Switzerland at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Switzerland at the Olympic Games

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NOC Swiss Olympic Association
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At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors 75 in 12 sports
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Switzerland is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Swiss athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for a boycott of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne in protest at the Soviet invasion of Hungary.

Athletics

Swiss athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[1][2]

On May 5, 2016, the Swiss Olympic Association had selected three marathon runners (Abraham, Kreienbühl, and Neuenschwander), who achieved the federation's entry standards, for the Olympics.[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
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Tadesse Abraham Marathon
Christian Kreienbühl
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Maja Neuenschwander Marathon N/A




4×100 m relay N/A

Badminton

Switzerland has qualified one badminton player for the women's singles into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympian Sabrina Jaquet picked up one of the spare athlete berths from the doubles as the next highest-ranked eligible player in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.[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

Cycling

Road

Swiss riders qualified for a maximum of four quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World Tour.[5]

Athlete Event Time Rank
  Men's road race
Men's time trial
  Men's road race
 
 

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Swiss riders have accumulated spots in the men's team pursuit, as well as the men's omnium. The Swiss Olympic Association announced the track cycling squad for the Olympics on March 15, 2016.[6]

Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opponent
Results		 Rank Opponent
Results		 Rank
Olivier Beer*
Silvan Dillier
Stefan Küng
Frank Pasche
Théry Schir		 Men's team pursuit
Omnium
Athlete Event Scratch race Individual pursuit Elimination race Time trial Flying lap Points race Total points Rank
Rank Time Rank Rank Time Rank Time Rank Points Rank
Gaël Suter Men's omnium

Equestrian

Switzerland has qualified a full squad in the team jumping competition after having achieved one of the three Olympic quota places available from the 2015 European Championships.[7] Three more Swiss riders have formed a composite squad to compete in the Olympic team eventing by virtue of the following results in the individual FEI Olympic rankings: a top two finish from European combined ranking, and two top nine finishes from the combined overall FEI Olympic rankings.[8]

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
Individual

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank

 Individual





See above Team N/A

Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Total
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round A Round B
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank

 Individual







See above Team N/A

Fencing

Swiss fencers have qualified a full squad each in the men's team épée by virtue of their top 4 national finish in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.[9] Meanwhile, 2012 Olympian Tiffany Géroudet had claimed the sole Olympic spot as the winner of the women's épée at the European Zonal Qualifier in Prague, Czech Republic.

Men
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
  Individual épée
 
 
 
 
 		 Team épée N/A
Women
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
Tiffany Géroudet Individual épée

Gymnastics

Artistic

Switzerland has fielded a full squad of five artistic gymnasts (five men and one woman) into the Olympic competition. The men's team qualified through a top eight finish at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow, making its first trip to the Games since 1992.[10][11] Meanwhile, an additional Olympic berth had been awarded to the Swiss female gymnast, who participated in the apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.[12]

Men
Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
  Team
 
 
 
 
Total
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
 

Rowing

Switzerland has qualified four boats in each of the following classes for the Olympics at the 2015 FISA World Championships. The Swiss Olympic Association announced the first batch of rowers competing in the men's lightweight four and women's single sculls on April 22, 2016.[13]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank


 Lightweight double sculls N/A
Mario Gyr
Simon Niepmann
Simon Schürch
Lucas Tramèr		 Lightweight four N/A




Quadruple sculls N/A
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jeannine Gmelin Single sculls

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

Swiss sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.[14] Meanwhile, the women's 470 crew has claimed an Olympic place on the Swiss sailing team by picking up the unused berth freed from the African continental selection based on the results at the 2015 World Championships.[15]

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
RS:X
Yannick Brauchli
Romuald Hausser		 470 N/A
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
 
 		 470
Mixed
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
 
 		 Nacra 17

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

Shooting

Swiss shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.[16]

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
  10 m air rifle N/A
  N/A
50 m rifle 3 positions N/A
25 m pistol

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Swiss swimmers have so far 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)):[17][18]

Jérémy Desplanches, Sasha Touretski, and London 2012 Olympian Yannick Käser had been selected to the Swiss swimming team with a FINA Olympic A-cut on March 31, 2016.[19]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jérémy Desplanches 200 m individual medley
Yannick Käser 200 m breaststroke
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sasha Touretski 50 m freestyle

Synchronized swimming

Switzerland has fielded a squad of two synchronized swimmers to compete only in the women's duet by virtue of their eighth-place finish at the FINA Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro.[19][20]

Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final)
Points Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank
Sophie Giger
Sascia Kraus		 Duet

Triathlon

Switzerland has secured a quota in the women's triathlon event as a result of defending Olympic champion Nicola Spirig's triumph at the 2015 European Games.[21]

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Nicola Spirig Women's

See also

References

  1. ↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Neuenschwander, Abraham und Kreienbühl vertreten die Schweiz im Olympia-Marathon in Rio 2016" [Neuenschwander, Abraham und Kreienbühl will represent Switzerland at the Olympic marathon in Rio 2016] (in German). Swiss Olympic Association. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Sukumar, Dev (5 May 2016). "Provisional List of Olympic Qualifiers Published". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Swiss Olympic selektioniert sechs Bahnradfahrer für Rio 2016" [Swiss Olympic Committee selected six track cyclists for Rio 2016] (in German). Swiss Olympic Association. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Great Britain showjumping team qualify for Rio Olympics". BBC Sport. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Six nations make Olympic and Paralympic débuts at Rio 2016 equestrian events". FEI. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  9. ↑ Etchells, Daniel (14 February 2016). "Romania claim team gold at women's épée World Cup in Buenos Aires as Rio 2016 qualifiers are decided". Inside the Games. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  10. ↑ Graves, Will (26 October 2015). "U.S. Men Off to Solid Start in World Gymnastics Qualifying". Universal Sports Network. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Japan, Kohei Uchimura lead as first Men's teams qualify for Rio at Glasgow Worlds". FIG. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympic qualifiers in Women's Artistic Gymnastics: See the updated list!". FIG. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "Eine Ruderin und vier Ruderer für Rio 2016 selektioniert" [A coxless four and a rower had been selected for Rio 2016] (in German). Swiss Olympic Association. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  14. ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympic Places Awarded In Men's And Women's 470 At Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds". ISAF. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  15. ↑ "Final country places secured for Rio 2016". ISAF. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  16. ↑ "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  17. ↑ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  18. ↑ "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016 (FINA). Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  19. 1 2 "Schwimmen und Synchronschwimmen selektioniert für Rio 2016" [Swimmers and synchronized swimmers had been selected for Rio 2016] (in German). Swiss Olympic Association. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  20. ↑ Etchells, Daniel (7 March 2016). "Ukraine land first-ever Olympic synchronised swimming team event berth at Rio 2016 qualifier". Inside the Games. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  21. ↑ "Britain and Switzerland qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic triathlon". Rio 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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