Sweden at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Sweden at the Olympic Games

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At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo
Competitors 65 (55 men, 9 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer Erik Elmsäter (Nordic combined)
Medals
Rank: 10		 Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
4		 Total
4
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Sweden competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

Contents

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Bronze Täpp, NilsNils Täpp
Andersson, SigurdSigurd Andersson
Josefsson, EnarEnar Josefsson
Lundström, MartinMartin Lundström		 Cross-country skiing Men's 4 x 10 km relay
 Bronze Sweden men's national ice hockey team
Göte Almqvist   Thord Flodqvist   Holger Nurmela
Hans Andersson   Erik Johansson   Lars Pettersson
Stig Andersson   Gösta Johansson   Lars Svensson
Åke Andersson   Rune Johansson   Sven Thunman
Lars Björn   Sven "Tumba" Johansson   Hans Öberg
Göte Blomqvist   Åke Lassas
Ice hockey Men's competition
 Bronze Holmström, KarlKarl Holmström Ski jumping Men's normal hill
 Bronze Asplund, Carl-ErikCarl-Erik Asplund Speed skating Men's 10,000m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Stig Sollander Downhill DSQ –
Sixten Isberg 2:53.4 34
Åke Nilsson 2:47.0 27
John Fredriksson 2:44.5 23
John Fredriksson Giant Slalom 2:55.9 49
Sixten Isberg 2:42.3 30
Åke Nilsson 2:37.0 21
Stig Sollander 2:32.6 6
Åke Nilsson Slalom 1:06.1 28 Q 1:03.4 12 2:09.5 18
John Fredriksson 1:06.0 27 Q 1:05.9 21 2:11.9 24
Olle Dalman 1:04.3 21 Q 1:04.5 16 2:08.8 15
Stig Sollander 1:00.4 4 Q 1:02.2 8 2:02.6 5
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ingrid Englund Downhill 2:01.3 29
Margareta Jacobsson 1:58.2 25
Sarah Thomasson 1:55.5 18
Margareta Jacobsson Giant Slalom DSQ –
Ingrid Englund 2:29.9 32
Kerstin Ahlqvist 2:21.4 26
Sarah Thomasson 2:18.4 21
Ingrid Englund Slalom 1:14.8 27 1:13.9 29 2:28.7 27
Kerstin Ahlqvist 1:10.8 18 1:12.5 26 2:23.3 20
Margareta Jacobsson 1:10.4 17 1:10.2 20 2:20.6 16
Sarah Thomasson 1:09.9 15 1:08.4 13 2:18.3 12

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
SWE-1 Olle Axelsson
Jan Lapidoth		 Two-man 1:24.30 11 1:23.92 7 1:23.46 8 1:24.09 9 5:35.77 8
SWE-2 Kjell Holmström
Nils Landgren		 Two-man 1:25.76 14 1:25.84 15 1:25.65 15 1:25.57 15 5:42.82 15
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
SWE-1 Kjell Holmström
Felix Fernström
Nils Landgren
Jan Lapidoth		 Four-man 1:19.11 7 1:19.90 7 1:17.28 3 1:18.72 5 5:15.01 6
SWE-2 Gunnar Åhs
Börje Ekedahl
Lennart Sandin
Gunnar Garpö		 Four-man 1:18.84 5 1:19.93 9 1:18.66 7 1:20.43 9 5:17.86 7

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Lars-Erik Efverström 1'14:19 58
Erik Elmsäter 1'13:46 56
Enar Josefsson 1'05:10 13
Gunnar Östberg 1'03:44 9
Nils Täpp 1'03:35 7
Nils Karlsson 1'02:56 5
50 km Arthur Herrdin 3'57:46 13
Gunnar Eriksson 3'55:45 12
Anders Törnqvist 3'49:22 10
Nils Karlsson 3'39:30 6
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Nils Täpp
Sigurd Andersson
Enar Josefsson
Martin Lundström		 2'24:13
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km Sonja Ruthström-Edström 45:41 11
Eivor Alm 45:20 9
Margit Albrechtsson 45:05 8
Märta Norberg 42:53 4

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Pairs
Athletes Points Places Rank
Britta Lindmark
Ulf Berendt		 8.756 106 12

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics

The tournament was run in a round robin format with nine teams participating.

Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Canada 8 7 0 1 71 14 15
 United States 8 6 1 1 43 21 13
 Sweden 9 7 2 0 53 22 14
 Czechoslovakia 9 6 3 0 50 23 12
 Switzerland 8 4 4 0 40 40 8
 Poland 8 2 5 1 21 56 5
 Finland 8 2 6 0 21 60 4
 West Germany 8 1 6 1 21 53 3
 Norway 8 0 8 0 15 46 0

1 Sweden and Czechoslovakia were tied with identical record and goal differentials, so a tie breaker game was played.

Bronze:
Sweden
Göte Almqvist
Hans Andersson
Stig Andersson
Åke Andersson
Lars Björn
Göte Blomqvist
Thord Flodqvist
Erik Johansson
Gösta Johansson
Rune Johansson
Sven "Tumba" Johansson
Åke Lassas
Holger Nurmela
Lars Pettersson
Lars Svensson
Sven Thunman
Hans Öberg

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Events:

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below (athletes were allowed to perform three jumps, the best two jumps were counted and are shown here).

Athlete Event Cross-country Ski jumping Total
Points Rank Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Points Rank
Lars-Erik Efverström Individual 196.667 17 59.5 60.5 193.0 15 389.667 17
Erik Elmsäter 198.667 16 61.0 62.0 199.0 11 397.667 13

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Thure Lindgren Normal hill 63.0 (fall) 72.0 40 62.5 103.5 10 175.5 40
Hans Nordin 63.5 104.5 12 61.5 102.0 13 206.5 11
Karl Holmström 67.0 110.0 5 65.5 109.5 2 219.5
Bror Östman 66.5 110.0 5 65.0 (fall) 77.0 43 187.0 32

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Bengt Malmsten 46.6 31
Sitg Lindberg 45.9 25
Gunnar Ström 45.6 23
Mats Bolmstedt 44.8 12
1500 m John Wickström 2:27.6 26
Gunnar Ström 2:25.8 19
Sigvard Ericsson 2:23.4 8
Carl-Erik Asplund 2:22.6 4
5000 m John Wickström 8:47.2 18
Sigvard Ericsson 8:40.0 14
Göthe Hedlund 8:39.2 11
Carl-Erik Asplund 8:30.7 6
10,000 m Gunnar Hallkvist 18:20.9 20
Sigvard Ericsson 17:52.8 13
Göthe Hedlund 17:39.2 9
Carl-Erik Asplund 17:16.6

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