Switzerland is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Swiss athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for a partial boycott of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne in protest at the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
Athletics
Swiss athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events : ;Track & road events
Switzerland entered a squad of five riders to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking.
Athlete
Event
Time
Rank
Men's road race
Men's time trial
Men's road race
Men's time trial
Men's road race
Men's road race
Women's road race
Women's time trial
Track
Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Swiss riders accumulated spots in the men's team pursuit, omnium, and madison based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings. ;Pursuit ;Omnium ;Madison
Swiss equestrians qualified a full squad in the jumping competition by virtue of a top-six finish at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina, United States. A team of eventing riders was added to the Swiss equestrian roster by securing an outright berth, as the highest-ranked eligible nation, not yet qualified, in the 2019 Eventing Nations Cup overall rankings. MeanwhIle, one dressage rider was added to the Swiss roster by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group B.
Dressage
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser
Eventing
Jumping
Gymnastics
Artistic
Switzerland fielded a full team of five artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. The men's squad claimed one of the remaining nine spots in the team all-around, while Rio 2016 vault bronze medalist Giulia Steingruber set her third straight trip to the Games, by finishing second out of twenty qualified gymnasts in the individual all-around and apparatus events at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. ;Men ;Team ;Women
Karate
Switzerland entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2019 European Games bronze medalist Elena Quirici qualified directly for the women's kumite +61-kg category by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.
Rowing
Switzerland qualified three boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria. ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; FE=Final E ; FF=Final F ; SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Sailing
Swiss sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas. Additionally, they received an unused berth from Oceania to send the women's 470 crew to the Games based on the results at the 2019 World Championships. On June 2, 2020, Rio 2016 windsurfer Mateo Sanz Lanz, along with skiff crew Lucien Cujean and Sébastien Schneiter, was officially named to the Swiss sailing team for the rescheduled Games. M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Shooting
Swiss shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score by May 31, 2020.
Sport climbing
Switzerland entered one sport climber into the Olympic tournament. Petra Klingler qualified directly for the women's combined event, by advancing to the final and securing one of the seven provisional berths at the 2019 IFSC World Championships in Hachioji, Japan.
Swimming
Swiss swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events, and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time ): ;Men ;Women
Wrestling
For the first time since London 2012, Switzerland qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 86 kg into the Olympic competition, as a result of his top six finish at the 2019 World Championships. ;Men's freestyle
