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.

Cycling
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

Fencing
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

Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Switzerland in 1948.


 * Bruno Riem
 * Franz Hegner
 * Werner Schmid

Rowing
Switzerland had 19 male rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1948.


 * 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)

Shooting
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