1952 Winter Olympics / Participant (Sweden)
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Sweden participated in the VI. 1952 Winter Olympics in the Norwegian capital Oslo with a delegation of 65 athletes in eight disciplines, including 56 men and 9 women. With four bronze medals, Sweden was the tenth best nation at these games.
The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the Nordic combined athlete Erik Elmsäter .
Participants by sport
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Men, twos
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Olle Axelsson , Jan Lapidoth (SWE-1)
- 8th place (5: 35.77 min)
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Kjell Holmström , Nils Landgren (SWE-2)
- 15th place (5: 42.82 min)
Men, foursome
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Kjell Holmström , Felix Fernström , Nils Landgren , Jan Lapidothnson (SWE-1)
- 6th place (5: 15.01 min)
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Gunnar Åhs , Börje Ekedahl , Lennart Sandin , Gunnar Garpö (SWE-2)
- 7th place (5: 17.86 min)
ice Hockey
Men
- bronze
figure skating
Couples
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Britta Lindmark & Ulf Berendt
- 12th place (8,756)
Speed skating
Men
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Mats Bolmstedt
- 500 m: 12th place (44.8 s)
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Stig Lindberg
- 500 m: 25th place (45.9 s)
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Bengt Malmsten
- 500 m: 31st place (46.6 s)
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Gunnar Ström
- 500 m: 23rd place (45.6 s)
- 1500 m: 19th place (2: 25.8 min)
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Carl-Erik Asplund
- 1500 m: 4th place (2: 22.6 min)
- 5000 m: 6th place (8: 30.7 min)
- 10,000 m: bronze (17: 16.6 min)
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Sigvard Ericsson
- 1500 m: 8th place (2: 23.4 min)
- 5000 m: 14th place (8: 40.0 min)
- 10,000 m: 13th place (17: 52.8 min)
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John Wickström
- 1500 m: 26th place (2: 27.6 min)
- 5000 m: 18th place (8: 47.2 min)
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Göthe Hedlund
- 5000 m: 11th place (8: 39.2 min)
- 10,000 m: 9th place (17: 39.2 min)
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Gunnar Hallkvist
- 10,000 m: 20th place (18: 20.9 min)
Nordic combination
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Lars-Erik Efverström
- Individual (normal hill / 18 km): 17th place (389.667)
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Erik Elmsäter
- Individual (normal hill / 18 km): 13th place (397.667)
Alpine skiing
Men
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John Fredriksson
- Departure: 23rd place (2: 44.5 min)
- Giant Slalom: 49th place (2: 55.9 min)
- Slalom: 24th place (2: 11.9 min)
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Sixten Isberg
- Downhill: 34th place (2: 53.4 min)
- Giant Slalom: 30th place (2: 42.3 min)
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Åke Nilsson
- Downhill: 27th place (2: 47.0 min)
- Giant Slalom: 21st place (2: 37.0 min)
- Slalom: 18th place (2: 09.5 min)
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Stig Sollander
- Departure: disqualified
- Giant Slalom: 6th place (2: 32.6 min)
- Slalom: 5th place (2: 02.6 min)
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Olle Dalman
- Slalom: 15th place (2: 08.8 min)
Women
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Kerstin Ahlqvist
- Giant Slalom: 26th place (2: 21.4 min)
- Slalom: 20th place (2: 23.3 min)
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Ingrid Englund
- Departure: 29th place (2: 01.3 min)
- Giant Slalom: 32nd place (2: 29.9 min)
- Slalom: 27th place (2: 28.7 min)
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Margareta Jacobsson
- Downhill: 25th place (1: 58.2 min)
- Giant slalom: disqualified
- Slalom: 16th place (2: 20.6 min)
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Sarah Thomasson
- Downhill: 18th place (1: 55.5 min)
- Giant Slalom: 21st place (2: 18.4 min)
- Slalom: 12th place (2: 18.3 min)
Cross-country skiing
Men
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Lars-Erik Efverström
- 18 km: 58th place (1:14:19 h)
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Erik Elmsäter
- 18 km: 56th place (1:13:46 h)
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Enar Josefsson
- 18 km: 13th place (1:05:10 h)
- 4 × 10 km relay: bronze (2:24:13 h)
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Nils Karlsson
- 18 km: 5th place (1:02:56 h)
- 50 km: 6th place (3:39:30 h)
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Gunnar Ostberg
- 18 km: 9th place (1:03:44 h)
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Nils Täpp
- 18 km: 7th place (1:03:35 h)
- 4 × 10 km relay: bronze (2:24:13 h)
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Arthur Herrdin
- 50 km: 13th place (3:57:46 h)
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Gunnar Eriksson
- 50 km: 12th place (3:55:45 h)
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Törnkvist is different
- 50 km: 10th place (3:49:22 h)
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Sigurd Andersson
- 4 × 10 km relay: bronze (2:24:13 h)
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Martin Lundström
- 4 × 10 km relay: bronze (2:24:13 h)
Women
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Margit Albrechtsson
- 10 km: 8th place (45:05 min)
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Eivor Alm
- 10 km: 9th place (45:20 min)
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Marta Norberg
- 10 km: 4th place (42:53 min)
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Sonja Edström-Ruthström
- 10 km: 11th place (45:41 min)
Ski jumping
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Thure Lindgren
- Normal hill: 40th place (175.5)
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Hans Nordin
- Normal hill: 11th place (206.5)
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Karl Holmström
- Normal hill: Bronze (219.5)
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Bror Ostman
- Normal hill: 32nd place (187.0)
Web links
- Sweden at the 1952 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )