank:19
Gold:117
Silver:128
Bronze:137
See also:1906 Intercalated Games

Switzerland has sent athletes to compete in every Games since it first participated at the Olympic Games at the inaugural 1896 Games. Switzerland boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics events held in Melbourne in protests of the Soviet invasion of Hungary, but participated in the equestrian events for those Games held in Stockholm, Sweden earlier that year, where the Swiss dressage team won the bronze medal.

The National Olympic Committee for Switzerland was created and recognized in 1912.

Hosted Games

Switzerland has hosted the Games on two occasions, both in St. Moritz. The nation has never hosted the Summer Olympics.

Games Host city Dates Nations Participants Events
11 – 19 February 25 464 14
30 January – 8 February 28 669 22

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table.

Medals by Summer Games

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1 2 0 3 10
6 2 1 9 5
1 0 2 3 8
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
2 2 7 11 13
7 8 10 25 6
7 4 4 15 6
0 1 0 1 22
1 9 5 15 16
5 10 5 20 9
2 6 6 14 11
0 0 1 1 35
0 3 3 6 24
1 2 1 4 22
0 1 4 5 33
0 3 0 3 26
1 1 2 4 20
2 0 0 2 19
0 4 4 8 26
0 2 2 4 33
1 0 0 1 37
4 3 0 7 18
1 6 2 9 37
1 1 3 5 46
2 1 4 7 33
2 2 0 4 33
3 2 2 7 24
3 4 6 13 24
1 2 5 8 48
future event
Total 54 81 79 214 25

Medals by Winter Games

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2 0 1 3 4
0 0 1 1 8
0 1 0 1 8
1 2 0 3 5
3 4 3 10 3
0 0 2 2 11
3 2 1 6 4
2 0 0 2 8
0 0 0 0
0 2 4 6 14
4 3 3 10 3
1 3 1 5 8
1 1 3 5 10
2 2 1 5 7
5 5 5 15 3
1 0 2 3 14
3 4 2 9 8
2 2 3 7 12
3 2 6 11 11
5 4 5 14 8
6 0 3 9 6
7 2 2 11 7
170 5 6 4 15 7
7 2 6 15 8
future event
Total 63 47 58 168 8

Medals by winter sport

List of medalists

Summer Olympics

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's pommel horse
Men's parallel bars
Men's vault
Bernard de Pourtalès
Hélène de Pourtalès
Hermann de Pourtalès
1-2 ton race 1
50m free pistol
300m free rifle kneeing
300m free rifle 3 positions
Team 50m free pistol
Team 300m free rifle
Bernard de Pourtalès
Hélène de Pourtalès
Hermann de Pourtalès
1-2 ton race 2
300m free rifle kneeing
50m free pistol
Men's triathlon
Men's individual all-around
Men's freestyle light flyweight
Willy Brüderlin
Max Rudolf
Paul Rudolf
Hans Walter
Paul Staub
Men's coxed four
Men's heavyweight
Men's light-heavyweight
Men's light heavyweight
Édouard Candeveau
Alfred Felber
Paul Piaget
Men's coxed pair
30m military pistol
300m military rifle prone
Team 30 m military pistol
Team free rifle 3 positions
Team military rifle, 300 m + 600 m
Men's featherweight
Individual jumping
Men's parallel bars
Men's pommel horse
Édouard Candeveau
Alfred Felber
Émile Lachapelle
Men's coxed pair
Émile Albrecht
Alfred Probst
Eugen Sigg
Hans Walter
Émile Lachapelle
Men's coxed four
Men's welterweight
Men's horizontal bar
Men's 800 m
Men's 1500 m
Hans Bühler
Alphonse Gemuseus
Werner Stuber
Team jumping
Men's tournament
Men's parallel bars
Men's pommel horse
Men's light-heavyweight
Men's heavyweight
Men's pommel horse
Men's rope climbing
Hans Grieder
August Güttinger
Jean Gutweniger
Georges Miez
Otto Pfister
Antoine Rebetez
Carl Widmer
Josef Wilhelm
Men's team all-around
Josef Schneider
Heini Thoma
Men's single sculls
Rudolf Bosshard
Heini Thoma
Men's double sculls
Émile Albrecht
Alfred Probst
Eugen Sigg
Hans Walter
Men's coxless four
50m rifle prone
Men's featherweight
Men's welterweight
Men's light heavyweight
Men's horizontal bar
Men's individual all-around
Men's pommel horse
Hans Grieder
August Güttinger
Hermann Hänggi
Eugen Mack
Georges Miez
Otto Pfister
Eduard Steinemann
Melchior Wezel
Men's team all-around
Men's vault
Hans Bourquin
Hans Schöchlin
Karl Schöchlin
Men's coxed pair
Men's middleweight
Men's individual all-around
Men's pommel horse
Ernst Haas
Joseph Meyer
Otto Bucher
Karl Schwegler
Fritz Bösch
Men's coxed fours
Men's light heavyweight
Individual jumping
Men's horizontal bar
Men's parallel bars
Men's featherweight
Men's floor exercises
Men's floor exercises
Men's 50 km walk
Edgar Buchwalder
Ernst Nievergelt
Kurt Ott
Men's team road race
Men's floor exercises
Men's individual all-around
Men's parallel bars
Men's pommel horse
Walter Bach
Albert Bachmann
Walter Beck
Eugen Mack
Georges Miez
Michael Reusch
Eduard Steinemann
Josef Walter
Men's team all-around
Men's vault
Hermann Betschart
Alex Homberger
Hans Homberger
Karl Schmid
Rolf Spring
Men's coxed fours
Ernst NievergeltMen's individual road race
Men's floor exercises
Men's pommel horse
Men's tournament
Hermann Betschart
Alex Homberger
Hans Homberger
Karl Schmid
Men's coxless fours
Individual Dressage
Men's horizontal bar
Men's parallel bars
Men's rings
Men's 300m free rifle 3 positions
Men's 50 km walk
Men's individual épée
Men's horizontal bar
Men's individual all-round
Men's rings
Men's team competition
Men's coxless pair
Men's four-oared shell with coxswain
Men's 50m pistol (60 shots)
Men's light-heavyweight
Men's 10,000m walk
Men's parallel bars
Men's parallel bars
Men's featherweight
Men's lightweight
Men's horizontal bar
Men's parallel bars
Men's 10,000m walk
Dressage team
Men's horizontal bar
Men's team competition
Men's four-oared shell with coxswain
Men's 300m free rifle 3 positions
Men's individual épée
Men's team épée
Men's individual all-round
Men's parallel bars
Men's rings
Men's coxless pair

(Stockholm)
Dressage team
Gustav FischerIndividual dressage
Anton Bühler
Rudolf Günthardt
Hans Schwarzenbach
Team eventing
Men's 300m free rifle 3 positions
Anton BühlerIndividual eventing
Men's double sculls
Henri Copponex
Pierre Girard
Manfred Metzger
Men's 5½ Meter Class
Henri ChammartinIndividual dressage
Henri Chammartin
Gustav Fischer
Marianne Gossweiler
Team dressage
Men's lightweight
Men's single sculls
Bernard Dunand
Louis Noverraz
Marcel Stern
Men's 5½ Meter Class
Men's individual pursuit
Henri Chammartin
Gustav Fischer
Marianne Gossweiler
Team dressage
Men's four-oared shell with coxswain
Men's 300m free rifle 3 positions
Men's individual pursuit
Men's team épée
Men's coxless pair
Individual dressage
Ulrich Lehmann
Doris Ramseier
Christine Stückelberger
Team dressage
Men's épée team
Men's half-heavyweight
Men's individual pursuit
Men's middleweight
Men's 5,000m
Men's team time trial
Amy-Cathérine de Bary
Otto Hofer
Christine Stückelberger
Team dressage
Men's 50m rifle 3 positions
Otto HoferIndividual dressage
Heidi RobbianiIndividual jumping
Men's 200m breaststroke
Men's featherweight
Otto Hofer
Daniel Ramseier
Samuel Schatzmann
Christine Stückelberger
Team dressage
Men's double sculls
Men's shot put
Individual dressage
Men's singles
Men's road race
Men's pommel horse
Men's double sculls
Men's single sculls
Women's K-4 500m
Men's cross-country
Individual jumping
Women's event
Women's cross-country
Team jumping
Women's individual épée
Women's team épée
Men's single sculls
Men's 25m rapid fire pistol
Men's cross-country
Women's event
Men's individual épée
Men's madison
Men's tournament
Women's time trial
Men's event
Men's time trial
Men's doubles
Men's road race
Men's cross-country
Women's time trial
Team jumping
Men's -90 kg class
Individual jumping
Women's event
Men's cross-country
Men's singles
Men's cross-country
Men's time trial
Men's lightweight coxless four
Women's doubles
Women's event
Women's vault
Women's 25 m pistol
Jolanda Neff Cycling (Mountain bike)Women's cross-country
Women's 50 metre rifle three positions
Women's singles
Sina Frei Cycling (Mountain bike)Women's cross-country
Men's cross-country
Women's road time trial
Women's doubles
Women's 10 metre air rifle
Linda Indergand Cycling (Mountain bike)Women's cross-country
Men's 200 metre individual medley
Men's 100 metre butterfly
Women's BMX freestyle
Women's tournament
Women's 50 metre rifle three positions
Women's
EquestrianIndividual jumping
Women's 10 metre air rifle
Men's 200 metre backstroke
Men's coxless pair
Women's BMX racing
Women's tournament

Winter Olympics

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Alfred Neveu
Eduard Scherrer
Alfred Schläppi
Heinrich Schläppi
Four-man
Alfred Aufdenblatten
Alfons Julen
Anton Julen
Denis Vaucher
Men's event
Men's singles
Men's tournament
Reto Capadrutt
Oscar Geier
Two-man
Pierre Musy
Arnold Gartmann
Charles Bouvier
Joseph Beerli
Four-man
Fritz Feierabend
Joseph Beerli
Two-man
Reto Capadrutt
Hans Aichele
Fritz Feierabend
Hans Bütikofer
Four-man
Men's slalom
Women's downhill
Felix Endrich
Fritz Waller
Two-man
Men's combined
Women's slalom
Fritz Feierabend
Paul Eberhard
Two-man
Men's singles
Men's downhill
Men's downhill
Men's tournament
Fritz Feierabend
Stephan Waser
Two-man
Fritz Feierabend
Albert Madörin
André Filippini
Stephan Waser
Four-man
Women's downhill
Women's downhill
Franz Kapus
Gottfried Diener
Robert Alt
Heinrich Angst
Four-man
Men's downhill
Women's downhill
Max Angst
Harry Warburton
Two-man
Men's giant slalom
Women's giant slalom
Men's giant slalom
Men's individual
Men's downhill
Women's giant slalom
Jean Wicki
Hans Candrian
Willi Hofmann
Walter Graf
Four-man
Josef HaasMen's 50 km
Men's downhill
Women's downhill
Women's giant slalom
Jean Wicki
Hans Leutenegger
Werner Camichel
Edy Hubacher
Four-man
Men's downhill
Men's giant slalom
Large hill individual
Men's giant slalom
Jean Wicki
Edy Hubacher
Two-man
Alfred Kälin
Albert Giger
Alois Kälin
Eduard Hauser
4 x 10 km relay
Men's giant slalom
Men's downhill
Men's giant slalom
Erich Schärer
Ulrich Bächli
Rudolf Marti
Joseph Benz
Four-man
Erich Schärer
Joseph Benz
Two-man
Erich Schärer
Joseph Benz
Two-man
Erich Schärer
Ulrich Bächli
Rudolf Marti
Joseph Benz
Four-man
Men's slalom
Women's downhill
Women's slalom
Men's giant slalom
Women's downhill
Men's downhill
Women's downhill
Silvio Giobellina
Heinz Stettler
Urs Salzmann
Rico Freiermuth
Four-man
Men's downhill
Women's giant slalom
Women's slalom
Ekkehard Fasser
Kurt Meier
Marcel Fässler
Werner Stocker
Four-man
Men's individual
Men's downhill
Women's combined
Women's downhill
Women's super-G
Andreas Schaad
Hippolyt Kempf
Fredy Glanzmann
Men's team
Men's combined
Men's giant slalom
Women's combined
Women's giant slalom
Men's 50 km freestyle
Gustav Weder
Donat Acklin
Two-man
Men's combined
Gustav Weder
Donat Acklin
Lorenz Schindelholz
Curdin Morell
Four-man
Women's slalom
Gustav Weder
Donat Acklin
Two-man
Men's aerials
Men's giant slalom
Women's combined
Reto Götschi
Guido Acklin
Two-man
Gustav Weder
Donat Acklin
Kurt Meier
Domenico Semeraro
Four-man
Women's giant slalom
Jean-Yves Cuendet
Hippolyt Kempf
Andreas Schaad
Men's team
Men's tournament
Men's halfpipe
Men's super-G
Four-man
Men's giant slalom
Women's aerials
Men's giant slalom
Normal hill individual
Large hill individual
Men's parallel giant slalom
Two-man
Women's tournament
Women's giant slalom
Two-man
Women's 4 x 5 km relay
Men's tournament
Men's individual
Women's halfpipe
Women's aerials
Women's individual
Men's parallel giant slalom
Women's parallel giant slalom
Women's snowboard cross
Women's downhill
Women's tournament
Men's singles
Men's parallel giant slalom
Men's downhill
Men's super-G
Two-man
Four-man
Men's individual
Men's downhill
Men's giant slalom
Men's 15 km freestyle
Men's ski cross
Normal hill individual
Large hill individual
Men's combined
Men's tournament
Women's snowboard cross
Women's downhill
Men's combined
Men's 15 km classical
Men's 30 km skiathlon
Men's halfpipe
Women's parallel giant slalom
Two-man
Women's individual
Men's parallel giant slalom
Women's downhill
Women's tournament
Women's combined
Mixed team
Men's 15 km freestyle
Women's slopestyle
Men's parallel giant slalom
Men's super-G
Women's slalom
Men's slalom
Mixed doubles
Women's slopestyle
Men's ski cross
Men's downhill
Women's combined
Men's tournament
Women's ski cross
Men's downhill
Men's giant slalom
Women's combined
Women's downhill
Women's super-G
Men's ski cross
Women's slopestyle
Women's combined
Men's ski cross
Women's giant slalom
Women's slalom
Women's super-G
Women's big air
Men's halfpipe
Women's ski cross

Summary by sport

Gymnastics

Switzerland sent one gymnast to the first Games in 1896; Louis Zutter won the pommel horse and finished second in the vault and parallel bars.

GamesCyclistsEvents Gold Silver BronzeTotal
1 4/8 1 2 0 3
3 1/1 0 0 0 0
Total 16 19 14 49

Fencing

Switzerland first competed in fencing at the 1900 Games, with 3 fencers (two men's foilists, one of whom also competed in the épée, and a men's sabreur); none advanced past the quarterfinals.

GamesFencersEvents Gold Silver BronzeTotal
3 3/7 0 0 0 0
Total 1 4 3 8

Sailing

Switzerland was one of the nations competing in the first Olympic sailing competitions in 1900. The Swiss team included the first female Olympian, who was also the first female Olympic medalist and first female Olympic champion; Hélène de Pourtalès won a gold medal and a silver medal as a member of the crew of the Lérina.

GamesRowersEvents Gold Silver BronzeTotal
3 3/13 1 1 0 2
Total 1 1 1 3

Shooting

Switzerland had one shooter in one event at the inaugural 1896 Games, placing eighth. In 1900, the Swiss dominated the shooting competitions and took 5 out of the 9 gold medals including both of the team championships.

GamesShootersEvents Gold Silver BronzeTotal
1 1/5 0 0 0 0
8 8/9 5 1 1 7
Total 6 6 9 21

See also

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