Sweden at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Sweden at the 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se  (in Swedish and English)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	97 (83 men and 14 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearers	Per Carleson (Melbourne) Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Jr. (Stockholm)
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 8 Silver 5 Bronze 6 Total 19
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1906 Intercalated Games

Sweden competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations. Instead, those events were held five months earlier in Stockholm, Sweden.

97 competitors, 83 men and 14 women, took part in 74 events in 14 sports in Australia ^[1] and 6 events in 1 sport in Sweden. Swedish athletes won a total of 19 medals at the games, including 3 golds in the equestrian events held in their own country.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Gert Fredriksson	Canoeing	Men's K1 1000 m
Gold	Gert Fredriksson	Canoeing	Men's K1 10000 m
Gold	Petrus Kastenman	Equestrian	Three-Day Eventing Individual
Gold	Henri Saint Cyr	Equestrian	Dressage Individual
Gold	Adolf Boltenstern Jr. Gehnäll Persson Henri Saint Cyr	Equestrian	Dressage Team
Gold	Lars Hall	Modern pentathlon	Men's Individual
Gold	Hjalmar Karlsson Sture Stork Lars Thörn	Sailing	Men's 5½ m Class
Gold	Leif Wikström Folke Bohlin Bengt Palmquist	Sailing	Men's Dragon Class
Silver	Karin Lindberg Ann-Sofi Pettersson Eva Rönström Evy Berggren Doris Hedberg Maud Karlén	Gymnastics	Women's Team Exercise with portable Apparatus
Silver	Sven Gunnarsson Olle Larsson Ivar Aronsson Gösta Eriksson Bertil Göransson	Rowing	Men's Coxed Fours
Silver	Olof Sköldberg	Shooting	Men's Running Deer, Single & Double Shot
Silver	Edvin Vesterby	Wrestling (Greco-Roman)	Men's Bantamweight
Silver	William Thoresson	Gymnastics	Men's Floor
Bronze	John Ljunggren	Athletics	Men's 50 km Walk
Bronze	Ann-Sofi Pettersson	Gymnastics	Women's Side Horse Vault
Bronze	John Sundberg	Shooting	Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
Bronze	Per Gunnar Berlin	Wrestling (Greco-Roman)	Men's Welterweight
Bronze	Rune Jansson	Wrestling (Greco-Roman)	Men's Middleweight
Bronze	Karl-Erik Nilsson	Wrestling (Greco-Roman)	Men's Light Heavyweight

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's Marathon

• Jvert Nyberg — 2:31:12 (→ 8th place)
• Thomas Nilsson — 2:33:33 (→ 9th place)
• Arnold Waide — 2:36:21 (→ 11th place)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Time Trial

• Lars Nordwall
  Karl-Ivar Andersson
  Roland Ströhm — 47 points (→ 5th place)

Men's Individual Road Race

• Lars Nordwall — 5:23:40 (→ 10th place)
• Karl-Ivar Andersson — 5:23:50 (→ 17th place)
• Roland Ströhm — 5:24:44 (→ 20th place)
• Gunnar Göransson — 5:30:45 (→ 31st place)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Anna-Stina Baidinger	3 m springboard	60.30	12 Q	36.99	11	97.29	12
Birte Hanson		62.81	8 Q	39.38	8	102.19	9
	10 m platform	50.48	6 Q	24.73	8	75.21	8

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Dressage

• Henri Saint Cyr
• Gehnäll Persson
• Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Jr.

Eventing

• Hans von Blixen-Finecke Jr.
• Petrus Kastenman
• Johan Asker

Jumping

• Anders Gernandt
• Tor Burman
• Douglas Wijkander

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, all men, represented Sweden in 1956.

Men's épée

• Per Carleson
• Carl Forssell
• Berndt-Otto Rehbinder

Men's team épée

• Berndt-Otto Rehbinder, Carl Forssell, Per Carleson, Bengt Ljungquist, John Sandwall

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented the Sweden in 1956. Lars Hall won gold in the individual event.

Individual

• Lars Hall
• Bertil Haase
• Björn Thofelt

Team

• Lars Hall
• Bertil Haase
• Björn Thofelt

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Sweden had nine male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1956. ^[2]

Men's coxed four

• Olle Larsson
• Gösta Eriksson
• Ivar Aronsson
• Evert Gunnarsson
• Bertil Göransson

Men's eight

• Olle Larsson
• Lennart Andersson
• Kjell Hansson
• Rune Andersson
• Lennart Hansson
• Gösta Eriksson
• Ivar Aronsson
• Evert Gunnarsson
• Bertil Göransson

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Eight shooters represented Sweden in 1956. Olof Sköldberg won a silver in the 100m running deer and John Sundberg won a bronze in the 50 m rifle, three positions.

50 m pistol

• Torsten Ullman
• Åke Lindblom

300 m rifle, three positions

• John Sundberg
• Anders Kvissberg

50 m rifle, three positions

• John Sundberg
• Anders Kvissberg

50 m rifle, prone

• John Sundberg
• Anders Kvissberg

100m running deer

• Olof Sköldberg
• Benkt Austrin

Trap

• Knut Holmqvist
• Hans Liljedahl

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Per-Olof Östrand	400 m freestyle	4:45.9	20	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anita Hellström	100 m freestyle	1:08.5	=20	Did not advance
Kate Jobson		1:07.3	14 Q	1:06.1	9	Did not advance
Anita Hellström	400 m freestyle	5:29.2	23	—		Did not advance
Karin Larsson		5:18.3	12	—		Did not advance
Birgitta Wängberg		5:27.0	19	—		Did not advance
Anita Hellström Birgitta Wängberg Karin Larsson Kate Jobson	4 × 100 m freestyle	4:30.1	7 Q	—		4:30.0	6

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Sweden at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sweden Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2018.