Sweden at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Sweden at the 1936 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se  (in Swedish and English)
in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Competitors	32 (31 men, 1 woman) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Sven Selånger (ski jumping)
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 7
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Sweden competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Erik August Larsson	Cross-country skiing	Men's 18 km
Gold	Elis Wiklund	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km
Silver	Axel Wikström	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km
Silver	Sven Selånger	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m)
Bronze	Martin Matsbo John Berger Erik August Larsson Arthur Häggblad	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Bronze	Nils-Joel Englund	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km
Bronze	Vivi-Anne Hultén	Figure skating	Women's singles

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Downhill		Slalom			Total
		Time	Rank	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Total points	Rank
Bertil Persson	Combined	6:26.0	35	1:43.4 (+0:06)	1:54.0 (+0:06)	30	70.95	31

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Ivan Lindgren	1'21:04	17
	Arthur Häggblad	1'18:55	8
	Martin Matsbo	1'17:02	4
	Erik Larsson	1'14:38
50 km	Hjalmar Bergström	3'35:50	4
	Nils Englund	3'34:10
	Axel Wikström	3'33:20
	Elis Wiklund	3'30:11

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
John Berger Erik August Larsson Arthur Häggblad Martin Matsbo	2'43:03

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Vivi-Anne Hultén	Women's singles	4	4	28	394.7

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	First round				Second round				Final round
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sweden men's	Men's tournament	Great Britain L 0–1	Japan W 2–0	—N/a	2 Q	Austria W 1–0	Czechoslovakia L 1–4	United States L 1–2	3	did not advance		5

Group D

Top two teams advanced to semifinals

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Great Britain	2	2	0	0	4	0	4
Sweden	2	1	1	0	2	1	2
Japan	2	0	2	0	0	5	0

6 February	Great Britain	1-0 (1-0,0-0,0-0)	Sweden
8 February	Sweden	2-0 (1-0,1-0,0-0)	Japan

Group B

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	5	1	6
Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	0	6	4	4
Sweden	3	1	0	2	3	6	2
Austria	3	0	3	0	1	4	0

11 February	Sweden	1-0 (1-0,0-0,0-0)	Austria
12 February	Czechoslovakia	4-1 (0-1,2-0,2-0)	Sweden
13 February	United States	2-1 (0-0,1-1,1-0)	Sweden

Contestants Herman Carlsson Sven Bergguist Bertil Lundell Holger Engberg Torsten Jöhncke Yngve Liljeberg Bertil Norberg Wilhelm Petersén Åke Ericson Stig Andersson Lennart Hellman Wilhelm Larsson Ruben Carlsson

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Events:

• 18 km cross-country skiing
• normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country			Ski Jumping				Total
		Time	Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank
Holger Lundgren	Individual	1'29:57	161.2	31	50.0	53.0	152.0	42	313.2	40
Hasse Hedjerson		1'25:50	182.4	22	DNS	–	–	–	DNF	–
Jonas Westman		1'25:38	183.4	20	47.5	46.5	199.3	10	382.7	11

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Axel Östrand	Normal hill	61.0	97.8	30	68.0	105.6	13	203.4	22
Sixten Johansson		63.0	101.5	21	66.0	104.6	15	206.1	15
Nils Hjelmström		68.0	105.1	13	62.5	99.7	27	204.8	16
Sven Eriksson		76.0	115.5	1	76.0	115.0	3	230.5

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Axel Johansson	46.1	18
1500 m	Axel Johansson	2:29.9	29
5000 m	Axel Johansson	9:06.4	26
10,000 m	Axel Johansson	18:38.2	22

References

• Peter von le Fort, ed. (1936). IV. Olympische Winterspiele 1936 Amtlicher Bericht (PDF) (in German). Berlin: Reichssportverlag. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1936, full results by sports-reference.com