Sweden at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Sweden at the
1952 Summer Olympics

IOC code| SWE
NOC| Swedish Olympic Committee
Website| www.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Helsinki
Competitors| 206 (183 men and 23 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer | Bo Eriksson
Medals
Ranked 4th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Sweden competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 206 competitors, 183 men and 23 women, took part in 124 events in 17 sports.[1]

## Medalists[edit]

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | John Mikaelsson | Athletics | Men's 10 km Walk
Gold | Gert Fredriksson | Canoeing | Men's K1 1000 m
Gold | Hans von Blixen-Finecke Jr | Equestrian | Three-Day Event
Gold | Folke Frölén
Olof Stahre
Hans von Blixen-Finecke Jr | Equestrian | Three-Day Team Event
Gold | Henri Saint Cyr | Equestrian | Dressage Individual
Gold | Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern
Gehnäll Persson
Henri Saint Cyr | Equestrian | Dressage Team
Gold | William Thoresson | Gymnastics | Men's Floor
Gold | Gun Röring
Ingrid Sandahl
Hjördis Nordin
Ann-Sofi Pettersson
Göta Pettersson
Evy Berggren
Vanja Blomberg
Karin Lindberg | Gymnastics | Women's Team Portable Apparatus
Gold | Lars Hall | Modern pentathlon | Men's Individual
Gold | Axel Grönberg | Wrestling (Greco-Roman) | Men's Middleweight
Gold | Olle Anderberg | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Lightweight
Gold | Viking Palm | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
Silver | Ingemar Johansson | Boxing | Men's Heavyweight
Silver | Lars Glassér
Ingemar Hedberg | Canoeing | Men's K2 1000 m
Silver | Gert Fredriksson | Canoeing | Men's K1 10000 m
Silver | Gunnar Åkerlund
Hans Wetterström | Canoeing | Men's K2 10000 m
Silver | Bengt Ljungquist
Lennart Magnusson
Berndt-Otto Rehbinder
Per Hjalmar Carleson
Sven Fahlman
Carl Forssell | Fencing | Men's Épée Team
Silver | Claes Egnell
Lars Hall
Thorsten Lindqvist | Modern pentathlon | Men's Team
Silver | Knut Holmqvist | Shooting | Men's Trap
Silver | Olof Sköldberg | Shooting | Men's Running Deer, Single & Double Shot
Silver | Gustav Freij | Wrestling (Greco-Roman) | Men's Lightweight
Silver | Gösta Andersson | Wrestling (Greco-Roman) | Men's Welterweight
Silver | Per Gunnar Berlin | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Welterweight
Silver | Bertil Antonsson | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
Silver | Erland Almqvist
Sidney Boldt-Christmas
Per Gedda | Sailing | Men's Dragon
Bronze | Gustaf Jansson | Athletics | Men's Marathon
Bronze | Ragnar Lundberg | Athletics | Men's Pole Vault
Bronze | Stig Sjölin | Boxing | Men's Middleweight
Bronze | National football team | Football | Men's Team Competition
Bronze | Hans Liljedahl | Shooting | Men's Trap
Bronze | Göran Larsson | Swimming | Men's 100m Freestyle
Bronze | Per Olof Östrand | Swimming | Men's 400m Freestyle
Bronze | Karl-Erik Nilsson | Wrestling (Greco-Roman) | Men's Light Heavyweight
Bronze | Rickard Sarby | Sailing | Men's Finn
Bronze | Magnus Wassén
Carl-Erik Ohlson
Folke Wassén | Sailing | Men's 5½ m Class

## Athletics[edit]

Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

## Boxing[edit]

Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

## Canoeing[edit]

Main article: Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

## Cycling[edit]

Main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

* Yngve Lundh -- 5:12:15.2 (→ 16th place)
* Stig Mårtensson -- 5:13:00.0 (→ 18th place)
* Allan Carlsson -- 5:16:19.1 (→ 21st place)
* Lars Nordwall -- did not finish (→ no ranking)

## Diving[edit]

Main article: Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

* Frank Landqvist

* Preliminary Round -- 60.11 points (→ 23rd place)

* Gunnar Johansson

* Preliminary Round -- 59.11 points (→ 27th place)

## Equestrian[edit]

Main article: Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics

## Fencing[edit]

Main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Ten fencers, all men, represented Sweden in 1952.

Men's foil

* Bo Eriksson
* Nils Rydström
* Rolf Magnusson

Men's team foil

* Rolf Magnusson, Sven Fahlman, Nils Rydström, Bo Eriksson

Men's épée

* Per Carleson
* Carl Forssell
* Sven Fahlman

Men's team épée

* Per Carleson, Carl Forssell, Bengt Ljungquist, Berndt-Otto Rehbinder, Sven Fahlman, Lennart Magnusson

Men's sabre

* Henry Nordin
* Bo Eriksson

## Football[edit]

Main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

* W – Win D – Draw L – Loss
* A.E.T – After extra time.
* RP – Game replayed

Team  | Event  | Primary round  | First round  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Sweden men's | Men's tournament | Bye  |  Norway
W 4–1  |  Austria
W 3–1  |  Hungary
L 0–6  |  West Germany
W 2–0  |

## Gymnastics[edit]

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

## Modern pentathlon[edit]

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1952. Lars Hall won gold in the individual event and all three pentathletes won silver in the team event.

Individual

* Lars Hall
* Thorsten Lindqvist
* Claes Egnell

Team

* Lars Hall
* Thorsten Lindqvist
* Claes Egnell

## Rowing[edit]

Main article: Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Sweden had 16 male rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1952.[2]

Men's double sculls

* Tore Johansson
* Curt Brunnqvist

Men's coxless pair

* Bernt Torberntsson
* Evert Gunnarsson

Men's coxed pair

* Ove Nilsson
* Ingemar Svensson
* Lars-Erik Larsson

Men's eight

* Lennart Andersson
* Frank Olsson
* John Niklasson
* Gösta Adamsson
* Ivan Simonsson
* Ragnar Ek
* Thore Börjesson
* Rune Andersson
* Sture Baatz

## Sailing[edit]

Main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

## Shooting[edit]

Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Ten shooters represented Sweden in 1952. Sweden won silver and bronze in the trap event and silver in the 100m running deer.

25 m pistol

* Gösta Pihl
* Torsten Ullman

50 m pistol

* Torsten Ullman
* Hugo Lundkvist

300 m rifle, three positions

* Holger Erbén
* Walther Fröstell

50 m rifle, three positions

* Uno Berg
* Walther Fröstell

50 m rifle, prone

* Walther Fröstell
* Uno Berg

100m running deer

* Olof Sköldberg
* Thorleif Kockgård

Trap

* Knut Holmqvist
* Hans Liljedahl

## Swimming[edit]

Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

## Water polo[edit]

Main article: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Summary
Team  | Event  | Elimination round  | First round  | Semifinal  | Final  | Rank

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result
Sweden men | Men's tournament |  United States
W 5–1  | Bye  |  Netherlands
L 1–7  |  Argentina
W 7–2  |  Yugoslavia
L 1–9  | 3  | Did not advance  | 11

## Weightlifting[edit]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

## Wrestling[edit]

Main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Sweden at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sweden Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

## External links[edit]

* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database

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