1920 Summer Olympics / Participant (Sweden)

SWE

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Sweden took part in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp with a delegation of 260 athletes (247 men and thirteen women) in 100 competitions in 18 sports.

Participants by sport

ice Hockey

• 4th Place

• Wilhelm Arwe
• Erik Burman
• Seth Howander
• Albin Jansson
• Georg Johansson
• Einar Lindqvist
• Einar Lundell
• Hansjacob Mattsson
• Nils Molander
• David Säfwenberg
• Einar Svensson

figure skating

Men Gillis Grafström Gold single Ulrich Salchow

Women Magda Julin Gold single Svea Norén Silver single

fencing

• Knut Enell
• Carl Gripenstedt
• Nils Erik Hellsten
• Gustaf Lindblom
• Einar Råberg
• Hans Törnblom
• Bertil Uggla
• David Warholm

Soccer

• Placement round

• Bergström rune
• Herbert Karlsson
• Albin Dahl
• Karl Gustafsson
• Einar Halling-Johansson
• Fritjof Hillén
• Valdus Lund
• Bertil Nordenskjöld
• Albert Öijermark
• Albert Olsson
• Mauritz Sandberg
• Vidar Stenborg
• Ragnar Wicksell
• Robert Zander

Weightlifting

• Rikard Brunn
• Erik Carlsson
• Gustav Eriksson
• Martin Olofsson
• Albert Pettersson

  Bronze middleweight

• Erik Pettersson

  Bronze light-heavyweight

athletics

• Erik Abrahamsson

  Bronze long jump

• Knut Alm

  Bronze Cross Country Team

• Erik Almlöf

  Bronze triple jump

• Eric Backman

  Bronze 5000 m

  Bronze 3000 m team

  Silver cross-country run single

  Bronze Cross Country Team

• Nils Bergström
• Gosta Bladin
• Erik Blomqvist
• Anatole Bolin
• Carl-Axel Christiernsson
• Bo Ekelund

  Bronze high jump

• Hilding Ekman

  Bronze Cross Country Team

• Nils Engdahl

  Bronze 400 m

• Allan Eriksson
• Rudolf Falk
• Rolf Franksson
• Hans Granfelt
• William Greener
• Axel-Erik Gyllenstolpe
• Lars Hedwall

  Bronze Cross Country Team

• Georg Högström
• Gösta Holmér
• Agne Holmström

  Bronze 4 x 100 m

• Josef Holsner

  Bronze 3000 m team

• Goran Hultin
• Hans Jagenburg
• Bertil Jansson
• Folke Jansson

  Silver triple jump

• Elis Johansson
• Gustav Chin
• Fritz Kiölling
• Sven Krokström
• Hugo Lilliér
• Carl Johan Lind

  Bronze weight throw

  Silver hammer throw

• Nils Linde
• Elof Lindström
• Georg Lindström
• Gunnar Lindström
• Erik Lindvall
• Sven Emil Lundgren

  Bronze 3000 m team

• Emanuel Lundström
• Werner Magnusson

  Bronze Cross Country Team

• Sven Malm

  Bronze 4 x 100 m

• Gustaf Mattsson

  Bronze Cross Country Team

• Johan Mattsson
• Einar Nilsson
• Evert Nilsson
• Bertil Ohlson

  Bronze decathlon

• Robert Olsson
• William Petersson

  Bronze 4 x 100 m

  Gold long jump

• Sven Runström
• Ernfrid Rydberg
• Ivar Sahlin
• Nils Sandström

  Bronze 4 x 100 m

• Hans Schuster
• Eric Sundblad
• Thorvig Svahn
• Carl-Enock Svensson
• Malcolm Svensson
• Einar Thulin
• Lars Erik Tirén
• Rudolf Wåhlin
• Edvin Wide

  Bronze 3000 m team

• Oscar Zallhagen
• John Zander

  Bronze 3000 m team

Modern pentathlon

• Gustaf Dyrssen

  Gold single

• Erik de Laval

  Silver single

• Gosta Runö

  Bronze single

• Bengt Uggla

Cycling

• Sigfrid Lundberg

  Silver road racing team

• Ragnar Malm

  Silver road racing team

• Axel Persson

  Silver road racing team

• Harry Stenqvist

  Gold road race singles

  Silver road racing team

horse riding

• Nils Åkerblom
• Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern senior
• Georg von Braun

  Gold eventing team

• Gustaf Dyrsch
• Allan Ekman
• Wilhelm of Essen
• Carl Green

  Bronze Art Riding Team

• Gustaf Kilman
• Claës King

  Gold jumping team

• Herman Kristoffersson
• Carl Gustaf Lewenhaupt

  Bronze individual jumping

• Janne Lundblad

  Gold dressage singles

• Åge Lundström

  Silver eventing individual

  Gold eventing team

• Mårtensson is different

  Bronze Art Riding Team

• Frank Martin

  Gold jumping team

• Helmer Mörner

  Gold eventing individual

  Gold eventing team

• Oscar Nilsson
• Oskar Nilsson

  Bronze Art Riding Team

• Daniel Norling

  Gold jumping team

• Hans von Rosen

  Bronze dressage singles

  Gold jumping team

• Bertil Sandström

  Silver dressage singles

• Lars von Stockenström

Wrestling

• Ahlgren is different
• Otto Borgström
• Edvin Fältström
• Claes Johansson

  Gold light heavyweight Greco-Roman

• Not so Larsson

  Gold light heavyweight freestyle

• Holger Lindberg
• Gottfrid Lindgren
• Ernst Nilsson

  Bronze heavyweight freestyle

• Gustaf Nilsson
• Sven Ohlsson
• Fritiof Svensson

  Bronze Greco-Roman featherweight

• Gottfrid Svensson

  Silver lightweight freestyle

• Carl Westergren

  Gold Middleweight Greco-Roman

rowing

• Axel Eriksson
• Gosta Eriksson
• Gunnar camp
• John Lager
• Nils Ljunglöf
• Nestor Östergren

shoot

• Andersson is different

  Silver Free Pistol 50m Crew

• Bror Andreasson
• Edward Benedicks

  Silver Running Target Double Shot Team

• Erik Blomqvist

  Bronze military rifle prone 600 m crew

• Olle Ericsson

  Bronze military rifle standing 300 m crew

• Mauritz Eriksson

  Silver military rifle lying 600 m

  Bronze military rifle prone 600 m crew

• Oscar Eriksson
• Gunnar Gabrielsson

  Silver Free Pistol 50m Crew

• Walfrid Hellman

  Bronze military rifle standing 300 m crew

• Ture Holmberg
• Sigvard Hultcrantz

  Silver Free Pistol 50m Crew

• Werner Jernström
• Hugo Johansson

  Gold military rifle lying 600 m

  Bronze military rifle prone 600 m crew

  Bronze military rifle standing 300 m crew

• Johnsson is different

  Silver Free Pistol 50m Crew

• Gustaf Adolf Jonsson

  Bronze military rifle prone 600 m crew

• As a child

  Bronze trap crew

• Viktor Knutsson
• Bengt Lagercrantz

  Silver Running Target Double Shot Team

• Leon Lagerlöf

  Bronze military rifle standing 300 m crew

• Fredric Landelius

  Silver running target double shot

  Silver Running Target Double Shot Team

  Bronze trap crew

• Karl Larsson
• Erik Lundqvist

  Bronze trap crew

• Erik Ohlsson

  Bronze military rifle prone 600 m crew

• Casimir Reuterskiöld

  Silver Free Pistol 50m Crew

• Karl Richter

  Bronze trap crew

• Erik Sökjer-Petersén

  Bronze trap crew

• Ragnar starlings
• Alfred Swahn

  Silver running target, single shot

  Silver Running Target Double Shot Team

  Bronze trap crew

• Oscar Swahn

  Silver Running Target Double Shot Team

swim

Men Robert Andersson Arne Borg Per Cederblom Olle Dickson Thor Henning Silver 200 m chest Silver 400 m chest Per Holmström Håkan Malmrot Gold 200 m chest Gold 400 m chest Frans Möller Orvar trolls

Women Aina Berg Bronze 4 x 100 m freestyle Jane Gylling Bronze 4 x 100 m freestyle Emy Machnow Bronze 4 x 100 m freestyle Carin Nilsson Bronze 4 x 100 m freestyle

sailing

The Swedish participants were unrivaled in their classes.

• Gold 30 m² class

• Gosta Bengtsson
• Gosta Lundquist
• Rolf Steffenburg

  Gold 40 m² class

• Tore Holm
• Yngve Holm
• Axel Rydin
• Georg Tengvall

  Silver 40 m² class

• Percy Almstedt
• Erik Mellbin
• Gustaf Svensson
• Ragnar Svensson

tennis

Men Olle Andersson Albert Lindqvist Sune Malmström Henning Muller Carl-Erik von Braun

Women Sigrid Fick Margareta Lindberg Lily Strömberg-von Essen

do gymnastics

• Gold team all- around

• Fausto Acke
• Albert Andersson
• Arvid Andersson
• Helge Backander
• Bengt Bengtsson
• Fabian Biörck
• Erik Charpentier
• Stubborn Ericsson
• Konrad Granström
• Helge Gustafsson
• Åke Häger
• Ture Hedman
• Sven Johnson
• Sven-Olof Jonsson
• Karl Lindahl
• Edmund Lindmark
• Bengt Morberg
• Frans Persson
• Klas Särner
• Curt Sjöberg
• Gunnar Söderlindh
• John Sorenson
• Alf Svensén
• Gösta Törner

Water polo

• bronze

• Erik Andersson
• Robert Andersson
• Will Andersson
• Nils Backlund
• Erik Bergqvist
• Max Gumpel
• Pontus Hanson
• Harald Julin
• Torsten Kumfeldt
• Theodor Nauman

Diving

Men Erik Adlerz Silver diving 5 m and 10 m Gustaf Blomgren Oscar can Gunnar Ekstrand Johan Jansson Bronze diving 3 m and 10 m Yngve Johnson Nils Skoglund Silver diving 3 m and 10 m Arvid Wallman Gold diving 3 m and 10 m

Women Marta Adlerz Selma Andersson Karin Leiditz Ewa Olliwier Bronze diving 4 m and 8 m

Web links

• Swedish Olympic team from 1920 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )