1976 Summer Olympics / Participant (Sweden)

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Sweden took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with a delegation of 116 athletes (99 men and 17 women) in 90 competitions in 16 sports.

The Swedish athletes won four gold medals and one silver medal, with Sweden taking twelfth place in the medal table. Olympic champions were the athlete Anders Gärderud over 3000 meters obstacle, the cyclist Bernt Johansson in the road race, the fencers Hans Jacobson , Carl von Essen , Rolf Edling , Göran Flodström and Leif Högström in the team competition with the epee and the sailors John Albrechtson and Ingvar Hansson in the Tempest . The silver medal went to the water diver Ulrika Knape from the 10-meter tower. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the wrestler Jan Karlsson .

Participants by sport

Archery Archery

Men
Women

Boxing Boxing

  • Ove Lundby
    Lightweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
  • Ulf Carlsson
    Light welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round
  • Leo Vainonen
    Light middleweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

fencing fencing

Men
Women

Weightlifting Weightlifting

Judo Judo

canoe canoe

Men
  • Andersson is different
    Two-person kayak 500 m: 7th place
    Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals
  • Lars Andersson
    Two-person kayak 500 m: 7th place
    Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals
  • Not so Larsson
    Four-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals
  • Sakari Peltons
    Four-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals
  • Göran Backlund
    Single Canadier 500 m: eliminated in the semifinals
    Single Canadier 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals
  • Bernt Lindelöf
    Two-man Canadians 500 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
    Two-man canoe 1000 m: 9th place
  • Eric Zeidlitz
    Two-man Canadians 500 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
    Two-man canoe 1000 m: 9th place
Women
  • Marita Skogh
    Single kayak 500 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

athletics athletics

Men
  • Åke Svenson
    800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
    1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
Women

Modern pentathlon Modern pentathlon

  • Hans Lager
    Individual: 20th place
    Team: 8th place

Cycling Cycling

horse riding horse riding

Wrestling Wrestling

  • Per Lindholm
    Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round
  • Las Malmkvist
    Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round
  • Jan Karlsson
    Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 7th place
    Welterweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round
  • Frank Andersson
    Light heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place
    Light heavyweight, freestyle: 7th place
  • Arne Robertsson
    Super heavyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

rowing rowing

Men

shoot shoot

  • Sven Johansson
    Small bore rifle, three-position fight, 50 m: 5th place
    Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 31st place
  • Stefan Thynell
    Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 18th place
    Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 47th place

swim swim

Men
  • Dan Larsson
    100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
    4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up
  • Bengt Ginsjö
    200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
    400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
    4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run
    4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up
  • Peter Pettersson
    200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
    400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
    4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run
  • Bellbring is different
    200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
    200 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run
    4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run
  • Bengt Jonsson
    400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
  • Par Arvidsson
    100 m butterfly: eliminated in the semifinals
    200 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run
    4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run
  • Mikael Brandén
    100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
    4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up
  • Not so Norling
    100 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
    200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
    4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up
Women
  • Pia Mårtensson
    100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
    200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
    4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place
  • Ida Hansson
    100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
    4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place
  • Diana Olsson
    100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
    4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place
  • Gunilla Lundberg
    200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
    100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
    4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place
    4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up
  • Ylva Persson
    4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place
    4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up
  • Anette Fredriksson
    100 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
    200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
    4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up
  • Ann-Sofi Roos
    100 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
    200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
  • Gunilla Andersson
    100 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run
    200 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run
    4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

sailing sailing

Diving Diving

Women
  • Ulrika Knape
    3 m jumping: 11th place
    10 m high diving: silver

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