Switzerland at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Switzerland at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Switzerland at the; 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	www.swissolympic.ch (in German and French)
in London
Competitors	103 in 18 sports
Flag bearers	Stanislas Wawrinka (opening); Nicola Spirig (closing)
Medals ; Ranked 33rd	Gold2Silver2Bronze0Total4
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Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Last updated August 16, 2024

Switzerland competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Swiss athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except when they boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne in protest of the Soviet invasion of Hungary. The Swiss Olympic Association sent a total of 103 athletes to the 2012 Games, 72 men and 31 women, to compete in 18 sports.

Switzerland left London with a total of four Olympic medals (two gold and two silver), their lowest in Summer Olympic history since 1992. This was in stark contrast with the zero medal tally of the neighbouring Austria, a nation of roughly comparable size. Most of these medals were awarded to the athletes in cycling, tennis, equestrian, and triathlon.

Among the nation's medalists were mountain biker Nino Schurter, who won his second Olympic medal after winning the silver in men's cross-country race. Equestrian rider Steve Guerdat won Switzerland's first ever gold medal in the individual show jumping. Meanwhile, Nicola Spirig became the second Swiss athlete to claim an Olympic title in women's triathlon since its official debut as a full-medal sport in 2000. World number-one male tennis player Roger Federer won the coveted silver medal in the men's singles, after he was defeated by Great Britain's Andy Murray. Several Swiss athletes missed out of the medal standings. Defending Olympic champion Fabian Cancellara finished seventh in the men's individual time trial, following the collarbone injury he received in the road race.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Steve Guerdat	Equestrian	Jumping	8 August
Gold	Nicola Spirig	Triathlon	Women's event	4 August
Silver	Roger Federer	Tennis	Men's singles	5 August
Silver	Nino Schurter	Cycling	Men's cross-country	12 August

Delegation

The Swiss Olympic Association selected a team of 103 athletes, 72 men and 31 women, to compete in 18 sports, their largest delegation ever surpassing the record set in Sydney by a single athlete. Men's football was the only team-based sport in which Switzerland were represented in these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in badminton, BMX cycling and Greco-Roman wrestling. Athletics was the largest team in the individual sports, with a total of 15 competitors.

The Swiss team featured three defending champions from Beijing: road cyclist Fabian Cancellara, and tennis doubles players Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka. Federer was offered the honour of carrying the Swiss flag for the third time after he won the Wimbledon Championships, and reached the top of the men's world tennis rankings. However, he nominated his compatriot and close friend Wawrinka to perform the duty at the opening ceremony instead.^[2] Along with Federer, three other Swiss athletes made their fourth Olympic appearance: marathon runner Viktor Röthlin, Star sailor Flavio Marazzi, and quadruple sculls rower André Vonarburg. Equestrian show jumper Pius Schwizer, at age 49, was the oldest athlete of the team, while all-around gymnast Giulia Steingruber was the youngest at age 18.

Other notable Swiss athletes featured mountain biker and bronze medalist Nino Schurter, freestyle swimmer and six-time national record holder Dominik Meichtry, triathletes Sven Riederer and Nicola Spirig, and equestrian show jumper Steve Guerdat, who led his team by winning the bronze medal in Beijing.

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	4	11	15
Badminton	0	1	1
Canoeing	1	1	2
Cycling	9	2	11
Equestrian	4	0	4
Fencing	2	1	3
Football	18	0	18
Gymnastics	1	1	2
Judo	1	1	2
Rowing	8	0	8
Sailing	5	1	6
Shooting	5	2	7
Swimming	4	3	7
Tennis	2	0	2
Triathlon	2	2	4
Volleyball	4	4	8
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	72	31	103

Archery

Switzerland qualified two archers in men's and women's individual events.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Axel Müller	Men's individual	633	62	Oh J-h (KOR) (3) L 3–7	Did not advance
Nathalie Dielen	Women's individual	528	62	Tan Y-t (TPE) (3) L 4–6	Did not advance

Athletics

14 Swiss athletes qualified for the athletics events.^[3]^[4]

Key

Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
PB = Personal best
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kariem Hussein	400 m hurdles	DNS		Did not advance
Viktor Röthlin	Marathon	—				2:12:48	11
Reto Schenkel	200 m	20.98	7	Did not advance
Alex Wilson	200 m	20.57	4 q	20.85	7	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Maja Neuenschwander	Marathon	—				2:34:50	53
Léa Sprunger	200 m	23.27	4	Did not advance
Noemi Zbären	100 m hurdles	13.33	6	Did not advance
Michelle Cueni Mujinga Kambundji Ellen Sprunger Léa Sprunger	4 × 100 m relay	43.54 PB	7	—		Did not advance

*4 × 100 m relay reserves: Jacqueline Gasser and Clélia Reuse

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nicole Büchler	Pole vault	4.25	25	Did not advance
Irene Pusterla	Long jump	6.20	25	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Ellen Sprunger	Result	13.35	1.71	12.62	23.59	5.88	45.63	2:17.54	6107	19
Ellen Sprunger	Points	1072	867	702	1020	813	776	857	6107	19

Badminton

On 11 May 2012, Sabrina Jaquet qualified to compete in the Olympic Badminton Women's singles.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sabrina Jaquet	Women's singles	Nehwal (IND) L (9–21, 4–21)	L Tan (BEL) L (16–21, 16–21)	3	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Switzerland has so far qualified boats for the following events:

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michael Kurt	Men's K-1	88.14	3	88.48	5	88.14	6 Q	147.35	13	Did not advance
Elise Chabbey	Women's K-1	162.92	17	126.46	18	126.46	20	Did not advance – Report Archived 2012-12-08 at archive.today

Cycling

Road

Fabian Cancellara was the defending Olympic champion in the men's time trial event and the 2008 Olympic silver medallist in the road race event. In the road race on 28 July, he fell and bruised his collarbone when he hit the safety bars with 15 kilometres to go. He finished in 106th place. Because of his pain, he changed his positioning on the bike and was able to take part in the time-trial event,^[1] but was unable to retain his title and finished in seventh place.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Michael Albasini	Men's road race	5:46:47	96
Michael Albasini	Men's time trial	56:38.38	30
Fabian Cancellara	Men's road race	5:51:40	106
Fabian Cancellara	Men's time trial	52:53.71	7
Martin Elmiger	Men's road race	5:46:37	37
Grégory Rast		5:46:05	8
Michael Schär		5:46:37	87

Mountain biking

In September 2011, Nino Schurter qualified for the Olympic Mountain Bike event.^[7] Ralf Näf and Florian Vogel were qualified on 25 May 2012. Fabian Giger was also named first reserve in case of a withdrawal.^[8] On 25 May 2012 Katrin Leumann and Esther Süss qualified for the Olympic Mountain Bike event.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ralf Näf	Men's cross-country	1:32:58	18
Nino Schurter		1:29:08
Florian Vogel		1:34:36	25
Katrin Leumann	Women's cross-country	1:38:23	19
Esther Süss	Women's cross-country	1:32:46	5

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Roger Rinderknecht	Men's BMX	39.618	23	18	4 q	19	7	Did not advance

Equestrian

Jumping

Switzerland has qualified a team in the jumping event because they were one of the three best non-qualified teams in the team event of the 2011 European Show Jumping Championship.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Paul Estermann	Castlefield Eclipse	Individual	0	=1 Q	0	0	=1 Q	8	8	=11 Q	5	=20 Q	5	10	=17	10	=17
Steve Guerdat	Nino des Buissonnets		0	=1 Q	4	4	=17 Q	4	8	=11 Q	0	=1 Q	0	0	=1	0
Werner Muff	Kiamon		0	=1 Q	4 #	4	=17 Q	8 #	12	33*	Did not advance					12	33
Pius Schwizer	Carlina		8	=60 Q	0	8	=31 Q	0	8	=11 Q	1	=7 Q	8	9	=12	9	=12
Paul Estermann Steve Guerdat Werner Muff Pius Schwizer	See above	Team	—								4	=2	12	16	4	16	4

* A maximum of three riders from a single country can advance to the individual final. Therefore, Werner Muff did not advance, as Switzerland had three riders with fewer penalty points.

Fencing

On 11 May 2012, Fabian Kauter and Max Heinzer qualified for the men's individual épée and Tiffany Geroudet (18) qualified for the women's individual épée.^[5] Both Fabian Kauter and Max Heinzer lost in the round of 16 to Yannick Borel (21) and Rubén Limardo (13), respectively.^[9] Tiffany Geroudet lost in the round of 16 to the eventual 2012 bronze medallist Sun Yujie (1).^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Max Heinzer	Individual épée	Inostroza (CHI) W 15–2	Limardo (VEN) L 11–15	Did not advance
Fabian Kauter	Individual épée	Bye	Borel (FRA) L 11–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tiffany Geroudet	Individual épée	Bye	Piekarska (POL) W 15–14	Sun Yj (CHN) L 10–15	Did not advance

Football

Switzerland men's football team qualified for the event by reaching the final of the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.^[11]

Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Men's tournament

Squad

The following is the Switzerland squad in the men's football tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[12]

Coach: Pierluigi Tami

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	2012 club
1	1 GK	Diego Benaglio * (c)	(1983-09-08)8 September 1983 (aged 28)	1	Wolfsburg
2	3 MF	Xavier Hochstrasser *	(1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 24)	1	Luzern
3	2 DF	Fabio Daprelà	(1991-02-19)19 February 1991 (aged 21)	1	Brescia
4	3 MF	Oliver Buff	(1992-08-03)3 August 1992 (aged 19)	0	Zürich
5	2 DF	François Affolter	(1991-03-13)13 March 1991 (aged 21)	1	Werder Bremen
6	3 MF	Alain Wiss	(1990-08-21)21 August 1990 (aged 21)	1	Luzern
7	4 FW	Innocent Emeghara	(1989-05-27)27 May 1989 (aged 23)	1	Lorient
8	3 MF	Amir Abrashi	(1990-03-27)27 March 1990 (aged 22)	1	Grasshopper
9	3 MF	Fabian Frei	(1989-01-08)8 January 1989 (aged 23)	1	Basel
10	3 MF	Pajtim Kasami	(1992-06-02)2 June 1992 (aged 20)	1	Fulham
11	4 FW	Admir Mehmedi	(1991-03-16)16 March 1991 (aged 21)	1	Dynamo Kyiv
12	4 FW	Josip Drmić	(1992-08-08)8 August 1992 (aged 19)	1	Zürich
13	2 DF	Ricardo Rodriguez	(1992-08-25)25 August 1992 (aged 19)	1	Wolfsburg
14	4 FW	Steven Zuber	(1991-08-17)17 August 1991 (aged 20)	1	Grasshopper
15	2 DF	Timm Klose *	(1988-05-09)9 May 1988 (aged 24)	1	Nürnberg
16	2 DF	Fabian Schär	(1991-12-20)20 December 1991 (aged 20)	1	Basel
17	2 DF	Michel Morganella	(1989-05-17)17 May 1989 (aged 23)	1	Palermo
18	1 GK	Benjamin Siegrist	(1992-01-31)31 January 1992 (aged 20)	0	Aston Villa

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Gabon	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
4	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

26 July 2012

17:15

Gabon	1–1	Switzerland
Aubameyang 45'	Report	Mehmedi 5' (pen.)

St James' Park, Newcastle

Attendance: 15,748^[13]

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

29 July 2012

17:15

South Korea	2–1	Switzerland
Park Chu-young 57' Kim Bo-kyung 64'	Report	Emeghara 60'

Ricoh Arena, Coventry

Attendance: 30,114^[14]

Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)

1 August 2012

17:00

Mexico	1–0	Switzerland
Peralta 69'	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 50,000^[15]

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Claudio Capelli	All-around	14.766	14.133	14.133	15.200	14.600	14.766	87.598	19 Q	14.866	14.366	14.166	14.566	14.850	14.500	87.314	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Giulia Steingruber	All-around	12.900	14.783	13.266	13.766	54.715	23 Q	15.116	13.600	14.166	13.266	56.148	14

Judo

Switzerland has qualified 2 judokas.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ludovic Chammartin	Men's −60 kg	Bye	Choi G-H (KOR) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Juliane Robra	Women's −70 kg	—	Hwang Y-S (KOR) L 0002–0011	Did not advance

Rowing

On 11 May 2012, Augustin Maillefer, Nico Stahlberg, Florian Stofer and André Vonarburg qualified for the Olympic Rowing quadruple sculls and Mario Gyr, Simon Niepmann, Simon Schürch and Lucas Tramèr qualified for the Olympic Rowing lightweight four.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Augustin Maillefer Nico Stahlberg Florian Stofer André Vonarburg	Quadruple sculls	5:45.13	4 R	5:44.90	3 SA/B	6:19.64	6 FB	6:04.37	12
Mario Gyr Simon Niepmann Simon Schürch Lucas Tramèr	Lightweight four	5:53.56	1 SA/B	Bye		6:00.97	2 FA	6:09.30	5

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

On 5 June 2012, Yannick Brauchli, Romuald Hausser, Flavio Marazzi, Enrico De Maria and Richard Stauffacher qualified to compete in the Olympic Sailing Men's events and Nathalie Brugger qualified to compete in the Olympic Sailing Women's event.^[16]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Richard Stauffacher	RS:X	10	21	14	15	6	18	20	8	10	12	14	127	10
Yannick Brauchli Romuald Hausser	470	11	16	18	22	14	12	12	7	23	7	EL	119	16
Flavio Marazzi Enrico De Maria	Star	13	8	11	9	15	7	10	13	15	16	EL	102	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Nathalie Brugger	Laser Radial	13	25	18	14	15	10	~~BFD~~	14	10	16	EL	135	14

M = Medal races; BFD = Black flag disqualification; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

Switzerland has earned seven quota places.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Simon Beyeler	50 m rifle 3 positions	1164	19	Did not advance
Simon Beyeler	10 m air rifle	588	39	Did not advance
Marcel Bürge	50 m rifle 3 positions	1168	11	Did not advance
Marcel Bürge	50 m rifle prone	594	14	Did not advance
Pascal Loretan	50 m rifle prone	591	31	Did not advance
Pascal Loretan	10 m air rifle	589	37	Did not advance
Fabio Ramella	Skeet	109	34	Did not advance
Patrick Scheuber	10 m air pistol	569	32	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Heidi Diethelm	25 m pistol	575	29	Did not advance
Heidi Diethelm	10 m air pistol	375	35	Did not advance
Annik Marguet	50 m rifle 3 positions	570	40	Did not advance
Annik Marguet	10 m air rifle	392	38	Did not advance

Swimming

Swiss swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of two swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and one at the Olympic Selection Time (OST):^[17]^[18]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Karasek	200 m individual medley	2:01.35 NR	28	Did not advance
Yannick Käser	200 m breaststroke	2:13.49	24	Did not advance
Alexandre Liess	200 m butterfly	2:00.13	33	Did not advance
Dominik Meichtry	100 m freestyle	49.95	29	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:47.97	16 Q	1:48.25	15	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:51.34	19	—		Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	53.40	32	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Swann Oberson	10 km open water	—				2:01:38.0	19
Martina van Berkel	200 m butterfly	2:12.25	25	Did not advance
Danielle Villars	200 m freestyle	2:03.55	31	Did not advance
Danielle Villars	100 m butterfly	59.42 NR	=26	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Switzerland has qualified 2 quota places in synchronized swimming.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Pamela Fischer Anja Nyffeler	Duet	81.200	20	82.120	163.320	20	Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Roger Federer	Men's singles	Falla (COL) W 6–3, 5–7, 6–3	Benneteau (FRA) W 6–2, 6–2	Istomin (UZB) W 7–5, 6–3	Isner (USA) W 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)	del Potro (ARG) W 3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 19–17	A Murray (GBR) L 2–6, 1–6, 4–6
Stanislas Wawrinka	Men's singles	A Murray (GBR) L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Roger Federer Stanislas Wawrinka	Men's doubles	—	Nishikori / Soeda (JPN) W 6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–4	Erlich / Ram (ISR) L 6–1, 6–7^(5–7), 3–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Switzerland has qualified four athletes.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Sven Riederer	Men's	17:22	0:39	58:52	0:30	30:23	1:47:46	8
Ruedi Wild	Men's	18:28	0:42	59:17	0:28	32:15	1:51:10	39
Daniela Ryf	Women's	19:49	0:51	1:08:28	0:31	36:58	2:06:37	40
Nicola Spirig	Women's	19:24	0:40	1:05:33	0:30	33:41	1:59:48

Volleyball

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jefferson Bellaguarda Patrick Heuscher	Men's	Pool A Lupo – Nicolai (ITA) L 0–2 (19–21, 18–21) Cerutti – Rego (BRA) L 0–2 (18–21, 17–21) Doppler – Horst (AUT) W 2–0 (24–22, 21–12)	2 Q	Nummerdor – Schuil (NED) L 0–2 (20–22, 15–21)	Did not advance			9
Sébastien Chevallier Sascha Heyer	Men's	Pool C Wu – Xu (CHN) W 2–1 (18–21, 21–16, 15–12) Prokopiev – Semenov (RUS) W 2–1 (28–26, 18–21, 15–13) Brink – Reckermann (GER) L 0–2 (14–21, 16–21)	2 Q	Fijałek – Prudel (POL) L 0–2 (18–21, 17–21)	Did not advance			9
Simone Kuhn Nadine Zumkehr	Women's	Pool B Arvaniti – Tsiartsiani (GRE) W 2–0 (21–13, 21–19) Xue – Zhang (CHN) L 1–2 (18–21, 21–16, 8–15) Vasina – Vozakova (RUS) L 1–2 (17–21, 21–19, 9–15)	3 Q	Kessy – Ross (USA) L 0–2 (15–21, 19–21)	Did not advance			9

Wrestling

On 11 May 2012, Pascal Strebel qualified to compete in the Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling.^[5]

Key

VT – Victory by Fall.
PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pascal Strebel	−66 kg	Bye	Tskhadaia (GEO) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					15

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Brazil competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twenty-first appearance at the Summer Olympics, having missed the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. The Brazilian Olympic Committee sent a total of 258 athletes to the Games, 136 men and 122 women, to compete in 24 sports. Brazil left London with a total of 17 Olympic medals, winning their third largest number of medals at a single games.

Ukraine competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era. The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine sent a total of 238 athletes, split equally between men and women, to compete in 21 sports.

South Korea competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Olympics, having missed the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support for the United States boycott. The Korean Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1992. A total of 248 athletes, 135 men and 113 women, competed in 22 sports.

Chile competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This nation has competed at every Olympic Games, except the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the United States boycott.

Sweden competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 25 July to 12 August 2012. Swedish athletes have competed at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. The Swedish Olympic Committee sent a total of 134 athletes to the Games, 55 men and 79 women, to compete in 20 sports. For the second consecutive time in its Olympic history, Sweden was represented by more female than male athletes.

Denmark competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark sent the nation's second largest delegation to the Games after the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. A total of 113 athletes, 63 men and 50 women, competed in 17 sports, although two additional athletes played as team reserves. Handball was the only team-based sport in which Denmark was represented in at these Olympic games.

Switzerland competed at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015.

Italy competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Italy has competed in every Summer Olympics, except the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis.

The Czech Republic competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after splitting from the former Czechoslovakia. The Czech team consisted of 105 athletes, 63 men and 42 women, across twenty sports.

Ukraine competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Switzerland competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. 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 as a protest to the Soviet invasion of Hungary. The Swiss team consisted of 104 athletes, 59 men and 45 women, across seventeen sports.

Hong Kong competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the territory's sixteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its debut as a British colony in 1952.

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. 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.

France 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. French athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland. As Paris will host the 2024 Summer Olympics, France was the penultimate nation to enter the stadium, alongside the United States which will host the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, before the host country Japan during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony. Additionally, a French segment was performed in Paris and some pre-recorded events at the closing ceremony as performers did not travel to Tokyo due to the travel restrictions related to the pandemic. However, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo was the only delegation present at the ceremony.

The Netherlands 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. Dutch athletes have competed at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, which the Netherlands boycotted because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary.

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