Sweden at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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IOC codeSWE
NOCSwedish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
Competitors58 (49 men, 9 women) in 9 sports
Sweden at the
1972 Winter Olympics
IOC codeSWE
NOCSwedish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Sapporo
Competitors58 (49 men, 9 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearerHasse Börjes (Speed skating)
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
4
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Sweden competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldSven-Åke LundbäckCross-country skiingMen's 15 km
 SilverHasse BörjesSpeed skatingMen's 500 m
 BronzeLars-Göran ArwidsonBiathlonMen's 20 km
 BronzeGöran ClaesonSpeed skatingMen's 1500 m

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Olle Rolén Downhill 1:59.28 34
Manni Thofte 1:56.66 28
Manni Thofte Giant Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Olle Rolén DNF – – – DNF –
Sven Mikaelsson 1:37.88 29 1:43.77 27 3:21.65 28
Men's slalom
Athlete Classification Final
Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Olle Rolén 1:47.88 3 1:01.19 28 DNF – DNF –
Sven Mikaelsson 1:48.03 5 1:01.00 26 1:00.72 23 2:01.72 21
Manni Thofte DNF – 1:01.14 27 DNF – DNF –
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lotta Sollander Downhill 1:42.97 31
Lotta Sollander Giant Slalom DNF –
Lotta Sollander Slalom DNF – – – DNF –

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Torsten Wadman 1'17:17.56 13 1'30:17.56 49
Olle Petrusson 1'16:40.58 12 1'28:40.58 42
Holmfrid Olsson 1'19:28.78 3 1'22:28.78 21
Lars-Göran Arwidson 1'14:27.03 2 1'16:27.03 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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
Olle Petrusson
Torsten Wadman
Holmfrid Olsson		 6 1'56:57.40 5
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 Carl-Erik Eriksson
Jan Johansson		 Two-man 1:16.68 9 1:16.81 10 1:14.08 4 1:13.83 2 5:01.40 6
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
SWE-1 Carl-Erik Eriksson
Tom Mentzer
Thomas Gustafsson
Jan Johansson		 Four-man 1:12.14 12 1:12.42 8 1:11.43 13 1:11.41 9 4:47.40 11

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Tord Backman 47:22.97 20
Lars-Göran Åslund 46:56.23 18
Gunnar Larsson 46:23.29 8
Sven-Åke Lundbäck 45:28.24 1st place, gold medalist(s)
30 km Thomas Magnuson 1'43:26.02 28
Sven-Åke Lundbäck 1'39:54.35 13
Lars-Göran Åslund 1'39:45.29 11
Gunnar Larsson 1'37:33.72 4
50 km Gunnar Larsson 2'51:17.56 20
Tord Backman 2'48:53.51 13
Hans-Erik Larsson 2'47:59.37 11
Lars-Arne Bölling 2'45:06.80 7
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Thomas Magnuson
Lars-Göran Åslund
Gunnar Larsson
Sven-Åke Lundbäck		 2'07:03.60 4
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Meeri Bodelid 18:29.07 33
Birgitta Lindqvist 18:25.88 32
Barbro Tano 17:54.53 19
Eva Olsson 17:46.66 15
10 km Birgitta Lindqvist 37:24.76 28
Eva Olsson 36:46.50 23
Meeri Bodelid 36:41.52 19
Barbro Tano 36:29.34 13
Women's 3 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Meeri Bodelid
Eva Olsson
Birgitta Lindqvist		 51:51.84 8

Figure skating

Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Anita Johansson 14 15 2349.3 131 15

Ice hockey

Summary
Team Event First round Final round / Consolation round
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Sweden men's Men's tournament  Yugoslavia
W 8–1		  United States
W 5–1		  Soviet Union
T 3–3		  Poland
W 5–3		  Czechoslovakia
L 1–2		  Finland
L 3–4		 4

First round

Winners (in bold) entered the medal round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Sweden 8–1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia

Medal round

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Soviet Union 540133139
2  United States 532018156
3  Czechoslovakia 532026136
4  Sweden 522117135
5  Finland 523014244
6  Poland 50509390
  • Sweden 5–1 USA
  • USSR 3–3 Sweden
  • Sweden 5–3 Poland
  • Czechoslovakia 2–1 Sweden
  • Finland 4–3 Sweden
Contestants
Leif Holmqvist
Christer Abrahamsson
Thommy Abrahamsson
Lars-Erik Sjöberg
Kjell-Rune Milton
Stig Östling
Bert-Ola Nordlander
Kenneth Ekman
Tord Lundström
Lars-Göran Nilsson
Håkan Pettersson
Håkan Wickberg
Mats Åhlberg
Björn Palmqvist
Hans Hansson
Inge Hammarström
Hans Lindberg
Thommie Bergman
Stig-Göran Johansson
Mats Lindh

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
Sven-Olof Israelsson Individual 64.0 62.0 130.3 39 51:24.9 193.000 20 323.300 36

Ski jumping

Speed skating

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