Switzerland_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics

Switzerland at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Switzerland at the; 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in Beijing
Competitors	84 in 19 sports
Flag bearers	Roger Federer (opening); Sergei Aschwanden (closing)
Medals; Ranked 33rd	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Switzerland competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of all of the Swiss athletes who have qualified for the Olympics and have been nominated by Swiss Olympic Association.

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Fabian Cancellara	Cycling	Men's time trial
Gold	Roger Federer Stanislas Wawrinka	Tennis	Men's doubles
Silver	Fabian Cancellara	Cycling	Men's road race
Bronze	Karin Thürig	Cycling	Women's time trial
Bronze	Sergei Aschwanden	Judo	Men's 90 kg
Bronze	Nino Schurter	Cycling	Men's cross-country
Bronze	Christina Liebherr Pius Schwizer Niklaus Schurtenberger Steve Guerdat	Equestrian	Team jumping

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nathalie Dielen	Women's individual	601	54	Erdyniyeva (RUS) (11) L 102–107	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Philipp Bandi	5000 m	13:59.68	10	—				Did not advance
Marco Cribari	200 m	20.98	5	Did not advance
Marc Schneeberger	200 m	20.86	4 q	21.48	8	Did not advance
Viktor Röthlin	Marathon	—						2:10:35	6

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Julien Fivaz	Long jump	7.53	36	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nicole Büchler	Pole vault	4.30	22	Did not advance

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Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Canoeing

Slalom

Cycling

Road

Track

Mountain biking

BMX

Equestrian

Eventing

Show jumping

Fencing

Gymnastics

Artistic

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Beach

Wrestling

References

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Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Linda Züblin	Result	13.90	1.62	12.34	24.99	5.74	47.19	2:18.68	5743	30*
Linda Züblin	Points	993	759	684	888	771	806	842	5743	30*

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Michael Kurt	Men's K-1	87.58	16	91.08	19	178.66	17	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Fabian Cancellara	Men's road race	6:23:49
Fabian Cancellara	Men's time trial	1:02:11
Nicole Brändli-Sedoun	Women's road race	3:22:52	18
Priska Doppmann	Women's road race	3:22:45	7
Priska Doppmann	Women's time trial	36:27.79	8
Jennifer Hohl	Women's road race	Did not finish
Karin Thürig	Women's time trial	35:50.99

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christoph Sauser	Men's cross-country	1:57:54	4
Nino Schurter		1:57:52
Florian Vogel		Did not finish
Petra Henzi	Women's cross-country	1:48:41	6
Nathalie Schneitter	Women's cross-country	1:53:42	15

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Tiziana Realini	Gamour	Individual	48.90	28	32.80	81.70	31	16.00	97.70	37	Did not advance			97.70	37

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Steve Guerdat	Jalisca Solier	Individual	1	14	4 #	5	13 Q	5	10	13 Q	4	11 Q	4	8	10	8	10
Christina Liebherr	No Mercy		0	=1	4	4	8 Q	23	27	38	Did not advance					27	38
Pius Schwizer	Nobless M		4 #	30	4	8	16 Q	5	13	15 Q	8	=23	Did not advance			8	23
Niklaus Schurtenberger	Cantus		0	=1	4	4	8 Q	8	12	14 Q	8	=23	Did not advance			8	=23
Steve Guerdat Christina Liebherr Pius Schwizer Niklaus Schurtenberger	See above	Team	—								12	1 Q	18	30	3	30	*

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Claudio Capelli	All-around	13.600	14.475	14.375	15.325	14.100	14.675	86.550	35	Did not advance
Christoph Schärer	Pommel horse	—	13.150	—				13.150	66	Did not advance
Christoph Schärer	Horizontal bar	—					15.350	15.350	14	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sergei Aschwanden	Men's −90 kg	Pinske (GER) W 0010–0002	Huizinga (NED) W 1101–0010	Benikhlef (ALG) L 0000–0001	Did not advance	Bye	El Assri (MAR) W 0001–0000	Santos (BRA) W 0000–0000 YUS	Pershin (RUS) W 1000–0020

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Richard Stauffacher	RS:X	9	11	11	13	9	18	15	8	17	22	EL	111	14
Christoph Bottoni	Laser	34	13	32	40	39	~~BFD~~	36	24	33	CAN	EL	241	37
Tobias Etter Felix Steiger	470	21	23	5	25	7	~~OCS~~	27	26	9	19	EL	162	23
Enrico De Maria Flavio Marazzi	Star	9	7	9	9	5	5	6	11	4	1	4	59	5

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Reto Hug	Men's	18:55	0:27	58:20	0:29	33:53	1:52:04.93	29
Olivier Marceau		18:55	0:29	58:18	0:31	32:37	1:50:50.07	19
Sven Riederer		18:14	0:34	58:52	0:28	33:11	1:51:19.45	23
Magali Chopard Di Marco	Women's	19:50	0:30	1:04:22	0:29	36:39	2:01:50.74	13
Daniela Ryf		19:56	0:26	1:04:17	0:30	35:31	2:00:40.20	7
Nicola Spirig		20:17	0:28	1:03:54	0:31	35:20	2:00:30.48	6

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Irene Beyeler	10 m air rifle	395	16	Did not advance
Irene Beyeler	50 m rifle 3 positions	577	23	Did not advance
Cornelia Frölich	10 m air pistol	381	17	Did not advance
Sandra Kolly	10 m air pistol	378	27	Did not advance
Sandra Kolly	25 m pistol	574	29	Did not advance
Annik Marguet	10 m air rifle	391	33	Did not advance
Annik Marguet	50 m rifle 3 positions	577	25	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jonathan Massacand	100 m backstroke	55.21 NR	27	Did not advance
Jonathan Massacand	200 m backstroke	2:01.80	32	Did not advance
Dominik Meichtry	100 m freestyle	48.55	16 Q	49.58	16	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:45.80	1 Q	1:46.54	7 Q	1:46.95	6
	400 m freestyle	3:50.55	27	—		Did not advance
Flori Lang Dominik Meichtry Karel Novy Adrien Perez	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:16.80	13	—		Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Magdalena Brunner Ariane Schneider	Duet	44.250	13	45.000	89.250	12 Q	45.000	89.250	12

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Roger Federer	Men's singles	Tursunov (RUS) W 6–4, 6–2	Arévalo (ESA) W 6–2, 6–4	Berdych (CZE) W 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)	Blake (USA) L 4–6, 6–7^(2–7)	Did not advance
Stanislas Wawrinka	Men's singles	Dancevic (CAN) W 4–6, 6–3, 6–2	Melzer (AUT) L 4–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Roger Federer Stanislas Wawrinka	Men's doubles	—	Bolelli / Seppi (ITA) W 7–5, 6–1	Tursunov / Youzhny (RUS) W 6–4, 6–3	Bhupathi / Paes (IND) W 6–2, 6–4	B Bryan / M Bryan (USA) W 7–6^(8–6), 6–4	Aspelin / Johansson (SWE) W 6–3, 6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3
Timea Bacsinszky	Women's singles	V Williams (USA) L 3–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Patty Schnyder	Women's singles	Craybas (USA) W 6–3, 6–2	Bammer (AUT) L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Emmanuelle Gagliardi Patty Schnyder	Women's doubles	—	Daniilidou / Gerasimou (GRE) W 6–0, 6–4	Yan Z / Zheng J (CHN) L 3–6, 6–7^(2–7)	Did not advance