Sweden at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Sweden at the
1956 Winter Olympics
IOC codeSWE
(SVE used at these Games)
NOCSwedish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors58 (50 men, 8 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearersBror Östman, Ski Jumping
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
2
Silver
4
Bronze
4
Total
10
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Sweden competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Sixten Jernberg Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
 Gold Sigvard Ericsson Speed skating Men's 10 000 m
 Silver Sixten Jernberg Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km
 Silver Sixten Jernberg Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km
 Silver Bengt Eriksson Nordic combined Men's individual
 Silver Sigvard Ericsson Speed skating Men's 5000m
 Bronze Stig Sollander Alpine skiing Men's slalom
 Bronze Lennart Larsson
Gunnar Samuelsson
Per-Erik Larsson
Sixten Jernberg		 Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
 Bronze Sonja Ruthström-Edström Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
 Bronze Irma Johansson
Anna-Lisa Eriksson
Sonja Ruthström-Edström		 Cross-country skiing Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lars Mattsson Downhill 3:50.4 32
Stig Sollander 3:05.4 10
Hans Olofsson Giant Slalom DSQ –
Olle Dalman 3:24.9 29
Åke Nilsson 3:21.4 20
Stig Sollander 3:17.1 16
Hans Olofsson Slalom DSQ – – – DSQ –
Åke Nilsson 1:39.8 29 1:57.5 11 3:37.3 14
Olle Dalman 1:34.2 20 2:03.4 (+0:05) 15 3:37.6 15
Stig Sollander 1:29.2 5 1:51.0 3 3:20.2 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Vivi-Anne Wassdahl Downhill 2:08.0 42
Ingrid Englund 1:51.8 18
Eivor Berglund 1:51.6 15
Vivi-Anne Wassdahl Giant Slalom 2:06.4 31
Eivor Berglund 2:04.9 26
Ingrid Englund 2:04.5 25
Eivor Berglund Slalom DSQ – – – DSQ –
Ingrid Englund DSQ – – – DSQ –
Vivi-Anne Wassdahl 1:31.2 (+0:05) 35 59.6 8 2:30.8 28

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Olympics in Cortina. The Swedish four-man bobsleigh team strengthens its side with a cup of hot chocolate after the races. From left: Gunnar Åhs, Ebbe Wallén, Sune Skagerling and Olle Axelsson.
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
SWE-1 Olle Axelsson
Tryggve Sundström 		Two-man 1:27.15 15 1:27.82 22 1:26.01 12 1:25.67 9 5:46.65 17
SWE-2 Sven Erbs
Walter Aronson 		Two-man 2:29.66 23 1:25.01 11 DNF – – – DNF –
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
SWE-1 Olle Axelsson
Ebbe Wallén
Sune Skagerling
Gunnar Åhs 		Four-man 1:18.95 8 1:19.98 12 1:22.75 20 1:21.86 18 5:23.54 16
SWE-2 Kjell Holmström
Sven Erbs
Walter Aronson
Jan Lapidoth 		Four-man 1:20.58 14 1:20.32 15 1:21.15 15 1:21.13 14 5:23.18 13

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Sixten Jernberg at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Gunnar Samuelsson 52:39 15
Per-Erik Larsson 51:44 12
Lennart Larsson 51:03 8
Sixten Jernberg 50:14 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
30 km Gunnar Samuelsson 1'48:23 11
Lennart Larsson 1'46:56 8
Per-Erik Larsson 1'46:51 7
Sixten Jernberg 1'44:30 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
50 km Inge Limberg 3'10:19 12
Arthur Olsson 3'10:03 11
Sture Grahn 3'06:32 10
Sixten Jernberg 2'50:27 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Lennart Larsson
Gunnar Samuelsson
Per-Erik Larsson
Sixten Jernberg 		2'17:42 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km Barbro Martinsson 41:04 14
Anna-Lisa Eriksson 40:56 13
Irma Johansson 40:20 7
Sonja Ruthström-Edström 38:23 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Irma Johansson
Anna-Lisa Eriksson
Sonja Ruthström-Edström 		1'09:48 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Alice Lundström 19 18 136.34 206 19

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Summary
Team Event First round Final round / Consolation round
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sweden men's Men's tournament  Soviet Union
L 1–5 		  Switzerland
W 6–5 		2 Q MR  Soviet Union
L 1–4 		 Czechoslovakia
W 5–0 		 United States
L 1–6 		 Canada
L 2–6 		 Germany
T 1–1 		4

Group C

Top two teams advanced to medal round.

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Soviet Union 2 2 0 0 15 4 4
2  Sweden 2 1 1 0 7 10 2
3   Switzerland 2 0 2 0 8 16 0
  • USSR 5–1 Sweden
  • Sweden 6–5 Switzerland

Games for 1st-6th places

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 25 5 10
2  United States 5 4 1 0 26 12 8
3  Canada 5 3 2 0 23 11 6
4  Sweden 5 1 3 1 10 17 3
5  Czechoslovakia 5 1 4 0 20 30 2
6  Germany 5 0 4 1 6 35 1
  • USSR 4–1 Sweden
  • Sweden 5–0 Czechoslovakia
  • USA 6–1 Sweden
  • Canada 6–2 Sweden
  • Germany (UTG) 1–1 Sweden
Contestants
Lars Svensson
Yngve Casslind
Bertz Zetterberg
Lasse Björn
Åke Lassas
Vilgot Larsson
Ove Malmberg
Holger Nurmela
Sven Johansson
Sigurd Bröms
Hans Öberg
Ronald Pettersson
Nils Nilsson
Lars-Eric Lundvall
Stig Andersson-Tvilling
Hans Andersson-Tvilling
Stig Carlsson

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Bengt Eriksson Individual 72.5 72.5 214.0 3 1'00:36 223.400 15 437.400 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Holger Karlsson Normal hill 76.0 fall 71.5 51 77.5 104.5 10 176.0 41
Erik Styf 76.0 102.5 15 75.0 fall 66.5 51 169.0 44
Bror Östman 76.0 102.5 15 75.5 102.0 13 204.5 14
Sven Pettersson 81.0 109.5 5 81.5 110.5 5 220.0 5

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Gunnar Ström 44.7 42
Sigvard Ericsson 44.2 37
Bertil Eng 42.6 15
Bengt Malmsten 41.9 7
1500 m Gunnar Ström 2:15.6 22
Bengt Malmsten 2:14.6 17
Bertil Eng 2:13.1 11
Sigvard Ericsson 2:11.0 6
5000 m Sven Andersson 8:16.9 22
Gunnar Sjölin 8:06.7 12
Olle Dahlberg 8:01.8 7
Sigvard Ericsson 7:56.7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
10,000 m Gunnar Ström 17:17.0 15
Sven Andersson 17:13.5 13
Olle Dahlberg 17:01.3 8
Sigvard Ericsson 16:35.9 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)

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