Three competitors from Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

competed in two sports at the 1896 Summer Olympics

1896 Summer Olympics

The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Athens, Greece, from April 6 to April 15, 1896. It was the first international Olympic Games held in the Modern era...

. The Swiss won one championship and placed second in two more events, for a total of three medals. They had 8 entries in 5 events.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
	Louis Zutter Louis Zutter Jules Alexis Louis Zutter was a Swiss gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens....	Gymnastics Gymnastics Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...	Men's Pommel Horse Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics At the 1896 Summer Olympics, eight gymnastics events, all for men, were contested in Panathinaiko Stadium. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics. Events took place on 9 April, 10 April, and 11 April 1896...
	Louis Zutter Louis Zutter Jules Alexis Louis Zutter was a Swiss gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens....	Gymnastics Gymnastics Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...	Men's Parallel Bars Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics At the 1896 Summer Olympics, eight gymnastics events, all for men, were contested in Panathinaiko Stadium. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics. Events took place on 9 April, 10 April, and 11 April 1896...
	Louis Zutter Louis Zutter Jules Alexis Louis Zutter was a Swiss gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens....	Gymnastics Gymnastics Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...	Men's Vault Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics At the 1896 Summer Olympics, eight gymnastics events, all for men, were contested in Panathinaiko Stadium. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics. Events took place on 9 April, 10 April, and 11 April 1896...

Gymnastics

All of Switzerland's medals were won by Zutter in the gymnastics

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...

 competitions. Zutter's only event that did not result in a medal was in the horizontal bar. Champaud entered three events, but did not medal in any.

Event	Place	Gymnast
Parallel bars	2nd	Louis Zutter Louis Zutter Jules Alexis Louis Zutter was a Swiss gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens....
	–	Charles Champaud Charles Champaud Charles Champaud , Bulgarianized Charles Shampov , was a Swiss gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.Champaud competed in the parallel bars, vault, and pommel horse events...
Horizontal bar	–	Louis Zutter
Vault	2nd	Louis Zutter
	–	Charles Champaud
Pommel horse	1st	Louis Zutter
	–	Charles Champaud

Shooting

Baumann took 8th of 42 in the military rifle competition.

Event	Place	Shooter	Score	Hits
Military rifle	8th	Albert Baumann Albert Baumann Albert Baumann was a Swiss shooter. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.Baumann competed in the military rifle event. He placed eighth with a score of 1,294....	1294	Unknown