Sweden competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 181 competitors, 162 men and 19 women, took part in 100 events in 18 sports.

Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk Athletics Men's triple jump Modern pentathlon Men's individual Athletics Men's 3000 metres steeplechase Athletics Men's 1500 metres Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman lightweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman welterweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman middleweight Retrieved 2011-12-20. Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweightdatabaseOlympics.com . Retrieved 2011-12-20. Athletics Men's 10 kilometres walk Canoeing Men's K-1 10000 metres Lennart Klingström Canoeing Men's K-2 10000 metres Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 metres Hans Wetterström Canoeing Men's K-2 1000 metres Football Men's tournament Wrestling Men's freestyle featherweight Wrestling Men's freestyle lightweight Wrestling Men's freestyle heavyweight Athletics Men's 3000 metres steeplechase Athletics Men's 1500 metres Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman featherweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight Athletics Men's 10 kilometres walk Gösta BrodinHugo Johnson Sailing Dragon Boxing Men's heavyweight Olof StahreSigurd Svensson Equestrian Team eventing Athletics Men's 10,000 metres Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles Wrestling Men's freestyle flyweight Wrestling Men's freestyle middleweight Wrestling Men's freestyle light heavyweight Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle, prone position Athletics Women's long jump Modern pentathlon Men's individual Shooting 25 metre rapid fire pistol Athletics Men's 3000 metres steeplechase Frank CervellCarl ForssellBengt LjungquistSven ThofeltArne Tollbom Fencing Men's team épée Rune LarssonKurt LundquistLars-Erik Wolfbrandt Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay Equestrian Individual dressage Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg Martin HindorffTore HolmTorsten LordGösta Salén Sailing Men's 6 metre class Equestrian Individual eventing

Athletics

Men's 110 metres hurdles Håkan Lidman Börje Rendin

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Four cyclists, all men, represented Sweden in 1948.

Individual road race Nils Johansson Harry Snell Åke Olivestedt Olle Wänlund

Team road race Nils Johansson Harry Snell Åke Olivestedt Olle Wänlund

Diving

Men AthleteEventFinalPointsRankSvante Johansson3 m springboard120.206Lennart Brunnhage10 m platform108.624

Women AthleteEventFinalPointsRankEva Petersén10 m platform59.867

Equestrian

Fencing

Eight fencers, all men, represented Sweden in 1948.

Men's foil Bo Eriksson Nils Rydström

Men's épée Bengt Ljungquist Frank Cervell Carl Forssell

Men's team épée Sven Thofelt, Per Carleson, Frank Cervell, Carl Forssell, Bengt Ljungquist, Arne Tollbom

Men's sabre Bo Eriksson

Football

Summary

TeamEventPrimary roundFirst roundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSweden men'sMen's tournamentW 3–0W 12–0W 4–2W 3–1

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1948.

Willie Grut Gösta Gärdin Sune Wehlin

Rowing

Sweden had three male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948.

Men's single sculls Curt Brunnqvist

Men's coxless pair Evert Gunnarsson Bernt Torberntsson

Sailing

Thirteen Swedish sailor participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Sweden had three reserves that did not participate in any events; Carl-Erik Ohlson, Charles Eriksson and Sven Rinman.

Shooting

Eleven shooters represented Sweden in 1948.

25 metre pistol Sven Lundquist Torsten Ullman Claes Egnell

50 metre pistol Torsten Ullman Sture Nordlund Lars Berg

300 metre rifle Kurt Johansson Holger Erbén Walther Fröstell

50 metre rifle Jonas Jonsson Uno Berg Erland Koch

Swimming

Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankOlle Johansson100 m freestyle 1:01.0 4* Did not advanceMartin Lundén 1:00.2 3 q* 1:00.2 6* Did not advancePer-Olof Olsson 59.0 2 Q* 59.1 4 q* 59.3 6Per-Olof Östrand400 m freestyle 4:53.5 7 Q Did not advance1500 m freestyle 20:19.8 8 Q Did not advanceMartin Lundén100 m backstroke 1:15.6 5* Did not advancePer-Olof Olsson 1:14.6 6* Did not advanceMartin LundénPer-Olof OlssonPer-Olof ÖstrandOlle Johansson4 × 200 m freestyle relay 9:12.9 3* colspan=2 9:09.1 4 *Ranks given are within the heat.

Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankElisabeth Ahlgren100 m freestyle 1:08.7 12 Q 1:08.6 7 q 1:08.8 7Ingegärd Fredin 1:08.1 6 Q 1:08.4 6 Q 1:08.4 5Marianne Lundquist 1:09.0 14 Q 1:09.3 10 Did not advanceGisela Thidholm400 m freestyle 5:34.5 10 Q Did not advanceIngegärd Fredin100 m backstroke 1:21.2 16 Q Did not advanceGisela ThidholmElisabeth AhlgrenMarianne LundquistIngegärd Fredin4 × 100 m freestyle relay 4:38.5 2 Q* colspan=2 *Rank given is within the heat.

Water polo

Summary TeamEventRound oneRound twoSemifinalFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultSweden menMen's tournamentW 6–1W 4–11 QD 1–1W 7–01 QL 3–53W 3–2D 1–15

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

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