Sweden at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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Competitors68 (59 men, 9 women) in 9 sports
Sweden at the
1968 Winter Olympics
IOC codeSWE
NOCSwedish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Grenoble
Competitors68 (59 men, 9 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearerBarbro Martinsson (Cross-country skiing)
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
8
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Sweden competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Per-Olov Richardsson Downhill 2:09.83 43
Rune Lindström 2:05.69 29
Lars Olsson Giant Slalom 1:48.69 28 DSQ DSQ
Bengt-Erik Grahn 1:48.68 27 1:57.78 54 3:46.46 39
Olle Rolén 1:47.52 22 1:50.83 22 3:38.35 20
Rune Lindström 1:46.94 17 1:50.11 17 3:37.05 16
Men's slalom
Athlete Heat 1 Heat 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Per-Olov Richardsson 54.83 2 QF 52.46 28 DSQ DSQ
Bengt-Erik Grahn 54.28 1 QF 49.74 3 DSQ DSQ
Olle Rolén 54.15 1 QF 51.77 22 DSQ DSQ
Rune Lindström 53.85 2 QF 51.19 15 50.80 8 1:41.99 11
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ingrid Sundberg Giant Slalom 2:08.54 35
Ingrid Sundberg Slalom 46.91 27 52.65 23 1:39.56 21

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Nore Westin 1'21:09.4 7 1'28:09.4 30
Holmfrid Olsson 1'19:01.8 6 1'25:01.8 20
Olle Petrusson 1'18:31.2 6 1'24:31.2 19
Lars-Göran Arwidson 1'18:08.9 6 1'24:08.9 17
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 2 Time Rank
Lars-Göran Arwidson
Tore Eriksson
Olle Petrusson
Holmfrid Olsson
0 2'17:26.3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

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 Rolf Höglund
Börje Hedblom
Two-man 1:12.77 19 1:13.17 18 1:12.62 14 1:12.63 12 4:51.19 14
SWE-2 Carl-Erik Eriksson
Eric Wennerberg
Two-man 1:12.75 17 1:12.69 14 1:12.84 16 1:13.41 17 4:51.69 18
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
SWE-1 Rolf Höglund
Hans Hallén
Sven Martinsson
Börje Hedblom
Four-man 1:12.20 16 1:09.90 16 2:22.10 16

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Assar Rönnlund 49:25.3 11
Bjarne Andersson 48:41.1 6
Jan Halvarsson 48:39.1 5
Gunnar Larsson 48:33.7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
30 km Ingvar Sandström 1'39:47.5 21
Bruno Åvik 1'39:38.1 20
Jan Halvarsson 1'38:23.2 12
Gunnar Larsson 1'37:48.1 8
50 km Assar Rönnlund 2'31:19.3 10
Jan Halvarsson 2'30:05.9 7
Gunnar Larsson 2'29:37.2 6
Melcher Risberg 2'29:37.0 5
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Jan Halvarsson
Bjarne Andersson
Gunnar Larsson
Assar Rönnlund
2'10:13.2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Barbro Tano 17:35.8 18
Britt Strandberg 17:25.8 15
Barbro Martinsson 16:52.9 4
Toini Gustafsson 16:45.2 1st place, gold medalist(s)
10 km Britt Strandberg 39:25.7 15
Barbro Tano 39:09.6 10
Barbro Martinsson 38:07.1 4
Toini Gustafsson 36:46.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Britt Strandberg
Toini Gustafsson
Barbro Martinsson
57:51.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Figure skating

Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Thomas Callerud 27 27 1399.3 241 27

Ice hockey

Summary
Team Event First round Medal round / Consolation round
Opposition
Score
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Score
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Score
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Score
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Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Sweden men's Men's tournament BYE MR  United States
W 4–3
 West Germany
W 5–4
 East Germany
W 5–2
 Finland
W 5–1
 Soviet Union
L 2–3
 Canada
L 0–3
 Czechoslovakia
T 2–2
4

Medal Round

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Soviet Union 7610481012
2  Czechoslovakia 7511331711
3  Canada 7520281510
4  Sweden 742123189
5  Finland 733117237
6  United States 724123285
7  West Germany 716013392
8  East Germany 707013480

Sweden Sweden – United States USA 4:3 (0:0, 4:2, 0:1)
Goalscorers: Nilsson, Wickberg, Hedlund, Bengsston – Falkman, Lilyholm, Nanne.
Referees: McEvoy, Kubinec (CAN)

Sweden Sweden – Germany West Germany 5:4 (4:3, 0:0, 1:1)
Goalscorers: Svedberg, Lundström, Nordlander, Olsson, Öberg – Kuhn, Hanig, Reif, Kopf.
Referees: Kořínek, Bucala (TCH)

Sweden Sweden – East Germany East Germany 5:2 (1:0, 2:1, 2:1)
Goalscorers: Hedlund 2, Wickberg, Lundström, Henriksson – Plotka, Fuchs.
Referees: Seglin (URS), Wycisk (POL)

Sweden Sweden – Finland Finland 5:1 (1:0, 2:1, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Wickberg 2, Granholm, Nillsson, Bengsston – Oksanen.
Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Kořínek (TCH)

Soviet Union USSR – Sweden Sweden 3:2 (1:1, 0:0, 2:1)
Goalscorers: Firsov 2, Blinov – Öberg, Svedberg.
Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Kořínek (TCH)

Sweden Sweden – Canada Canada 0:3 (0:2, 0.0, 0:1)
Goalscorers: Johnston, G. Pinder, O‘Shea.
Referees: Sillankorva (FIN), Kořínek (TCH)

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia – Sweden Sweden 2:2 (1:1, 1:0, 0:1)
Goalscorers: Golonka, Hrbatý – Bengtsson, Henriksson.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)

Contestants

4. SWEDEN
Goaltenders: Leif Holmqvist, Hans Dahllöf.
Defence: Arne Carlsson, Nils Johansson, Bert-Olov Nordlander, Lars-Erik Sjöberg, Roland Stoltz, Lennart Svedberg.
Forwards: Folke Bengtsson, Svante Granholm, Henric Hedlund, Leif Henriksson, Tord Lundström, Lars-Göran Nilsson, Roger Olsson, Björn Palmqvist, Håkan Wickberg, Carl-Göran Öberg.
Coach: Arne Strömberg.

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ivar Bjare 1:00.73 34 1:01.44 36 1:00.63 33 3:02.80 32
Per-Ulf Helander 1:00.25 31 1:01.67 37 1:01.20 34 3:03.12 34
Hans Sahlin 59.12 24 59.36 22 59.98 28 2:58.46 25
Jan Nilsson 59.00 20 59.67 27 59.24 23 2:57.91 23

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ivar Bjare
Jan Nilsson
51.04 13 50.52 13 1:41.56 13
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Berit Salomonsson 50.89 14 51.35 17 51.31 13 2:33.55 13

Ski jumping

Speed skating

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