Switzerland competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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. This is a list of all of the Swiss athletes who have qualified for the Olympics and have been nominated by

Swiss Olympic Association Swiss Olympic (also known as german: Schweizerischer Olympischer Verband, french: Association Olympique Suisse, it, Associazione Olimpica Svizzera, rm, Assiociaziun Olimpica Svizra) is the National Olympic Committee and the umbrella organisati ...

Medalists

Archery

Athletics

;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Women ;Field events ;Combined events –

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* The athlete who finished in second place,

Lyudmila Blonska Lyudmyla Leonidivna Blonska, née Shevchuk ( uk, Людмила Леонідівна Блонська (Шевчук)), sometimes known as Lyudmila Blonskaya, (born November 9, 1977) is a Ukrainian former heptathlete, pentathlete, and long jumper. ...

of the

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, 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 Davide Rebellin (9 August 1971 – 30 November 2022) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Continental team . He was considered one of the finest classics specialists of his generation with more than fifty top t ...

(

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), 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

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, tested positive for use of capsaicin and was disqualified.Bronze medal reassigned after the disqualification of

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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

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2008 in Swiss sport