1908 Summer Olympics / Participant (Sweden)

SWE

8th	6th	11

Sweden participated in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London , Great Britain , with 172 athletes. The athletes were able to win eight gold, six silver and eleven bronze medals.

Medalist

Olympic champion

Surname	sport	competition
Ulrich Salchow	figure skating	Men
Eric Lemming	athletics	Javelin throw (center grip)
		Javelin throw (center grip)
Frithiof Mårtensson	Wrestling	Middle weight (up to 73 kg)
Oscar Swahn	shoot	Running deer single shot
Alfred Swahn Arvid Knöppel Oscar Swahn Ernst Rosell	shoot	Running stag single shot team
Gösta Åsbrink Carl Bertilsson Hjalmar Cedercrona Andreas Cervin Rudolf Degermark Carl Folcker Sven Forssman Erik Granfelt Carl Hårleman Hugo Jahnke Johan Jarlen Nils Robert Hellsten Gunnar Höjer Arvid Holmberg Carl Holmberg Osvald Holmberg Gustaf Johnsson Rolf Johnsson Sven Landsberg Olle Lanner Axel Ljung Nils von Kantzow Osvald Moberg Carl Norberg Erik Norberg Tor Norberg Axel Norling Daniel Norling Gustaf Olson Leonard Peterson Sven Rosén Gustaf Rosenquist Axel Sjöblom Birger Sörvik Håkon Sörvik Karl-Johan Svensson Karl-Gustaf Vingqvist Nils Widforss	do gymnastics	Team all-around
Hjalmar Johansson	Diving	Diving

Second

Surname	sport	competition
Richard Johansson	figure skating	Men
Mauritz Andersson	Wrestling	Middle weight (up to 73 kg)
Gustaf Adolf Jonsson Per-Olof Arvidsson Axel Jansson Gustav-Adolf Sjöberg Claës Rundberg Janne Gustafsson	shoot	Free rifle three position team
Vilhelm Carlberg Frans-Albert Schartau Johan Hübner from Holst Eric Carlberg	shoot	Small bore rifle crew
Carl Hellström Eric Sandberg Edmund Thormählen Erik Wallerius Harald Wallin	sailing	8 meter class
Karl Malmström	Diving	Diving

Third

Surname	sport	competition
Per Thorén	figure skating	Men
Otto Nilsson	athletics	Javelin throw (center grip)
Bruno Söderström	athletics	Pole vault
John Svanberg	athletics	5 miles (8047 m)
Oscar Swahn	shoot	Running stag double shot
Pontus Hanson	swim	200 m chest
Harald Julin	swim	100 m freestyle
Märtha Adlerstråhle	tennis	Single women hall
Wollmar Boström Gunnar Setterwall	tennis	Double men hall
Robert Andersson Erik Bergvall Pontus Hanson Harald Julin Torsten Kumfeldt Axel Runström Gunnar Wennerström	Water polo	Men
Arvid Spångberg	Diving	Diving

Participants by sport

figure skating

discipline	space	athlete	Points
Men
Men	Olympic champion	Ulrich Salchow	377.3
	Second	Richard Johansson	365.2
	Third	Per Thorén	357.4
Women	Fourth	Elna Montgomery	170.3

fencing

discipline	space	athlete	First round	Second round	Semifinals	final
Men
Epee single	Semi-finalist	Gustaf Lindblom	5-3 (second in Group I)	3-1 (first in group 5)	4-5 (sixth in group 2)	not reached
	First round	Eric Carlberg	3-3 (fourth in group A)	not reached
		Henry Peyron	3-3 (fourth in Group F)
		Birger Cnattingius	1-4 (fourth in group L)
		Pontus of Roses	3-4 (fifth in group A)
		Georg Branting	0-4 (fifth in group K)
		Gosta Olson	1-5 (sixth in group L)

discipline	space	Athletes	qualification	First round	Semifinals	final	Round of hope	Fencing for 2nd place
Men
Epee team	Sixth	Eric Carlberg Gustaf Lindblom Henry Peyron Pontus von Rosen	bye	Lost to Belgium 11-6 → Eliminated sixth	not reached		not qualified

Soccer

discipline	space	Athletes	First round	Semifinals	final	3rd place match
Men
Men	Fourth	Sune Almkvist , Nils Andersson , Karl Ansén , Oskar Bengtsson , Gustaf Bergström , Arvid Fagrell , Åke Fjästad , Karl Gustafsson , Valter Lidén , Hans Lindman (captain), Teodor Malm , Sven Ohlsson , Olle Ohlsson , Sven Olsson	Lost to Great Britain 4-0	not reached		Lost to Netherlands 2-0

athletics

discipline	space	Athlete (s)	leader	Semifinals	final
Men
100 m	Prelims	Knut Lindberg	11.2 s second, eighth forerun	not reached
		Knut Stenborg	11.5 s second, seventh forerun
		Karl Fryksdal	k. A. Third, twelfth preroll
200 m	Semi-finalist	Sven Låftman	23.8 s first, sixth forerun	DNS , second semifinals	not reached
	Prelims	Knut Stenborg	k. A. Fourth, second preroll	not reached
		Knut Lindberg	k. A. Fourth, eleventh preroll
400 m	Prelims	Sven Låftman	k. A. Third, fourth forerun	not reached
		Arvid ring beach	k. A. Third, 14th lead
800 m	Semi-finalist	Kristian Hellström	not carried out	k. A. Second, eighth semifinals	not reached
		Evert Bjorn		k. A. Third, First Semi-Final
	-	Edward Dahl		DNF -, Fifth Semi-Final
		Frank Danielson		DNF -, Sixth Semi-Final
1500 m	Semi-finalist	Edward Dahl	not carried out	k. A. Second, eighth semifinals	not reached
		Axel Andersson		k. A. Sixth, eighth semifinals
		Evert Bjorn		DNF -, Third Semi-Final
110 m hurdles	-	Oscar Lemming	DNF -, Sixth forerun	not reached
Olympic relay	Semi-finalist	Sven Laftman Knut Lindberg Knut Stenborg Evert Björn	not carried out	k. A. Second, first semifinals	not reached
3-mile team run (4828 m)	Semi-finalist	John Svanberg	not carried out	14: 57.0 Six points	not reached
		Georg Peterson		15: 14.4 Seven points
		Edward Dahl		15: 21.0 Eight points
	No place	Axel Wiegandt		15: 33.0 no points
		Seth Landqvist		15: 46.4 no points
5 miles (8047 m)	Third	John Svanberg	not carried out	25: 46.2 first, first semifinals	25: 37.2
	Ninth	Seth Landqvist		27: 00,2 first, third semifinals	k. A.
	Prelims	Georg Peterson		k. A. Third, fourth semifinals	not reached
	-	Edward Dahl		DNF -, Second Semi-Final
marathon	Eighth	John Svanberg	not carried out		3: 07: 50.8
	21st	Gustaf Törnros			3: 30: 20.8
	-	Seth Landqvist			DNF
		Johan Lindqvist			DNF
		JT Bergvall			DNS
		JGA Lundberg			DNS
		Georg Peterson			DNS
3500 m walking	seventh	Einar Rothman	not carried out	17: 40.2 third, second semifinals	17: 50.0
10 mile walk (16,093 m)	-	Einar Rothman	not carried out	DNF -, Second Semi-Final	not carried out
discipline	space	Athlete (s)			Height / width
Men
high jump	Eighth	Axel Hedenlund	not carried out		1.80 m
	16.	Folke Hellstedt			1.67 m
Long jump	Tenth	Gunnar Roenström	not carried out		6.66 m
	20th	Carl Silfverstrand			6.34 m
	21.-32.	Arvid ring beach			k. A.
		Hugo Wieslander			k. A.
Triple jump	seventh	Karl Fryksdal	not carried out		13.65 m
Pole vault	Third	Bruno Söderström	not carried out		3.58 m
	Tenth	Carl Silfverstrand			3.20 m
Standing vault	14th	Allan Bengtsson	not carried out		1.40 m
		Karl Fryksdahl			1.40 m
Stand long jump	fifth	Ragnar Ekberg	not carried out		3.19 m
discipline	space	Athlete (s)			Expanse
Men
Shot put	Ninth-25th	Hugo Wieslander	not carried out		k. A.
Discus throw (free style)	Twelfth-42nd	Folke Fleetwood	not carried out		k. A.
		Eric Lemming			k. A.
		Theodor Neijström			k. A.
		Otto Nilsson			k. A.
		Hugo Wieslander			k. A.
Hammer throw	Eighth	Eric Lemming	not carried out		43.06 m
	10th-19th	Robert Olsson			k. A.
Javelin throw (center grip)	Olympic champion	Eric Lemming	not carried out		51.92 m
	Third	Otto Nilsson			47.11 m
	Eighth-16th	Hugo Wieslander			k. A.
Discus throw (greek style)	Eleventh-23rd	Folke Fleetwood	not carried out		k. A.
		Eric Lemming			k. A.
Javelin throw (free style)	Olympic champion	Eric Lemming	not carried out		54.44 m
	fifth	Hugo Wieslander			47.56 m
	Tenth-33rd	Knut Lindberg			k. A.
		Otto Nilsson			k. A.

Cycling

discipline	space	Athlete (s)	Prelims	Semifinals	final
Men
660 yards (603,491 m)	Prelims	Andrew Hansen	k. A. Third, sixth forerun	not reached
20 km	Fifth-ninth	Andrew Hansen	not carried out	34: 53.6 first, fifth semifinals	k. A.
	Semi-finalist	Gustaf Westerberg		33: 41.4 third, sixth semifinals	not reached
100 km	Ninth-17th	Andrew Hansen	not carried out	2: 50: 21.4 first, first semifinals	DNF
		Gustaf Westerberg		k. A. Third, Second Semi-Finals	DNF

Wrestling

discipline	space	athlete	First round	Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals	Final battle for 3rd place
Men
Lightweight (up to 66.6 kg) (Greco-Roman style)	four	Gunnar Persson	bye	Defeated Blount	Defeated Maróthy	Lost to Porro	Lost to Lindén
	fifth	Gustaf Malmström	Defeated McKenzie	Defeated Bruseker	Lost to Porro	not reached
	Ninth	Carl Erik Lund	bye	Lost to Orlov	not reached
Middleweight (up to 73 kg) (Greco-Roman style)	Olympic champion	Frithiof Mårtensson	Defeated Bechynê	Defeated Bradshaw	Defeated Larsson	Defeated Andersen	Defeated Andersson
	Second	Mauritz Andersson	Defeated S. Bacon	Defeated Beck	Defeated Eriksen	Defeated Jósepsson	Lost to Mårtensson
	fifth	Axel Frank	bye	Defeated Demin	Lost to Jósepsson	not reached
	17th	Harry Challstorp	Lost to Beck	not reached
Lightweight (up to 93 kg) (Greco-Roman style)	fifth	Fritz Larsson	Defeated Christiansen	Defeated Wijbrands	Lost to Weckman	not reached
Middleweight (up to 73 kg) (freestyle)	Fourth	Carl Andersson	not carried out	bye	Defeated Craige	Lost to Relwyskow	Lost to Beck
	Ninth	Harry Challstorp		Lost to Relwyskow	not reached

shoot

discipline	space	Athet	Points
Men
Army rifle	34.	Ossian Jörgensen	77
	43.	Erik Ohlsson	54
	44.	Fredrik Mossberg	48
	46.	Ernst Rosell	27
Free rifle three position fight	Fourth	Gustav-Adolf Sjöberg	874
	fifth	Janne Gustafsson	872
	seventh	Axel Jansson	843
	Twelfth	Per-Olof Arvidsson	823
	15th	Gustaf Adolf Jonsson	812
	23.	Fredrik Mossberg	761
	28.	Erik Ohlsson	751
	50.	Ossian Jörgensen	420
Free rifle three position team	Second	Gustaf Adolf Jonsson Per-Olof Arvidsson Axel Jansson Gustav-Adolf Sjöberg Claës Rundberg Janne Gustafsson	4711
Army rifle crew	fifth	Claës Rundberg Ossian Jörgensen Janne Gustafsson Per-Olof Arvidsson Axel Jansson Gustaf Adolf Jonsson	2213
Small caliber rifle lying	Tenth	Vilhelm Carlberg	370
	18th	Johan Hübner from Holst	349
Small bore rifle moving target	Eighth	Otto von Rosen	18th
	15th	Eric Carlberg	9
		Vilhelm Carlberg	9
		Johan Hübner from Holst	9
	-	Frans-Albert Schartau	DNF
Small bore rifle disappearing target	seventh	Vilhelm Carlberg	45
	Ninth	Eric Carlberg	42
		Otto von Rosen	42
		Frans-Albert Schartau	42
	15th	Johan Hübner from Holst	39
Small bore rifle crew	Second	Vilhelm Carlberg Frans-Albert Schartau Johan Hübner from Holst Eric Carlberg	737
Running deer single shot	Olympic champion	Oscar Swahn	25th
	Eleventh	Ernst Rosell	17th
Running stag double shot	Third	Oscar Swahn	38
	Eighth	Ernst Rosell	27
Running stag single shot team	Olympic champion	Alfred Swahn Arvid Knöppel Oscar Swahn Ernst Rosell	86
Revolver and pistol	18th	Frans-Albert Schartau	436
	20th	Vilhelm Carlberg	432
	27.	Johan Hübner from Holst	408
	33.	Eric Carlberg	396
	35.	Otto von Rosen	386
Rapid fire gun crew	fifth	Vilhelm Carlberg Eric Carlberg Johan Hübner from Holst Frans-Albert Schartau	1732
Target shooting	25th	Alfred Swahn	22nd
	27.	Edward Benedicks	19th

swim

discipline	space	athlete	Preliminary round	Semifinals	final
Men
100 m freestyle	Third	Harald Julin	1: 12.0 first, fourth forerun	1: 10.2 second, first semifinals	1: 08.0
	Prelims	Robert Andersson	k. A. Third-fifth, third run	not reached
400 m freestyle	Prelims	Robert Andersson	6: 28.0 second, second heat	not reached
		Vilhelm Andersson	k. A. Fourth, first preroll
1500 m freestyle	leader	Gunnar Wennerström	27: 15.4 Second, First Prelim	not reached
		Gustaf Wretman	28: 40.8 third, sixth forerun
		Vilhelm Andersson	27: 34.4 fourth, second forerun
100 m back	Prelims	Gustaf Wretman	k. A. Third, sixth forerun	not reached
200 m chest	Third	Pontus Hanson	3: 15.0 second, fourth heat	3: 13.0 second, second semifinals	3: 14.6
	Semi-finalist	Wilhelm Persson	3: 17.6 first, second heat	k. A. Third, Second Semi-Finals	not reached
	Prelims	Hjalmar Johansson	3: 21.2 second, third heat	not reached
		Per Fjästad	3: 31.4 second, fifth forerun
		Torsten Kumfeldt	3: 24.6 second, sixth heat
		Max Gumpel	k. A. Third, first preroll
		Adolf Andersson	k. A. Third, seventh forerun
4 × 200 m freestyle	Semi-finalist	Gustaf Wretman Gunnar Wennerström Harald Julin Adolf Andersson	not carried out	k. A. Third, Second Semi-Finals	not reached

sailing

discipline	space	Athletes
Men
6 meter class	fifth	Freja Karl-Einar Sjögren , Birger Gustafsson , Jonas Jonsson
8 meter class	Second	Vinga Carl Hellström , Edmund Thormählen , Erik Wallerius , Eric Sandberg , Harald Wallin
	fifth	Saga John Carlsson , Edvin Hagberg , Hjalmar Lönnroth , Karl Ljungberg , August Olsson

Tug of war

discipline	space	Athletes	Quarter finals	Semifinals	final
Men	Fourth	Albrekt Almqvist , Frans Fast , Carl-Emil Johansson , Emil Johansson , Knut Johansson , Karl Krook , Karl-Gustaf Nilsson , Anders Wollgarth	bye	Lost to Great Britain Liverpool Police	not reached

tennis

discipline	space	athlete	First round	Second round	Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals	final
Men
Single (hall)	fifth	Wollmar Boström	not carried out		bye	Lost to Eaves	not reached
		Gunnar Setterwall			Defeated Escombe	Lost to Caridia
Double (hall)	Third	Wollmar Boström Gunnar Setterwall	not carried out			bye	Lost to Caridia / Simond	not reached
Women
Single (hall)	Third	Märtha Adlerstråhle	not carried out		not carried out	bye	Lost to Greene	not reached
	Fourth	Elsa Wallenberg				Defeated Coles	Lost to Eastlake-Smith

do gymnastics

discipline	space	athlete	Points
Men
Team all-around	Olympic champion	Gösta Åsbrink , Carl Bertilsson , Andreas Cervin , Hjalmar Cederkrona , Rudolf Degermark , Carl Folcker , Sven Forssman , Erik Granfelt , Carl Hårleman , Nils Robert Hellsten , Gunnar Höjer , Arvid Holmberg , Carl Holmberg , Osvald Holmberg , Hugo Jahnke , John Jarlén , Gustaf Johnsson , Rolf Johnsson , Nils Kantzow , Sven Landberg , Olle Lanner , Axel Ljung , Osvald Moberg , Carl Norberg , Erik Norberg , Thor Norberg , Axel Norling , Daniel Norling , Gösta Olsson , Leonard Peterson , Sven Rosén , Gustav Rosenqvist , Axel Sjöblom , Birger Sörvik , Håkon Sörvik , Karl Johan Svensson , Gustav Vinqvist , Nils Widforss	438

Water polo

discipline	space	Athletes	Quarter finals	Semifinals	final
Men
Men	Third	Robert Andersson , Erik Bergvall , Pontus Hanson , Harald Julin , Torsten Kumfeldt , Axel Runström , Gunnar Wennerström	bye	Lost to Belgium 8-4	not reached

Diving

discipline	space	athlete	Preliminary round	Semifinals	final
Men
Diving	Olympic champion	Hjalmar Johansson	78.40 points first, second group	80.75 points first, second semifinals	83.75 points
	Second	Karl Malmström	73.95 points second, second group	67.00 points second, first semifinals	78.73 points
	Third	Arvid Spangberg	79.20 points first, fourth group	72.30 points first, first semifinals	74.00 points
	Fourth	Robert Andersson	73.55 points first, fifth group	66.75 points second, second semifinals	68.30 points
	Eighth	Hilmer Löfberg	68.90 points first, third group	59.18 points fourth, first semifinals	not reached
	Ninth	Harald Arbin	76.80 points second, fourth group	52.81 points fifth, first semifinals
	Eleventh	Erik Adlerz	74.10 points third, first group	not reached
	15th	Gunnar Vingqvist	65.70 points fourth, fourth group
	17th	Sigfrid Larsson	64.80 points third, third group
	20th	Axel Runström	57.60 points fourth, fifth group
Jumping	14th	Karl Malmström	70.30 points fourth, third group	not reached
	20th	Sigfrid Larsson	64.50 points fifth, fourth group

Web links

• Olympic team of Sweden 1908 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).