Sweden at the Olympics

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Sweden at the
Olympics
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IOC codeSWE
NOCSwedish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
205
Silver
222
Bronze
234
Total
661
Summer appearances
  • 1896
  • 1900
  • 1904
  • 1908
  • 1912
  • 1920
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2004
  • 2008
  • 2012
  • 2016
  • 2020
Winter appearances
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1994
  • 1998
  • 2002
  • 2006
  • 2010
  • 2014
  • 2018
  • 2022
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Sweden first participated at the Olympic Games at the inaugural 1896 Games, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then with one exception, the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics. Sweden has earned medals at all Olympic games except for two, the 1896 Games and the 1904 Games (the latter of which Sweden did not compete at). The only other nation having earned medals at every Olympic game since 1908 is Sweden's neighboring country Finland.

Sweden hosted the Games on one occasion, the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. The equestrian events of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne were held in Stockholm, due to quarantine reasons.

Swedish athletes have won a total of 503 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, and another 158 at the Winter Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee had Swedish officer and sports instructor Viktor Balck as one of its original members. The Swedish Olympic Committee was created and recognized in 1913.

Medal tables[]

  • Sweden hosted the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. Sweden also hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics Equestrian events in Stockholm.
*Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil. (1912)

Individual statistics[]

Most medals[]

According to official data of the Swedish Olympic Committee. This is a list of people who have won three or more Olympic gold medals for Sweden. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were awarded for top-three placings.

Athlete Sport Years Games Gender Gold Silver Bronze Total
Gert Fredriksson Canoeing 1948–1960 Summer M 6 1 1 8
Sixten Jernberg Cross-country skiing 1956–1964 Winter M 4 3 2 9
Gunde Svan Cross-country skiing 1984–1988 Winter M 4 1 1 6
Henri Saint Cyr Equestrian 1936–1960 Summer M 4 0 0 4
Thomas Wassberg Cross-country skiing 1976–1988 Winter M 4 0 0 4
Wilhelm Carlberg Shooting 1908–1924 Summer M 4 3 0 7
Charlotte Kalla Cross-country skiing 2010–2018 Winter W 3 6 0 9
Alfred Swahn Shooting 1908–1924 Summer M 3 3 3 9
Agneta Andersson Canoeing 1980–1996 Summer W 3 2 2 7
Oscar Swahn Shooting 1908–1920 Summer M 3 1 2 6
Gillis Grafström Figure skating 1920–1932 Winter M 3 1 0 4
Tomas Gustafson Speed skating 1980–1992 Winter M 3 1 0 4
Marcus Hellner Cross-country skiing 2010–2014 Winter M 3 1 0 4
Ivar Johansson Wrestling 1928–1936 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Eric Lemming Athletics 1900–1912 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Daniel Norling Equestrian / Gymnastics 1908–1920 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Carl Westergren Wrestling 1920–1932 Summer M 3 0 0 3

Most appearances[]

Athlete Sport Years Games Gender No. of part.
Kerstin Palm Fencing 1964–1988 Summer W 7
Ragnar Skanåker Shooting 1972–1996 Summer M 7
Jörgen Persson Table tennis 1988–2012 Summer M 7
Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén Equestrian 1992–2016 Summer W 7
Carl-Erik Eriksson Bobsleigh 1964–1984 Winter M 6
Fredrik Lööf Sailing 1992–2012 Summer M 6
Lars Frölander Swimming 1992–2012 Summer M 6
Therese Alshammar Swimming 1996–2016 Summer W 6

Age records[]

Record Athlete Age Games Sport Event
Oldest medalist Oscar Swahn 72 years, 279 days 1920 Summer Olympics Shooting Men's 100 metre team running deer, double shots
Carl August Kronlund 58 years, 157 days 1924 Winter Olympics Curling Men's tournament
Youngest medalist Nils Skoglund 14 years, 11 days 1920 Summer Olympics Diving Men's plain high diving
Kim Martin Hasson 15 years, 348 days 2002 Winter Olympics Ice hockey Women's tournament
Oldest participant Oscar Swahn 72 years, 281 days 1920 Summer Olympics Shooting Men's 100 metre running deer, single shots
Carl August Kronlund 58 years, 157 days 1924 Winter Olympics Curling Men's tournament
Youngest participant Greta Carlsson 14 years, 2 days 1912 Summer Olympics Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle
Jennie-Lee Burmansson 15 years, 220 days 2018 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiing Women's slopestyle

Hosted Games[]

Sweden has hosted the Games on one occasion. In 1956, the equestrian competitions were held in Stockholm.

Games Host city Dates Nations Participants Events Note
1912 Summer Olympics Stockholm 6–22 July 28 2,406 102
1956 Summer Olympics (equestrian) Stockholm 11–17 June 29 159 6 Shared with Melbourne, Australia

Unsuccessful bids[]

Games Proposed host city Result Games awarded to
1984 Winter Olympics Gothenburg Third place in IOC voting Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
1988 Winter Olympics Falun Runner-up in IOC voting Calgary, Canada
1992 Winter Olympics Falun Third place in IOC voting Albertville, France
1994 Winter Olympics Östersund Runner-up in IOC voting Lillehammer, Norway
1998 Winter Olympics Östersund Third place in IOC voting Nagano, Japan
2002 Winter Olympics Östersund (bid) Runner-up in IOC voting Salt Lake City, United States
2004 Summer Olympics Stockholm Fourth place in IOC voting Athens, Greece
2022 Winter Olympics Stockholm (bid) Cancelled bid Beijing, China
2026 Winter Olympics Stockholm (bid) Runner-up in IOC voting Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

Summary by sport[]

Summer sports[]

Sweden has participated in most summer sports, but they have yet to participate in: Field hockey, Rugby football (neither Rugby sevens or the discontinued discipline Rugby union), Sport climbing and Surfing.

Sweden never participated in the following discontinued sports: Baseball/Softball, Basque pelota, Cricket, Croquet, Jeu de paume, Karate, Lacrosse, Polo, Rackets, Roque and Water motorsports.

Aquatics[]

For aquatics disciplines, follow these links: Artistic swimming, Diving, Swimming and Water polo.

Archery[]

Archery was included in the Olympic programme between 1900 and 1920. Sweden first participated in 1972, the same year archery returned to the programme after a 52-year absence. Sweden has participated in the sport every time since then. Sweden has won two silver medals in the sport. Gunnar Jervill won the silver medal in men's individual in 1972 and Magnus Petersson won the silver medal in men's individual in 1996. The best placements in women's events were 5th by Jenny Sjövall in women's individual in 1988 and by her together with in Lise-Lotte Djerf and Kristina Persson-Nordlander in women's team in 1992.

Games Archers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1972 Munich 5 2/2 0 1 0 1
1976 Montreal 4 2/2 0 0 0 0
1980 Moscow 3 2/2 0 0 0 0
1984 Los Angeles 5 2/2 0 0 0 0
1988 Seoul 6 4/4 0 0 0 0
1992 Barcelona 3 2/4 0 0 0 0
1996 Atlanta 6 4/4 0 1 0 1
2000 Sidney 6 4/4 0 0 0 0
2004 Athens 3 2/4 0 0 0 0
2008 Beijing 1 1/4 0 0 0 0
2012 London 1 1/4 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 1 1/4 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 1 1/5 0 0 0 0
Total 0 2 0 2

Artistic swimming[]

Artistic swimming has been included in the Olympic programme since 1984. Sweden has participated once, in 1988 Marie Jacobsson participated in women's solo and finished 9th. There are no men's events in the sport.

Games Swimmers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1988 Seoul 1 1/2 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

Athletics[]

Sweden first competed in track and field athletics in 1896, sending 1 athlete (Henrik Sjöberg) who competed in four events. Sweden's first medal in the sport was a bronze in the 1900 marathon by Ernst Fast.

Sweden has earned 21 gold and 84 total medals in athletics, its second most successful sport after wrestling (28 gold and 86 total). Sweden is tied with Australia for 11th-most golds in the sport (with Australia ranked higher in most sources due to having more silver medals), while its total medal count would place it 8th.

Sweden has had two medal sweeps in the sport. Sweden swept men's triple jump at home soil in 1912. Sweden also swept men's 3000 metres steeplechase in 1948, which is Sweden's most recent medal sweep in any Olympic event. Sweden also got gold, silver and bronze in men's decathlon in 1912, but the gold is shared with an American athlete.

The Swedish athlete with most participations in the sport was John Ljunggren who participated in 5 Olympic Games between 1948 and 1964.

Games Athletes Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1896 Athens 1 4/12 0 0 0 0
1900 Paris 8 11/23 0 0 1 1
2012 London 9 8/47 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 16 13/47 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 21 15/48 2 1 0 3
Total 21 22 41 84

Swedish athletes also won 2 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze medals in athletics at the 1906 Intercalated Games. IOC has retroactively decided to no longer recognize those games as official Olympic games.

Badminton[]

Badminton has been included in the Olympic programme since 1992. Sweden has participated in the sport in every time it has been included in the Olympic programme. Sweden has yet to win any medals in the sport. The best placements were 5th, first by Catrine Bengtsson and Maria Bengtsson in women's doubles in 1992, then equaled by Fredrik Bergström and Johanna Persson in mixed doubles in 2004.

Games Players Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1992 Barcelona 8 4/4 0 0 0 0
1996 Atlanta 10 5/5 0 0 0 0
2000 Sidney 6 3/5 0 0 0 0
2004 Athens 3 2/5 0 0 0 0
2008 Beijing 1 1/5 0 0 0 0
2012 London 1 1/5 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 1 1/5 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 1 1/5 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

Basketball[]

Basketball has been included in the Olympic programme since 1936. Sweden has participated once, in 1980. Sweden men's national basketball team participated in men's 5x5 and finished 10th.

Team basketball[]

Games Players Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1980 Moscow 12 1/2 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

3x3 Basketball[]

3x3 basketball has been included in the Olympic programme since 2020, but Sweden has yet to participate in the discipline.

Boxing[]

Boxing has been included in the Olympic programme since 1904 with the exception of the 1912 Games. Sweden first participated in 1924 and has participated most times since then.

They have won eleven medals so far; five silver and six bronze. The silver medals were won by Nils Ramm in men's heavyweight in 1928, Thure Ahlqvist in men's lightweight in 1932, Gunnar Nilsson in men's heavyweight in 1948, Ingemar Johansson in men's heavyweight in 1952 and George Scott in men's lightweight in 1988.

The best placement in a women's event was by Anna Laurell Nash who finished shared 5th in women's middleweight in 2012.

Games Boxers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1924 Paris 5 4/8 0 0 0 0
1928 Amsterdam 8 8/8 0 1 1 2
1932 Los Angeles 3 3/8 0 1 1 2
1936 Berlin 4 4/8 0 0 1 1
1948 London 4 4/8 0 1 0 1
1952 Helsinki 7 7/10 0 1 1 2
1956 Melbourne 3 3/10 0 0 0 0
1960 Rome 2 2/10 0 0 0 0
1968 Mexico City 2 2/11 0 0 0 0
1972 Munich 2 2/11 0 0 1 1
1976 Montreal 3 3/11 0 0 0 0
1980 Moscow 6 6/11 0 0 0 0
1984 Los Angeles 6 6/12 0 0 0 0
1988 Seoul 6 6/12 0 1 1 2
1992 Barcelona 3 3/12 0 0 0 0
1996 Atlanta 6 6/12 0 0 0 0
2004 Athens 1 1/11 0 0 0 0
2008 Beijing 2 2/11 0 0 0 0
2012 London 3 3/13 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 1 1/13 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 2 2/13 0 0 0 0
Total 0 5 6 11

Canoeing[]

Slalom[]

Canoe slalom was first included in the Olympic programme in 1972. After that it didn't return until 1992, but it has remained in the programme since then.

Sweden has participated twice. Their best placement was by Erik Holmer who finished 9th in men's K1 in 2020. Sweden has so far not participated in women's events in the discipline.

Games Canoeists Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
2016 Rio de Janeiro 1 1/4 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 1 1/4 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

Sprint[]

Canoe sprint has been included in the Olympic programme since 1936. Sweden has participated in the discipline every time it has been included in the programme.

Sweden's most successful athlete in the discipline is Gert Fredriksson. He won 8 medals (6 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) and remains the most successful male canoeist of any country at the Olympic Games[1], and the most successful Swedish Olympian in any sport.[2] His Olympic titles came in K1 1000m and K1 10 000m in 1948, K1 1000m in 1952, K1 1000m and K1 10 000m in 1956, and K2 1000m together with Sven-Olov Sjödelius in 1960.

The second most successful Swedish caneoist is Agneta Andersson who won 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals. Her Olympic titles came in K1 500m in 1984, K2 500m with Anna Olsson in 1984, and K2 500m with Susanne Gunnarsson in 1996.

Sven-Olov Sjödelius is the remaining Swedish canoeist with two Olympic titles, aside from winning K2 1000m in 1960 with Gert Fredriksson (as listed above), he defended his title by winning K2 1000m in 1964 together with Gunnar Utterberg.

The most Olympic participations by a Swedish sprint canoeist is five, a record shared by three canoeists: Agneta Andersson (1980-1996), Anna Olsson (1984-2000) and Markus Oscarsson (1996-2012).

Games Canoeists Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1936 Berlin 9 6/9 1 0 1 2
1948 London 9 9/9 4 0 0 4
1952 Helsinki 10 9/9 1 3 0 4
1956 Melbourne 6 6/9 2 0 0 2
1960 Rome 6 5/7 1 0 1 2
1964 Tokyo 7 6/7 2 0 0 2
1968 Mexico City 11 6/7 0 0 0 0
1972 Munich 10 5/7 0 1 0 1
1976 Montreal 11 9/11 0 0 0 0
1980 Moscow 12 11/11 0 0 0 0
1984 Los Angeles 11 10/12 2 4 0 6
1988 Seoul 11 8/12 0 0 0 0
1992 Barcelona 13 10/12 0 2 1 3
1996 Atlanta 12 8/12 1 0 1 2
2000 Sidney 10 7/12 0 1 0 1
2004 Athens 5 4/12 1 0 0 1
2008 Beijing 3 4/12 0 0 0 0
2012 London 6 5/12 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 4 4/12 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 2 3/12 0 0 0 0
Total 15 11 4 30

Cycling[]

BMX freestyle[]

BMX freestyle has been included in the Olympic programme since 2020. Sweden has yet to participate in the discipline.

BMX racing[]

BMX racing has been included in the Olympic programme since 2008. Sweden has yet to participate in the discipline.

Mountain biking[]

Mountain biking has been included in the Olympic programme since 1996. Sweden has participated many times. They have won one medal so far; the gold medal Jenny Rissveds gained when she won the women's event in 2016. The best placement in a men's event was by Fredrik Kessiakoff who finished 12th in the men's event in 2004.

Games Cyclists Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1996 Atlanta 1 1/2 0 0 0 0
2004 Athens 2 2/2 0 0 0 0
2008 Beijing 2 1/2 0 0 0 0
2012 London 1 1/2 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 1 1/2 1 0 0 1
2020 Tokyo 1 1/2 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 0 1

Road cycling[]

Games Cyclists Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
2012 London 4 4/4 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 3 1/4 0 1 0 1
Total 3 5 8 16

Sweden also participated in road cycling at the 1906 Intercalated Games without winning any medals in the discipline. IOC has retroactively decided to no longer recognize those games as official Olympic games.

Track cycling[]

Track cycling has been included in the Olympic programme since the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics, with the exception of the 1912 Games held in Sweden.

The best placement was by Andrew Hansson who was one of 9 cyclists to reach the final but who failed to finish top 4 in men's 20 km in 1908.

Sweden has yet to participate in women's events in the discipline.

Games Cyclists Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1908 London 2 5/7 0 0 0 0
1936 Berlin 1 1/4 0 0 0 0
1952 Helsinki 4 1/4 0 0 0 0
1968 Mexico City 5 3/5 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

Sweden also participated in track cycling at the 1906 Intercalated Games without winning any medals in the discipline. IOC has retroactively decided to no longer recognize those games as official Olympic games.

Diving[]

Diving has been included in the Olympic programme since 1904. Sweden participated in the sport in every Olympic Games since 1908 except for 2016.

Sweden has had three medal sweeps in the sport; men's 10 metre platform in 1908 and men's plain high diving in 1912 and 1920.

Sweden's most successful athlete in the sport is Erik Adlerz who won gold in both men's 10 metre platform and men's plain high diving in 1912, and won silver in men's 10 metre platform in 1920. The second most successful athlete is Ulrika Knape who won gold in women's 10 metre platform and silver in women's 3 metre springboard in 1972 and silver in women's 10 metre platform in 1976.

The remaining Swedish Olympic champions in the sport are Hjalmar Johansson who won gold in men's 10 metre platform in 1908, Greta Johansson who won gold in women's 10 metre platform in 1912 and Arvid Wallman who won gold in men's plain high diving in 1920. The Swedish athlete with most participations in the sport was Anna Lindberg who participated in 5 Olympic Games between 1996 and 2012.

Games Divers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1908 London 10 2/2 1 1 1 3
1912 Stockholm 34 4/4 3 2 2 7
1920 Antwerp 12 4/5 1 2 2 5
1924 Paris 11 5/5 0 1 1 2
1928 Amsterdam 8 3/4 0 0 1 1
1932 Los Angeles 1 1/4 0 0 0 0
1936 Berlin 3 2/4 0 0 0 0
1948 London 3 3/4 0 0 0 0
1952 Helsinki 4 3/4 0 0 0 0
1956 Melbourne 2 2/4 0 0 0 0
1960 Rome 4 3/4 0 0 0 0
1964 Tokyo 2 2/4 0 0 0 0
1968 Mexico City 1 2/4 0 0 0 0
1972 Munich 2 2/4 1 1 0 2
1976 Montreal 3 2/4 0 1 0 1
1980 Moscow 2 2/4 0 0 0 0
1984 Los Angeles 2 2/4 0 0 0 0
1988 Seoul 2 2/4 0 0 0 0
1992 Barcelona 1 1/4 0 0 0 0
1996 Atlanta 3 3/4 0 0 0 0
2000 Sidney 1 1/8 0 0 0 0
2004 Athens 1 1/8 0 0 0 0
2008 Beijing 2 2/8 0 0 0 0
2012 London 2 2/8 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 1 1/8 0 0 0 0
Total 6 8 7 21

Sweden also participated in diving at the 1906 Intercalated Games without winning any medals in the discipline. IOC has retroactively decided to no longer recognize those games as official Olympic games.

Equestrian[]

The Swedish athlete with most participations in the sport was Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén who participated in 7 Olympic Games between 1992 and 2016.

Dressage[]

Sweden has had two medal sweeps in the discipline, individual dressage in 1912 and 1920.

Games Riders Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
2012 London 3 2/2 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 4 2/2 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 4 2/2 0 0 0 0
Total 7 5 7 19

Eventing[]

Games Riders Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
2012 London 5 2/2 0 1 0 1
2016 Rio de Janeiro 4 2/2 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 4 2/2 0 0 0 0
Total 7 4 3 14

Show jumping[]

Games Riders Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
2012 London 4 2/2 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 4 2/2 0 1 0 1
2020 Tokyo 4 2/2 1 1 0 2
Total 4 4 3 11

Discontinued disciplines[]

Equestrian driving was conducted during the 1900 Summer Olympics and equestrian vaulting during the 1920 Summer Olympics. Sweden didn't participate in any of the four events in 1900, but did participate in both events in 1920, winning bronze in team vaulting.

Games Riders Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1920 Antwerp 5 2/2 0 0 1 1
Total 0 0 1 1

Fencing[]

Fencing has been included in the Olympic programme since the inaugural 1896 Games. Sweden first participated in 1900 and has participated most times since then.

Sweden has won 7 medals in the sport; 2 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze. The first gold was won by Rolf Edling, Carl von Essen, Göran Flodström, Leif Högström and Hans Jacobson in men's team épée in 1976. The second was won by Johan Harmenberg in men's épée in 1980.

The best placement in a women's event was 5th, by Kerstin Palm in women's foil in 1968. Kerstin Palm is also the Swedish athlete with most participations in the sport. She became the first woman from any country to participate in 7 Olympic Games by participating in all Summer Games between 1964 and 1988.[3]

Games Fencers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1900 Paris 1 1/7 0 0 0 0
1908 London 7 2/4 0 0 0 0
1912 Stockholm 18 5/5 0 0 0 0
1920 Antwerp 8 3/6 0 0 0 0
1924 Paris 9 3/7 0 0 1 1
1928 Amsterdam 8 4/7 0 0 0 0
1932 Los Angeles 3 1/7 0 0 0 0
1936 Berlin 13 6/7 0 1 0 1
1948 London 8 4/7 0 0 1 1
1952 Helsinki 10 5/7 0 1 0 1
1956 Melbourne 5 2/7 0 0 0 0
1960 Rome 7 4/8 0 0 0 0
1964 Tokyo 7 3/8 0 0 0 0
1968 Mexico City 6 3/8 0 0 0 0
1972 Munich 6 4/8 0 0 0 0
1976 Montreal 7 4/8 1 0 0 1
1980 Moscow 6 3/8 1 0 0 1
1984 Los Angeles 6 3/8 0 1 0 1
1988 Seoul 11 5/8 0 0 0 0
1992 Barcelona 6 3/8 0 0 0 0
1996 Atlanta 2 2/10 0 0 0 0
2000 Sidney 1 1/10 0 0 0 0
2008 Beijing 1 1/10 0 0 0 0
Total 2 3 2 7

Sweden also participated in fencing at the 1906 Intercalated Games without winning any medals in the sport. IOC has retroactively decided to no longer recognize those games as official Olympic games.

Football[]

Games Footballers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
2012 London 18 1/2 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 36 2/2 0 1 0 1
2020 Tokyo 22 1/2 0 1 0 1
Total 1 2 2 5

Golf[]

Golf was originally included in the Olympic programme in 1900 and 1904 but without Swedish participation. Golf returned to the games in 2016, and Sweden has participated in it since. Henrik Stenson won a silver in men's individual in 2016, which is Sweden's only medal in the sport so far. Sweden's best placement in a women's event was by Anna Nordqvist who finished shared 11th in women's individual in 2016.

Games Golfers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
2016 Rio de Janeiro 4 2/2 0 1 0 1
2020 Tokyo 4 2/2 0 0 0 0
Total 0 1 0 1

Gymnastics[]

Artistic gymnastics[]

Sweden sent one gymnast to the first Games in 1896; he did not medal.

Games Gymnasts Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1896 Athens 1 1/8 0 0 0 0
2012 London 1 5/14 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 1 5/14 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 2 8/14 0 0 0 0
Total 5 2 1 8

Rhythmic gymnastics[]

Rhythmic gymnastics has been included in the Olympic programme since 1984. Sweden has participated once, in 1984. Viktoria Bengtsson finished 19th in women's rhythmic individual all-around.

Games Gymnasts Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1984 Los Angeles 1 1/1 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

Trampoline[]

Trampoline has been included in the Olympic programme since 2000. Sweden has yet to participate in the discipline.

Handball[]

Handball was included in the Olympic programme in 1936. It returned in 1972 and has remained in the Olympic programme ever since. Sweden first participated in 1972 and has participated in the sport in most Summer Olympic games since then. Sweden has won four medals, all silver, in the sport. Sweden men's national handball team managed to win those in the men's events in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2012. The best placements in the women's event was 4th which Sweden women's national handball team achieved in 2020.

Games Handballers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1972 Munich 16 1/1 0 0 0 0
1984 Los Angeles 15 1/2 0 0 0 0
1988 Seoul 15 1/2 0 0 0 0
1992 Barcelona 16 1/2 0 1 0 1
1996 Atlanta 16 1/2 0 1 0 1
2000 Sidney 15 1/2 0 1 0 1
2008 Beijing 15 1/2 0 0 0 0
2012 London 30 2/2 0 1 0 1
2016 Rio de Janeiro 30 2/2 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 30 2/2 0 0 0 0
Total 0 4 0 4

Judo[]

Games Judoka Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
2012 London 1 1/14 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 4 4/14 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 4 4/15 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

Modern pentathlon[]

Modern pentathlon has been included in the Olympic programme since 1912. Sweden participated in the sport in every Olympic Games from then until 2004. They participated in every event held in the sport from the start in 1912 until 2000.

Participation in the sport started remarkably well for Sweden with their three medal sweeps in the sport occurring in the first three events held: in 1912, 1920 and 1924. Sweden's most successful athlete in the sport is Lars Hall who won gold in men's individual in 1952 and 1956 and silver in men's team in 1952. The second most successful athlete is Bo Lindman who won gold in men's individual in 1924 and silver in men's individual in 1928 and 1932. The remaining Swedish Olympic champions in the sport are Gösta Lilliehöök who won in 1912, Gustaf Dyrssen in 1920, Sven Thofelt in 1928, Johan Oxenstierna in 1932, William Grut in 1948 and Björn Ferm in 1968, all in men's individual.

The sole Swedish woman to participate in modern pentathlon was Jeanette Malm who finished 17th in the women's event in 2000, the first Games where women were allowed to participate in the sport.

Games Pentathletes Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1912 Stockholm 12 1/1 1 1 1 3
1920 Antwerp 4 1/1 1 1 1 3
1924 Paris 4 1/1 1 1 1 3
1928 Amsterdam 3 1/1 1 1 0 2
1932 Los Angeles 3 1/1 1 1 0 2
1936 Berlin 3 1/1 0 0 0 0
1948 London 3 1/1 1 0 1 2
1952 Helsinki 3 2/2 1 1 0 2
1956 Melbourne 3 2/2 1 0 0 1
1960 Rome 3 2/2 0 0 0 0
1964 Tokyo 3 2/2 0 0 0 0
1968 Mexico City 3 2/2 1 0 0 1
1972 Munich 3 2/2 0 0 0 0
1976 Montreal 3 2/2 0 0 0 0
1980 Moscow 3 2/2 0 0 1 1
1984 Los Angeles 3 2/2 0 1 0 1
1988 Seoul 3 2/2 0 0 0 0
1992 Barcelona 3 2/2 0 0 0 0
1996 Atlanta 1 1/1 0 0 0 0
2000 Sidney 2 2/2 0 0 0 0
2004 Athens 1 1/2 0 0 0 0
Total 9 7 5 21

Rowing[]

Rowing has been included in the Olympic programme since 1900. Sweden first participated in 1912 and has participated in the sport in most summer games since then.

Sweden has won two medals in the sport; Bruhn-Möller, Brunkman, Dahlbäck, Rosvall and Wilkens won silver in men's coxed four, inriggers in 1912 and Aronsson, Eriksson, Gunnarsson, Göransson and Larsson won silver in men's coxed four in 1956.

The best placement in a women's event was 4th, by both Marie Carlsson and Carina Gustavsson in women's double sculls in 1984 and by Maria Brandin in women's single sculls in 1996. Maria Brandin is also the Swedish athlete that has most participations in the sport, she participated in 4 Olympic Games between 1988 and 2000.

Games Rowers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1912 Stockholm 28 3/4 0 1 0 1
1920 Antwerp 6 2/5 0 0 0 0
1936 Berlin 5 1/7 0 0 0 0
1948 London 3 2/7 0 0 0 0
1952 Helsinki 16 4/7 0 0 0 0
1956 Melbourne 9 2/7 0 1 0 1
1960 Rome 12 4/7 0 0 0 0
1972 Munich 1 1/7 0 0 0 0
1976 Montreal 3 2/14 0 0 0 0
1980 Moscow 7 3/14 0 0 0 0
1984 Los Angeles 8 4/14 0 0 0 0
1988 Seoul 8 4/14 0 0 0 0
1992 Barcelona 7 3/14 0 0 0 0
1996 Atlanta 9 4/14 0 0 0 0
2000 Sidney 3 2/14 0 0 0 0
2004 Athens 1 1/14 0 0 0 0
2008 Beijing 2 2/14 0 0 0 0
2012 London 2 2/14 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 1 1/14 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 1 1/14 0 0 0 0
Total 0 2 0 2

Sailing[]

The Swedish athlete with most participations in the sport was Fredrik Lööf who participated in 6 Olympic Games between 1992 and 2012.

Games Sailors Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
2012 London 14 8/10 1 0 1 2
2016 Rio de Janeiro 7 5/10 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 9 6/10 0 2 0 2
Total 10 14 13 37

Shooting[]

Shooting was included in the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympic programme and has been included in all Summer Games since then except for 1904 and 1928. Sweden first participated in 1908 and has participated in the sport every time it has been included in the programme since then.

Sweden has had two medal sweeps in the sport. During the 1912 Summer Olympics Sweden swept men's 25m small-bore rifle and men's 100 meter running deer, double shots. In the latter event Sweden took all the nine first places, which is the record for Sweden in any Olympic event.

Sweden has three triple Olympic champions in the sport, Vilhelm Carlberg, Alfred Swahn and Oscar Swahn.

Oscar Swahn and his son Alfred Swahn won men's team single-shot running dear in 1908 and men's 100m team running deer in 1912 together. Oscar Swahn also won men's single-shot running dear in 1908 while Alfred Swahn won men's 100m running deer, single shots.

Oscar Swahn is the oldest Olympic champion, oldest Olympic medalist and oldest Olympic athlete in any sport.[4]

Vilhelm Carlberg got all his three titles in 1912 by winning men's 30m team rapid fire pistol, men's 25m small-bore rifle and men's 25m team small-bore rifle.

Pia Hansen is the only Swedish woman to become Olympic champion in shooting, she won women's double trap in 2000.

The Swedish athlete with most participations in the sport is Ragnar Skanåker who participated in 7 Olympic Games between 1972 and 1996, winning four medals including the gold in mixed 50m pistol in 1972.

Games Shooters Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1908 London 19 14/15 2 2 1 5
1912 Stockholm 63 18/18 7 6 4 17
1920 Antwerp 29 17/21 1 6 3 10
1924 Paris 19 10/10 0 2 2 4
1932 Los Angeles 3 1/2 1 0 0 1
1936 Berlin 7 3/3 1 0 1 2
1948 London 11 4/4 0 0 3 3
1952 Helsinki 10 7/7 0 2 1 3
1956 Melbourne 8 6/7 0 1 1 2
1960 Rome 9 6/6 0 0 0 0
1964 Tokyo 6 6/6 0 0 0 0
1968 Mexico City 9 7/7 0 0 0 0
1972 Munich 10 8/8 1 0 0 1
1976 Montreal 11 7/7 0 0 0 0
1980 Moscow 8 6/7 0 1 1 2
1984 Los Angeles 14 11/11 0 1 0 1
1988 Seoul 15 12/13 0 1 0 1
1992 Barcelona 7 8/13 0 0 1 1
1996 Atlanta 3 4/15 0 0 0 0
2000 Sidney 6 10/17 2 0 0 2
2004 Athens 8 7/17 0 0 0 0
2008 Beijing 2 2/15 0 0 0 0
2012 London 4 3/15 0 1 0 1
2016 Rio de Janeiro 3 2/15 0 1 0 1
2020 Tokyo 1 1/15 0 0 0 0
Total 15 24 18 57

Swedish athletes also won one silver and one bronze medal in shooting at the 1906 Intercalated Games. IOC has retroactively decided to no longer recognize those games as official Olympic games.

Skateboarding[]

Skateboarding was first introduced at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The only Swedish participant so far was Oskar Rozenberg who finished 17th in men's park.

Games Skateboarders Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
2020 Tokyo 1 1/4 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

Swimming[]

Long course swimming[]

Sweden first competed in swimming in 1900, with one swimmer in three events winning no medals. The most participations in the sport by Swedish athletes were 6, by Lars Frölander between 1992 and 2012, and Therese Alshammar between 1996 and 2016.

Games Swimmers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1900 Paris 1 3/7 0 0 0 0
2012 London 11 15/34 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 11 14/34 1 1 1 3
2020 Tokyo 10 14/35 0 1 0 1
Total 9 16 14 39

Sweden also participated in swimming at the 1906 Intercalated Games without winning any medals in the discipline. IOC has retroactively decided to no longer recognize those games as official Olympic games.

Marathon swimming[]

Marathon swimming has been included in the Olympic programme since 2008. Sweden has participated once, Eva Berglund participated in the women's event in 2008 and finished 18th.

Games Swimmers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
2008 Beijing 1 1/2 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

Table tennis[]

Table tennis has been included in the Olympic programme since 1988. Sweden has participated every time. They have won three medals so far; one gold, one silver and one bronze.

Jan-Ove Waldner won gold in men's singles in 1992 and silver in men's singles in 2000. Erik Lindh won a bronze medal in men's singles in 1988. The best placement in a women's event was by Åsa Svensson who finished shared ninth in women's singles in 2000.

The Swedish athlete with most participations in the sport was Jörgen Persson who participated in 7 Olympic Games between 1988 and 2012.

Games Players Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1988 Seoul 4 2/4 0 0 1 1
1992 Barcelona 6 4/4 1 0 0 1
1996 Atlanta 7 4/4 0 0 0 0
2000 Sidney 6 4/4 0 1 0 1
2004 Athens 3 2/4 0 0 0 0
2008 Beijing 3 2/4 0 0 0 0
2012 London 3 2/4 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 5 3/4 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 5 3/5 0 0 0 0
Total 1 1 1 3

Taekwondo[]

Taekwondo has been included in the Olympic programme since 2000. Sweden has participated in the sport several times since then but has yet to win any medals in the sport.

The best placement was 4th by Roman Livaja in men's middleweight in 2000. The best placement in a women's event was 5th, both by Karolina Kedzierska in women's heavyweight in 2008 and by Nikita Glasnović in women's featherweight in 2016.

Games Practitioners Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
2000 Sidney 2 2/8 0 0 0 0
2008 Beijing 2 2/8 0 0 0 0
2012 London 2 2/8 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 2 2/8 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

Tennis[]

Tennis was originally included in the Olympic programme between 1896 and 1924. Tennis returned to the games in 1988 and has remained in the programme since then. Sweden's first participation came in 1908, and Sweden has participated in the sport every time it has been included in the programme since then. Sweden has won eight medals in the sport, three silver and five bronze. The Swedish tennis player with most Olympic medals was Gunnar Setterwall who won two silver medals and two bronze medals. With Sigrid Fick he won silver in mixed outdoor doubles and bronze in mixed indoor doubles in 1912. He also won silver with Carl Kempe in men's indoor doubles the same year and bronze with Wollmar Boström in men's indoor doubles in 1908. Sweden's remaining silver medal was won by Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson in men's doubles in 2008.

Games Players Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1908 London 4 3/6 0 0 2 2
1912 Stockholm 17 8/8 0 2 1 3
1920 Antwerp 8 5/5 0 0 0 0
1924 Paris 4 5/5 0 0 0 0
1988 Seoul 3 3/4 0 0 2 2
1992 Barcelona 6 4/4 0 0 0 0
1996 Atlanta 4 2/4 0 0 0 0
2000 Sidney 5 2/4 0 0 0 0
2004 Athens 4 2/4 0 0 0 0
2008 Beijing 5 3/4 0 1 0 1
2012 London 3 3/5 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 1 1/5 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 1 1/5 0 0 0 0
Total 0 3 5 8

Triathlon[]

Triathlon has been included in the Olympic programme since 2000. Sweden has one medal in the sport so far, Lisa Nordén earned the silver medal in the women's event in 2012. Sweden's sole participation in men's events so far was by Joachim Willén who finished 35th in the men's event in 2000.

Games Triathletes Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
2000 Sidney 1 1/2 0 0 0 0
2008 Beijing 1 1/2 0 0 0 0
2012 London 1 1/2 0 1 0 1
2016 Rio de Janeiro 1 1/2 0 0 0 0
Total 0 1 0 1

Tug of war[]

Tug of War was contested five times, from the 1900 Olympic games in Paris until the 1920 Olympic games in Antwerp. Sweden participated twice as its own team - in 1908 and at home in Stockholm in 1912, where Sweden won the gold medal.

At the 1900 Games, three Swedish athletes teamed up with three Danish athletes to form a mixed team that won the gold medal in tug of war.

There were no women's events held in the sport.

Games Competitors Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1908 London 8 1/1 0 0 0 0
1912 Stockholm 8 1/1 1 0 0 1
Total 1 0 0 1

Sweden also won the bronze medal in tug of war at the 1906 Intercalated Games. IOC has retroactively decided to no longer recognize those games as official Olympic games.

Volleyball[]

Beach volleyball[]

Beach volleyball has been included in the Olympic programme since 1996. Sweden has participated three times. The best placement was by Björn Berg and Simon Dahl who finished 9th in the men's event in 2004. Sweden has so far not participated in women's events in the discipline.

Games Volleyballers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1996 Atlanta 2 1/2 0 0 0 0
2000 Sidney 2 1/2 0 0 0 0
2004 Athens 2 1/2 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

Indoor volleyball[]

Indoor volleyball has been included in the Olympic programme since 1964. Sweden has participated once, Sweden men's national volleyball team finished 7th in the men's event in 1988.

Games Volleyballers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1988 Seoul 12 1/2 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

Water polo[]

Games Players Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
Total 0 1 2 3

Weightlifting[]

Weightlifting was first included in the Olympic programme at the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics. It was excluded from the 1900, 1908 and 1912 Games but have been included every other time. Sweden first participated in the sport in 1920 and has participated most times since then.

Sweden has won four medals in the sport, all bronze. Albert Pettersson won bronze in men's middleweight in 1920 and Erik Pettersson won bronze in men's light heavyweight the same year. Gösta Magnusson won bronze in men's light heavyweight in 1948 and Hans Bettembourg won bronze in men's middle heavyweight in 1972.

Sweden's best placement in a women's event was by Patricia Strenius who finished 4th in women's light heavyweight in 2020.

Games Weightlifters Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1920 Antwerp 6 5/5 0 0 2 2
1924 Paris 5 5/5 0 0 0 0
1928 Amsterdam 2 2/5 0 0 0 0
1936 Berlin 2 2/5 0 0 0 0
1948 London 4 4/6 0 0 1 1
1952 Helsinki 7 7/7 0 0 0 0
1956 Melbourne 1 1/7 0 0 0 0
1960 Rome 1 1/7 0 0 0 0
1964 Tokyo 3 3/7 0 0 0 0
1968 Mexico City 2 2/7 0 0 0 0
1972 Munich 2 2/9 0 0 1 1
1976 Montreal 5 4/9 0 0 0 0
1980 Moscow 6 5/10 0 0 0 0
1984 Los Angeles 6 5/10 0 0 0 0
1988 Seoul 3 3/10 0 0 0 0
1992 Barcelona 5 4/10 0 0 0 0
1996 Atlanta 2 2/10 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 1 1/15 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 1 1/14 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 4 4

Sweden also participated in weightlifting at the 1906 Intercalated Games without winning any medals in the sport. IOC has retroactively decided to no longer recognize those games as official Olympic games.

Wrestling[]

Freestyle[]

Games Wrestlers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
2012 London 3 3/11 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 4 4/12 0 0 2 2
2020 Tokyo 2 2/12 0 0 0 0
Total 8 10 10 28

Greco-Roman[]

Games Wrestlers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
2012 London 3 3/7 0 0 2 2
2016 Rio de Janeiro 3 3/6 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 1 1/6 0 0 0 0
Total 20 17 21 58

Winter sports[]

Sweden has participated in all winter sports except Skeleton.

Alpine skiing[]

Alpine skiing has been included in the Olympic programme since 1936. Sweden has participated in the sport in every time except for 1960.

Sweden's most successful Olympic athletes in alpine skiing are Pernilla Wiberg (2 gold, 1 silver), Ingemar Stenmark (2 gold, 1 bronze) and Anja Pärson (1 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze).

Pernilla Wiberg won her gold medals in women's giant slalom in 1992 and women's combined in 1994. Ingemar Stenmark won both men's giant slalom and men's slalom in 1980. Anja Pärson won gold in women's slalom in 2006.

Sweden's remaining Olympic champions in alpine skiing are Frida Hansdotter who won women's slalom in 2018 and André Myhrer who won men's slalom the same year.

The most Olympic participations in the sport by Swedish athletes are 5, by Fredrik Nyberg between 1992 and 2006, and by Patrik Järbyn between 1994 and 2010.

Games Alpine skiers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 1/2 0 0 0 0
1948 St. Moritz 6 6/6 0 0 0 0
1952 Oslo 9 6/6 0 0 0 0
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 8 6/6 0 0 1 1
1964 Innsbruck 4 3/6 0 0 0 0
1968 Grenoble 6 5/6 0 0 0 0
1972 Sapporo 4 6/6 0 0 0 0
1976 Innsbruck 4 2/6 0 0 1 1
1980 Lake Placid 6 4/6 2 0 0 2
1984 Sarajevo 8 3/6 0 0 0 0
1988 Calgary 12 7/10 0 0 1 1
1992 Albertville 8 6/10 1 0 0 1
1994 Lillehammer 11 10/10 1 0 0 1
1998 Nagano 7 10/10 0 1 0 1
2002 Salt Lake City 9 9/10 0 1 1 2
2006 Turin 13 10/10 1 0 3 4
2010 Vancouver 13 10/10 0 0 2 2
2014 Sochi 12 7/10 0 0 0 0
2018 Pyeongchang 10 7/11 2 0 0 2
2022 Beijing 8 -/11 - - - -
Total 7 2 9 18

Biathlon[]

Biathlon events were conducted at the 1924 Winter Olympics under the designation military patrol, without Swedish participation. Biathlon returned to the games in 1960. Sweden participated then and has continued to do so ever since. There was only one biathlon event in the 1960 Winter Olympics. Klas Lestander won the gold in that event, men's individual, and thus won Sweden's first gold in biathlon.

Sweden's most successful athletes in the sport are Anna-Carin Olofsson-Zidek, Sebastian Samuelsson and Hanna Öberg who each have one gold and one silver medal in the sport. Anna-Carin Olofsson-Zidek won gold in women's mass start and silver in women's sprint in 2006. Sebastian Samuelsson won silver in men's pursuit and gold together with Peppe Femling, Fredrik Lindström and Jesper Nelin in men's relay in 2018. Hanna Öberg won gold in women's individual and silver together with Mona Brorsson, Anna Magnusson and Linn Persson in women's relay in 2018. Björn Ferry is the remaining Swedish biathlete to win Olympic gold, he won men's pursuit in 2010.

Games Biathletes Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1960 Squaw Valley 4 1/1 1 0 0 1
1964 Innsbruck 4 1/1 0 0 0 0
1968 Grenoble 5 2/2 0 0 1 1
1972 Sapporo 4 2/2 0 0 1 1
1976 Innsbruck 4 2/2 0 0 0 0
1980 Lake Placid 4 3/3 0 0 0 0
1984 Sarajevo 5 3/3 0 0 0 0
1988 Calgary 4 3/3 0 0 0 0
1992 Albertville 10 6/6 0 0 2 2
1994 Lillehammer 10 6/6 0 0 0 0
1998 Nagano 8 6/6 0 0 0 0
2002 Salt Lake City 5 7/8 0 0 2 2
2006 Turin 6 9/10 1 1 0 2
2010 Vancouver 10 10/10 1 0 0 1
2014 Sochi 5 5/11 0 0 0 0
2018 Pyeongchang 10 11/11 2 2 0 4
2022 Beijing 11 11/11 - - - -
Total 5 3 6 14

Bobsleigh[]

Bobsleigh has been included in the Olympic programme since the inaugural 1924 Winter Olympics, with the exception of the 1960 Games. Sweden first participated in the sport in 1952 and has participated several times since then.

Sweden's best placement in the sport is 6th, by Fernström, Holmström, Landgren and Lapidoth in four-man in 1952 and by Carl-Erik Eriksson and Jan Johansson in two-man in 1972.

The best placement in a women's event was 14th, by Lina Engren and Karin Margareta Olsson in two-woman in 2002.

The Swedish athlete with most participations in the sport was Carl-Erik Eriksson who participated in 6 Olympic Games between 1964 and 1984.

Games Bobsledders Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1952 Oslo 9 2/2 0 0 0 0
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 9 2/2 0 0 0 0
1964 Innsbruck 6 2/2 0 0 0 0
1968 Grenoble 6 2/2 0 0 0 0
1972 Sapporo 4 2/2 0 0 0 0
1976 Innsbruck 4 2/2 0 0 0 0
1980 Lake Placid 4 2/2 0 0 0 0
1984 Sarajevo 4 2/2 0 0 0 0
1988 Calgary 2 1/2 0 0 0 0
1994 Lillehammer 4 2/2 0 0 0 0
2002 Salt Lake City 2 1/3 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

Cross-country skiing[]

Sweden has had three medal sweeps in the sport, men's 50 km in 1928 and 1936 as well as men's 18 km in 1948.

The Swedish athlete with most participations in the sport was Torgny Mogren who participated in 5 Olympic Games between 1984 and 1998.

1924-2022

Curling[]

Curling was included in the Olympic programme during the inaugural 1924 Winter Olympics. It didn't return until 1998, but has remained in the Games since then. Sweden has participated in the sport every time it has been included in the programme.

Sweden has won three gold medals in the sport. Its most successful athletes are Anna Le Moine, Cathrine Lindahl, Eva Lund and Anette Norberg and who won two gold medals together in the women's event; in 2006 with Ulrika Bergman and in 2010 with Kajsa Bergström. Sweden's third gold was won by Anna Hasselborg, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs, Sara McManus and Jennie Wåhlin in the women's event in 2018.

Sweden's best result in the men's event was in 1924 and 2018 when they won silver. The most successful male athlete from Sweden is Niklas Edin who was skip for the teams that won silver in the men's event in 2018 and the bronze in the men's event in 2014.

Games Curlers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1924 Chamonix 8 1/1 0 1 0 1
1998 Nagano 10 2/2 0 0 1 1
2002 Salt Lake City 10 2/2 0 0 0 0
2006 Turin 10 2/2 1 0 0 1
2010 Vancouver 10 2/2 1 0 0 1
2014 Sochi 10 2/2 0 1 1 2
2018 Pyeongchang 10 2/3 1 1 0 2
2022 Beijing 11 3/3 - - - -
Total 3 3 2 8

Figure skating[]

Figure skating was first included in the Olympic programme in the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympics. It was moved to the Winter Olympics with the inaugural 1924 Winter Olympics and has been included in every Winter Olympic Games. Sweden did participate in the sport in its inaugural 1908 competitions and has participated most times since then.

Sweden has had one medal sweep in the sport, men's singles during the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Sweden's most successful athlete in the sport was Gillis Grafström who won gold in men's singles in 1920, 1924 and 1928 and silver in the same discipline in 1932. He's the only figure skater with four medals in the same event.[5] He's also the Swedish figure skater with most Olympic participations in the sport with those four.

The other two Swedish Olympic champions in the sport are Ulrich Salchow who won gold in men's singles in 1908 and Magda Julin who won gold in ladies' singles in 1920.

Games Figure skaters Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1908 London 4 2/4 1 1 1 3
1920 Antwerp 4 2/3 2 1 0 3
1924 Chamonix 1 1/3 1 0 0 1
1928 St. Moritz 1 1/3 1 0 0 1
1932 Lake Placid 2 2/3 0 1 0 1
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 1/3 0 0 1 1
1952 Oslo 2 1/3 0 0 0 0
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1 1/3 0 0 0 0
1964 Innsbruck 1 1/3 0 0 0 0
1968 Grenoble 1 1/3 0 0 0 0
1972 Sapporo 1 1/3 0 0 0 0
1980 Lake Placid 1 1/4 0 0 0 0
1984 Sarajevo 2 2/4 0 0 0 0
1988 Calgary 2 2/4 0 0 0 0
1992 Albertville 1 1/4 0 0 0 0
1998 Nagano 1 1/4 0 0 0 0
2006 Turin 1 1/4 0 0 0 0
2010 Vancouver 1 1/4 0 0 0 0
2014 Sochi 2 2/5 0 0 0 0
2018 Pyeongchang 1 1/5 0 0 0 0
2022 Beijing 2 2/5 - - - -
Total 5 3 2 10

Freestyle skiing[]

1992-2022

Ice hockey[]

Ice hockey was first included in the Olympic programme in the 1920 Summer Olympics. It was moved to the Winter Olympics with the inaugural 1924 Winter Olympics and has been included in every Winter Olympic Games.

Sweden has participated in every event in the sport except for the 1932 men's tournament (due to the Great Depression)[6] and the 1976 men's tournament due to a boycott against amateur rules.

Sweden's men's team has won the gold twice, in 1994 and in 2006. Sweden's women's team's best result was in 2006 when they won the silver.

Sweden's most successful athletes in the sport are Peter Forsberg, Jörgen Jönsson and Kenny Jönsson with two gold medals. Sweden's most successful women athletes were 11 players who participated in 2002 winning bronze and 2006 winning silver. The Swedish athlete with most participations in the sport was Daniel Alfredsson who participated in 5 Olympic Games between 1998 and 2014.[7]

Games Players Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1920 Antwerp 11 1/1 0 0 0 0
1924 Chamonix 10 1/1 0 0 0 0
1928 St. Moritz 12 1/1 0 1 0 1
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 13 1/1 0 0 0 0
1948 St. Moritz 16 1/1 0 0 0 0
1952 Oslo 17 1/1 0 0 1 1
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 17 1/1 0 0 0 0
1960 Squaw Valley 17 1/1 0 0 0 0
1964 Innsbruck 17 1/1 0 1 0 1
1968 Grenoble 18 1/1 0 0 0 0
1972 Sapporo 20 1/1 0 0 0 0
1980 Lake Placid 20 1/1 0 0 1 1
1984 Sarajevo 20 1/1 0 0 1 1
1988 Calgary 22 1/1 0 0 1 1
1992 Albertville 23 1/1 0 0 0 0
1994 Lillehammer 23 1/1 1 0 0 1
1998 Nagano 43 2/2 0 0 0 0
2002 Salt Lake City 43 2/2 0 0 1 1
2006 Turin 44 2/2 1 1 0 2
2010 Vancouver 44 2/2 0 0 0 0
2014 Sochi 46 2/2 0 1 0 1
2018 Pyeongchang 48 2/2 0 0 0 0
2022 Beijing 48 2/2 - - - -
Total 2 4 5 11

Luge[]

Luge has been included in the Olympic programme since 1964. Sweden first participated in the sport in 1968 and has participated several times since then.

Sweden's best placement in the sport is 6th, by Hans Kohala and Carl-Johan Lindqvist in doubles in 1992.

The best placement in a women's event was 13th, both by Berit Salomonsson in women's singles in 1968 and Agneta Lindskog in women's singles in 1980.

Games Lugers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1968 Grenoble 5 3/3 0 0 0 0
1976 Innsbruck 5 3/3 0 0 0 0
1980 Lake Placid 4 3/3 0 0 0 0
1984 Sarajevo 2 2/3 0 0 0 0
1988 Calgary 2 1/3 0 0 0 0
1992 Albertville 3 2/3 0 0 0 0
1994 Lillehammer 5 2/3 0 0 0 0
1998 Nagano 3 2/3 0 0 0 0
2002 Salt Lake City 2 2/3 0 0 0 0
2022 Beijing 2 2/4 - - - -
Total 0 0 0 0

Nordic combined[]

Nordic combined has been included in the Olympic programme since the inaugural 1924 Winter Games. Sweden participated in the inaugural games and participated many times in the beginning but they have not participated in the sport since the 1972 Games.

Sweden has won two medals in the sport. Bengt Eriksson won silver at the individual event in 1956 and Sven Israelsson won bronze in the individual event in 1948.

There are no women's events in the sport.

Games Skiers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1924 Chamonix 3 1/1 0 0 0 0
1928 St. Moritz 1 1/1 0 0 0 0
1932 Lake Placid 2 1/1 0 0 0 0
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 3 1/1 0 0 0 0
1948 St. Moritz 3 1/1 0 0 1 1
1952 Oslo 2 1/1 0 0 0 0
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1 1/1 0 1 0 1
1960 Squaw Valley 2 1/1 0 0 0 0
1972 Sapporo 1 1/1 0 0 0 0
Total 0 1 1 2

Short track speed skating[]

Short track speed skating was introduced to the Olympic programme in 1992. Sweden has participated in the sport 3 times. The best placement was by Martin Johansson who finished 7th in men's 500 metres in 1994. Sweden has yet to participate in women's events in the sport.

Games Skaters Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1994 Lillehammer 1 2/6 0 0 0 0
1998 Nagano 1 2/6 0 0 0 0
2002 Salt Lake City 1 3/8 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

Ski jumping[]

Ski jumping has been included in the Olympic programme since the inaugural 1924 Winter Games. Sweden has participated most times since then.

Sweden has obtained two medals in the sport. Sven Selånger won silver in the event in 1936 and Karl Holmström won bronze in the event in 1952.

Sweden has yet to participate in any women's events in the sport, but is scheduled to compete in the 2022 Games.

Games Ski jumpers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1924 Chamonix 4 1/1 0 0 0 0
1928 St. Moritz 4 1/1 0 0 0 0
1932 Lake Placid 3 1/1 0 0 0 0
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 4 1/1 0 1 0 1
1948 St. Moritz 4 1/1 0 0 0 0
1952 Oslo 4 1/1 0 0 1 1
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 4 1/1 0 0 0 0
1960 Squaw Valley 4 1/1 0 0 0 0
1964 Innsbruck 4 2/2 0 0 0 0
1968 Grenoble 5 2/2 0 0 0 0
1972 Sapporo 2 2/2 0 0 0 0
1976 Innsbruck 2 2/2 0 0 0 0
1980 Lake Placid 1 2/2 0 0 0 0
1988 Calgary 4 3/3 0 0 0 0
1992 Albertville 5 3/3 0 0 0 0
1994 Lillehammer 5 3/3 0 0 0 0
2022 Beijing 1 1/5 - - - -
Total 0 1 1 2

Snowboarding[]

Snowboarding has been included in the Olympic programme since 1998. Sweden has participated in the sport in every time it has been included in the Olympic programme. Sweden has won one medal in the sport so far, Richard Richardsson won silver in men's parallel giant slalom in 2002. The best placement in a women's event was by Maria Danielsson who finished 6th in women's snowboard cross in 2006.

Games Snowboarders Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1998 Nagano 10 4/4 0 0 0 0
2002 Salt Lake City 11 4/4 0 1 0 1
2006 Turin 14 6/6 0 0 0 0
2010 Vancouver 1 1/6 0 0 0 0
2014 Sochi 2 1/10 0 0 0 0
2018 Pyeongchang 2 2/10 0 0 0 0
2022 Beijing 2 1/11 - - - -
Total 0 1 0 1

Speed skating[]

The Swedish athlete with most participations in the sport was Örjan Sandler who participated in 5 Olympic Games between 1964 and 1980.

1924–1994, 2002-2022

See also[]

  • List of flag bearers for Sweden at the Olympics
  • List of Swedish Olympic medalists
  • Category:Olympic competitors for Sweden
  • Sweden at the Paralympics

References[]

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  4. ^ "Swahn's way leads to double shooting gold". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  5. ^ "Gillis Grafström". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
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