Sweden at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Sweden at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Flag of Sweden.svg
IOC code SWE
NOC Swedish Olympic Committee
Website www.sok.se  (in Swedish and English)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors97 (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
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
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.

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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

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

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Men's Team Time Trial

Men's Individual Road Race

Diving

Women's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Round — 50.48
  • Final — 75.21 (→ 8th place)

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

Jumping

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Sweden in 1956.

Men's épée
Men's team épée

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

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

Individual
Team

Rowing

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

Men's coxed four
Men's eight

Sailing

Shooting

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
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
100m running deer
Trap

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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References

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  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.