Switzerland competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 157 competitors, 148 men and 9 women, took part in 96 events in 17 sports.
Gold Jack Günthard — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar Hans Eugster — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
Silver Fritz Schwab — Athletics, Men's 10 km Walk Henri Chammartin, Gustav Fischer, and Gottfried Trachsel — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition Josef Stalder — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar Hans Eugster, Ernst Fivian, Ernst Gebendinger, Jack Günthard, Hans Schwarzentruber, Josef Stalder, Melchior Thalmann, and Jean Tschabold — Gymnastics, Men's Combined Exercises Rico Bianchi, Émile Ess, Walter Leiser, Heini Scheller, and Karl Weidmann — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours Robert Bürchler — Shooting, Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions
Bronze Oswald Zappelli — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Competition Paul Barth, Willy Fitting, Paul Meister, Otto Rüfenacht, Mario Valota, and Oswald Zappelli — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition Josef Stalder — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual Josef Stalder — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars Hans Eugster — Gymnastics, Men's Rings Hans Kalt and Kurt Schmid — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
Athletics
Basketball
Men's Team Competition Qualification Round (Group A) Lost to Bulgaria (58-69) Lost to Belgium (49-59) → did not advance
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Road Competition Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km) Rolf Graf — 5:12:45.3 (→ 17th place) Fausto Lurati — 5:24:58.0 (→ 50th place) Kobi Scherer — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Track Competition Men's 1.000m Time Trial Fredy Arber Final — 1:15.4 (→ 15th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race Fritz Siegenthaler — 16th place
Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit Hans Pfenninger, Heinrich Müller, Max Wirth, and Oskar von Büren Eliminated in quarterfinals (→ 8th place)
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankHeinz Schaub3 m springboard47.1535 Did not advance10 m platform54.4031 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankFerdinanda Martini-Pautasso10 m platform30.0415 Did not advance
Equestrian
Fencing
Ten fencers, nine men and one woman, represented Switzerland in 1952.
Men's épée Oswald Zappelli Paul Barth Paul Meister
Men's team épée Otto Rüfenacht, Paul Meister, Oswald Zappelli, Paul Barth, Willy Fitting, Mario Valota
Men's sabre Otto Greter Jules Amez-Droz Umberto Menegalli
Men's team sabre Umberto Menegalli, Oswald Zappelli, Otto Greter, Jules Amez-Droz
Women's foil Hedwig Rieder
Gymnastics
Hockey
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Switzerland in 1952.
Individual Werner Vetterli Werner Schmid Erhard Minder
Team Werner Vetterli Werner Schmid Erhard Minder
Rowing
Switzerland had 13 male rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1952.
Men's single sculls Paul Meyer
Men's double sculls Peter Stebler Émile Knecht
Men's coxless pair Kurt Schmid Hans Kalt
Men's coxed pair Walter Lüchinger Alex Siebenhaar Walter Ludin (cox)
Men's coxed four Rico Bianchi Karl Weidmann Heini Scheller Émile Ess Walter Leiser (cox)
Sailing
Shooting
Nine shooters represented Switzerland in 1952.
25 m pistol Rudolf Schnyder
50 m pistol Beat Rhyner Alexander Specker
300 m rifle, three positions Robert Bürchler August Hollenstein
50 m rifle, three positions Ernst Huber Otto Horber
50 m rifle, prone Otto Horber Ernst Huber
Trap Louis Cavalli Pierre-André Flückiger
Swimming
Men Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMichel Currat100 m freestyle 1:07.2 7 Did not advanceWalter Schneider400 m freestyle 5:27.3 7 Did not advance1500 m freestyle 21:36.2 5 colspan=2 Did not advanceHermann Gericke100 m backstroke 1:12.6 5 Did not advanceAlfons Oehy200 m breaststroke 2:54.8 7 Did not advance
Women Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSusy Vaterlaus100 m freestyle 1:16.8 6 Did not advanceDoris Gontersweiler-Vetterli100 m backstroke 1:26.5 7 Did not advanceMargrit Knabenhans200 m breaststroke 3:17.4 7 Did not advanceLiselotte Kobi 3:22.0 7 Did not advance
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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