Switzerland at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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]

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 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

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

Main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Cycling

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

Main article: Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Fencing

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

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Switzerland in 1948.

• Bruno Riem
• Franz Hegner
• Werner Schmid

Rowing

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

Main article: Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Shooting

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

Main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Art competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics