1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Sweden)

SWE

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Sweden took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 131 athletes (104 men and 27 women) in 90 competitions in 18 sports. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the rider Jan Jönsson .

Participants by sport

Archery

Men Olle Boström Individual: 27th place Gunnar Jervill Single: silver Rolf Svensson Individual: 16th place

Women Anna-Lisa Berglund Singles: 34th place Maj-Britt Johansson Individual: 19th place

Boxing

Men

• Ove Lundby

  Bantamweight: 2nd round

• Hate Thomsen

  Heavyweight: bronze

fencing

Men Rolf Edling Sword. Singles: 5th place Epee, team: 7th place Carl von Essen Epee, singles: 1st round Epee, team: 7th place Orvar Jonsson Epee, singles: 2nd round Epee, team: 7th place Per Sundberg Foil, single: 1st round Epee, team: 7th place Hans Wieselgren Epee, team: 7th place

Women Kerstin Palm Foil, singles: 5th place

Weightlifting

Men

• Hans Bettembourg

  Middle heavyweight: bronze

• Ove Johansson

  Super heavyweight: 9th place

Handball

Men

• 7th place

• Squad

  Bjorn Andersson

  Bo Andersson

  Dan Eriksson

  Lennart Eriksson

  Johan Fischerström

  Göran Hård af Segerstad

  Bengt Johansson

  Benny Johansson

  Jan Jonsson

  Lars Karlsson

  Michael Koch

  Olle Olsson

  Sten Olsson

  Thomas Persson

  Bertil Söderberg

  Frank Ström

Judo

Men

• Tommy Tegelgård

  Middleweight: 19th place

canoe

Men Rolf Peterson Kayak single, 1000 meters: silver Berndt Andersson & Bo Berglund Two kayaks, 1000 meters: semi-finals Lars Andersson , Per Larsson , Hans Nilsson & Gunnar Utterberg Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: 8th place Bernt Lindelöf & Eric Zeidlitz Canoe two-man, 1000 meters: 8th place

Women Ing-Marie Svensson Women, kayak single, 500 meters: 8th place

athletics

Men Daniel Björkgren 50 kilometers of walking: 13th place Ricky Bruch Discus throw: bronze Erik Carlgren 4 × 400 meters: 7th place Jan Dahlgren High jump: 11th place Gunnar Ekman 1500 meters: semi-finals Not so Faager 400 meters: quarter-finals 4 × 400 meters: 7th place Bo Forssander 110 meter hurdles: prelims Gärderud is different 5000 meters: heats 3000 meter obstacle: prelims Lennart Hedmark Decathlon: abandoned after 3rd competition Ulf Högberg 1500 meters: semi-finals Stefan Ingvarsson 50 kilometers of walking: 15th place Kjell Isaksson Pole vault: no valid attempt in qualification Ingemar Jernberg Pole vault: 9th place Hans Lagerqvist Pole vault: 7th place Kenth Öhman 4 × 400 meters: 7th place Ulf Rönner 4 × 400 meters: 7th place Hans Tenggren 50 kilometers of walking: 12th place

Women Linda Haglund 100 meters: heats 4 × 100 meters: disqualified in the heats Inger Knutsson 1500 meters: semi-finals Ann Larsson 4 × 400 meters: prelims Lotta Malmström 4 × 400 meters: prelims Anne-Marie Nenzell 1500 meters: heats Anneli Olsson 4 × 100 meters: disqualified in the heats Gun Olsson 100 meter hurdles: prelims 4 × 100 meters: disqualified in the heats Elisabeth Randerz 4 × 400 meters: prelims Karin Lundgren 400 meters: quarter-finals 4 × 100 meters: disqualified in the heats 4 × 400 meters: prelims

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Bjorn Ferm

  Individual: 6th place

  Team: 5th place

• Bo Jansson

  Singles: 24th place

  Team: 5th place

• Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall

  Singles: 25th place

  Team: 5th place

Cycling

Men

• Lennart Fagerlund

  Road race: 42nd place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 6th place

• Tord Filipsson

  100 kilometers team time trial: 6th place

• Leif Hansson

  Road race: DNF

  100 kilometers team time trial: 6th place

• Bernt Johansson

  Road race: DNF

• Sven-Åke Nilsson

  Road race: 44th place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 6th place

horse riding

• Ulla Håkansson

  Dressage, individual: 6th place

  Dressage, team: bronze

• Åke Hultberg

  Jumping, singles: 17th place

• Jan Jonsson

  Eventing, individual: bronze

• Maud von Rosen

  Dressage, individual: 8th place

  Dressage, team: bronze

• Ninna Swaab

  Dressage, individual: 10th place

  Dressage, team: bronze

Wrestling

Men

• Roland Andersson

  Greco-Roman light heavyweight division: 2nd round

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Kurt Elmgren

  Middleweight, freestyle: 4th round

• Jan Karlsson

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: bronze

  Welterweight, freestyle: silver

• Jan Kårström

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

• Per Lindholm

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 4th round

• Lennart Svensson

  Light flyweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• Per Svensson

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

rowing

Men

• Lennart Balter

  One: reunion

shoot

• Curt Andersson

  Rapid fire pistol: 31st place

• Gert-Åke Bengtsson

  Skeet: 42nd place

• God Gåård

  Running target: 6th place

• Kjell Jacobsson

  Free pistol: 10th place

• Christer Jansson

  Small caliber, three-position battle: 22nd place

  Small bore, lying: 36th place

• Sven Johansson

  Free rifle, three-position fight: 23rd place

  Small bore, three-position fight: 26th place

  Small bore, lying: 39th place

• Karl-Axel Karlsson

  Running target: 8th place

• Johnny Påhlsson

  Trap: 5th place

• Ragnar Skanåker

  Free pistol: gold

• Lars-Erik Söderberg

  Skeet: 29th place

swim

Men Bellbring is different 400 meters freestyle: prelims 1500 meters freestyle: prelims 4 × 200 meter freestyle: 4th place 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Bengt Gingsjö 400 meters freestyle: 6th place 1500 meters freestyle: 4th place 4 × 200 meter freestyle: 4th place 400 meter medley: 6th place Gunnar Larsson 400 meters freestyle: prelims 4 × 200 meter freestyle: 4th place 200 meter medley: gold 400 meter medley: gold 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Hans Ljungberg 200 meters freestyle: prelims 4 × 200 meter freestyle: 4th place 200 meter medley: 8th place 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Rolf Pettersson 200 meters freestyle: prelims Sandberg is different 100 meters back: heats 200 meters back: heats 4 × 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Bernt Zarnowiecki 200 meters freestyle: prelims

Women Eva Andersson 100 meters freestyle: prelims 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 6th place Inger Andersson 100 meters freestyle: prelims Irwi Johansson 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 6th place Diana Olsson 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 6th place 100 meters back: heats 4 × 100 meters: 8th place Jeanette Pettersson 100 meters chest: semi-finals 200 meters chest: heats Britt-Marie Smedh 100 meters chest: 7th place 200 meters chest: heats 4 × 100 meters: 8th place Eva Wikner 100 meter butterfly: semi-finals 200 meters butterfly: heats 4 × 100 meters: 8th place Anita Zarnowiecki 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 6th place 200 meter medley: prelims 400 meter individual medley: prelims 4 × 100 meters: 8th place

sailing

• Thomas Lundqvist

  Finn dinghy: 5th place

• Pelle Petterson & Stellan Westerdahl

  Star: silver

• John Albrechtson & Ingvar Hansson

  Tempest: 4th place

• Peter Kolni & Ulf Nilsson

  Flying Dutchman: 12th place

• Bo Knape , Stefan Krook , Stig Wennerström & Lennart Roslund

  Soling: silver

• Jörgen Sundelin , Peter Sundelin & Ulf Sundelin

  Dragons: 6th place

do gymnastics

Women

• Marie Lundqvist-Björk

  Individual all-around: 69th place in qualification

  Floor: 85th place in qualification

  Horse: 61st place in qualification

  Uneven bars: 66th place in qualification

  Balance beam: 85th place in qualification

Diving

Women

• Agneta Henrikson

  Artistic jumping: 6th place

• Ulrika Knape

  Art jumping: silver

  Diving: gold

Remarks

1. ↑ Lennart Roslund was used in the first four races, Bo Knape took his place in the last two races

Web links

• Swedish Olympic team from 1972 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )