Sweden at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Sweden at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  SWE
NOC Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté
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At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 4		 Gold
12		 Silver
13		 Bronze
10		 Total
35
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Sweden competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

  • John Mikaelsson — Athletics, Men's 10km Walk
  • Gert Fredriksson — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
  • Hans von Blixen-Finecke Jr — Equestrian, Three-Day Event
  • Folke Frölén, Olof Stahre, and Hans von Blixen-Finecke Jr — Equestrian, Three-Day Team Event
  • Henri Saint Cyr — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
  • Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Gehnåll Persson, and Henri Saint Cyr — Equestrian, Dressage Team
  • William Thoresson — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
  • Gun Röring, Ingrid Sandahl, Hjördis Nordin, Ann-Sofi Pettersson, Göta Pettersson, Evy Berggren, Vanja Blomberg, and Karin Lindberg — Gymnastics, Women's Team Portable Apparatus
  • Lars Hall — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual
  • Axel Grönberg — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
  • Olle Anderberg — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
  • Vikim Palm — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • Ingo Johansson — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
  • Lars Glassér and Ingemar Hedberg — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs
  • Gert Fredriksson — Canoeing, Men's K1 10.000m Kayak Singles
  • Gunnar Åkerlund and Hans Wetterström — Canoeing, Men's K2 10.000m Kayak Pairs
  • Bengt Ljungquist, Lennart Magnusson, Berndt-Otto Rehbinder, Per Hjalmar Carleson, Sven Fahlman, and Carl Forssell — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
  • Claes Egnell, Lars Hall, and Thorsten Lindqvist — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team
  • Knut Holmqvist — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
  • Olof Sköldberg — Shooting, Men's Running Deer, Single & Double Shot
  • Gustav Freij — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
  • Gösta Andersson — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
  • Per Gunnar Berlin — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight
  • Bertil Antonsson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
  • Erland Almkvist, Sidney Boldt-Christmas, and Per Gedda — Sailing, Men's Dragon

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Cycling

[edit] 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)

[edit] Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Frank Landqvist
  • Preliminary Round — 60.11 points (→ 23rd place)
  • Gunnar Johansson
  • Preliminary Round — 59.11 points (→ 27th place)

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