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.
Medalists
Archery
Athletics
- Men
- Track & road events
- Field events
- Women
- Field events
- Combined events – Heptathlon
* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance. Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Züblin moved up a position.
Badminton
Canoeing
Slalom
Cycling
Road
The athlete who finished in second place, Davide Rebellin (Italy), tested positive for a banned substance. Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Rebellin was stripped of his silver medal, and Cancellara was upgraded to silver.
Track
- Pursuit
- Omnium
Mountain biking
BMX
Equestrian
Eventing
Show jumping
# denotes a result that did not count toward the team score
* Switzerland was upgraded to bronze medal in the team jumping competition after Camiro, the horse of Norway's bronze medal winner Tony André Hansen, tested positive for use of capsaicin and was disqualified.
Fencing
- Men
- Women
Gymnastics
Artistic
- Men
- Women
Marks and ranks from vault qualification differ as two vaults were used to determine event finalists while only the first of those counts toward the All-around total.
Ariella Käslin qualified for the All-around final of the top 24 gymnasts because the number of finalists from the same nation is limited to two. Thus, five gymnasts ranked ahead of her were ineligible for the final.
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Rowing
- Men
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
- Men
- Women
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled
Shooting
- Men
- Women
Swimming
- Men
- Women
Synchronized swimming
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Beach
Wrestling
- Men's freestyle
References
External links
- Swiss Olympic : Selections for Beijing 2008 (available in German and French)
- sports-reference
