1972 Winter Olympics / Participant (Sweden)

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Sweden took part in the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan with a delegation of 58 athletes, 49 men and nine women.

It was Sweden's eleventh participation in the Winter Olympics since 1924 .

Flag bearer

The speed skater Hasse Börjes carried the flag of Sweden during the opening ceremony in Makomanai Stadium .

Medals

With a recovered gold, a silver and two bronze, the Swedish team finished 10th in the medals table .

gold

• Sven-Åke Lundbäck : Nordic skiing, men, cross-country skiing, 15 km

silver

• Hasse Börjes : speed skating, men, 500 m

bronze

• Lars-Göran Arwidson : biathlon, men, 20 km
• Göran Claeson : speed skating, men, 1,500 m

Participants by sport

Alpine skiing

Ladies

• Lotta Sollander

  Departure: 31st place - 1: 42.97 min

  Giant Slalom: DNF

  Slalom: DNF

Men's

• Sven Mikaelsson

  Giant slalom: 28th place - 3: 21.65 min

  Slalom: 21st place - 2: 01.72 min

• Olle Rolén

  Departure: 34th place - 1: 59.28 min

  Giant Slalom: DNF

  Slalom: DNF

• Manni Thofte

  Downhill: 28th place - 1: 56.66 min

  Giant Slalom: DNF

  Slalom: DNF

biathlon

Men's

• Lars-Göran Arwidson

  Individual (20 km): - 1:16: 27.03 h; 2 mistakes

  Relay (4 × 7.5 km): 5th place - 1: 56: 57.40 h; 6 mistakes

• Holmfrid Olsson

  Individual (20 km): 21st place - 1: 22: 28.78 h; 3 mistakes

  Relay (4 × 7.5 km): 5th place - 1: 56: 57.40 h; 6 mistakes

• Olle Petrusson

  Individual (20 km): 42nd place - 1: 28: 40.58 h; 12 errors

  Relay (4 × 7.5 km): 5th place - 1: 56: 57.40 h; 6 mistakes

• Torsten Wadman

  Individual (20 km): 49th place - 1:30: 17.56 h; 13 mistakes

  Relay (4 × 7.5 km): 7th place - 1: 58: 09.92 h; 4 mistakes

bob

Two-man bobsleigh

• Carl-Erik Eriksson / Jan Johansson

  6th place - 5: 1.40 min

Four-man bobsleigh

• Carl-Erik Eriksson / Thomas Gustafsson / Jan Johansson / Tom Mentzer

  11th place - 4: 47.40 min

ice Hockey

Men's

4th Place

Christer Abrahamsson Thommy Abrahamsson Mats Åhlberg Thommie Bergman Kenneth Ekman Inge Hammarström Hans Hansson Leif Holmqvist Stig-Göran Johansson Hans Lindberg

Mats Lindh Tord Lundström Kjell rune Milton Lars-Göran Nilsson Bert-Ola Nordlander Stig Ostling Bjorn Palmqvist Håkan Pettersson Lars-Erik Sjöberg Håkan Wickberg

figure skating

Ladies

• Anita Johansson

  15th place

Speed ​​skating

Ladies

• Sylvia Filipsson

  500 m: 23rd place - 46.78 s

  1000 m: 30th place - 1: 37.24 min

  1500 m: 20th place - 2: 29.38 min

  1500 m: 14th place - 5: 11.13 min

• Ylva Hedlund

  500 m: 18th place - 46.24 s

  1000 m: 14th place - 1: 33.82 min

  1500 m: 25th place - 2: 31.31 min

• Ann-Sofie Järnström

  500 m: 15th place - 45.83 s

  1000 m: 19th place - 1: 35.21 min

  1500 m: 26th place - 2: 31.53 min

Men's

• Hate Börjes

  500 m: - 39.69 s

• Goran Claeson

  1500 m: - 2: 05.89 min

  5000 m: 4th place - 7: 36.17 min

  10,000 m: 6th place - 15: 30.19 min

• Johan Granath

  500 m: 16th place - 40.79 s

  1500 m: 16th place - 2: 10.21 min

• Johnny Höglin

  1500 m: 9th place - 2: 08.11 min

  5000 m: 12th place - 7: 45.68 min

• Göran Johansson

  1500 m: 15th place - 2: 09.66 min

• Ove king

  500 m: 7th place - 40.25 s

• Örjan Sandler

  5000 m: 14th place - 7: 47.92 min

  10,000 m: 15th place - 16:04.90 min

• Mats Wallberg

  500 m: 9th place - 40.41 s

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Ladies

• Meeri Bodelid

  5 km: 33rd place - 18: 29.07 min

  10 km: 19th place - 36: 41.52 min

  3x5 km relay: 8th place - 51: 51.84 min

• Birgitta Lindqvist

  5 km: 32nd place - 18: 25.88 min

  10 km: 28th place - 37: 24.76 min

  3x5 km relay: 8th place - 51: 51.84 min

• Eva Olsson

  5 km: 15th place - 17th: 46.66 min

  10 km: 23rd place - 36: 46.50 min

  3x5 km relay: 8th place - 51: 51.84 min

• Barbro Tano

  5 km: 19th place - 17: 54.53 min

  10 km: 13th place - 36: 29.34 min

Men's

• Sven-Åke Lundbäck

  15 km: - 45: 28.24 min

  30 km: 13th place - 1: 39: 54.35 h

  4x10 km relay: 4th place - 2: 07: 03.60 h

• Lars-Göran Åslund

  15 km: 18th place - 46: 56.23 min

  30 km: 11th place - 1: 39: 45.29 h

  4x10 km relay: 4th place - 2: 07: 03.60 h

• Tord Backman

  15 km: 20th place - 47: 22.97 min

  50 km: 13th place - 2: 48: 53.51 h

• Lars-Arne Bölling

  50 km: 7th place - 2:45: 6.80 h

• Gunnar Larsson

  15 km: 8th place - 46: 23.29 min

  30 km: 4th place - 1: 37: 33.72 h

  50 km: 20th place - 2:51: 17.56 h

  4x10 km relay: 4th place - 2: 07: 03.60 h

• Hans-Erik Larsson

  50 km: 11th place - 2: 47: 59.37 h

• Thomas Magnusson

  30 km: 28th place - 1: 43: 26.02 h

  4x10 km relay: 4th place - 2: 07: 03.60 h

Ski jumping

• Lundqvist is different

  Normal hill: 42nd place - 191.8 points

  Large hill: 41st place - 158.0 points

• Rolf Nordgren

  Normal hill: 11th place - 217.8 points

  Large hill: 11th place - 203.5 points

Nordic combination

• Sven-Olof Israelsson

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 36th place

Web links

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