Sweden competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km Speed skating Men's 10 000 m Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay Cross-country skiing Women's 3 x 5 km relay Biathlon Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km Speed skating Men's 10 000 m
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPer-Olov RichardssonDownhill2:09.8343Rune Lindström2:05.6929Lars OlssonGiant Slalom1:48.6928DSQ–DSQ–Bengt-Erik Grahn1:48.68271:57.78543:46.4639Olle Rolén1:47.52221:50.83223:38.3520Rune Lindström1:46.94171:50.11173:37.0516
Men's slalom
AthleteHeat 1Heat 2FinalTimeRankTimeRankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRankPer-Olov Richardsson54.832 QF––52.4628DSQ–DSQ–Bengt-Erik Grahn54.281 QF––49.743DSQ–DSQ–Olle Rolén54.151 QF––51.7722DSQ–DSQ–Rune Lindström53.852 QF––51.191550.8081:41.9911
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankIngrid SundbergGiant Slalom2:08.5435Ingrid SundbergSlalom46.912752.65231:39.5621
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmNore Westin1'21:09.471'28:09.430Holmfrid Olsson1'19:01.861'25:01.820Olle Petrusson1'18:31.261'24:31.219Lars-Göran Arwidson1'18:08.961'24:08.917
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 2TimeRankLars-Göran ArwidsonTore ErikssonOlle PetrussonHolmfrid Olsson02'17:26.3
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSWE-1Rolf HöglundBörje HedblomTwo-man1:12.77191:13.17181:12.62141:12.63124:51.1914SWE-2Carl-Erik ErikssonEric WennerbergTwo-man1:12.75171:12.69141:12.84161:13.41174:51.6918
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSWE-1Rolf HöglundHans HallénSven MartinssonBörje HedblomFour-man1:12.20161:09.90162:22.1016
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmAssar Rönnlund49:25.311Bjarne Andersson48:41.16Jan Halvarsson48:39.15Gunnar Larsson48:33.730 kmIngvar Sandström1'39:47.521Bruno Åvik1'39:38.120Jan Halvarsson1'38:23.212Gunnar Larsson1'37:48.1850 kmAssar Rönnlund2'31:19.310Jan Halvarsson2'30:05.97Gunnar Larsson2'29:37.26Melcher Risberg2'29:37.05
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankJan HalvarssonBjarne AnderssonGunnar LarssonAssar Rönnlund2'10:13.2
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmBarbro Tano17:35.818Britt Strandberg17:25.815Barbro Martinsson16:52.94Toini Gustafsson16:45.210 kmBritt Strandberg39:25.715Barbro Tano39:09.610Barbro Martinsson38:07.14Toini Gustafsson36:46.5
Women's 3 x 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankBritt StrandbergToini GustafssonBarbro Martinsson57:51.0
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Thomas Callerud27271399.324127
Ice hockey
Summary TeamEventFirst roundMedal round / Consolation roundOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSweden men'sMen's tournamentW 4–3W 5–4W 5–2W 5–1L 2–3L 0–3T 2–24
Medal Round RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts17610481012275113317113752028151047421231895733117237672412328577160133928707013480
Sweden – USA 4:3 (0:0, 4:2, 0:1) Goalscorers: Nilsson, Wickberg, Hedlund, Bengsston – Falkman, Lilyholm, Nanne. Referees: McEvoy, Kubinec (CAN)
Sweden – West Germany 5:4 (4:3, 0:0, 1:1) Goalscorers: Svedberg, Lundström, Nordlander, Olsson, Öberg – Kuhn, Hanig, Reif, Kopf. Referees: Kořínek, Bucala (TCH)
Sweden – East Germany 5:2 (1:0, 2:1, 2:1) Goalscorers: Hedlund 2, Wickberg, Lundström, Henriksson – Plotka, Fuchs. Referees: Seglin (URS), Wycisk (POL)
Sweden – Finland 5:1 (1:0, 2:1, 2:0) Goalscorers: Wickberg 2, Granholm, Nillsson, Bengsston – Oksanen. Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Kořínek (TCH)
USSR – Sweden 3:2 (1:1, 0:0, 2:1) Goalscorers: Firsov 2, Blinov – Öberg, Svedberg. Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Kořínek (TCH)
Sweden – Canada 0:3 (0:2, 0.0, 0:1) Goalscorers: Johnston, G. Pinder, O‘Shea. Referees: Sillankorva (FIN), Kořínek (TCH)
Czechoslovakia – Sweden 2:2 (1:1, 1:0, 0:1) Goalscorers: Golonka, Hrbatý – Bengtsson, Henriksson. Referees: Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)
Contestants 4. SWEDEN Goaltenders: Leif Holmqvist, Hans Dahllöf. Defence: Arne Carlsson, Nils Johansson, Bert-Olov Nordlander, Lars-Erik Sjöberg, Roland Stoltz, Lennart Svedberg. Forwards: Folke Bengtsson, Svante Granholm, Henric Hedlund, Leif Henriksson, Tord Lundström, Lars-Göran Nilsson, Roger Olsson, Björn Palmqvist, Håkan Wickberg, Carl-Göran Öberg. Coach: Arne Strömberg.
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankIvar Bjare1:00.73341:01.44361:00.63333:02.8032Per-Ulf Helander1:00.25311:01.67371:01.20343:03.1234Hans Sahlin59.122459.362259.98282:58.4625Jan Nilsson59.002059.672759.24232:57.9123
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankIvar BjareJan Nilsson51.041350.52131:41.5613
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBerit Salomonsson50.891451.351751.31132:33.5513
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankUlf NorbergNormal hill65.582.666.084.4167.048Thord Karlsson67.585.869.590.0175.843Mats Östman67.587.864.077.7165.549Kurt Elimä71.095.469.590.5185.937Mats ÖstmanLarge hill83.076.679.572.2148.852Kjell Sjöberg85.586.173.059.1145.253Kurt Elimä87.588.985.585.1174.037Thord Karlsson91.092.387.586.9179.232
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mManne Lavås41.824Heike Hedlund41.215Hasse Börjes41.215Håkan Holmgren40.881500 mGöran Claeson2:08.620Manne Lavås2:07.816Örjan Sandler2:07.010Johnny Höglin2:05.255000 mJonny Nilsson7:32.97Örjan Sandler7:32.86Johnny Höglin7:32.7510,000 mJonny Nilsson15:39.66Örjan Sandler15:31.8Johnny Höglin15:23.6 OR
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mYlva Hedlund49.926Christina Lindblom-Scherling47.7151000 mYlva Hedlund1:37.519Christina Lindblom-Scherling1:36.9151500 mYlva Hedlund2:31.520Christina Karlsson2:31.418Christina Lindblom-Scherling2:27.593000 mChristina Karlsson5:17.213Christina Lindblom-Scherling5:09.87
References Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com