1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Sweden)
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Sweden took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with a delegation of 100 athletes (86 men and 14 women) in 95 competitions in 13 sports.
The Swedish athletes won two gold medals as well as one silver and one bronze medal, with Sweden taking 20th place in the medal table. The Olympic champions were the pentathlete Björn Ferm and the sailors Ulf , Peter and Jörgen Sundelin in the 5.5 meter class. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the canoeist Rolf Peterson .
Participants by sport
Boxing
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Kjell Fredriksson
- Bantamweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Carl-Axel Palm
- Featherweight: eliminated in the 1st round
fencing
- Men
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Orvar Lindwall
- Epee: 17th place
- Epee team: 9th place
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Lars-Erik Larsson
- Epee: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- Epee team: 9th place
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Dicki Soerensen
- Epee: eliminated in the 1st round
- Epee team: 9th place
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Carl von Essen
- Epee team: 9th place
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Rolf Edling
- Epee team: 9th place
- Women
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Kerstin Palm
- Foil: 5th place
Weightlifting
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Bo Johansson
- Middle heavyweight: 4th place
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Ove Johansson
- Heavyweight: competition not over
canoe
- Men
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Rolf Peterson
- Single kayak 1000 m: 5th place
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Lars Andersson
- Two-person kayak 1000 m: 5th place
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Gunnar Utterberg
- Two-person kayak 1000 m: 5th place
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Per Larsson
- Quad kayak 1000 m: 4th place
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Hans Nilsson
- Quad kayak 1000 m: 4th place
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Tord Sahlén
- Quad kayak 1000 m: 4th place
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Åke Sandin
- Quad kayak 1000 m: 4th place
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Ove Emanuelsson
- Single Canoe 1000 m: 6th place
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Bernt Lindelöf
- Two-man canoe 1000 m: 5th place
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Eric Zeidlitz
- Two-man canoe 1000 m: 5th place
- Women
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Ing-Marie Svensson
- Single kayak 500 m: 7th place
athletics
- Men
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Gärderud is different
- 800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Ove mountain
- 1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Bo Forssander
- 110 m hurdles: 6th place
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Bernt Persson
- 3000 m obstacle: 10th place
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Jan-Erik Karlsson
- 3000 m obstacle: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Stefan Ingvarsson
- 20 km walking: 8th place
- 50 km walking: race not finished
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Stig Lindberg
- 20 km walking: 15th place
- 50 km walking: 5th place
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Örjan Andersson
- 20 km walking: 21st place
- 50 km walking: 13th place
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Kenneth Lundmark
- High jump: 22nd place
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Kjell Isaksson
- Pole vault: 10th place
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John-Erik Blumqvist
- Pole vault: 19th place
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Lars-Olof Höök
- Long jump: 14th place
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Ricky Bruch
- Discus throw: 8th place
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Åke Nilsson
- Javelin throw: 6th place
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Lennart Hedmark
- Decathlon: 11th place
- Women
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Ulla-Britt Wieslander
- 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 80 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Karin Lundgren
- 200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Gunilla Cederström
- Long jump: 21st place
- Pentathlon: competition not finished
Modern pentathlon
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Bjorn Ferm
- Single: gold
- Team: disqualified because of doping by Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall
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Hans Jacobson
- Individual: 16th place
- Team: disqualified because of doping by Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall
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Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall
- Singles: disqualified for doping
- Team: disqualified for doping
Cycling
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Gosta Pettersson
- Road race: bronze
- Track 4000 m single pursuit: 17th place
- Road team time trial: silver
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 1st round
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Tomas Pettersson
- Road race: 7th place
- Road team time trial: silver
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 1st round
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Erik Pettersson
- Road race: 35th place
- Road team time trial: silver
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 1st round
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Curt Soderlund
- Road race: 51st place
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Stubborn Pettersson
- Road team time trial: silver
- Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 1st round
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Josef Ripfel
- Track 1000 m time trial: 22nd place
Wrestling
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Roland Svensson
- Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Jan Karlsson
- Lightweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round
- Lightweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Jan Kårström
- Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place
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Bertil Nyström
- Middleweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Per Svensson
- Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place
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Ragnar Svensson
- Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place
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Arne Robertsson
- Heavyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round
shoot
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Waldemar Califf
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 13th place
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Stig Berntsson
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 39th place
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Leif Larsson
- Free pistol 50 m: 21st place
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Börje Nilsson
- Free pistol 50 m: 26th place
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Sven Johansson
- Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 13th place
- Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 18th place
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 17th place
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Kurt Johansson
- Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 17th place
- Small bore rifle, three-position fight, 50 m: 20th place
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 26th place
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Sten Karlsson
- Trap: 28th place
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Arne Karlsson
- Skeet: 17th place
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Arne Orrgård
- Skeet: 20th place
swim
- Men
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Lester Eriksson
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 8th place
- 4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Gunnar Larsson
- 200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 8th place
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Ingvar Eriksson
- 200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 100 m butterfly: eliminated in the semifinals
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Sven from Holst
- 400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Bo Westergren
- 100 m butterfly: eliminated in the semifinals
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Hans Ljungberg
- 200 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m medley: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 400 m individual medley: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 8th place
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Olle Ferm
- 200 m medley: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 400 m individual medley: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 8th place
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Hans Tegeback
- 100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Thomas Johnsson
- 100 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Peter Feil
- 100 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m butterfly: 5th place
- Women
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Elisabeth Berglund
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Lotten Andersson
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Vera Kock
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Elisabeth Ljunggren-Morris
- 400 m freestyle: 8th place
- 800 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Ingrid Gustavsson
- 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Yvonne Brage
- 100 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
sailing
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Arne Åkerson
- Finn dinghy: 7th place
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John Albrechtson
- Star: 9th place
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Ulf Norrman
- Star: 9th place
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Peter Kolni
- Flying Dutchman: 9th place
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Jörgen Kolni
- Flying Dutchman: 9th place
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Gunnar Broberg
- Dragons: 6th place
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Lennart Eisner
- Dragons: 6th place
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Sven Hanson
- Dragons: 6th place
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Bengt Palmquist
- Dragons: 6th place
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Pelle Petterson
- Dragons: 6th place
- Flying Dutchman: 9th place
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Ulf Sundelin
- 5.5 mR class: gold
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Jörgen Sundelin
- 5.5 mR class: gold
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Peter Sundelin
- 5.5 mR class: gold
do gymnastics
- Men
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Christer Jönsson
- Individual all-around: 47th place
- Floor: 46th place
- Horse jump: 30th place
- Bars: 39th place
- Horizontal bar: 19th place
- Rings: 51st place
- Pommel horse: 85th place
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Finn Johannesson
- Individual all-around: 71st place
- Floor: 77th place
- Horse jump: 54th place
- Bars: 74th place
- Horizontal bar: 94th place
- Rings: 32nd place
- Pommel horse: 80th place
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Evert Lindgren
- Individual all-around: 76th place
- Floor: 100th place
- Horse jump: 37th place
- Bars: 65th place
- Horizontal bar: 68th place
- Rings: 93rd place
- Pommel horse: 39th place
- Women
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Marie Lundqvist-Björk
- Individual all-around: 48th place
- Floor: 56th place
- Horse jump: 49th place
- Uneven bars: 55th place
- Balance beam: 57th place
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Rose-Marie Holm
- Individual all-around: 50th place
- Floor: 68th place
- Horse jump: 46th place
- Uneven bars: 43rd place
- Balance beam: 62nd place
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Solveig Egman-Andersson
- Individual all-around: 59th place
- Floor: 70th place
- Horse jump: 42nd place
- Uneven bars: 47th place
- Balance beam: 76th place
Diving
- Men
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Tord Andersson
- 3 m jumping: 7th place
- 10 m high diving: 11th place
Web links
- Swedish Olympic team from 1968 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )