Switzerland at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Switzerland
Switzerland at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (German) (French)
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	91 in 14 sports
	Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
	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;
Winter Games
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014;
Intercalated Games
	1906

Switzerland is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Swiss athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for a boycott of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne in protest at the Soviet invasion of Hungary.

Athletics

Swiss athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[1]^[2]

On May 5, 2016, the Swiss Olympic Association had selected three marathon runners (Abraham, Kreienbühl, and Neuenschwander), who achieved the federation's entry standards, for the Olympics.^[3]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Tadesse Abraham	Marathon
Christian Kreienbühl	Marathon

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Maja Neuenschwander	Marathon	N/A
	4 × 100 m relay			N/A

Men's 400 m hurdles – 1 quota place (Kariem Hussein)
Men's 50 km walk - 1 quota place (Alex Flórez)
Women's 100 m – 1 quota place (Mujinga Kambundji)
Women's 200 m – 1 quota place (Mujinga Kambundji)
Women's 800 m – 1 quota place (Selina Büchel)
Women's 100 m hurdles – 1 quota place (Noemi Zbären)
Women's 400 m hurdles – 2 quota places (Léa Sprunger, Petra Fontanive)
Women's 3000 m steeplechase – 1 quota place (Fabienne Schlumpf)
Women's marathon – 2 quota places left (Martina Strähl, Patricia Morceli Bühler)
Women's 20 km walk - 1 quota place (Laura Polli)
Women's pole vault – 2 quota places (Nicole Büchler, Angelica Moser)

Badminton

Switzerland has qualified one badminton player for the women's singles into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympian Sabrina Jaquet picked up one of the spare athlete berths from the doubles as the next highest-ranked eligible player in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.^[4]^[5]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sabrina Jaquet	Women's singles

Canoeing

Slalom

Switzerland has qualified a pair of canoeists in the men's C-2 class by obtaining a top finish and an outright Olympic berth at the 2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia.^[6] The slalom canoeists were named to the Swiss team on May 26, 2016.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lukas Werro Simon Werro	Men's C-2

Cycling

Road

Swiss riders qualified for a maximum of four quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World Tour.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race
	Men's time trial
	Men's road race

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Swiss riders have accumulated spots in the men's team pursuit, as well as the men's omnium. The Swiss Olympic Association announced the track cycling squad for the Olympics on March 15, 2016.^[9]

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Olivier Beer* Silvan Dillier Stefan Küng Frank Pasche Théry Schir	Men's team pursuit

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race	Individual pursuit		Elimination race	Time trial		Flying lap		Points race		Total points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank
Gaël Suter	Men's omnium

Mountain biking

Swiss mountain bikers qualified for three men's and two women's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's top finish for both men and women in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's cross-country


	Women's cross-country
	Women's cross-country

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
	Men's BMX

Equestrian

Switzerland has qualified a full squad in the team jumping competition after having achieved one of the three Olympic quota places available from the 2015 European Championships.^[10] Three more Swiss riders have formed a composite squad to compete in the Olympic team eventing by virtue of the following results in the individual FEI Olympic rankings: a top two finish from European combined ranking, and two top nine finishes from the combined overall FEI Olympic rankings.^[11]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
		Individual

Eventing

Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
		Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
		Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
	Individual


See above	Team									N/A

Jumping

Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
		Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
		Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
	Individual



See above	Team	N/A

Fencing

Swiss fencers have qualified a full squad each in the men's team épée by virtue of their top 4 national finish in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.^[12] Meanwhile, 2012 Olympian Tiffany Géroudet had claimed the sole Olympic spot as the winner of the women's épée at the European Zonal Qualifier in Prague, Czech Republic. The fencing team was named to the Olympic roster on May 31, 2016.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Max Heinzer	Men's épée
Fabian Kauter
Benjamin Steffen
Max Heinzer Fabian Kauter Benjamin Steffen Peer Borsky (r)	Men's team épée	N/A		Bye
Tiffany Géroudet	Women's épée

Gymnastics

Artistic

Switzerland has fielded a full squad of five artistic gymnasts (five men and one woman) into the Olympic competition. The men's team qualified through a top eight finish at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow, making its first trip to the Games since 1992.^[14]^[15] Meanwhile, an additional Olympic berth had been awarded to the Swiss female gymnast, who participated in the apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[16]

Men
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
	Team




Total

Women

Qualification						Final
Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank

Judo

Switzerland has qualified three judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Ciril Grossklaus, Evelyne Schopp, and London 2012 Olympian Ludovic Chammartin were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ludovic Chammartin	Men's −60 kg
Ciril Grossklaus	Men's −90 kg
Evelyne Tschopp	Women's −52 kg	N/A

Rowing

Switzerland has qualified a total of four boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Rowers competing in men's lightweight double sculls, men's lightweight four, men's quadruple sculls, and women's single sculls had confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France.

The Swiss Olympic Association announced the first batch of rowers competing in the men's lightweight four and women's single sculls on April 22, 2016.^[17] The men's lightweight double sculls rowers (Schmid & Wiederkehr) were named to the Swiss team on May 13, 2016, while the men's quadruple sculls crew is expected to round out the team selection on May 30, 2016.^[18]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michael Schmid Daniel Wiederkehr	Lightweight double sculls
Mario Gyr Simon Niepmann Simon Schürch Lucas Tramèr	Lightweight four
	Quadruple sculls					N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jeannine Gmelin	Single sculls

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Swiss sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.^[19] They also picked up a spare Olympic berth freed by Africa as the next highest-ranked eligible crew in the women's 470 based on the results at the 2015 World Championships.^[20] The entire sailing squad was named to the Swiss team on May 9, 2016, with Nathalie Brugger (Nacra 17) and the men's 470 crew Yannick Brauchli and Romuald Hausser remarkably going to their third Olympics.^[21]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Mateo Sanz Lanz	RS:X
Yannick Brauchli Romuald Hausser	470											N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Linda Fahrni Maja Siegenthaler	470

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Matías Bühler Nathalie Brugger	Nacra 17

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Swiss shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[22]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	10 m air rifle			N/A
	10 m air rifle			N/A
	50 m rifle 3 positions			N/A
	25 m pistol

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Swiss swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[23]^[24]

Jérémy Desplanches, Sasha Touretski, and London 2012 Olympian Yannick Käser had been selected to the Swiss swimming team with a FINA Olympic A-cut on March 31, 2016.^[25]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jérémy Desplanches	200 m individual medley
Yannick Käser	200 m breaststroke

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sasha Touretski	50 m freestyle
Maria Ugolkova	200 m individual medley
Martina van Berkel	200 m butterfly

Synchronized swimming

Switzerland has fielded a squad of two synchronized swimmers to compete only in the women's duet by virtue of their eighth-place finish at the FINA Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro.^[25]^[26]

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Sophie Giger Sascia Kraus	Duet

Triathlon

Switzerland has qualified a total of four triathletes for the following events at the Olympics. London 2012 champion Nicola Spirig had her sights set to an Olympic title defense in the women's triathlon with a gold medal triumph at the 2015 European Games.^[27] Meanwhile, three-time Olympian Sven Riederer, Andrea Salvisberg, and Jolanda Annen were ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes each in the men's and women's event, respectively, based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Sven Riederer	Men's
Andrea Salvisberg	Men's
Jolanda Annen	Women's
Nicola Spirig	Women's

References

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External links

Swiss Olympic Team – Rio 2016 Olympic Coverage (German)

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