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 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.

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

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]

Track & road events

Men

Women

Field events

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]

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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

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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.

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]

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.

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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

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

Switzerland entered two judoka (one men and one women) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.^[20]

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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

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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.

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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

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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

Women

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

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]

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

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]

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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

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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]

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

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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

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Women

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.

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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

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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

Relay

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.

Freestyle

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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

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