Switzerland at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Architecture

Architecture, Designs for Town Planning, Open Edy Knupfer • Werner Schindler 2 Silver

Artistic Gymnastics

All-Around, Individual, Men Walter Lehmann 2 Silver
Sepp Stalder 4
Christian Kipfer 5
Emil Studer 6
Robert Lucy 15
Michael Reusch 18
Melchior Thalmann 21
Karl Frei =32
Fritz Lehmann DNS
Team, Men Switzerland 2 Silver
Walter Lehmann • Sepp Stalder • Christian Kipfer • Emil Studer • Robert Lucy • Michael Reusch • Melchior Thalmann • Karl Frei • Fritz Lehmann (DNS)
Floor Exercise, Men Sepp Stalder =16
Melchior Thalmann =25
Christian Kipfer =29
Walter Lehmann =29
Emil Studer =41
Robert Lucy =41
Karl Frei 56
Michael Reusch =67
Vault, Men Walter Lehmann =8
Emil Studer =10
Christian Kipfer =14
Robert Lucy =14
Melchior Thalmann =20
Sepp Stalder =38
Karl Frei =64
Michael Reusch =84
Parallel Bars, Men Michael Reusch 1 Gold
Christian Kipfer =3 Bronze
Sepp Stalder =3 Bronze
Walter Lehmann 5
Melchior Thalmann 20
Robert Lucy =21
Emil Studer =21
Karl Frei 30
Horizontal Bar, Men Sepp Stalder 1 Gold
Walter Lehmann 2 Silver
Emil Studer =4
Christian Kipfer =9
Michael Reusch =12
Robert Lucy 23
Melchior Thalmann =46
Karl Frei =65
Rings, Men Karl Frei 1 Gold
Michael Reusch 2 Silver
Walter Lehmann 4
Emil Studer =5
Sepp Stalder =5
Christian Kipfer =11
Robert Lucy 24
Melchior Thalmann 31
Pommel Horse, Men Michael Reusch 7
Sepp Stalder =8
Emil Studer =8
Walter Lehmann 11
Christian Kipfer =14
Robert Lucy =16
Melchior Thalmann =23
Karl Frei =26

Athletics

400 metres, Men Oskar Hardmeier 3 h4 r1/4
Walter Keller 4 h7 r1/4
Max Trepp 5 h8 r1/4
800 metres, Men Karl Volkmer AC h1 r2/3
Hans Streuli AC h3 r2/3
1,500 metres, Men Heinz Hubler 8 h4 r1/2
Hans Streuli DNS
5,000 metres, Men Ernst Günther 9 h3 r1/2
Marathon, Men Kaspar Schiesser 22
Jakob Jutz 29
Hans Frischknecht DNF
110 metres Hurdles, Men Olivier Bernard 5 h1 r2/3
400 metres Hurdles, Men Werner Christen 3 h5 r1/3
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men Switzerland 4 h1 r1/2
Oskar Hardmeier • Walter Keller • Max Trepp • Karl Volkmer • Hans Streuli (DNS)
10 kilometres Race Walk, Men Fritz Schwab 3 Bronze
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Gaston Godel 2 Silver
High Jump, Men Hans Wahli =7
Long Jump, Men Jean Studer 13 r1/2
Pole Vault, Men Armin Scheurer DNS
Shot Put, Men Willy Senn 13
Decathlon, Men Fritz Nussbaum 23
Oskar Gerber 27
Armin Scheurer DNF

Basketball

Basketball, Men Switzerland 21
Bernard Dutoit • Claude Chevalley • Gérald Piaget • Georges Stockly • Henry Gujer • Henri Baumann • Jean Tribolet • Jean Paré • Claude Landini • John Pollet • Marc Bossy • Maurice Chollet • Pierre Albrecht • Robert Geiser

Boxing

Lightweight, Men Edy Schmidiger =9
Middleweight, Men Hermann Schneider =17
Light-Heavyweight, Men Hans Schwerzmann =9
Heavyweight, Men Hans Müller 4

Canoe Sprint

Kayak Singles (K1), 1,000 metres, Men Hans Straub 6 h1 r1/2
Kayak Singles (K1), 10,000 metres, Men Emil Bottlang 11
Kayak Doubles (K2), 1,000 metres, Men Switzerland 6 h1 r1/2
Bruno Masciadri • Franz Reiner
Kayak Doubles (K2), 10,000 metres, Men Switzerland 11
Fritz Frey • Werner Zimmermann

Cycling Road

Road Race, Men Jakob Schenk 13
Jean Brun 15
Walter Reiser 25
Giovanni Rossi DNF
Road Race, Team, Men Switzerland 6
Jakob Schenk • Jean Brun • Walter Reiser • Giovanni Rossi

Cycling Track

Sprint, Men Jean Roth 2 h7 r3/6
Track Time Trial, Men Hans Flückiger 4
Tandem Sprint, Men Switzerland 4
Jean Roth • Max Aeberli
Team Pursuit, Men Switzerland =5
Walter Bucher • Gaston Gerosa • Eugen Kamber • Hans Pfenninger

Diving

Springboard, Men Ernst Strupler 25
Platform, Men Willy Rist 23
Ernst Strupler 25

Equestrian Dressage

Individual, Open Hans Moser 1 Gold

Equestrian Eventing

Individual, Open Alfred Blaser 11
Toni Bühler 19
Pierre Musy 32
Team, Open Switzerland 4
Alfred Blaser • Toni Bühler • Pierre Musy

Fencing

Foil, Individual, Men Corrado Schlaepfer 7 p3 r2/4
Walo Hörning 8 p2 r2/4
Jean-Maurice Rubli =7 p6 r1/4
Gottfried von Meiss DNS
Foil, Team, Men Switzerland 3 p4 r1/4
Gottfried von Meiss • Roger Stirn • Walo Hörning • Corrado Schlaepfer • Jean-Maurice Rubli
Épée, Individual, Men Oswald Zappelli 2 Silver
Robert Lips 5 p4 r2/4
Rodolphe Spillmann =6 p5 r2/4
Épée, Team, Men Switzerland =5
Fernand Thiébaud • Robert Lips • Jean Hauert • Oswald Zappelli • Otto Rüfenacht • Marc Chamay
Sabre, Individual, Men Walter Widemann 4 p6 r1/4
Otto Greter 5 p5 r1/4
Alphonse Ruckstuhl 6 p8 r1/4
Sabre, Team, Men Switzerland 3 p2 r1/4
Roland Turian • Alphonse Ruckstuhl • Otto Greter • Walter Widemann • Robert Lips (DNS) • Oswald Zappelli (DNS)
Foil, Individual, Women Anita Klüpfel 6 p4 r2/4
Hedwig Rieder 5 p6 r1/4
Vera Hagemann 6 p5 r1/4

Hockey

Hockey, Men Switzerland =5
Armand Schlée • Emil Grub • Edouard Siegrist • Fritz Kehrer • Fridolin Kurmann • Fritz Stühlinger • Hugo Walser • Hans Gruner • Josef Rippstein • Jean-Pierre Roche • Karl Vogt • Otto Grolimund • Pierre Pasche • Roland Jenzer • Robert Eger • Pierre Ballif (DNS)

Literature

Literature, Dramatic Works, Open Benoît Bickel AC
Literature, Epic Works, Open Max Ehinger AC
Literature, Lyric Works, Open Benoît Bickel AC
Ferdinand Schell AC
René Borchanne AC

Modern Pentathlon

Individual, Men Bruno Riem 6
Franz Hegner 7
Werner Schmid 27

Music

Music, Compositions for Orchestra, Open Werner Gallusser AC
Jean Daetwyler AC

Painting

Painting, Graphic Arts, Open Hans Erni AC
Alex Walter Diggelmann AC
Lotti Lobsiger-Schibli AC
Robert Lips AC
Robert Lips AC
Robert Lips AC
Painting, Paintings, Open Lotti Lobsiger-Schibli AC
Alex Walter Diggelmann AC
Painting, Applied Arts, Open Alex Walter Diggelmann 2 Silver
Alex Walter Diggelmann 3 Bronze
Gertrude Bohnert AC
Gertrude Bohnert AC
Alex Walter Diggelmann AC
Alex Walter Diggelmann AC
Hans Erni AC
Hans Erni AC
Alex Walter Diggelmann AC

Rowing

Single Sculls, Men Hansjakob Keller 2 h2 r2/4
Double Sculls, Men Switzerland 2 h2 r2/4
Maurice Gueissaz • Maurice Matthey
Coxless Pairs, Men Switzerland 2 Silver
Hans Kalt • Josef Kalt
Coxed Fours, Men Switzerland 2 Silver
Rudolf Reichling • Erich Schriever • Emil Knecht • Peter Stebler • André Moccand
Eights, Men Switzerland 3 h1 r3/4
Otto Burri • Fredy Schultheiss • Franz Starkl • Hans Schultheiss • Arnold Amstutz • Moritz Grand • Peter Gübeli • Eugen Vollmar • Otto Vonlaufen

Sailing

Two-Person Keelboat, Men Ali-Baba II 15
Hans Bryner • Kurt Bryner
One-Person Heavyweight Dinghy, Men Alfons Oswald 10
Three-Person Keelboat, Open Ylliam VII 7
Henri Copponex • Émile Lachapelle • André Firmenich • Louis Noverraz • Charles Stern • Marcel Stern

Sculpture

Sculpturing, Medals and Plaques, Open Alex Walter Diggelmann HM
Alex Walter Diggelmann AC
Alex Walter Diggelmann AC
Sculpturing, Reliefs, Open Elsy Blom-Wirz AC
Alex Walter Diggelmann AC
Sculpturing, Statues, Open Walter Linck AC
Hans Brandenberger AC
Sculpturing, Unknown Event, Open Ferdy Denzler AC

Shooting

Rapid-Fire Pistol, Men Rudolf Schnyder 20
Walter Lienhard 59
Free Pistol, Men Rudolf Schnyder 2 Silver
Beat Rhyner 5
Heinz Ambühl 15
Free Rifle, Men Emil Grünig 1 Gold
Otto Horber 9
Mario Ciocco 11
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, Men Otto Horber 12
Emil Grünig 34
Mario Ciocco 56

Swimming

100 metres Freestyle, Men Walter Schneider 37
400 metres Freestyle, Men Walter Schneider 35
100 metres Backstroke, Men Hans Blumer 33
200 metres Breaststroke, Men Hans Widmer 22
Walter Kunz 23
Nicolas Wildhaber 24
100 metres Freestyle, Women Marianne Erismann 34
100 metres Backstroke, Women Doris Gontersweiler 22
200 metres Breaststroke, Women Lilo Kobi 12

Water Polo

Water Polo, Men Switzerland =13
André Grosjean • Erwin Klumpp • Edouard Hauser • Georges Hauser • Tristan Sauer • René Weibel • Heinrich Keller • H. Burri (DNS) • W. Marty (DNS) • Hans Vaterlaus (DNS)

Weightlifting

Featherweight, Men Richard Rieder 22
Middleweight, Men Fritz Mast 19
Roger Rubini 23

Wrestling

Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men Adolf Müller =14
Lightweight, Greco-Roman, Men Alfred Jauch 17
Welterweight, Greco-Roman, Men Robert Diggelmann 13
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men Ernst Kolb =8
Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Albin Dannacher =11
Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Moritz Inderbitzin 6
Flyweight, Freestyle, Men Arthur Schürch DNS
Bantamweight, Freestyle, Men Walter Wenger =12
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men Adolf Müller 3 Bronze
Lightweight, Freestyle, Men Hermann Baumann 3 Bronze
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men Willy Angst =7
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men Paul Dätwyler 7
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men Fritz Stöckli 2 Silver
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men Willy Lardon 9