Sweden competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 171 competitors, 163 men and 8 women, took part in 84 events in 17 sports.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Erik BladströmSven Johansson Canoeing Men's F2 10000 m Torsten Ullman Shooting Men's free pistol Rudolf Svedberg Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's welterweight Ivar Johansson Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's middleweight Axel Cadier Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's light-heavyweight Knut Fridell Wrestling (freestyle) Men's light-Heavyweight Gösta AlmgrenBirger CederinHans DrakenbergGustaf DyrssenHans GranfeltSven Thofelt Fencing Men's team épée Egon Svensson Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's bantamweight John Nyman Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's heavyweight Thure Andersson Wrestling (freestyle) Men's welterweight Arvid LaurinUno Wallentin Sailing Men's star class Henry Jonsson Athletics Men's 5000 m Fred Warngård Athletics Men's Hammer throw Erik Ågren Boxing Men's lightweight Tage FahlborgHelge Larsson Canoeing Men's K2 10000 m Gregor AdlercreutzSven CollianderFolke Sandström Equestrian Team dressage Torsten Ullman Shooting Men's rapid-fire pistol Einar Karlsson Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's featherweight Gösta Jönsson Wrestling (freestyle) Men's featherweight Lennart EkdahlMartin HindorffTorsten LordDagmar SalénSven Salén Sailing Men's 6 metre class
Athletics
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Five cyclists, all men, represented Sweden in 1936.
Individual road race Arne Berg Berndt Carlsson Ingvar Ericsson Sven Johansson
Team road race Arne Berg Berndt Carlsson Ingvar Ericsson Sven Johansson
Time trial Jonas Persson
Diving
Men AthleteEventFinalPointsRankGösta Ölander10 m platform76.8423
Women AthleteEventFinalPointsRankAnn-Margret Nirling10 m platform29.2010Ingeborg Sjöqvist29.679
Equestrian
Fencing
13 fencers, 11 men and 2 women, represented Sweden in 1936.
Men's foil Bengt Ljungquist Ivar Tingdahl Hubert de Bèsche
Men's épée Hans Drakenberg Hans Granfelt Gustaf Dyrssen
Men's team épée Hans Granfelt, Sven Thofelt, Gustav Almgren, Gustaf Dyrssen, Hans Drakenberg, Birger Cederin
Men's sabre Ivar Tingdahl Hubert de Bèsche Bengt Ljungquist
Men's team sabre Bengt Ljungquist, Knut Nordholm, Hubert de Bèsche, Ivar Tingdahl, Carl Johan Wachtmeister
Women's foil Berit Granquist Ebba Gripenstedt
Football
Summary
TeamEventFirst roundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSweden men'sMen's tournamentL 2–3Did not advance=9
Round of 16
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1936.
Sven Thofelt Georg von Boisman Ebbe Gyllenstierna
Rowing
Sweden had five rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1936.
Men's coxed four Erik Johansson Carl Sjöblom Lars Larsson Harry Sköld Sven Tisell (cox)
Sailing
Shooting
Seven shooters represented Sweden in 1936. Torsten Ullman won a gold medal in 50 m pistol and a bronze in the 25 m pistol.
25 m rapid fire pistol Torsten Ullman Helge Meuller Henrik Lönnberg
50 m pistol Torsten Ullman Helge Meuller Gustaf Bergström
50 m rifle, prone Bertil Rönnmark Erland Koch Karl August Larsson
Swimming
Men Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBjörn Borg100 m backstroke 1:15.2 3 Q 1:16.3 8 Did not advanceBjörn BorgSten-Olof BolldénSven-Pelle PetterssonGunnar Werner4 × 200 m freestyle relay colspan=2 9:35.3 3 q 9:37.5 8
Women Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKerstin Isberg200 m breaststroke 3:08.7 2 Q 3:11.4 4 Did not advance
Water polo
Summary TeamEventFirst roundSemifinalFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultSweden menMen's tournamentL 1–2W 11–0W 6–02 QL 1–2L 1–44W 4–2L 3–47
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Art competitions
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