1936 Summer Olympics / Participant (Sweden)
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Sweden took part in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with a delegation of 150 athletes (143 men and seven women) in 79 competitions in sixteen sports. There were also twenty-one other participants (including a woman) in the art competitions.
Participants by sport
Boxing
Men
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Sture Hållberg
- Flyweight: 1st round
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Stig Cederberg
- Bantamweight: 4th place
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Erik Ågren
- Lightweight: bronze
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Olle Tandberg
- Heavyweight: quarter-finals
fencing
Men
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Women
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Soccer
Men
- Round of 16
- Squad
- reserve
Weightlifting
Men
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Jens Björklund
- Lightweight: 12th place
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Stefan Lindeberg
- Middleweight: 9th place
canoe
Men
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Joel Ramqvist
- Kayak single, 1000 meters: 5th place
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Nils Wallin
- Kayak single, 10,000 meters: 9th place
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Sixten Jansson & Gunnar Lundqvist
- Two kayaks, 1000 meters: disqualified in the final
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Days Fahlborg & Helge Larsson
- Kayak twos, 10,000 meters: bronze
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Lennart Dozzi
- Kayak single (folding boat), 10 kilometers: 4th place
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Erik Bladström & Sven Johansson
- Kayak double (folding boat), 10 kilometers: gold
athletics
Men
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Women
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Modern pentathlon
Men
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Sven Thofelt
- Singles: 4th place
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George of Boisman
- Singles: 10th place
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Low tide Gyllenstierna
- Individual: 16th place
Cycling
Men
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Arne Berg
- Road race, individual: 16th place
- Road race, team: unknown
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Berndt Carlsson
- Road race, individual: unknown
- Road race, team: unknown
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Ingvar Ericsson
- Road race, individual: unknown
- Road race, team: unknown
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Sven Johansson
- Road race, individual: DNF
- Road race, team: unknown
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Jonas Persson
- 1000 meter time trial: 17th place
horse riding
Men
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Gregor Adlercreutz
- Dressage, individual: 4th place
- Dressage, team: bronze
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Sven Colliander
- Dressage, individual: 11th place
- Dressage, team: bronze
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Folke Sandström
- Dressage, individual: 15th place
- Dressage, team: bronze
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Arne Francke
- Jumping, singles: 25th place
- Jumping, team: DNF
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Rolf Örn
- Jumping, singles: 32nd place
- Jumping, team: DNF
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Gustav Adolf Hereditary Prince of Sweden
- Jumping, singles: DNF
- Jumping, team: DNF
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Carl-Adam Stjernswärd
- Eventing, individual: 11th place
- Eventing, team: DNF
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Henri Saint Cyr
- Eventing, individual: 25th place
- Eventing, team: DNF
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Gustaf Nyblaeus
- Eventing, individual: DNF
- Eventing, team: DNF
Wrestling
Men
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Egon Svensson
- Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: silver
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Einar Karlsson
- Featherweight, Greco-Roman: bronze
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Herbert Olofsson
- Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place
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Rudolf Svedberg
- Greterweight, Greco-Roman: Gold
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Ivar Johansson
- Middleweight, Greco-Roman: silver
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Axel Cadier
- Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: Gold
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John Nyman
- Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: silver
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Herman Tuvesson
- Bantamweight, freestyle: 4th place
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Gösta Jönsson-Frändfors
- Featherweight, freestyle: bronze
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God Melin
- Lightweight, freestyle: 3rd round
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Thure Andersson
- Welterweight, freestyle: silver
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Ludvig Lindblom
- Middleweight, freestyle: 3rd round
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Knut Fridell
- Light Heavyweight, Freestyle: Gold
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Nils Åkerlindh
- Heavyweight, freestyle: 4th place
rowing
Men
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Erik Johansson , Lars Larsson , Carl Sjöblom , Harry Sköld & Sven Tisell
- Foursome with helmsman: hope run
shoot
Men
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Torsten Ullman
- Rapid fire pistol: bronze
- Free pistol: gold
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Helge Meuller
- Rapid fire pistol: 5th place
- Free pistol: 24th place
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Henrik Lönnberg
- Rapid fire pistol: unknown
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Gustaf Bergström
- Free pistol: 24th place
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Bertil Rönnmark
- Small bore, lying: 8th place
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Erland Haraldsson cook
- Small bore, lying: 15th place
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Karl August Larsson
- Small caliber, lying: 32nd place
swim
Men
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Women
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sailing
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Charles Eriksson / Anton Ström
- O-dinghy: 12th place
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Arvid Laurin & Uno Wallentin
- Star: silver
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Lennart Ekdahl , Martin Hindorff , Torsten Lord , Dagmar Salén & Sven Salén
- 6 meter class: bronze
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Per Gedda , Tore Holm , Wilhelm Moberg , Detlow von Braun , Marcus Wallenberg & Bo Westerberg
- 8 meter class: 4th place
Water polo
Men
- 7th place
- Squad
Diving
Men
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Women
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Web links
- Swedish Olympic team from 1936 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )