Switzerland at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Switzerland at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
Switzerland at the; 2024 Summer Paralympics
	Flag of Switzerland
IPC code	SUI
NPC	Swiss Paralympic Committee
Website	www.swissparalympic.ch
in Paris, France; August 28, 2024 – September 8, 2024
Competitors	27 in 9 sports
Flag bearers	Marcel Hug; Elena Kratter
Medals; Ranked 15th	Gold 8 Silver 8 Bronze 5 Total 21
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
	1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

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

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	7	10
Badminton	1	2	3
Cycling	3	4	7
Equestrian	0	1	1
Judo	0	1	1
Rowing	0	1	1
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Wheelchair tennis	0	1	1
Total	8	19	27^[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

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
DQ = Disqualified
PR = Paralympic Record
AR = Area (or continental) Record
NR = National Record
SB = Season's Best
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Fabian Blum	100 m T52
Fabian Blum	400 m T52	1:04.08	2 Q	1:03.71	5
Beat Bösch	100 m T52
Beat Bösch	400 m T52	1:06.65	5	Did not advance
Marcel Hug	800 m T54
	1500 m T54
	5000 m T54	10:35.08	1 Q
	Marathon T54	—

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Catherine Debrunner	100 m T53
	400 m T53
	800 m T54
	1500 m T54
	5000 m T54	12:43.82	1 Q	10:43.62
	Marathon T54	—
Patricia Eachus	400 m T54
	800 m T54
	1500 m T54
	5000 m T54	11:45.43	3 Q	11:10.44	4
	Marathon T54	—
Alexandra Helbling	100 m T54
Alexandra Helbling	400 m T54
Elena Kratter	100 m T64
Licia Mussinelli	100 m T54
Licia Mussinelli	400 m T54
Abassia Rahmani	100 m T64
Manuela Schär	400 m T54
	800 m T54
	1500 m T54
	5000 m T54	12:44.20	3 Q	11:10.52	5
	Marathon T54	—

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Elena Kratter	Women's long jump T63

Badminton

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

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Luca Olgiati	Men's singles WH2			—		—
Cynthia Mathez	Women's singles WH1
Ilaria Renggli	Women's singles WH2
Cynthia Mathez Ilaria Renggli	Women's doubles WH1–2	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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Timothy Zemp	Men's individual pursuit C4	4:39.881	9	Did not advance
Timothy Zemp	Men's time trial C4–5	1:09.053	18	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Flurina Rigling	Women's individual pursuit C1–3	3:50.347	4 QB	3:48.512
Flurina Rigling	Women's time trial C1–3	41.510	9	Did not advance
Franziska Matile-Doerig	Women's time trial C4–5	39.414	9	Did not advance
Franziska Matile-Doerig	Women's pursuit C4	3:47.142	5	Did not advance

Equestrian

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

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Nicole Geiger	Donar Weltino	Individual championship test grade V
Nicole Geiger	Donar Weltino	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.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Claire Ghiringhelli	PR1 women's single sculls	11:05.32	3 R	11:00.83	3 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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
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.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Leo McCrea	Men's 100 m breastroke SB5
Leo McCrea	Men's 200 m individual medley SM6
Nora Meister	Women's 50 m freestyle S6	35.71	6 Q
	Women's 400 m freestyle S6
	Women's 100 m backstroke S6

Wheelchair tennis

Nalani Buob has qualified to compete.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nalani Buob	Women's singles	—	van Koot (NED)

References

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

[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.

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