Sweden at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Sweden at the Olympic Games
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At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors	58 (50 men, 8 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Bror Östman, Ski Jumping
Medals Rank: 6	Gold 2	Silver 4	Bronze 4	Total 10
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Sweden competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Jernberg, SixtenSixten Jernberg	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km
01 ! Gold	Ericsson, SigvardSigvard Ericsson	Speed skating	Men's 10,000m
02 ! Silver	Jernberg, SixtenSixten Jernberg	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km
02 ! Silver	Jernberg, SixtenSixten Jernberg	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km
02 ! Silver	Eriksson, BengtBengt Eriksson	Nordic combined	Men's individual
02 ! Silver	Ericsson, SigvardSigvard Ericsson	Speed skating	Men's 5000m
03 ! Bronze	Sollander, StigStig Sollander	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
03 ! Bronze	Larsson, LennartLennart Larsson Samuelsson, GunnarGunnar Samuelsson Larsson, Per-ErikPer-Erik Larsson Jernberg, SixtenSixten Jernberg	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 x 10 km relay
03 ! Bronze	Ruthström-Edström, SonjaSonja Ruthström-Edström	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km
03 ! Bronze	Johansson, IrmaIrma Johansson Eriksson, Anna-LisaAnna-Lisa Eriksson Ruthström-Edström, SonjaSonja Ruthström-Edström	Cross-country skiing	Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lars Mattsson	Downhill					3:50.4	32
Stig Sollander						3:05.4	10
Hans Olofsson	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Olle Dalman						3:24.9	29
Åke Nilsson						3:21.4	20
Stig Sollander						3:17.1	16
Hans Olofsson	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Åke Nilsson		1:39.8	29	1:57.5	11	3:37.3	14
Olle Dalman		1:34.2	20	2:03.4 (+0:05)	15	3:37.6	15
Stig Sollander		1:29.2	5	1:51.0	3	3:20.2	03 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vivi-Anne Wassdahl	Downhill					2:08.0	42
Ingrid Englund						1:51.8	18
Eivor Berglund						1:51.6	15
Vivi-Anne Wassdahl	Giant Slalom					2:06.4	31
Eivor Berglund						2:04.9	26
Ingrid Englund						2:04.5	25
Eivor Berglund	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Ingrid Englund		DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Vivi-Anne Wassdahl		1:31.2 (+0:05)	35	59.6	8	2:30.8	28

Bobsleigh

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 Tryggve Sundström	Two-man	1:27.15	15	1:27.82	22	1:26.01	12	1:25.67	9	5:46.65	17
SWE-2	Sven Erbs Walter Aronson	Two-man	2:29.66	23	1:25.01	11	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

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 Ebbe Wallén Sune Skagerling Gunnar Åhs	Four-man	1:18.95	8	1:19.98	12	1:22.75	20	1:21.86	18	5:23.54	16
SWE-2	Kjell Holmström Sven Erbs Walter Aronson Jan Lapidoth	Four-man	1:20.58	14	1:20.32	15	1:21.15	15	1:21.13	14	5:23.18	13

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Gunnar Samuelsson	52:39	15
	Per-Erik Larsson	51:44	12
	Lennart Larsson	51:03	8
	Sixten Jernberg	50:14	02 !
30 km	Gunnar Samuelsson	1'48:23	11
	Lennart Larsson	1'46:56	8
	Per-Erik Larsson	1'46:51	7
	Sixten Jernberg	1'44:30	02 !
50 km	Inge Limberg	3'10:19	12
	Arthur Olsson	3'10:03	11
	Sture Grahn	3'06:32	10
	Sixten Jernberg	2'50:27	01 !

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Lennart Larsson Gunnar Samuelsson Per-Erik Larsson Sixten Jernberg	2'17:42	03 !

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km	Barbro Martinsson	41:04	14
	Anna-Lisa Eriksson	40:56	13
	Irma Johansson	40:20	7
	Sonja Ruthström-Edström	38:23	03 !

Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Irma Johansson Anna-Lisa Eriksson Sonja Ruthström-Edström	1'09:48	03 !

Figure skating

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Alice Lundström	19	18	136.34	206	19

Ice hockey

Group C

Top two teams advanced to medal round.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	2	2	0	0	15	4	4
2	Sweden	2	1	1	0	7	10	2
3	Switzerland	2	0	2	0	8	16	0

• USSR 5–1 Sweden
• Sweden 6–5 Switzerland

Games for 1st-6th places

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	25	5	10
2	United States	5	4	1	0	26	12	8
3	Canada	5	3	2	0	23	11	6
4	Sweden	5	1	3	1	10	17	3
5	Czechoslovakia	5	1	4	0	20	30	2
6	Germany	5	0	4	1	6	35	1

• USSR 4–1 Sweden
• Sweden 5–0 Czechoslovakia
• USA 6–1 Sweden
• Canada 6–2 Sweden
• Germany (UTG) 1–1 Sweden

Contestants Lars Svensson Yngve Casslind Bertz Zetterberg Lars Björn Åke Lassas Vilgot Larsson Ove Malmberg Holger Nurmela Sven Johansson Sigurd Bröms Hans Öberg Ronald Pettersson Nils Nilsson Lars-Eric Lundvall Stig Andersson-Tvilling Hans Andersson-Tvilling Stig Carlsson

Nordic combined

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Bengt Eriksson	Individual	72.5	72.5	214.0	3	1'00:36	223.400	15	437.400	02 !

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Holger Karlsson	Normal hill	76.0 fall	71.5	51	77.5	104.5	10	176.0	41
Erik Styf		76.0	102.5	15	75.0 fall	66.5	51	169.0	44
Bror Östman		76.0	102.5	15	75.5	102.0	13	204.5	14
Sven Pettersson		81.0	109.5	5	81.5	110.5	5	220.0	5

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Gunnar Ström	44.7	42
	Sigvard Ericsson	44.2	37
	Bertil Eng	42.6	15
	Bengt Malmsten	41.9	7
1500 m	Gunnar Ström	2:15.6	22
	Bengt Malmsten	2:14.6	17
	Bertil Eng	2:13.1	11
	Sigvard Ericsson	2:11.0	6
5000 m	Sven Andersson	8:16.9	22
	Gunnar Sjölin	8:06.7	12
	Olle Dahlberg	8:01.8	7
	Sigvard Ericsson	7:56.7	02 !
10,000 m	Gunnar Ström	17:17.0	15
	Sven Andersson	17:13.5	13
	Olle Dahlberg	17:01.3	8
	Sigvard Ericsson	16:35.9 OR	01 !

References

• Olympic Winter Games 1956, full results by sports-reference.com

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