History

Switzerland made its first Summer Olympic appearance at the inaugural 1896 Olympics and has competed ever since. The nation sends a large delegation with around 100 athletes competing at each Olympics whom compete in various sports with popular ones including athletics, cycling, equestrian, gymnastics and rowing.

Switzerland has medaled at every Olympics with the exceptions of 1908 and 1912. In total, the nation has won 192 medals across 18 sports. The most successful sports include gymnastics (49), rowing (24), equestrian (23), shooting (21) and cycling (19). The most successful athletes are gymnasts Eugen Mack and Georges Miez whom both won eight medals. At the 1928 games Mack won two gold (team all-around and vault) and one bronze (horizontal bar) medal and in 1932 he won four silvers (individual all-around, team all-around, vault and pommel horse) and one bronze (floor exercise) medal. Miez won his medals across four Olympics; in 1924 he won one bronze (team all-around) medal, in 1928 he won three gold (individual all-around, team all-around and horizontal bar) and one silver (pommel horse) medal, in 1932 he won one silver (floor exercise) medal and in 1936 he won one gold (floor exercise) and one silver (team all-around) medal. In 2016 Switzerland won seven medals.

Qualified Quotas

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 200m	Alex Wilson
Men’s 10000m	Julien Wanders
Men’s Marathon	Tadesse Abraham

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 100m	Salome Kora
	Mujinga Kambundji
Women’s 200m	Majinga Kambundji
Women’s 400m Hurdles	Lea Sprunger
Women’s 4x100m Relay	Ajla Del Ponte Sarah Atcho Mujinga Kambundji Salome Kora

Canoeing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s K1 Slalom	Martin Dougoud
Men’s C1 Slalom	Thomas Martin

Cycling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Cross-Country	Nino Schurter
Women’s Cross-Country	Jolanda Neff
Men’s Time Trial	Stefan Kung
Women’s Time Trial	Marlen Reusser

Equestrian

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Individual Eventing	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Team Eventing	Qualified Via Rankings
Individual Jumping	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Team Jumping	Werner Muff Horse: Daimler Janika Sprunger Horse: Bacardi VDL Martin Fuchs Horse: Clooney Steve Guerdat Horse: Bianca

Gymnastics

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Artistic Individual Events	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Women’s Artistic Individual Events	Giulia Steingruber
Men’s Artistic Team All-Around	Christian Baumann Pablo Braegger Benjamin Gischard Oliver Hegi Eddy Yusof

Rowing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Single Sculls	Jeannine Gmelin
Men’s Double Sculls	Barnabe Delarze Roman Roeoesli
Men’s Coxless Four	Markus Kessler Paul Jacquot Augustin Maillefer Joel Schuerch

Sailing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s RS:X	Mateo Sanz Lanz
Women’s Laser Radial	Maud Jayet
Men’s 49er	Sebastien Schneiter Lucien Cujean

Shooting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions	Nina Christen
Women’s 25m Pistol	Heidi Diethelm Gerber

Sport Climbing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Combined	Petra Klingler

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 200m Individual Medley	Jeremy Desplanches
Men’s 400m Individual Medley	Jeremy Desplanches
Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay	Antonio Djakovic Nils Liess Aleksi Schmid Jeremy Desplanches

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 200m Breaststroke	Lisa Mamie
Women’s 200m Individual Medley	Maria Ugolkova
Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay	Nina Kost Lisa Mamie Alexandra Touretski Maria Ugolkova

Wrestling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Freestyle -86kg	Stefan Reichmuth