Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Switzerland competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. 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 at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Tokyo, Japan 23 July 2021 (2021-07-23) – 8 August 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 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

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	5	11	16
Badminton	0	1	1
Canoeing	2	1	3
Cycling	16	6	22
Diving	0	1	1
Equestrian	5	2	7
Fencing	3	0	3
Gymnastics	4	1	5
Judo	1	1	2
Karate	0	1	1
Rowing	6	3	9
Sailing	3	3	6
Shooting	0	2	2
Sport climbing	0	1	1
Swimming	9	4	13
Table tennis	0	1	1
Tennis	1	2	3
Triathlon	2	2	4
Volleyball	2	4	6
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	60	47	107

Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

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

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Julien Wanders	10000 m	28:55.29 SB	21
Tadesse Abraham	Marathon	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ajla Del Ponte	100 m	Bye		10.91	2 Q	11.01	2 Q	10.97	5
Mujinga Kambundji		Bye		10.95	2 Q	10.96	2 Q	10.99	6
Salomé Kora		Bye		11.25	5	Did not advance
Mujinga Kambundji	200 m	22.26 =NR	1 Q	—		22.26 =NR	3 Q	22.30	7
Léa Sprunger	400 m hurdles	57.03	6	—		Did not advance
Ajla del Ponte Riccarda Dietsche Mujinga Kambundji Salome Kora	4 × 100 m relay	42.05 NR	2 Q	—				42.08	4
Yasmin Giger Silke Lemmens Rachel Pellaud Léa Sprunger	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.90 NR	6	—				Did not advance
Fabienne Schlumpf	Marathon	—						2:31:36	12
Martina Strähl								2:39:25 SB	51

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Loïc Gasch	Men's high jump	2.21	=23	Did not advance
Salome Lang	Women's high jump	1.86	=22	Did not advance
Angelica Moser	Women's pole vault	4.40	20	Did not advance

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Slalom

Swiss canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain and the 2021 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Ivrea, 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]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Thomas Koechlin	Men's C-1	105.66	10	104.57	10	104.57	12 Q	111.20	13	Did not advance
Martin Dougoud	Men's K-1	93.70	6	100.58	18	93.70	14 Q	99.28	13	Did not advance
Alena Marx	Women's C-1	120.12	10	150.84	18	120.12	16 Q	163.09	16	Did not advance
Naemi Brändle	Women's K-1	230.37	27	135.00	22	135.00	24 Q	121.91	18	Did not advance

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

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

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

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
Théry Schir	Men's omnium	24	9	4	34	3	36	1	15	109	7

Madison

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Robin Froidevaux Théry Schir	Men's madison	8	0	7

Mountain biking

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

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

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Simon Marquart	Men's race	14	5	Did not advance
David Graf		6	2 Q	18	5	Did not advance

Freestyle

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

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michelle Heimberg	Women's 3 m springboard	289.95	11 Q	289.80	12 Q	283.35	11

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Swiss equestrians qualified a full squad in the jumping competition by virtue of a top-six finish at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, 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

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Estelle Wettstein	West Side Story	Individual	67.748	41	Did not advance

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

Eventing

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

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Robin Godel	Jet Set	Individual	37.10	47	Eliminated			Did not advance
Mélody Johner	Toubleu de Rueire		36.10	44	0.40	36.50	19	0.00	36.50	14	13.20	49.70	17	49.70	17
Felix Vogg	Colero		26.70	8	11.80	38.50	21	8.00	46.50	24	5.20	51.70	19	51.70	19
Robin Godel Mélody Johner Felix Vogg Eveline Bodenmüller (s)	Jet Set Toubleu de Rueire Colero Violine de la Brasserie	Team	99.20	10	212.20	311.40	11	8.00+20.00	339.40	10	—			339.40	10

(s) – substituted before jumping – 20 replacement penalties

Jumping

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

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Martin Fuchs	Clooney	Individual	0	=1 Q	8	84.99	16
Steve Guerdat	Venard de Cerisy		4	=31	Did not advance
Beat Mändli	Dsarie		1	=26 Q	Retired
Bryan Balsiger Martin Fuchs Steve Guerdat	Twentytwo des Biches Clooney Venard de Cerisy	Team	10	4 Q	28	238.18	5

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Main articles: Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Kim Métraux	Women's	74	70	74	73	291	+7	54
Albane Valenzuela		71	69	67	69	276	−8	=18

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

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 Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[18] The men's team was announced on 24 June 2021.^[19]

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Christian Baumann	Team	13.833	12.700	13.766	13.566	15.200	12.566	81.631	33	—		13.166	—	14.600	13.966	—
Pablo Brägger		14.133	13.566	13.466	12.733	15.066	12.600	81.564	35	14.233	13.400	13.466	13.833	14.833	13.933
Benjamin Gischard		14.266	13.833	13.333	14.166	13.800	13.100	82.498	26 Q	14.000	13.866	—	14.000	—
Eddy Yusof		13.500	12.466	13.533	14.333	14.700	13.366	81.898	31 Q	13.833	13.833	13.666	14.166	14.633	13.500
Total		42.232	40.099	40.765	42.065	44.966	39.066	249.193	7 Q	42.066	41.099	40.298	41.999	44.066	41.399	250.927	6

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Benjamin Gischard	All-around	See team results								14.300	13.666	13.433	14.300	13.700	13.333	82.732	13
Eddy Yusof										13.800	13.866	13.300	13.033	14.533	13.200	81.732	16

Women

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Giulia Steingruber	All-around	14.833	12.800	12.600	13.300	53.533	30 Q	14.833	12.800	12.400	13.333	53.366	15
	Vault	14.566	—			14.566	10	Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Main articles: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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 Tournament in Paris, 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

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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 Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.^[21][22][23]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Barnabé Delarze Roman Röösli	Double sculls	6:11.24	2 QF	Bye		6:25.89	3 FA	6:09.05	5
Andrin Gulich Paul Jacquot Markus Kessler Joel Schürch	Four	6:04.09	4 R	6:27.80	5 FB	Bye		6:02.32	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jeannine Gmelin	Single sculls	7:47.20	2 QF	Bye		8:02.10	2 SA/B	7:25.80	2 FA	7:20.91	5
Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol	Lightweight double sculls	7:08.66	4 R	7:22.02	1 SA/B	—		6:48.92	4 FB	6:49.16	7

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

Main articles: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Mateo Sanz Lanz	Men's RS:X	1	1	9	10	3	4	16	17	12	10	13	15	6	100	8
Lucien Cujean Sébastien Schneiter	Men's 49er	16	10	14	10	3	20	9	9	9	18	13	12	EL	123	14
Maud Jayet	Women's Laser Radial	22	7	22	34	13	1	21	25	28	24	—		EL	163	19
Linda Fahrni Maja Siegenthaler	Women's 470	12	4	8	2	5	10	9	7	12	5	—		2	64	4

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

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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	7 Q	230.6
	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	1174	6 Q	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

Main articles: Sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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 Championships in Hachioji, Japan.^[28]

Athlete	Event	Qualification									Final
		Speed		Boulder		Lead			Total	Rank	Speed		Boulder		Lead			Total	Rank
		Best	Place	Result	Place	Hold	Time	Place			Best	Place	Result	Place	Hold	Time	Place
Petra Klingler	Women's	8.42	10	1T3z 3 8	10	16+	1:49	14	1400.00	16	did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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	2 Q	1:57.38	5 Q	1:56.17
Antonio Djakovic	200 m freestyle	1:46.37	15 Q	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	15 Q	48.53	16	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:57.45	11 Q	1:57.07	13	Did not advance
Noè Ponti	100 m butterfly	51.24	5 Q	50.76	3 Q	50.74 NR
	200 m butterfly	1:55.05	5 Q	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	6 Q	—		7:06.12	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lisa Mamié	100 m breaststroke	1:06.76	13 Q	1:07.41	15	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:23.91	14 Q	2:25.11	14	Did not advance
Maria Ugolkova	100 m freestyle	54.86	26	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:10.04	5 Q	2:10.65	9	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Main articles: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Main articles: Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total
Andrea Salvisberg	Men's	18:02	0:40	56:03	0:30	32:10	1:47:25	22
Max Studer		18:25	0:39	55:59	0:28	30:35	1:46:06	9
Jolanda Annen	Women's	19:32	0:44	1:05:04	0:35	35:36	2:01:31	19
Nicola Spirig		19:32	0:43	1:02:50	0:32	34:28	1:58:05	6

Relay

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (300 m)	Trans 1	Bike (7 km)	Trans 2	Run (2 km)	Total group
Andrea Salvisberg	Mixed relay	3:59	0:37	9:35	0:28	5:44	20:23	—
Max Studer		4:11	0:37	9:50	0:29	5:33	20:40
Jolanda Annen		3:51	0:40	10:32	0:30	6:27	22:00
Nicola Spirig		4:35	0:40	10:20	0:30	6:19	22:24
Total		—					1:25:27	7

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Beach

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)	3 R	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)	1 Q	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

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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