Switzerland competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Swiss athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games edition of the modern era, except for a partial boycott of Melbourne 1956 in protest of the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Swiss track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1]
Switzerland entered two badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.
Switzerland entered two boats into the slalom competition for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London, Great Britain.[2]
Kayak cross
Switzerland entered a team of six road cyclists (two male and four female). Switzerland qualified two male and four female athletes through the UCI Nation Ranking and 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.[3]
Switzerland entered three riders for women's omnium, madison, and men's omnium events, based on the nation's performances, through the final UCI Olympic rankings.
Switzerland mountain bikers secured two men's and two women's quota places in the Olympic through the release of the final Olympic mountain biking rankings.
Switzerland entered one BMX rider to compete in the women's freestyle, by finishing in the top six at the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series.[4]
Swiss riders secured four quota places (two men's and two women's) in the race for Paris 2024 through the allocations of the final Olympic BMX ranking.[5][6]
Switzerland entered a full squad of equestrian riders to the team eventing competition through a top-seven finish at the 2022 FEI Eventing World Championships in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy. Switzerland also entered one dressage rider into the games through the establishment of the final Olympics ranking.[7][8][9]
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position
Switzerland entered two fencers into the Olympic competition. Pauline Brunner qualified for the games by winning the women's épée at the 2024 Europe Zonal Qualifying Tournament in Differdange, Luxembourg.[10] Later on, Alexis Bayard receive the re-allocations of unused quota places.
Switzerland entered three golfers into the Olympic tournament. Joel Girrbach, Albane Valenzuela, and Morgane Métraux qualified directly for the games in the competitions based on their own world ranking positions on the IGF World Rankings.
Switzerland fielded a squad of five male gymnasts for Paris after advancing to the final round of team all-around and obtained one of nine available team spots for nations not yet qualified at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.[11]
Individual finals
Switzerland qualified three judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Nils Stump (men's lightweight, 73 kg), Daniel Eich (men's half-heavyweight, 100 kg), and Binta Ndiaye (women's half-lightweight, 52 kg) qualified via quota based on IJF World Ranking List.
Swiss modern pentathletes confirmed two quota places for Paris 2024, marking the country's return to the sport for the first time since Beijing 2008. Alexandre Dallenbach secured his selection in the men's event by finishing thirteenth overall in the individual rankings and among the eight highest-ranked modern pentathletes eligible for qualification at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland;[12][13] meanwhile Anna Jurt qualified for the games through the re-allocations of unused universality place.
Swiss rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, and the 2024 Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.
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 2023 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.[14]
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Swiss shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[15]
Switzerland qualified one climber for the Olympic games. Sascha Lehmann qualified for the Boulder & lead combined by finishing in the top 10 of the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series.
Swiss swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[16][17][18]
Switzerland entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament.
Switzerland confirmed four quota places (two per gender) in the triathlon events for Paris following the release of the final mixed relay Olympic qualification ranking.
Swiss women's pairs qualified for Paris based on the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking.[19]