Sweden at the 1964 Winter Olympics

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Sweden at the
1964 Winter Olympics
Flag of Sweden.svg
IOC code SWE
NOC Swedish Olympic Committee
Website www.sok.se  (in Swedish and English)
in Innsbruck
Competitors57 (49 men, 8 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearers Carl-Gustav Briandt, cross-country skiing (official)
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
7
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Sweden participated at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, sending 57 representatives to compete in eight different events. The team finished seventh overall, winning seven medals including three golds. Five of the team's medals came from cross-country skiing and one each from speed skating and men's ice hockey.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Sixten Jernberg Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Karl-Åke Asph
Sixten Jernberg
Janne Stefansson
Assar Rönnlund
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jonny Nilsson Speed skating Men's 10 000 m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Assar Rönnlund Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Barbro Martinsson
Britt Strandberg
Toini Gustafsson
Cross-country skiing Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Sweden men's national ice hockey team
Ice hockey Men's competition
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sixten Jernberg Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace
TimeRank
Lars Olsson DownhillDNF
Rune Lindström DNF
Olle Rolén 2:31.1437
Bengt-Erik Grahn 2:29.2931
Bengt-Erik Grahn Giant SlalomDSQ
Olle Rolén 2:00.0130
Rune Lindström 1:57.0624
Men's slalom
AthleteQualifyingFinal
Time 1RankTime 2RankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRank
Lars Olsson 59.804556.6614 QF1:18.7434DSQDSQ
Olle Rolén 58.394257.1716 QF1:16.14251:06.94302:23.0828
Bengt-Erik Grahn 54.9924 QFDSQDSQ
Rune Lindström 54.4316 QF1:16.00241:06.68282:22.6826

Biathlon

Men
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 1Rank
20 km Sten Eriksson 1'23:27.861'35:27.825
Sven-Olof Axelsson 1'21:13.661'33:13.617
Sture Ohlin 1'25:46.021'29:46.012
John Güttke 1'24:02.421'28:02.49
1 Two minutes added per miss.

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
SWE-1 Kjell Lutteman
Heino Freyberg
Two-man1:06.8191:06.99121:07.93181:07.20114:28.9312
SWE-2 Jan-Erik Åkerström
Carl-Erik Eriksson
Two-man1:08.01191:11.8121DNFDNF
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
SWE-1 Kjell Holmström
Walter Aronson
Kjell Lutteman
Carl-Erik Eriksson
Four-man1:04.2681:04.0441:04.5681:06.38164:19.2411

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 km Lars Olsson 52:57.916
Assar Rönnlund 52:35.513
Janne Stefansson 51:46.45
Sixten Jernberg 51:42.2Bronze medal icon.svg
30 km Torsten Samuelsson 1'33:07.89
Assar Rönnlund 1'32:43.67
Sixten Jernberg 1'32:39.65
Janne Stefansson 1'32:34.84
50 km Melcher Risberg 2'48:03.010
Janne Stefansson 2'45:36.64
Assar Rönnlund 2'44:58.2Silver medal icon.svg
Sixten Jernberg 2'43:52.6Gold medal icon.svg
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Karl-Åke Asph
Sixten Jernberg
Janne Stefansson
Assar Rönnlund
2'18:34.6Gold medal icon.svg
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
5 km Gun Ädel 26:09.032
Britt Strandberg 19:07.511
Barbro Martinsson 18:26.47
Toini Gustafsson 18:25.76
10 km Gun Ädel 44:18.917
Barbro Martinsson 42:36.111
Toini Gustafsson 41:41.18
Britt Strandberg 40:54.04
Women's 3 x 5 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Barbro Martinsson
Britt Strandberg
Toini Gustafsson
1'01:27.0Silver medal icon.svg

Figure skating

Women
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Ann Margret Frei-Käck 26131661.119121

Ice hockey

Summary
TeamEventFirst roundMedal round / Consolation round
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Sweden men's Men's tournament Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
W 12–2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
L 1–3
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
W 7–4
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
W 7–0
German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  Germany
W 10–2
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
W 12–0
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
L 2–4
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
W 8–3
Silver medal icon.svg

First round

Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st-8th places. Teams, which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th-16th places.

Team 1 Score Team 2
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 12–2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

Medal round

RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7700541014
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Silver medal icon.svg7520471610
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 7520381910
4Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 7520321710
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States 725029334
6Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 725010314
7German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  Germany 725013494
8Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 70709570
Contestants
Kjell Svensson
Lennart Häggroth
Gert Blomé
Nils Johansson
Roland Stoltz
Bert-Ola Nordlander
Nils Nilsson
Ronald Pettersson
Lars-Eric Lundvall
Eilert Määttä
Anders Andersson
Ulf Sterner
Carl-Göran Öberg
Sven Johansson
Uno Öhrlund
Hans Mild
Lennart Johansson

Leading scorers

RkTeamGPGAPts
1st Flag of Sweden.svg Sven Johansson 78311
2nd Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Sterner 76511
8th Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Andersson 7729

Ski jumping

Athletes performed three jumps, the best two were counted and are shown here.

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRank
Holger Karlsson Normal hill74.096.772.097.1193.835
Olle Martinsson 74.098.772.096.1194.832
Kjell Sjöberg 72.098.471.596.2194.633
Kurt Elimä 75.0104.175.0104.8208.97
Holger Karlsson Large hill73.075.464.575.7151.152
Kurt Elimä 89.5100.181.595.2195.329
Kjell Sjöberg 90.0103.885.0110.6214.45
Olle Martinsson 84.099.776.093.8193.532

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Manne Lavås 42.729
Bo Ollander 42.627
Björn Lekman 42.122
Heike Hedlund 41.07
1500 m Bo Ollander 2:17.128
Manne Lavås 2:16.224
Ivar Nilsson 2:15.619
Örjan Sandler 2:15.418
5000 m Örjan Sandler 8:05.319
Ivar Nilsson 7:49.07
Jonny Nilsson 7:48.46
10,000 m Örjan Sandler 16:56.917
Ivar Nilsson 16:40.310
Jonny Nilsson 15:50.1Gold medal icon.svg
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Christina Lindblom-Scherling 47.811
Inger Eriksson 47.39
Gunilla Jacobsson 46.56
1000 m Christina Lindblom-Scherling 1:39.514
Inger Eriksson 1:37.89
Gunilla Jacobsson 1:36.56
1500 m Inger Eriksson 2:32.012
Gunilla Jacobsson 2:31.911
Christina Lindblom-Scherling 2:29.46
3000 m Gunilla Jacobsson 5:39.215
Inger Eriksson 5:32.614
Christina Lindblom-Scherling 5:27.69

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