Three competitors from Switzerland competed in two sports at the 1896 Summer Olympics. 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
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!Medal
!Name
!Sport
!Event
!Date
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| Gymnastics
| Men's pommel horse
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| Gymnastics
| Men's vault
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| Gymnastics
| Men's parallel bars
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Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
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! width=180|Sport
! width=55|Men
! width=55|Women
! width=55|Total
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| align=left|Gymnastics
| 1 || 0 || 1
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| align=left|Shooting
| 1 || 0 || 1
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! Total || 2 || 0 || 2
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Gymnastics
All of Switzerland's medals were won by Zutter in the gymnastics competitions. Zutter's only event that did not result in a medal was in the horizontal bar. Champaud (see Bulgaria at the 1896 Summer Olympics) entered three events, but did not medal in any.
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! Athlete
!Event
!Result
!Rank
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|Louis Zutter
|Men's vault
|Unknown
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|Louis Zutter
|Men's parallel bars
|Unknown
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|Louis Zutter
|Men's pommel horse
|Unknown
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|Louis Zutter
|Men's horizontal bar
|Unknown
|3-15
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Shooting
Baumann took 8th of 42 in the military rifle competition.
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! Athlete
!Event
!Hits
!Score
!Rank
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|Albert Baumann
|200 m military rifle
|align="center"|Unknown
|align="center"|1294
|align="center"|8
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