1968 Winter Olympics / Participant (Sweden)

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Sweden took part in the X. Olympic Winter Games in 1968 in Grenoble, France, with a delegation of 68 athletes in nine disciplines, including 59 men and 9 women. With three gold, two silver and three bronze medals, Sweden was the seventh most successful nation at the Games.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the cross-country skier Barbro Martinsson .

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Lars-Göran Arwidson

  20 km individual: 17th place (1: 24: 08.9 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: bronze (2: 17: 26.3 h)

• Goals Eriksson

  4 × 7.5 km relay: bronze (2: 17: 26.3 h)

• Holmfrid Olsson

  20 km individual: 20th place (1: 25: 01.8 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: bronze (2: 17: 26.3 h)

• Olle Petrusson

  20 km individual: 19th place (1: 24: 31.2 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: bronze (2: 17: 26.3 h)

• Nore Westin

  20 km individual: 30th place (1: 28: 09.4 h)

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Men, twos

• Rolf Höglund , Börje Hedblom (SWE-1)

  14th place (4: 51.19 min)

• Carl-Erik Eriksson , Eric Wennerberg (SWE-2)

  18th place (4: 51.69 min)

Men, foursome

• Rolf Höglund , Hans Hallén , Sven Martinsson , Börje Hedblom (SWE-1)

  16th place (2: 22.10 min)

ice Hockey

Men

Leif Holmqvist Hans Dahllöf Lars-Erik Sjöberg Arne Carlsson Lennart Svedberg Roland Stoltz Nils Johansson Bjorn Palmqvist Folke Bengtsson

Carl-Göran Öberg Håkan Wickberg Tord Lundström Henric Hedlund Svante Granholm Roger Olsson Leif Henriksson Lars-Göran Nilsson Bert-Ola Nordlander

• 4th Place

figure skating

Men

• Thomas Callerud

  27th place (1399.3)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Hate Börjes

  500 m: 15th place (41.2 s)

• Goran Claeson

  1500 m: 20th place (2: 08.6 min)

• Heike Hedlund

  500 m: 15th place (41.2 s)

• Håkan Holmgren

  500 m: 8th place (40.8 s)

• Johnny Höglin

  1500 m: 5th place (2: 05.2 min)

  5000 m: 5th place (7: 32.7 min)

  10,000 m: gold (15: 23.6 min, Olympic record)

• Manne Lavås

  500 m: 24th place (41.8 s)

  1500 m: 16th place (2: 07.8 min)

• Jonny Nilsson

  5000 m: 7th place (7: 32.9 min)

  10,000 m: 6th place (15: 39.6 min)

• Örjan Sandler

  1500 m: 10th place (2: 07.0 min)

  5000 m: 6th place (7: 32.8 min)

  10,000 m: bronze (15: 31.8 min)

Women

• Ylva Hedlund

  500 m: 26th place (49.9 s)

  1000 m: 19th place (1: 37.5 min)

  1500 m: 20th place (2: 31.5 min)

• Christina Karlsson

  1500 m: 18th place (2: 31.4 min)

  3000 m: 13th place (5: 17.2 min)

• Christina Lindblom-Scherling

  500 m: 15th place (47.7 s)

  1000 m: 15th place (1: 36.9 min)

  1500 m: 9th place (2: 27.5 min)

  3000 m: 7th place (5: 09.8 min)

Luge

Men, single-seaters

• Ivar Bjare

  32nd place (3: 02.80 min)

• Per-Ulf Helander

  34th place (3: 03.12 min)

• Jan Nilsson

  23rd place (2: 57.91 min)

• Hans Sahlin

  25th place (2: 58.46 min)

Men, two-seaters

• Ivar Bjare , Jan Nilsson

  13th place (1: 41.56 min)

Women

• Berit Salomonsson

  13th place (2: 33.55 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Bengt-Erik Grahn

  Giant Slalom: 39th place (3: 46.46 min)

  Slalom: disqualified in the final

• Lindström rune

  Departure: 29th place (2: 05.69 min)

  Giant Slalom: 16th place (3: 37.05 min)

  Slalom: 11th place (1: 41.99 min)

• Lars Olsson

  Giant slalom: disqualified

• Per-Olov Richardsson

  Downhill: 43rd place (2: 09.83 min)

  Slalom: disqualified in the final

• Olle Rolén

  Giant Slalom: 30th place (3: 38.35 min)

  Slalom: disqualified in the final

Women

• Ingrid Sundberg

  Giant slalom: 35th place (2: 08.54 min)

  Slalom: 21st place (1: 39.56 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Bjarne Andersson

  15 km: 6th place (48: 41.1 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2: 10: 13.2 h)

• Bruno Åvik

  30 km: 20th place (1: 39: 38.1 h)

• Jan Halvarsson

  15 km: 5th place (48: 39.1 min)

  30 km: 12th place (1: 38: 23.2 h)

  50 km: 7th place (2:30: 05.9 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2: 10: 13.2 h)

• Gunnar Larsson

  15 km: Bronze (48: 33.7 min)

  30 km: 8th place (1: 37: 48.1 h)

  50 km: 6th place (2: 29: 37.2 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2: 10: 13.2 h)

• Melcher Risberg

  50 km: 5th place (2: 29: 37.0 h)

• Assar Rönnlund

  15 km: 11th place (49: 25.3 min)

  50 km: 10th place (2: 31: 19.3 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2: 10: 13.2 h)

• Ingvar Sandström

  30 km: 21st place (1: 39: 47.5 h)

Women

• Toini Gustafsson

  5 km: Gold (16: 45.2 min)

  10 km: Gold (36: 46.5 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: Silver (57: 51.0 min)

• Barbro Martinsson

  5 km: 4th place (16: 52.9 min)

  10 km: 4th place (38: 07.1 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: Silver (57: 51.0 min)

• Britt Strandberg

  5 km: 15th place (17: 25.8 min)

  10 km: 15th place (39: 25.7 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: Silver (57: 51.0 min)

• Barbro Tano

  5 km: 18th place (17: 35.8 min)

  10 km: 10th place (39: 09.6 min)

Ski jumping

• Kurt Elimae

  Normal hill: 37th place (185.9)

  Large hill: 37th place (174.0)

• Tord Karlsson

  Normal hill: 43rd place (175.8)

  Large hill: 32nd place (179.2)

• Ulf Norberg

  Normal hill: 48th place (167.0)

• Mats Östman

  Normal hill: 49th place (165.5)

  Large hill: 52nd place (148.8)

• Kjell Sjöberg

  Large hill: 53rd place (145.2)

Web links

• Sweden at the 1968 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )