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Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
inTokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	107 in 19 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Mujinga Kambundji Max Heinzer
Flag bearer (closing)	Elena Quirici
Medals Ranked 24th	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 6 Total 13
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Switzerland competed at the 2020 Summer OlympicsinTokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] Swiss athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for a partial boycott of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne in protest at the Soviet invasion of Hungary.

Switzerland not only repeated its gold medal tally from the previous games but also increased its overall medal tally from 7 medals last time to 13 medals. They won medals in double digit for the first time since 1952 Helsinki.

Competitors[edit]

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Medalists[edit]

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Jolanda Neff Cycling Women's cross-country 27 July  Gold Nina Christen Shooting Women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions 31 July  Gold Belinda Bencic Tennis Women's singles 31 July  Silver Mathias Flückiger Cycling Men's cross-country 26 July  Silver Sina Frei Cycling Women's cross-country 27 July  Silver Marlen Reusser Cycling Women's road time trial 28 July  Silver Belinda Bencic Viktorija Golubic Tennis Women's doubles 1 August  Bronze Nina Christen Shooting Women's 10 metre air rifle 24 July  Bronze Linda Indergand Cycling Women's cross-country 27 July  Bronze Jérémy Desplanches Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley 30 July  Bronze Noè Ponti Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly 31 July  Bronze Nikita Ducarroz Cycling Women's BMX freestyle 1 August  Bronze Joana Heidrich Anouk Vergé-Dépré Volleyball Women's beach 6 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Cycling 1 3 2 6 Shooting 1 0 1 2 Swimming 0 0 2 2 Tennis 1 1 0 2 Volleyball 0 0 1 1 Total 3 4 6 13

Athletics[edit]

Swiss athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[2][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

Track & road events

Men

Women

Field events

Badminton[edit]

Switzerland entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings. Sabrina Jaquet will be competing in her third straight Olympics.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sabrina Jaquet	Women's singles	Tai T-y (TPE) L (7–21, 13–21)	Qi Xf (FRA) L (10–21, 14–21)	Nguyễn (VIE) L (8–21, 17–21)	4	Did not advance

Canoeing[edit]

Slalom[edit]

Swiss canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsinLa Seu d'Urgell, Spain and the 2021 European Canoe Slalom ChampionshipsinIvrea, Italy.^[5][6] The slalom canoeists were named to the Swiss team on November 11, 2019.^[7] The Africa quota was initially reallocated to Hungary, but was further reallocated to Switzerland following the Hungarian Olympic Committee's decision to only send athletes vaccinated against COVID-19 to the Games.^[8][9]

Cycling[edit]

Road[edit]

Switzerland entered a squad of five riders (four men and one woman) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the UCI World Ranking.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marc Hirschi	Men's road race	6:11.46	25
Stefan Küng	Men's road race	6:15.38	40
	Men's time trial	56:08:49	4
Gino Mäder	Men's road race	6:21.46	74
Michael Schär		6:13.17	31
Marlen Reusser	Women's road race	4:02:16	46
	Women's time trial	31:09:96

Track[edit]

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Swiss riders accumulated spots in the men's team pursuit, omnium, and madison based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings. The Swiss Olympic Association announced the track cycling squad for the Games on May 12, 2021.^[11]

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Stefan Bissegger Robin Froidevaux Mauro Schmid Valère Thiébaud Théry Schir Cyrille Thièry	Men's team pursuit	3:51.514	8	Australia (AUS) 3:49.111	7	Great Britain (GBR) 3:50.041	8

Omnium

Madison

Mountain biking[edit]

Switzerland qualified six mountain bikers, three man and three women, based on the UCI Olympic Mountain Biking rankings.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Filippo Colombo	Men's cross-country	1:28:04	12
Mathias Flückiger		1:25:34
Nino Schurter		1:25:56	4
Sina Frei	Women's cross-country	1:16:57
Linda Indergand		1:17:05
Jolanda Neff		1:15:46

BMX[edit]

Swiss riders qualified for three quota place (two men and one women) for BMX at the Olympics, as a result in the UCI BMX Olympic Qualification Ranking List of 1 June 2021.^[12][13]

Race

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Nikita Ducarroz	Women's freestyle	83.55	3	89.20

Diving[edit]

Switzerland sent one diver into the Olympic competition, after finishing the top 18 in the women's springboard at the 2021 FINA Diving World CupinTokyo, Japan.

Equestrian[edit]

Swiss equestrians qualified a full squad in the jumping competition by virtue of a top-six finish at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian GamesinTryon, North Carolina, United States.^[14] A team of eventing riders was added to the Swiss equestrian roster by securing an outright berth, as the highest-ranked eligible nation, not yet qualified, in the 2019 Eventing Nations Cup overall rankings.^[15] MeanwhIle, one dressage rider was added to the Swiss roster by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group B (South Western Europe).^[16]

Dressage[edit]

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing[edit]

The Swiss eventing team was named on July 1, 2021. Eveline Bodenmüller and Violine de la Brasserie have been named the travelling alternates.^[17]

(s) – substituted before jumping – 20 replacement penalties

Jumping[edit]

Bryan Balsiger and Twentytwo des Biches have been named the travelling alternates.

Fencing[edit]

Swiss fencers qualified a full squad each in the men's team épée for the Games by finishing among the top four nations in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Benjamin Steffen	Men's épée	Sukhov (ROC) W 15–12	Reizlin (UKR) L 11–15	Did not advance
Max Heinzer		Bye	Svichkar (UKR) W 15–11	Reizlin (UKR) L 12–15	Did not advance
Michele Niggeler		Ramirez (USA) L 6–15	Did not advance
Max Heinzer Lucas Malcotti Michele Niggeler Benjamin Steffen	Men's team épée	—		Bye	South Korea (KOR) L 39–44	Classification semifinal  France (FRA) L 37–45	Seventh place final  Italy (ITA) L 34–36	8

Golf[edit]

Switzerland entered two female golfers into the Olympic tournament. Morgane Métraux qualified but chose not to play. Kim Métraux gained a late place.

Gymnastics[edit]

Artistic[edit]

Switzerland fielded a full team of five artistic gymnasts (four men and one woman) into the Olympic competition. The men's squad claimed one of the remaining nine spots in the team all-around, while Rio 2016 vault bronze medalist Giulia Steingruber set her third straight trip to the Games, by finishing second out of twenty qualified gymnasts in the individual all-around and apparatus events at the 2019 World ChampionshipsinStuttgart, Germany.^[18] The men's team was announced on 24 June 2021.^[19]

Men

Team

Individual

Women

Individual

Judo[edit]

Switzerland entered two judoka (one men and one women) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.^[20]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nils Stump	Men's −73 kg	Bye	Gjakova (KOS) L 00–11	Did not advance
Fabienne Kocher	Women's −52 kg	—	Pérez (ESP) W 01–00	Lkhagvasüren (MGL) W 01–00	Pupp (HUN) W 10–00	Buchard (FRA) L 00–10	Bye	Giles (GBR) L 00–10	5

Karate[edit]

Switzerland entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Elena Quirici qualified directly for the women's kumite +61 kg category by finishing top three at 2021 World Olympic Qualification TournamentinParis, France.

Athlete	Event	Round robin					Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elena Quirici	Women's +61 kg	Matoub (ALG) W 2–1	Abdelaziz (EGY) L 3–3+S	Abbasali (IRI) W 4–0	Gong L (CHN) D 1–1	3	Did not advance

Rowing[edit]

Switzerland qualified four boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World ChampionshipsinOttensheim, Austria.^[21][22][23]

Men

Women

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[edit]

Swiss sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.^[24] Additionally, they received an unused berth from Oceania to send the women's 470 crew to the Games based on the results at the 2019 World Championships.

On June 2, 2020, the Swiss Sailing selected Rio 2016 windsurfer Mateo Sanz Lanz, along with skiff crew Lucien Cujean and Sébastien Schneiter, to compete at the Enoshima regatta.^[25] The women's 470 crew Linda Fahrni and Maja Siegenthaler was officially named to the Swiss sailing roster on April 1, 2021, while Laser Radial sailor Maud Jayet completed the lineup one month later.^[26][11]

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

Shooting[edit]

Swiss shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.^[27]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nina Christen	Women's 10 m air rifle	628.5	7Q	230.6
	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	1174	6Q	463.9
Heidi Diethelm Gerber	Women's 10 m air pistol	569	28	Did not advance
	Women's 25 m pistol	579	22	Did not advance

Sport climbing[edit]

Switzerland entered one sport climber into the Olympic tournament. Petra Klingler qualified directly for the women's combined event, by advancing to the final and securing one of the seven provisional berths at the 2019 IFSC World ChampionshipsinHachioji, Japan.^[28]

Swimming[edit]

Swiss swimmers further 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)):^[29][30]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jérémy Desplanches	100 m breaststroke	1:00.29	28	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	1:56.89	2Q	1:57.38	5Q	1:56.17
Antonio Djakovic	200 m freestyle	1:46.37	15Q	1:45.92	11	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:45.82 NR	9	—		Did not advance
Roman Mityukov	100 m freestyle	48.43	15Q	48.53	16	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:57.45	11Q	1:57.07	13	Did not advance
Noè Ponti	100 m butterfly	51.24	5Q	50.76	3Q	50.74 NR
	200 m butterfly	1:55.05	5Q	1:55.37	10	Did not advance
Antonio Djakovic Nils Liess Roman Mityukov Noè Ponti	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:14.65	14	—		Did not advance
Antonio Djakovic Nils Liess Roman Mityukov Noè Ponti	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:06.59	6Q	—		7:06.12	6

Women

Table tennis[edit]

For the first time since Atlanta 1996, Switzerland entered an athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games, based on the World Rankings as of June 1, 2021.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rachel Moret	Women's singles	Bye	Yamada (BRA) W 4–2	Póta (HUN) W 4–1	Chen M (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance

Tennis[edit]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Belinda Bencic	Women's singles	Pegula (USA) W 6–3, 6–3	Doi (JPN) W 6–2, 6–4	Krejčíková (CZE) W 1–6, 6–2, 6–3	Pavlyuchenkova (ROC) W 6–0, 3–6, 6–3	Rybakina (KAZ) W 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–3	Vondroušová (CZE) W 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
Viktorija Golubic		Osorio (COL) W 6–4, 6–1	Osaka (JPN) L 3–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Belinda Bencic Viktorija Golubic	Women's doubles	—	Aoyama / Shibahara (JPN) W 6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]	Muguruza / Suárez (ESP) W 3–6, 6–1, [11–9]	Perez / Stosur (AUS) W 6–4, 6–4	Pigossi / Stefani (BRA) W 7–5, 6–3	Krejčíková / Siniaková (CZE) L 5–7, 1–6

Triathlon[edit]

Switzerland qualified for the Mixed Relay events by finishing third at the 2021 World Triathlon Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Event in Lisbon on May 21, 2021.

Individual

Relay

Volleyball[edit]

Beach[edit]

Swiss women's beach volleyball pair qualified for the Games, as the result in the FIVB Beach volleyball Olympic Ranking List of 13 June 2021.^[31]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round				Repechage	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mirco Gerson Adrian Heidrich	Men's	Ahmed / Cherif (QAT) L (17–21, 16–21)	Bourne / Gibb (USA) L (19–21, 21–23)	Carambula / Rossi (ITA) W (21–14, 24–26, 15–13)	3R	E Grimalt / M Grimalt (CHI) L (17–21, 18–21)	Did not advance
Nina Betschart Tanja Hüberli	Women's	Kozuch / Ludwig (GER) W (23–25, 22–20, 16–14)	Hermannová / Sluková (CZE) W (21–0, 21–0)	Ishii / Murakami (JPN) W (14–21, 21–19, 15–12)	1Q	Bye	Heidrich / Vergé-Dépré (SUI) L (12–21, 21–19, 21–23)	Did not advance
Joana Heidrich Anouk Vergé-Dépré		Borger / Sude (GER) W (21–8, 21–23, 15–6)	Schoon / Stam (NED) W (22–20, 21–18)	Humana-Paredes / Pavan (CAN) L (13–21, 22–24)	2	Bye	Betschart / Hüberli (SUI) W (21–12, 19–21, 23–21)	Ana Patrícia / Rebecca (BRA) W (21–19, 18–21, 15–12)	Klineman / Ross (USA) L (12–21, 11–21)	Graudiņa / Kravčenoka (LAT) W (21–19, 21–15)

Wrestling[edit]

For the first time since London 2012, Switzerland qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 86 kg into the Olympic competition, as a result of his top six finish at the 2019 World Championships.

Key:

• VF (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stefan Reichmuth	Men's −86 kg	Benferdjallah (ALG) W 3–1 PP	Yazdani (IRI) L 1–4 PP	Did not advance	Shapiev (UZB) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	8

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