1932 Summer Olympics / Participant (Sweden)
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Sweden took part in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles with a delegation of 81 athletes (78 men and 3 women) in 51 competitions in twelve competitions.
The Swedish athletes won nine gold, five silver and nine bronze medals. Olympic champions were the sports shooter Bertil Rönnmark in the prone position with a small-bore rifle, the modern pentathlete Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna , the sailors Tore Holm , Martin Hindorff , Olle Åkerlund and Åke Bergqvist in the 6-meter class and the wrestler Erik Malmberg in the lightweight, Ivar Johansson in the welterweight, Carl Westergren in the light heavyweight and Rudolf Svensson in the heavyweight (each in Greco-Roman style) as well as Ivar Johansson in the middleweight and Johan Richthoff in the heavyweight (each in the freestyle).
Participants by sport
Boxing
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Allan Carlsson
- Featherweight: bronze
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Thure Ahlqvist
- Lightweight: bronze
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Nils Althin
- Welterweight: eliminated in the second round
fencing
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Sven Thofelt
- Foil: 9th place
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Stig Lindström
- Foil: 12th place
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Bo Lindman
- Foil: eliminated in the semi-finals
Art competitions
- Martin Westerberg
- Maud von Rosen-Engberg
- Gösta von Hennigs
- Tore Strindberg
- Axel Sjöberg
- Eigil Schwab
- Anshelm Schultzberg
- Helmer Osslund
- Alice Nordin
- John Lundqvist
- Lundin is different
- Vicke Lindstrand
- Bruno Liljefors
- Georg Lagerstedt
- Gustav Arvid Knöppel
- Arvid Källström
- Oscar Hullgren
- Edward Hald
- Isaac Grünewald
- Simon Gate
- Carl Fagerberg
- Carl Elmberg
- Carl Eldh
- Conrad Carlman
- Gosta Carell
- Stig Blomberg
- Gustaf Birch-Lindgren
- Acke Åslund
- David Wallin
athletics
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Kell Areskoug
- 400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 400 m hurdles: 6th place
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Sten Pettersson
- 400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 400 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
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Eric Ny
- 1500 m: 5th place
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Folke Skoog
- 1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Jean-Gunnar Lindgren
- 5000 m: 5th place
- 10,000 m: 6th place
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Erik Pettersson
- 5000 m: 9th place
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Eric Svensson
- Long jump: 4th place
- Triple jump: silver
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Ossian Skiold
- Hammer throw: 4th place
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Gunnar Jansson
- Hammer throw: 7th place
Modern pentathlon
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Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna
- Single: gold
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Bo Lindman
- Single: silver
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Sven Thofelt
- Singles: 4th place
Cycling
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Bernhard Britz
- Road race: bronze
- Team ranking: bronze
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Sven Höglund
- Road race: 8th place
- Team ranking: bronze
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Arne Berg
- Road race: 20th place
- Team ranking: bronze
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Folke Nilsson
- Road race: 21st place
horse riding
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Thomas Byström
- Dressage: 4th place
- Dressage team: silver
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Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern junior
- Dressage: 8th place
- Dressage team: silver
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Bertil Sandström
- Dressage: 10th place
- Dressage team: silver
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Clarence von Rosen junior
- Show jumping: bronze
- Versatility: bronze
- Show jumping team: eliminated
- Versatility team: eliminated
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Ernst Hallberg
- Show jumping: 5th place
- Versatility: 5th place
- Show jumping team: eliminated
- Versatility team: eliminated
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Arne Francke
- Show jumping: eliminated
- Versatility: Eliminated
- Show jumping team: eliminated
- Versatility team: eliminated
Wrestling
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Herman Tuvesson
- Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place
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Oscar Lindelof
- Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place
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Erik Malmberg
- Lightweight, Greco-Roman: gold
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Ivar Johansson
- Greterweight, Greco-Roman: Gold
- Middleweight, Freestyle: Gold
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Axel Cadier
- Middleweight, Greco-Roman: bronze
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Rudolf Svensson
- Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: Gold
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Carl Westergren
- Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: gold
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Bror Vingren
- Bantamweight, freestyle: 7th place
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Einar Karlsson
- Featherweight, freestyle: bronze
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Gustaf Klarén
- Lightweight, freestyle: bronze
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Ludvig Lindblom
- Welterweight, freestyle: 6th place
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Thure Sjöstedt
- Light heavyweight, freestyle: silver
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Johan Richthoff
- Heavyweight, freestyle: gold
shoot
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Bertil Rönnmark
- Small caliber rifle lying 50 m: gold
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Gustaf Andersson
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 5th place
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Karl August Larsson
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 8th place
swim
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Eskil Lundahl
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Sigfrid Heyner
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
sailing
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Sven Thorell
- Snowbird: 9th place
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Gunnar Asther
- Star: bronze
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Daniel Sundén-Cullberg
- Star: bronze
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Tore Holm
- 6 meter class: gold
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Olle Åkerlund
- 6 meter class: gold
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Åke Bergqvist
- 6 meter class: gold
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Martin Hindorff
- 6 meter class: gold
Diving
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Ingeborg Sjöqvist
- 10 m high diving: 4th place
Web links
- Swedish Olympic team from 1932 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )