Sweden competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 260 competitors, 247 men and 13 women, took part in 100 events in 18 sports.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event William Petersson Athletics Men's Long jump Harry Stenqvist Cycling Men's Individual Time Trial Arvid Wallman Diving Plain high diving Janne Lundblad Equestrian Individual dressage Helmer Morner Equestrian Individual three-day event Helmer Mörner, Åge Lundström, Georg von Braun and Gustaf Dyrsch Equestrian Team three-day event Hans von Rosen, Claës König, Daniel Norling and Frank Martin Equestrian Team jumping Gillis Grafström Figure skating Men's singles Magda Julin Figure skating Women's singles Swedish Men's Team Gymnastics Men's team (Swedish system) Gustaf Dyrssen Modern pentathlon Men's Individual Gösta Lundqvist, Rolf Steffenburg, Gösta Bengtsson and Axel Calvert Sailing Men's 30 m2 class Tore Holm, Yngve Holm, Axel Rydin and Georg Tengwall Sailing Men's 40 m2 class Hugo Johansson Shooting Men's 600m free rifle Håkan Malmrot Swimming Men's 200m breaststroke Håkan Malmrot Swimming Men's 400m breaststroke Anders Larsson Wrestling Freestyle light heavyweight Carl Westergren Wrestling Greco-Roman middleweight Claes Johanson Wrestling Greco-Roman light heavyweight Erik Backman Athletics Men's Individual Cross country Carl Johan Lind Athletics Men's Hammer throw Folke Jansson Athletics Men's Triple jump Harry Stenqvist, Ragnar Malm, Axel Persson and Sigfrid Lundberg Cycling Men's Team Time Trial Erik Adlerz Diving Men's 10m Platform Nils Skoglund Diving Plain high diving Age Lundstrom Equestrian Individual eventing Bertil Sandström Equestrian Individual dressage Svea Norén Figure skating Women's singles Erik de Laval Modern pentathlon Men's Individual Gustaf Svensson, Ragnar Svensson, Percy Almstedt and Erik Mellbin Sailing Men's 40 m2 class Fredric Landelius Shooting Men's 100m running deer, double shots Alfred Swahn, Oscar Swahn, Fredric Landelius, Bengt Lagercrantz and Edward Benedicks Shooting Men's Team 100m running deer, double shots Alfred Swahn Shooting Men's 100m running deer, single shot Anders Andersson, Casimir Reuterskiöld, Gunnar Gabrielsson, Sigvard Hultcrantz, Anders Johnson Shooting Men's Team 50m army pistol Sigvard Hultcrantz, Erik Ohlsson, Leon Lagerlöf, Ragnar Stare and Olle Ericsson Shooting Men's Team 50m small bore rifle Mauritz Eriksson Shooting 600m free rifle Thor Henning Swimming Men's 200m breaststroke Thor Henning Swimming Men's 400m breaststroke Gottfrid Svensson Wrestling Freestyle lightweight Erik Backman, Sven Lundgren and Edvin Wide Athletics Men's 3000m Team Nils Engdahl Athletics Men's 400m Agne Holmström, William Petersson, Sven Malm and Nils Sandström Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m Relay Erik Backman Athletics Men's 5000m Carl Johan Lind Athletics Men's 56 lb weight throw Erik Backman, Gustaf Mattsson and Hilding Ekman Athletics Men's Team Cross country Bertil Ohlson Athletics Men's Decathlon Bo Ekelund Athletics Men's High jump Erik Abrahamsson Athletics Men's Long jump Erik Almlöf Athletics Men's Triple jump Eva Olliwier Diving Women's 10m Platform John Jansson Diving Plain high diving Carl Gustaf Lewenhaupt Equestrian Individual jumping Hans von Rosen Equestrian Individual dressage Anders Mårtensson, Oskar Nilsson and Carl Green Equestrian Team vaulting Gösta Runö Modern pentathlon Men's Individual Olle Ericsson, Hugo Johansson, Leon Lagerlöf, Walfrid Hellman and Mauritz Eriksson Shooting Men's Team 300m army rifle, standing Mauritz Eriksson, Hugo Johansson, Gustaf Jonsson, Erik Blomqvist and Erik Ohlsson Shooting Men's Team 600m free rifle Erik Lundquist, Per Kinde, Fredric Landelius, Alfred Swahn, Karl Richter and Erik Sökjer-Petersén Shooting Men's Team clay pigeons Aina Berg, Emy Machnow, Carin Nilsson and Jane Gylling Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Harald Julin, Robert Andersson, Vilhelm Andersson, Erik Bergqvist, Max Gumpel,Pontus Hanson, Erik Andersson, Nils Backlund, Torsten Kumfeldt, Theodor Nauman Water polo Men's Team competition Albert Pettersson Weightlifting Middleweight Erik Pettersson Weightlifting Light heavyweight Ernst Nilsson Wrestling Freestyle heavyweight Fritiof Svensson Wrestling Greco-Roman featherweight
Aquatics
Diving
Twelve divers, eight men and four women, represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Four of the eight men took a medal each, and the group added three fourth-place finishes. Sweden's four plain high divers took the top four places in that event, with Adlerz (fourth in the plain high dive) adding a silver in the platform. On the women's side, Olliwier was the only diver to advance to the final; she finished with the bronze medal.
Men
Ranks given are within the semifinal group.
DiverEventSemifinalsFinalPointsScoreRankPointsScoreRank Erik Adlerz 10 m platform 9 468.50 1 Q 10 495.40 Plain high dive 11 177.0 2 Q 19 173.0 4 Gustaf Blomgren 3 m springboard 7 614.00 1 Q 19 587.05 4 10 m platform 11 468.10 2 Q 23 453.80 4 Oscar Dose 3 m springboard 20 543.70 4 did not advance Gunnar Ekstrand 3 m springboard 15 560.85 3 Q 27 559.25 5 10 m platform 20 402.80 4 did not advance John Jansson 3 m springboard 16 549.70 3 Q 34 544.75 6 Plain high dive 8 171.5 1 Q 16 175.0 Yngve Johnson 10 m platform 7 445.80 1 Q 27 424.00 5 Nils Skoglund Plain high dive 10 153.0 1 Q 8 183.0 Arvid Wallman Plain high dive 8 175.5 1 Q 7 183.5
Women
Ranks given are within the semifinal group.
DiverEventSemifinalsFinalPointsScoreRankPointsScoreRank Märta Adlerz 10 m platform 29 136.5 7 did not advance Selma Andersson 10 m platform 25 143.0 6 did not advance Karin Leiditz 10 m platform 20 147.0 5 did not advance Eva Olliwier 10 m platform 6 152.0 1 Q 11 166.0
Swimming
Thirteen swimmers, nine men and four women, represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport.
The breaststroke was Sweden's strength, with all five men's individual finals appearances made by three swimmers in those two events. Malmrot and Henning finished first and second, respectively, in both events. Malmrot also posted a new Olympic record in the 200 metre event. The men's relay also advanced to the finals, placing fourth.
The women's relay team added a fifth medal just by showing up—only three teams competed. The Swedish women took bronze. Gylling also advanced to each of the women's individual event finals, placing sixth in both.
Ranks given are within the heat.
Men
SwimmerEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRank Arne Borg 400 m free Unknown 4 did not advance 1500 m free 23:54.4 3 q Unknown 4 did not advance Per Cederblom 200 m breast 3:12.2 2 Q 3:14.6 2 Q did not finish 400 m breast 7:14.0 2 Q 7:05.6 2 Q Unknown 5 Olle Dickson 200 m breast 3:16.0 1 Q Unknown 4 did not advance 400 m breast 7:12.0 1 Q 6:59.0 4 did not advance Thor Henning 200 m breast 3:12.8 1 Q 3:16.0 3 q 3:09.2 400 m breast 6:46.2 1 Q 6:45.0 2 Q 6:45.2 Per Holmström 100 m back 1:26.0 4 did not advance Håkan Malmrot 200 m breast 3:04.0 OR 1 Q 3:09.0 1 Q 3:04.4 400 m breast 6:49.0 1 Q 6:44.8 1 Q 6:31.8 Frans Möller 1500 m free 27:42.0 3 did not advance Orvar Trolle 100 m free 1:07.8 3 q Unknown 5 did not advance Robert Andersson Arne Borg Frans Möller Orvar Trolle 4 × 200 m free relay N/A 10:54.4 3 q 10:50.2 4
Women
SwimmerEventSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRank Aina Berg 100 m free Unknown 5 did not advance 300 m free 5:29.6 3 did not advance Jane Gylling 100 m free 1:25.6 2 Q Unknown 6 300 m free 5:04.8 3 q Unknown 6 Carin Nilsson 100 m free Unknown 6 did not advance 300 m free 5:07.0 3 did not advance Aina Berg Jane Gylling Emily Machnow Carin Nilsson 4 × 100 m free relay N/A 5:43.6
Athletics
64 athletes represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's fifth appearance in athletics, a sport in which Sweden had competed each time the nation appeared at the Olympics. Sweden had success in a variety of events, but its best performances came in the field events. Petersson took the country's only gold medal of the Games in the long jump. The team also finished with three silver and ten bronze medals, enough to put Sweden in fifth place on the athletics medals leader board despite gathering the fewest gold medals since 1900.
Ranks given are within the heat.