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Switzerland at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Switzerland at the
1948 Summer Olympics
IOC codeSUI
NOCSwiss Olympic Association
Websitewww.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in London, Great Britain
29 July 1948 (1948-07-29) – 14 August 1948 (1948-08-14)
Competitors186 (178 men and 8 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearerArmin Scheurer
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
5
Silver
10
Bronze
5
Total
20
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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

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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

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Main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Eleven cyclists, all male, represented Switzerland in 1948.

Individual road race
Team road race
Sprint
Time trial
Tandem
Team pursuit

Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Hockey

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Main article: Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Switzerland in 1948.

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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

Men's single sculls
Men's double sculls
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed four
Men's eight

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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

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Main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Water polo

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Main article: Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Art competitions

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Main article: Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics

References

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  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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