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

• Allan Carlsson

  Featherweight: bronze

• Thure Ahlqvist

  Lightweight: bronze

• Nils Althin

  Welterweight: eliminated in the second round

fencing

• Sven Thofelt

  Foil: 9th place

• Stig Lindström

  Foil: 12th place

• 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

• Kell Areskoug

  400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m hurdles: 6th place

• Sten Pettersson

  400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals

• Eric Ny

  1500 m: 5th place

• Folke Skoog

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Jean-Gunnar Lindgren

  5000 m: 5th place

  10,000 m: 6th place

• Erik Pettersson

  5000 m: 9th place

• Eric Svensson

  Long jump: 4th place

  Triple jump: silver

• Ossian Skiold

  Hammer throw: 4th place

• Gunnar Jansson

  Hammer throw: 7th place

Modern pentathlon

• Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna

  Single: gold

• Bo Lindman

  Single: silver

• Sven Thofelt

  Singles: 4th place

Cycling

• Bernhard Britz

  Road race: bronze

  Team ranking: bronze

• Sven Höglund

  Road race: 8th place

  Team ranking: bronze

• Arne Berg

  Road race: 20th place

  Team ranking: bronze

• Folke Nilsson

  Road race: 21st place

horse riding

• Thomas Byström

  Dressage: 4th place

  Dressage team: silver

• Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern junior

  Dressage: 8th place

  Dressage team: silver

• Bertil Sandström

  Dressage: 10th place

  Dressage team: silver

• Clarence von Rosen junior

  Show jumping: bronze

  Versatility: bronze

  Show jumping team: eliminated

  Versatility team: eliminated

• Ernst Hallberg

  Show jumping: 5th place

  Versatility: 5th place

  Show jumping team: eliminated

  Versatility team: eliminated

• Arne Francke

  Show jumping: eliminated

  Versatility: Eliminated

  Show jumping team: eliminated

  Versatility team: eliminated

Wrestling

• Herman Tuvesson

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place

• Oscar Lindelof

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• Erik Malmberg

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: gold

• Ivar Johansson

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: Gold

  Middleweight, Freestyle: Gold

• Axel Cadier

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: bronze

• Rudolf Svensson

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: Gold

• Carl Westergren

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: gold

• Bror Vingren

  Bantamweight, freestyle: 7th place

• Einar Karlsson

  Featherweight, freestyle: bronze

• Gustaf Klarén

  Lightweight, freestyle: bronze

• Ludvig Lindblom

  Welterweight, freestyle: 6th place

• Thure Sjöstedt

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: silver

• Johan Richthoff

  Heavyweight, freestyle: gold

shoot

• Bertil Rönnmark

  Small caliber rifle lying 50 m: gold

• Gustaf Andersson

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 5th place

• Karl August Larsson

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 8th place

swim

• Eskil Lundahl

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Sigfrid Heyner

  200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

sailing

• Sven Thorell

  Snowbird: 9th place

• Gunnar Asther

  Star: bronze

• Daniel Sundén-Cullberg

  Star: bronze

• Tore Holm

  6 meter class: gold

• Olle Åkerlund

  6 meter class: gold

• Åke Bergqvist

  6 meter class: gold

• Martin Hindorff

  6 meter class: gold

Diving

• 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 )