1976 Winter Olympics / Participant (Sweden)

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Sweden took part in the 1976 Winter Olympic Games in the Austrian Innsbruck with a delegation of 39 athletes, 30 men and 9 women, in part.

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

Flag bearer

The bobsleigh driver Carl-Erik Eriksson carried the flag of Sweden during the opening ceremony in the Bergisel Stadium.

Medals

With two bronze medals won the Swedish team finished 14th in the medals table .

bronze

• Alpine skiing
  • Ingemar Stenmark : Men, giant slalom
• Nordic skiing
  • Benny Södergren : men, cross-country skiing, 50 km

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men

• Sune Adolfsson

  20 km: 8th place - 1: 18: 00.50 h; 2 mistakes

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 8th place - 2:08: 46.90 h; 8 mistakes

• Lars-Göran Arwidson

  20 km: 10th place - 1:18: 34.37 h; 5 mistakes

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 8th place - 2:08: 46.90 h; 8 mistakes

• Mats-Åke Lantz

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 8th place - 2:08: 46.90 h; 8 mistakes

• Torsten Wadman

  20 km: 48th place - 1:30:20:34 h; 15 mistakes

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 8th place - 2:08: 46.90 h; 8 mistakes

bob

Two-man bobsleigh

• Carl-Erik Eriksson / Kenth Rönn

  9th place - 3: 48.41 min

Four-man bobsleigh

• Carl-Erik Eriksson / Jan Johansson / Leif Johansson / Kenth Rönn

  16th place - 3: 47.12 min

Speed ​​skating

Women

• Sylvia Filipsson

  500 m: 22nd place - 45.97 s

  1500 m: 14th place - 2: 22.42 min

  3000 m: 6th place - 4: 48.15 min

• Ann-Sofie Järnström

  500 m: 13th place - 44.49 s

  1000 m: 14th place - 1: 32.06 min

Men

• Lennart Carlsson

  1500 m: 17th place - 2: 04.76 min

  5000 m: 16th place - 7: 53.02 min

  10,000 m: 13th place - 15: 53.89 min

• Johan Granath

  500 m: 13th place - 40.25 s

  1000 m: 13th place - 1: 22.63 min

• Oloph Granath

  500 m: 9th place - 39.93 s

• Bernt Jansson

  1000 m: 31st place - 1: 30.27 min

• Dan Johansson

  1500 m: 16th place - 2: 04.73 min

  5000 m: 25th place - 8: 12.37 min

• Örjan Sandler

  5000 m: 8th place - 7: 39.69 min

  10,000 m: 5th place - 15: 16.21 min

• Mats Wallberg

  500 m: 4th place - 39.56 s

  1000 m: 7th place - 1: 21.27 min

  1500 m: 22nd place - 2: 08.72 min

Sledding

Women

• Veronica Holmsten

  15th place - 2: 58.608 min

• Agneta Lindskog

  18th place - 2: 59.943 min

Men

• Michael Gårdebäck

  17th place - 3: 36.148 min

• Stefan Kjernholm

  15th place - 3: 34.990 min

• Nils Vinberg

  21st place - 3: 38.479 min

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• Michael Gårdebäck / Nils Vinberg

  14th place - 1: 29.217 min

Alpine skiing

Men

• Ingemar Stenmark

  Giant slalom: - 3: 27.41 min

  Slalom: DNF

• Torsten Jakobsson

  Giant Slalom: DNF

  Slalom: 17th place - 2: 11.24 min

• Gudmund Söderin

  Giant Slalom: DNF

  Slalom: DNF

• Stig beach

  Giant slalom: 12th place - 3: 33.66 min

  Slalom: 12th place - 2: 09.08 min

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Women

• Lena Carlzon-Lundbäck

  5 km: 14th place - 16: 54.59 min

  10 km: 10th place - 31: 33.06 min

  4 × 5 km relay: 4th place - 1:10: 14.68 h

• Marie Johansson

  10 km: 21st place - 32: 33.18 min

  4 × 5 km relay: 4th place - 1:10: 14.68 h

• Eva Olsson

  5 km: 5th place - 16: 27.15 min

  10 km: 5th place - 31: 08.72 min

  4 × 5 km relay: 4th place - 1:10: 14.68 h

• Gorel Partapuoli

  5 km: 22nd place - 17: 20.34 min

  10 km: 16th place - 32: 04.63 min

  4 × 5 km relay: 4th place - 1:10: 14.68 h

• Maria Rautio

  5 km: 32nd place - 17: 59.25 min

Men

• Benny Sodergren

  15 km: 13th place - 45: 59.91 min

  30 km: 12th place - 1: 33: 10.98 h

  50 km: - 2: 39: 39.21 h

  4 × 10 km relay: 4th place - 2:11: 16.88 h

• Christer Johansson

  30 km: 21st place - 1: 35: 23.27.88 h

  4 × 10 km relay: 4th place - 2:11: 16.88 h

• Matti Kuosku

  50 km: 19th place - 2:45: 33.41 h

• Tommy Limby

  15 km: 23rd place - 47: 00.06 min

  30 km: 15th place - 1: 34: 32.47 h

  50 km: 8th place - 2:42: 43.58 h

• Sven-Åke Lundbäck

  15 km: 30th place - 47: 12.85 min

  30 km: 35th place - 1: 36: 40.86 h

  50 km: 16th place - 2:45: 04.82 h

  4 × 10 km relay: 4th place - 2:11: 16.88 h

• Thomas Wassberg

  15 km: 15th place - 46: 13.35 min

  4 × 10 km relay: 4th place - 2:11: 16.88 h

Ski jumping

Men

• Odd Brandsegg

  Normal hill: 41st place - 204.6 points

  Large hill: 25th place - 181.4 points

• Thomas Lundgren

  Normal hill: 51st place - 188.0 points

Web links

• Swedish Olympic Team 1976 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )