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Switzerland at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
SUI

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Switzerland at the 1948 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Swiss Olympic Association

Website
  
www.swissolympic.ch (German) (French)

Competitors
  
186 (178 men and 8 women) in 19 sports

Medals Ranked 9th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 5 10 5 20

Switzerland competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 186 competitors, 178 men and 8 women, took part in 98 events in 19 sports.

Contents

Cycling

Eleven cyclists, all male, represented Switzerland in 1948.

Individual road race
  • Jakob Schenk
  • Jean Brun
  • Walter Reiser
  • Giovanni Rossi
    • Team road race
  • Jakob Schenk
  • Jean Brun
  • Walter Reiser
  • Giovanni Rossi
    • Sprint
  • Jean Roth
    • Time trial
  • Hans Flückiger
    • Tandem
  • Jean Roth
  • Max Aeberli
    • Team pursuit
  • Walter Bucher
  • Gaston Gerosa
  • Eugen Kamber
  • Hans Pfenninger

    • Fencing

    19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Switzerland in 1948.

    Men's foil
  • Conrad Schlaepfer
  • Walo Hörning
  • Jean Rubli
    • Men's team foil
  • Gottfried von Meiss, Roger Stirn, Walo Hörning, Conrad Schlaepfer, Jean Rubli
    • Men's épée
  • Oswald Zappelli
  • Robert Lips
  • Rodolphe Spillmann
    • Men's team épée
  • Fernand Thiébaud, Robert Lips, Jean Hauert, Oswald Zappelli, Otto Rüfenacht, Marc Chamay
    • Men's sabre
  • Walter Widemann
  • Otto Greter
  • Alphonse Ruckstuhl
    • Men's team sabre
  • Roland Turian, Alphonse Ruckstuhl, Otto Greter, Walter Widemann
    • Women's foil
  • Anna Klüpfel
  • Hedwig Rieder
  • Victoria Hagemann

    • Modern pentathlon

    Three male pentathletes represented Switzerland in 1948.

  • Bruno Riem
  • Franz Hegner
  • Werner Schmid

    • Shooting

    Seven shooters represented Switzerland in 1948. Emil Grünig won gold in the 300 metre rifle and Rudolf Schnyder won silver in the 50 metre pistol.

    25 metre pistol
  • Rudolf Schnyder
  • Walter Lienhard
    • 50 metre pistol
  • Rudolf Schnyder
  • Beat Rhyner
  • Heinz Ambühl
    • 300 metre rifle
  • Emil Grünig
  • Otto Horber
  • Mario Ciocco
    • 50 metre rifle
  • Otto Horber
  • Emil Grünig
  • Mario Ciocco

    • References

    Switzerland at the 1948 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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