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.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event John Mikaelsson Athletics Men's 10 km Walk Gert Fredriksson Canoeing Men's K1 1000 m Hans von Blixen-Finecke Jr Equestrian Three-Day Event Folke FrölénOlof StahreHans von Blixen-Finecke Jr Equestrian Three-Day Team Event Henri Saint Cyr Equestrian Dressage Individual Gustaf Adolf BoltensternGehnäll PerssonHenri Saint Cyr Equestrian Dressage Team William Thoresson Gymnastics Men's Floor Gun RöringIngrid SandahlHjördis NordinAnn-Sofi PetterssonGöta PetterssonEvy BerggrenVanja BlombergKarin Lindberg Gymnastics Women's Team Portable Apparatus Lars Hall Modern pentathlon Men's Individual Axel Grönberg Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's Middleweight Olle Anderberg Wrestling Men's Freestyle Lightweight Viking Palm Wrestling Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight Ingemar Johansson Boxing Men's Heavyweight Lars GlassérIngemar Hedberg Canoeing Men's K2 1000 m Gert Fredriksson Canoeing Men's K1 10000 m Gunnar ÅkerlundHans Wetterström Canoeing Men's K2 10000 m Bengt LjungquistLennart MagnussonBerndt-Otto RehbinderPer Hjalmar CarlesonSven FahlmanCarl Forssell Fencing Men's Épée Team Claes EgnellLars HallThorsten Lindqvist Modern pentathlon Men's Team Knut Holmqvist Shooting Men's Trap Olof Sköldberg Shooting Men's Running Deer, Single & Double Shot Gustav Freij Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's Lightweight Gösta Andersson Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's Welterweight Per Gunnar Berlin Wrestling Men's Freestyle Welterweight Bertil Antonsson Wrestling Men's Freestyle Heavyweight Erland AlmqvistSidney Boldt-ChristmasPer Gedda Sailing Men's Dragon Gustaf Jansson Athletics Men's Marathon Ragnar Lundberg Athletics Men's Pole Vault Stig Sjölin Boxing Men's Middleweight National football team Football Men's Team Competition Hans Liljedahl Shooting Men's Trap Göran Larsson Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle Per Olof Östrand Swimming Men's 400m Freestyle Karl-Erik Nilsson Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's Light Heavyweight Rickard Sarby Sailing Men's Finn Magnus WassénCarl-Erik OhlsonFolke Wassén Sailing Men's 5½ m Class
Athletics
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
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
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankGunnar Johansson3 m springboard59.1127 Did not advanceFrank Landqvist60.1123 Did not advanceToivo Öhman10 m platform65.3716 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankAnna-Stina Wahlberg3 m springboard48.4713 Did not advance
Equestrian
Fencing
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
Summary
TeamEventPrimary roundFirst roundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSweden men'sMen's tournamentW 4–1W 3–1L 0–6W 2–0
Gymnastics
Modern pentathlon
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
Sweden had 16 male rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1952.
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
Shooting
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
Men Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankOlle Johansson100 m freestyle 1:00.5 2 Did not advanceGöran Larsson 57.5 1 Q 57.8 2 Q 58.2 Lars Svantesson 1:01.4 5 Did not advancePer-Olof Östrand400 m freestyle 4:38.6 1 Q 4:33.6 2 Q 4:35.2 Bengt Rask200 m breaststroke 2:45.3 4 Did not advanceLars SvantessonGöran LarssonPer-Olof ÖstrandOlle JohanssonRolf Olander4 × 200 m freestyle 8:52.3 2 colspan=2 8:46.8 4
Women Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMaud Berglund100 m freestyle 1:09.8 3 Did not advanceIngegärd Fredin 1:08.0 4 Q 1:08.7 8 Did not advanceMarianne Lundquist 1:10.8 4 Did not advanceIngegärd Fredin400 m freestyle 5:28.7 4 Q Did not advanceMarianne Lundquist 5:34.4 5 Did not advanceMargareta Westeson100 m backstroke 1:22.7 6 Did not advanceUlla-Britt Eklund200 m breaststroke 3:01.2 3 Q 2:59.6 4 Q 3:01.8 7Marianne LundquistAnita AnderssonMaud BerglundIngegerd Fredin4 × 100 m freestyle 4:38.1 3 Q colspan=2 4:39.0 6
Water polo
Summary TeamEventElimination roundFirst roundSemifinalFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultSweden menMen's tournamentW 5–1L 1–7W 7–2L 1–93Did not advance11
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database