Switzerland at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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Switzerland at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
IPC code SUI
NPC Swiss Paralympic Committee
Website www.swissparalympic.ch
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors27 in 9 sports
Flag bearers Marcel Hug
Elena Kratter
Medals
Ranked 15th
Gold
8
Silver
8
Bronze
5
Total
21
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Switzerland competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Contents

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 3710
Badminton 123
Cycling 347
Equestrian 011
Judo 011
Rowing 011
Shooting 011
Swimming 112
Wheelchair tennis 011
Total81927 [1]

Athletics

Swiss track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key
Men's track
AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Fabian Blum 100 m T52
400 m T52 1:04.082 Q1:03.715
Beat Bösch 100 m T52
400 m T52 1:06.655Did not advance
Marcel Hug 800 m T54
1500 m T54
5000 m T54 10:35.081 QSilver medal icon.svg
Marathon T54
Women's track
AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Catherine Debrunner 100 m T53
400 m T53
800 m T54 Gold medal icon.svg
1500 m T54 Gold medal icon.svg
5000 m T54 12:43.821 Q10:43.62Gold medal icon.svg
Marathon T54
Patricia Eachus 400 m T54
800 m T54
1500 m T54
5000 m T54 11:45.433 Q11:10.444
Marathon T54
Alexandra Helbling 100 m T54
400 m T54
Elena Kratter 100 m T64
Licia Mussinelli 100 m T54
400 m T54
Abassia Rahmani 100 m T64
Manuela Schär 400 m T54
800 m T54 Gold medal icon.svg
1500 m T54
5000 m T54 12:44.203 Q11:10.525
Marathon T54
Field events
AthleteEventFinal
DistancePosition
Elena Kratter Women's long jump T63

Badminton

Cynthia Mathez, Ilaria Renggli and Luca Olgiati have all qualified to compete.

AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Luca Olgiati Men's singles WH2
Cynthia Mathez Women's singles WH1
Ilaria Renggli Women's singles WH2 Bronze medal icon.svg
Cynthia Mathez
Ilaria Renggli
Women's doubles WH1–2 Chinese Taipei Paralympic Flag.svg  Hu G-c /
Yang I-c  (TPE)
W (21–10, 21–19)

Cycling

Benjamin Früh, Franziska Matile-Dörig, Fabian Recher, Flurina Rigling, Sandra Stöckli, Celine van Till and Timothy Zemp have all qualified to compete.

Track

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimeRankOpposition
Time
Rank
Timothy Zemp Men's individual pursuit C4 4:39.8819Did not advance
Men's time trial C4–5 1:09.05318Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimeRankOpposition
Time
Rank
Flurina Rigling Women's individual pursuit C1–3 3:50.3474 QB3:48.512Bronze medal icon.svg
Women's time trial C1–3 41.5109Did not advance
Franziska Matile-Doerig Women's time trial C4–5 39.4149Did not advance
Women's pursuit C4 3:47.1425Did not advance

Equestrian

Switzerland entered one para-equestrian into the Paralympic equestrian competition, by virtue of the nations individual final world para dressage rankings.

Individual
AthleteHorseEventTotal
ScoreRank
Nicole Geiger Donar Weltino Individual championship test grade V
Individual freestyle test grade V

Judo

Carmen Brussig has qualified to compete.

Rowing

Switzerland qualified one boats in women's single sculls classes, by virtue of the gold medal results, at the 2024 European Continental Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Claire Ghiringhelli PR1 women's single sculls 11:05.323 R11:00.833 FB

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting

Switzerland entered one para-shooter after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships, 2023 European Para Championships and 2024 European Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020. [2]

Mixed
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Nicole Häusler R4 – 10m air rifle standing SH2
R5 – 10 m air rifle prone SH2
R9 – 50 m rifle prone SH2

Swimming

Switzerland secured two quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Leo McCrea Men's 100 m breastroke SB5 Gold medal icon.svg
Men's 200 m individual medley SM6
Nora Meister Women's 50 m freestyle S6 35.716 Q
Women's 400 m freestyle S6
Women's 100 m backstroke S6

Wheelchair tennis

Nalani Buob has qualified to compete.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nalani Buob Women's singles Flag of the Netherlands.svg  van Koot  (NED)
L 5-12
Did not advance

See also

References

  1. "Paris 2024: Largest Paralympic delegation since 2008 (in German)". Swiss Paralympic Committee. 19 July 2024.
  2. "Lima 2023 Quota Allocation to Paris 2024 Day 7 28.09.2023" (PDF). Paralympics . 29 September 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.