Sweden, the previous host of the Equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 134 competitors, 115 men and 19 women, took part in 100 events in 15 sports.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Sven-Olov Sjödelius, Gert Fredriksson Canoeing Men's K2 1000 m John Ljunggren Athletics Men's 50 km Walk Jane Cederqvist Swimming Women's 400 m Freestyle Gert Fredriksson Canoeing Men's K1 1000 m Gustav Freij Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's Lightweight Hans Antonsson Wrestling Men's Freestyle Middleweight
Athletics
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Four cyclists, all male, represented Sweden in 1960.
Individual road race Gunnar Göransson Osvald Johansson Owe Adamson Gösta Pettersson
Team time trial Owe Adamson Gunnar Göransson Osvald Johansson Gösta Pettersson
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminarySemi-finalFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankTotalRankJohnny Hellström3 m springboard51.9114 Q39.40991.3113Did not advanceGöran Lundqvist52.3613 Q38.871091.2314Did not advance10 m platform52.328 Q38.54990.8611Did not advanceToivo Öhman50.9715 Q38.531089.5012Did not advance
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankBirte Hanson10 m platform53.034 Q24.401277.4312
Equestrian
Fencing
Seven fencers, six men and one woman, represented Sweden in 1960.
Men's foil Hans Lagerwall Orvar Lindwall Göran Abrahamsson
Men's épée Berndt-Otto Rehbinder Göran Abrahamsson Hans Lagerwall
Men's team épée Hans Lagerwall, Göran Abrahamsson, Ulf Ling-Vannérus, Berndt-Otto Rehbinder, Carl-Wilhelm Engdahl, Orvar Lindwall
Women's foil Christina Lagerwall
Gymnastics
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1960.
Individual Per-Erik Ritzén Sture Ericson Björn Thofelt
Team Per-Erik Ritzén Sture Ericson Björn Thofelt
Rowing
Sweden had 12 male rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1960.
Men's coxless pair Gösta Eriksson Lennart Hansson
Men's coxed pair Gösta Eriksson Lennart Hansson Owe Lostad (cox)
Men's coxed four Rune Andersson Lars-Eric Gustafsson Ulf Gustafsson Kjell Hansson Owe Lostad (cox)
Men's eight Rune Andersson Bengt-Åke Bengtsson Åke Berntsson Lars-Eric Gustafsson Ulf Gustafsson Kjell Hansson Per Hedenberg Ralph Hurtig Owe Lostad (cox) Sture Baatz (round one)
Sailing
Shooting
Nine shooters represented Sweden in 1960.
25 m pistol Jan Wallén Stig Berntsson
50 m pistol Torsten Ullman Leif Larsson
300 m rifle, three positions Anders Kvissberg Kurt Johansson
50 m rifle, three positions Anders Kvissberg Walther Fröstell
50 m rifle, prone Anders Kvissberg Kurt Johansson
Trap Rune Andersson Carl Beck-Friis
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPer-Ola Lindberg100 m freestyle 57.1 12 Q 56.4 6 Q 57.1 8Bengt Nordwall 58.5 27 Did not advancePer-Olof Ericsson400 m freestyle 4:41.2 22 colspan=2 Did not advanceSven-Göran Johansson 4:35.6 14 colspan=2 Did not advanceLars-Erik Bengtsson1500 m freestyle 18:19.7 11 colspan=2 Did not advanceBengt-Olov Almstedt100 m backstroke 1:05.9 =20 Did not advanceTommie Lindström200 m breaststroke 2:42.8 18 Did not advanceBernt Nilsson 2:45.7 23 Did not advanceHåkan Bengtsson200 m butterfly 2:25.0 17 Did not advanceSven-Göran JohanssonLars-Erik BengtssonBengt NordwallPer-Ola LindbergBengt-Olov Almstedt4 × 200 m freestyle 8:30.6 =7 Q colspan=2 8:31.0 6
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKarin Larsson100 m freestyle 1:06.3 16 Q 1:06.5 16 Did not advanceInger Thorngren 1:06.1 15 Q 1:05.5 =13 Did not advanceJane Cederqvist400 m freestyle 4:55.6 2 Q colspan=2 4:53.9 Bibbi Segerström 4:57.6 =5 Q colspan=2 5:02.4 8Barbro Eriksson200 m breaststroke 2:59.8 14 colspan=2 Did not advanceKarin Larsson100 m butterfly 1:15.0 14 colspan=2 Did not advanceKristina Larsson 1:13.0 8 Q colspan=2 1:13.6 7Inger ThorngrenKarin LarssonKristina LarssonBibbi Segerström4 × 100 m freestyle 4:27.3 6 Q colspan=2 4:25.1 6
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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