Switzerland at the 1948 Summer Olympics
# 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.

## 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 |

## 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
