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{{infobox country at games
| NOC = SUI
| NOCname = [[Swiss Olympic Association]]
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1936
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website = {{url|www.swissolympic.ch }} {{in lang|de|fr}}
| location = [[Berlin]]
| competitors = 190 (184 men and 6 women)
| sports = 21
| flagbearer = [[Paul Martin (Swiss athlete)|Paul Martin]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/flagbearers?country_id=SUI |title=Flagbearers for Switzerland |website=olympedia.org |publisher=[[OlyMADMen]] |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref>
| rank = 16
| gold = 1
| silver = 9
| bronze = 5
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year =
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso = [[Switzerland at the 1906 Intercalated Games|1906]] Intercalated Games
}}

[[Switzerland]] competed at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in [[Berlin]], Germany. 190 competitors, 184 men and 6 women, took part in 100 events in 21 sports.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SUI/summer/1936/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041855/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SUI/summer/1936/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Switzerland at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games |access-date=2010-06-06 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref>

==Medalists==

=== Gold===
* [[Georges Miez]] — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises

===Silver===
* [[Arthur Tell Schwab]] — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
* [[Edgar Buchwalder]], [[Ernst Nievergelt]] and [[Kurt Ott]] — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
* [[Eugen Mack]] — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
* [[Michael Reusch]] — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
* [[Eugen Mack]] — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault
* [[Eugen Mack]] — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
* [[Josef Walter]] — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
* [[Albert Bachmann (gymnast)|Albert Bachmann]], [[Walter Bach]], [[Eugen Mack]], [[Georges Miez]], [[Michael Reusch]], and [[Edi Steinemann]] — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
* [[Hermann Betschart]], [[Alex Homberger]], [[Hans Homberger]], [[Karl Schmid (rower)|Karl Schmid]], and [[Rolf Spring]] — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours

=== Bronze===
* [[Ernst Nievergelt]] — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
* [[Albert Bachmann (gymnast)|Albert Bachmann]] — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
* [[Eugen Mack]] — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
* [[Max Bloesch]], [[Rolf Fäs]], [[Willy Gysi]], [[Erland Herkenrath]], [[Ernst Hufschmid (handballer)|Ernst Hufschmid]], [[Willy Hufschmid]], [[Werner Meyer (handball player)|Werner Meyer]], [[Georg Mischon]], [[Willy Schäfer (handball player)|Willy Schäfer]], [[Werner Scheurmann]], [[Edy Schmid]], [[Erich Schmitt]], [[Eugen Seiterle]], [[Max Streib]], [[Robert Studer]], and [[Rudolf Wirz]] — Handball, Men's Team Competition
* [[Hermann Betschart]], [[Alex Homberger]], [[Hans Homberger]], and [[Karl Schmid (rower)|Karl Schmid]] — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours

==Athletics==
{{main|Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

==Basketball==
{{main|Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

==Boxing==
{{main|Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

==Canoeing==
{{main|Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

==Cycling==
{{main|Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}
Eleven cyclists, all men, represented Switzerland in 1936.

;[[Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|Individual road race]]
* [[Ernst Nievergelt]]
* [[Edgar Buchwalder]]
* [[Kurt Ott]]
* [[Gottlieb Weber]]

;[[Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team road race|Team road race]]
* [[Ernst Nievergelt]]
* [[Edgar Buchwalder]]
* [[Kurt Ott]]
* [[Gottlieb Weber]]

;[[Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint|Sprint]]
* [[Werner Wägelin]]

;[[Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000m time trial|Time trial]]
* [[Edy Baumann]]

;[[Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem|Tandem]]
* [[Karl Burkhart]]
* [[Fritz Ganz]]

;[[Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]
* [[Walter Richli]]
* [[Ernst Fuhrimann]]
* [[Albert Kägi]]
* [[Werner Wägelin]]

==Diving==
{{main|Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Points
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Frédéric Boeni]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard|3 m springboard]]
|95.84
|21
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Max Happle]]
|80.24
|23
|}

;Women
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Points
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Annie Villiger]]
|align=left|[[Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard|3 m springboard]]
|62.38
|14
|}

==Equestrian==
{{main|Equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

==Fencing==
{{main|Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}
18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented Switzerland in 1936.

;[[Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's foil|Men's foil]]
* [[Michel Fauconnet]]
* [[Gottfried von Meiss]]
* [[Jean Rubli]]

;[[Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil|Men's team foil]]
* [[Michel Fauconnet]], [[Édouard Fitting]], [[Jean Rubli]], [[Gottfried von Meiss]], [[Constantin Antoniades]]

;[[Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's épée|Men's épée]]
* [[Frédéric Fitting]]
* [[Jean Hauert]]
* [[François Duret]]

;[[Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée|Men's team épée]]
* [[Jean Hauert]], [[Édouard Fitting]], [[Frédéric Fitting]], [[Edmond Göldlin]], [[Paul de Graffenried]], [[Charles Hauert]]

;[[Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre|Men's sabre]]
* [[Adolf Stocker]]
* [[Charles Glasstetter]]
* [[Alphonse Ruckstuhl]]

;[[Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre|Men's team sabre]]
* [[Charles Glasstetter]], [[Alphonse Ruckstuhl]], [[Walter Widemann]], [[Adolf Stocker]]

;[[Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's foil|Women's foil]]
* [[Ingeborg Scheel]]
* [[Denise Kramer-Scholer]]
* [[Yvonne Bornand]]

==Field hockey==
{{main|Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

==Gymnastics==
{{main|Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

==Handball==
{{main|Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

==Modern pentathlon==
{{main|Modern pentathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

Three male pentathletes represented Switzerland in 1936.

* [[Karl Wyss]]
* [[Willy Grundbacher]]
* [[Hans Baumann (pentathlete)|Hans Baumann]]

==Rowing==
{{main|Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

Switzerland had 16 rowers participate in seven out of seven [[rowing (sport)|rowing]] events in 1936.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SUI/summer/1936/ROW/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090814/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SUI/summer/1936/ROW/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Switzerland Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games |access-date= 9 May 2018}}</ref>

; [[Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls|Men's single sculls]]
* [[Ernst Rufli]]

; [[Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls|Men's double sculls]]
* [[Kurt Haas]]
* [[Eugen Studach]]

; [[Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair|Men's coxless pair]]
* [[Wilhelm Klopfer]]
* [[Karl Müller (rower)|Karl Müller]]

; [[Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair|Men's coxed pair]]
* [[Georges Gschwind]]
* [[Hans Appenzeller]]
* [[Rolf Spring]] (cox)

; [[Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four|Men's coxless four]]
* [[Hermann Betschart]]
* [[Hans Homberger]]
* [[Alex Homberger]]
* [[Karl Schmid (rower)|Karl Schmid]]

; [[Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four|Men's coxed four]]
* [[Hermann Betschart]]
* [[Hans Homberger]]
* [[Alex Homberger]]
* [[Karl Schmid (rower)|Karl Schmid]]
* [[Rolf Spring]] (cox)

; [[Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's eight|Men's eight]]
* [[Werner Schweizer]]
* [[Fritz Feldmann]]
* [[Rudolf Homberger]]
* [[Oskar Neuenschwander]]
* [[Hermann Betschart]]
* [[Hans Homberger]]
* [[Alex Homberger]]
* [[Karl Schmid (rower)|Karl Schmid]]
* [[Rolf Spring]] (cox)

==Sailing==
{{main|Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

==Swimming==
{{main|Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

;Men
<small>''Ranks given are within the heat.''</small>
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%;"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=2|Heat
!colspan=2|Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Roger Zirilli]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]
| 1:04.1
| 6
| colspan=4 | Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Hans Brenner (swimmer)|Hans Brenner]]
|rowspan=2 align=left|[[Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]
| 5:33.8
| 5
| colspan=4 | Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Werner Lehmann]]
| 5:36.8
| 7
| colspan=4 | Did not advance
|}

;Women
<small>''Ranks given are within the heat.''</small>
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%;"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=2|Heat
!colspan=2|Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Tenny Wyss]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke|200 m breaststroke]]
| 3:31.3
| 6
| colspan=4 | Did not advance
|}

==Water polo==
{{main|Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

==Weightlifting==
{{main|Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

==Wrestling==
{{main|Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

==Aeronautics==

{{Empty section|date=September 2022}}

==Alpinism==

{{Empty section|date=September 2022}}

==Art competitions==
{{main|Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
*[http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]

{{Nations at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}
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[[Category:Nations at the 1936 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Switzerland at the Summer Olympics by year|1936]]
[[Category:1936 in Swiss sport]]

Switzerland at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Revision history

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