Swiss triathlete wins women's Olympic gold medal

Swiss triathlete wins women's Olympic gold medal

LONDON (AP) -- Olympic gold medals can be decided by tiny margins. Just not normally in a two-h…

Soccer player expelled for racist tweet

Swiss defender Michel Morganella has been kicked off the Olympic squad after a questionable twe…

Latest Switzerland Medals

Medals awarded to athletes from Switzerland
Medal Sport Event Athlete
Gold Equestrian Individual Jumping Steve Guerdat
Silver Tennis Men's Singles Roger Federer
Gold Triathlon Women's Triathlon Nicola Spirig

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  • Medals
    • Rank 42
    • Gold 2
    • Silver 2
    • Bronze 0
    • Total 4
  • Capital City
    Bern
  • Official Languages
    German (official), French (official), Italian (official), Romansch (official)
  • National Languages
    German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch (official) 0.5%, other 2.8% (2000 census)
  • Total Area
    15,942 miles² (41,290 km²)
  • Population
    7,581,520 people
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Overall Medal Count

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 46 29 29 104
2 China 38 27 23 88
3 Russia 24 26 32 82
4 Great Britain 29 17 19 65
5 Germany 11 19 14 44
6 Japan 7 14 17 38
7 Australia 7 16 12 35
8 France 11 11 12 34