Sweden at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Sweden at the
1956 Summer Olympics
IOC codeSWE
NOCSwedish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors97 (83 men and 14 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearersPer 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.

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

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

Men's Individual Road Race

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Women's 10m Platform

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

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Eventing

Jumping

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, all men, represented Sweden in 1956.

Men's épée
Men's team épée

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
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
Men's eight

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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.