Olympic Intermediate Games 1906 / Participant (Sweden)

SWE

2	5	7th

Sweden participated in the 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens , Greece , with 39 athletes. Two gold, five silver and seven bronze medals could be won.

Medalist

Olympic champion

Surname	sport	competition
Eric Lemming	athletics	Javelin throw (free style)
Hjalmar Mellander	athletics	Pentathlon

Second

Surname	sport	competition
Knut Lindberg	athletics	Javelin throw (free style)
Bruno Söderström	athletics	Pole vault
John Svanberg	athletics	5 miles (8,047 m)
		marathon
Johan Hübner from Holst	shoot	Rapid fire pistol (25 m)

Third

Surname	sport	competition
Edward Dahl	athletics	5 miles (8,047 m)
Kristian Hellström	athletics	1,500 m
Eric Lemming	athletics	Pole vault
		Pentathlon
Bruno Söderström	athletics	Javelin throw (free style)
Vilhelm Carlberg	shoot	Rapid fire pistol (25 m)
Anton Gustafsson Ture Wersäll Erik Granfelt Eric Lemming Carl Svensson Axel Norling Osvald Holmberg Gustaf Grönberger	Tug of war	Men

Participants by sport

fencing

• Emil Fick

  Foil singles: preliminary round

  Epee singles: preliminary round

• Karl Hjorth

  Foil singles: preliminary round

Weightlifting

• Carl Svensson

  One-armed, left and right: fifth

athletics

• Thure Bergvall

  Marathon: DNF

• Edward Dahl

  1,500 m: preliminary round

  5 miles (8,047 m): third

• Kristian Hellström

  800 m: fifth

  1,500 m: third

• Hjalmar Johansson

  Stand long jump: 19.

• Eric Lemming

  Stand long jump: 26.

  Triple jump: 13.

  Shot put: third

  Stone pushing: fourth

  Discus throw: fourth

  Discus throw (Greek style): k. A.

  Javelin throw (free style): Olympic champion

  Pentathlon: Third

• Knut Lindberg

  100 m: sixth

  Javelin throw (free style): Second

  Pentathlon: Fifth

• Axel Ljung

  100 m: preliminary round

  110 m hurdles: preliminary round

  Stand long jump: Fifth

• Hjalmar Mellander

  800 m: preliminary round

  Long jump: fourth

  Javelin throw (free style): fourth

  Pentathlon: Olympic Champion

• Gunnar Roenström

  100 m: preliminary round

  High jump: fifth

  Long jump: seventh

• Ernst Serrander

  800 m: preliminary round

  1,500 m: k. A.

• Bruno Söderström

  High jump: sixth

  Pole vault: second

  Javelin throw (free style): Third

• John Svanberg

  5 miles (8,047 m): Second

  Marathon: second

• Gustaf Törnros

  Marathon: fourth

Cycling

• Andrew Hansson

  Road race individual: DNF

  1,000 m time trial: preliminary round

  333.33 m time trial (track lap): 13.

  5,000 m track travel: preliminary round

shoot

• Eric Carlberg

  Free revolver (25 m): eleventh

  Free revolver (50 m): 18.

  Military revolver (20 m, model from 1874): 18.

  Military revolver (20 m): 27.

  Target pistol (20 m): 14.

  Rapid fire pistol (25 m): 13.

  Free rifle, individual (300 m): 29.

  Military rifle (300 m): 28.

• Vilhelm Carlberg

  Free revolver (25 m): 16.

  Free revolver (50 m): 22.

  Military revolver (20 m, model from 1874): 22.

  Military revolver (20 m): 25.

  Target pistol (20 m): DNF

  Rapid fire pistol (25 m): third

  Free rifle, individual (300 m): 16.

  Military rifle (300 m): 18.

• Johan Hübner from Holst

  Free revolver (25 m): fifth

  Free revolver (50 m): tenth

  Military revolver (20 m): 21.

  Target pistol (20 m): 19.

  Rapid fire pistol (25 m): Second

  Free rifle, individual (300 m): 25.

  Military rifle (300 m): 26.

swim

• Robert Andersson

  100 m freestyle: ninth

• Hjalmar Johansson

  100 m freestyle: eighth

• Harald Julin

  100 m freestyle: preliminary round

  4 × 250 m freestyle: fifth

• Charles Norelius

  1 mile (1,609 m) freestyle: DNF

  4 × 250 m freestyle: fifth

• Nils Regnell

  1 mile (1,609 m) freestyle: DNF

  4 × 250 m freestyle: fifth

• Gustaf Wretman

  1 mile (1,609 m) freestyle: DNF

  4 × 250 m freestyle: fifth

Tug of war

• Third

  Anton Gustafsson

  Ture Wersall

  Erik Granfelt

  Eric Lemming

  Carl Svensson

  Axel Norling

  Osvald Holmberg

  Gustaf Grönberger

Diving

• John Andersson

  High diving: DNF

• Robert Andersson

  Diving: Seventh

• Otto Hagborg

  Diving: Twelfth

• Alfred Johansson

  Diving: 15.

• Hjalmar Johansson

  High diving: sixth

• Sigfrid Larsson

  Diving: 14.

• Wilhelm Lindgren

  Diving: 13.

• Emil Lundberg

  Diving: tenth

• Axel Norling

  Diving: 16.

• Gerlach Richter

  Diving: eleventh

• Einar Rosengren

  High diving: ninth

Web links

• Olympic team of Sweden 1906 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )