Switzerland at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

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 (1948-07-29) – 14 August 1948 (1948-08-14)
Competitors| 186 (178 men and 8 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer| Armin Scheurer
Medals
Ranked 9th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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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

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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

* 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

## Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Points  | Rank
Ernst Strupler | 3 m springboard | 80.09  | 25
Willy Rist | 10 m platform | 81.78  | 23
Ernst Strupler | 77.67  | 25

## 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

* Corrado Schlaepfer
* Walo Hörning
* Jean Rubli

Men's team foil

* Gottfried von Meiss, Roger Stirn, Walo Hörning, Corrado 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

## 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.

* Bruno Riem
* Franz Hegner
* Werner Schmid

## 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

* Hansjakob Keller

Men's double sculls

* Maurice Gueissaz
* Maurice Matthey

Men's coxless pair

* Hans Kalt
* Josef Kalt

Men's coxed four

* Rudolf Reichling
* Erich Schriever
* Émile Knecht
* Peter Stebler
* André Moccand (cox)

Men's eight

* Otto Burri
* Fredy Schultheiss
* Franz Starkl
* Hans Schultheiss
* Arnold Amstutz
* Moritz Grand
* Peter Gübeli
* Eugen Vollmar
* Otto Vonlaufen (cox)

## 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

* 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

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Walter Schneider | 100 m freestyle | 1:05.1  | 8*  | Did not advance
400 m freestyle | 5:25.5  | 35  | Did not advance
Hans Blumer | 100 m backstroke | 1:18.5  | 6*  | Did not advance
Walter Kunz | 200 m breaststroke | 2:57.6  | 23  | Did not advance
Hans Widmer | 2:56.7  | 21  | Did not advance
Nicolas Wildhaber | 2:59.2  | 24  | Did not advance

*Ranks given are within the heat.

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Marianne Erismann | 100 m freestyle | 1:19.9  | 34  | Did not advance
Doris Gontersweiler-Vetterli | 100 m backstroke | 1:26.2  | 22  | Did not advance
Liselotte Kobi | 200 m breaststroke | 3:16.2  | 6 q*  | 3:13.9  | 7*  | Did not advance

*Ranks given are within the heat.

## 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.

## External links

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