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Switzerland at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Switzerland at the; 1948 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in London, Great Britain; 29 July 1948 – 14 August 1948
Competitors	186 (178 men and 8 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Armin Scheurer
Medals; Ranked 9th	Gold 5 Silver 10 Bronze 5 Total 20
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

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.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Emil Grünig	Shooting	Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions	6 August
Gold	Hans Moser	Equestrian	Individual dressage	10 August
Gold	Josef Stalder	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	13 August
Gold	Michael Reusch	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars	13 August
Gold	Karl Frei	Gymnastics	Men's rings	13 August
Silver	Gaston Godel	Athletics	Men's 50 kilometres walk	31 July
Silver	Fritz Stöckli	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light heavyweight	31 July
Silver	Rudolf Schnyder	Shooting	Men's 50 metre pistol	2 August
Silver	Oswald Zappelli	Fencing	Men's épée	9 August
Silver	Hans Kalt Josef Kalt	Rowing	Men's coxless pair	9 August
Silver	Émile Knecht André Moccand Rudolf Reichling Erich Schriever Peter Stebler	Rowing	Men's coxed four	9 August
Silver	Walter Lehmann	Gymnastics	Men's artistic individual all-around	13 August
Silver	Karl Frei Christian Kipfer Walter Lehmann Robert Lucy Michael Reusch Josef Stalder Emil Studer Melchior Thalmann	Gymnastics	Men's artistic team all-around	13 August
Silver	Walter Lehmann	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	13 August
Silver	Michael Reusch	Gymnastics	Men's rings	13 August
Bronze	Adolf Müller	Wrestling	Men's freestyle featherweight	31 July
Bronze	Hermann Baumann	Wrestling	Men's freestyle lightweight	31 July
Bronze	Fritz Schwab	Athletics	Men's 10 kilometres walk	7 August
Bronze	Christian Kipfer	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars	13 August
Bronze	Josef Stalder	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars	13 August

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Eleven cyclists, all male, represented Switzerland in 1948.

Individual road race

Team road race

Sprint

Jean Roth

Time trial

Hans Flückiger

Tandem

Team pursuit

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

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

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Gottfried von Meiss, Roger Stirn, Walo Hörning, Corrado Schlaepfer, Jean Rubli

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Fernand Thiébaud, Robert Lips, Jean Hauert, Oswald Zappelli, Otto Rüfenacht, Marc Chamay

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Roland Turian, Alphonse Ruckstuhl, Otto Greter, Walter Widemann

Women's foil

Gymnastics

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Switzerland in 1948.

Rowing

Switzerland had 19 male rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1948.^[2]

Men's single sculls

Hansjakob Keller

Men's double sculls

Men's coxless pair

Men's coxed four

Men's eight

Sailing

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

50 metre pistol

300 metre rifle

50 metre rifle

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

^ "Switzerland at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Switzerland Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

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[sports-reference-1] "Switzerland at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2015.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Switzerland Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

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Switzerland at the 1948 Summer Olympics