Sweden competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km Speed skating Men's 500 m Biathlon Men's 20 km Speed skating Men's 1500 m
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankOlle RolénDownhill1:59.2834Manni Thofte1:56.6628Manni ThofteGiant SlalomDNF–––DNF–Olle RolénDNF–––DNF–Sven Mikaelsson1:37.88291:43.77273:21.6528
Men's slalom
AthleteClassificationFinalTimeRankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRankOlle Rolén1:47.8831:01.1928DNF–DNF–Sven Mikaelsson1:48.0351:01.00261:00.72232:01.7221Manni ThofteDNF–1:01.1427DNF–DNF–
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLotta SollanderDownhill1:42.9731Lotta SollanderGiant SlalomDNF–Lotta SollanderSlalomDNF–––DNF–
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmTorsten Wadman1'17:17.56131'30:17.5649Olle Petrusson1'16:40.58121'28:40.5842Holmfrid Olsson1'19:28.7831'22:28.7821Lars-Göran Arwidson1'14:27.0321'16:27.03
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 ArwidsonOlle PetrussonTorsten WadmanHolmfrid Olsson61'56:57.405
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSWE-1Carl-Erik ErikssonJan JohanssonTwo-man1:16.6891:16.81101:14.0841:13.8325:01.406
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSWE-1Carl-Erik ErikssonTom MentzerThomas GustafssonJan JohanssonFour-man1:12.14121:12.4281:11.43131:11.4194:47.4011
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmTord Backman47:22.9720Lars-Göran Åslund46:56.2318Gunnar Larsson46:23.298Sven-Åke Lundbäck45:28.2430 kmThomas Magnuson1'43:26.0228Sven-Åke Lundbäck1'39:54.3513Lars-Göran Åslund1'39:45.2911Gunnar Larsson1'37:33.72450 kmGunnar Larsson2'51:17.5620Tord Backman2'48:53.5113Hans-Erik Larsson2'47:59.3711Lars-Arne Bölling2'45:06.807
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankThomas MagnusonLars-Göran ÅslundGunnar LarssonSven-Åke Lundbäck2'07:03.604
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmMeeri Bodelid18:29.0733Birgitta Lindqvist18:25.8832Barbro Tano17:54.5319Eva Olsson17:46.661510 kmBirgitta Lindqvist37:24.7628Eva Olsson36:46.5023Meeri Bodelid36:41.5219Barbro Tano36:29.3413
Women's 3 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankMeeri BodelidEva OlssonBirgitta Lindqvist51:51.848
Figure skating
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Anita Johansson14152349.313115
Ice hockey
Summary TeamEventFirst roundFinal round / Consolation roundOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSweden men'sMen's tournamentW 8–1W 5–1T 3–3W 5–3L 1–2L 3–44
First round Winners (in bold) entered the medal round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.
Medal round RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts15401331392532018156353202613645221171355523014244650509390 Sweden 5–1 USA USSR 3–3 Sweden Sweden 5–3 Poland Czechoslovakia 2–1 Sweden Finland 4–3 Sweden
Contestants Leif Holmqvist Christer Abrahamsson Thommy Abrahamsson Lars-Erik Sjöberg Kjell-Rune Milton Stig Östling Bert-Ola Nordlander Kenneth Ekman Tord Lundström Lars-Göran Nilsson Håkan Pettersson Håkan Wickberg Mats Åhlberg Björn Palmqvist Hans Hansson Inge Hammarström Hans Lindberg Thommie Bergman Stig-Göran Johansson Mats Lindh
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankSven-Olof IsraelssonIndividual64.062.0130.33951:24.9193.00020323.30036
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankAnders LundqvistNormal hill71.098.368.093.5191.842Rolf Nordgren82.5115.774.0102.1217.811Anders LundqvistLarge hill84.585.878.072.2158.041Rolf Nordgren97.5105.592.598.0203.511
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mJohan Granath40.7916Mats Wallberg40.419Ove König40.257Hasse Börjes39.691500 mJohan Granath2:10.2116Göran Johansson2:09.6615Johnny Höglin2:08.119Göran Claeson2:05.895000 mÖrjan Sandler7:47.9214Johnny Höglin7:45.6812Göran Claeson7:36.17410,000 mÖrjan Sandler16:04.9015Göran Claeson15:30.196
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mSylvia Filipsson46.7823Ylva Hedlund46.2418Ann-Sofie Järnström45.83151000 mSylvia Filipsson1:37.2430Ann-Sofie Järnström1:35.2119Ylva Hedlund1:33.82141500 mAnn-Sofie Järnström2:31.5326Ylva Hedlund2:31.3125Sylvia Filipsson2:29.38203000 mSylvia Filipsson5:11.1314
References Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com