Sweden competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan which ran from 11 October 1964 to 24 October 1964. 94 competitors, 76 men and 18 women, took part in 72 events in 13 sports.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Rolf Peterson Canoeing Men's K1 1000 m Sven-Olov SjödeliusGunnar Utterberg Canoeing Men's K2 1000 m Per Svensson Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's Light Heavyweight Arne KarlssonSture StorkLars Thörn Sailing Men's 5½ m Class Ingvar Pettersson Athletics Men's 50 km Walk Sven HamrinErik PetterssonGösta PetterssonSture Pettersson Cycling Men's Team Road Race Bertil Nyström Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's Welterweight Pelle PetterssonHolger Sundström Sailing Men's Star Class
Athletics
Men's Discus Throw Lars Haglund Qualification – no mark (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Canoeing
Cycling
Four cyclists represented Sweden in 1964.
Individual road race Gösta Pettersson – 4:39:51.74 (→ 7th place) Erik Pettersson – 4:39:51.74 (→ 11th place) Sven Hamrin – 4:39:51.79 (→ 49th place) Sture Pettersson – 4:39:51.79 (→ 51st place)
Team time trial Sven Hamrin Erik Pettersson Gösta Pettersson Sture Pettersson
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankGöran Lundqvist3 m springboard91.776 Q46.884138.655
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankKerstin Rybrant3 m springboard61.7421Did not advance
Equestrian
Fencing
Seven fencers, five men and two women, represented Sweden in 1964.
Men's épée Orvar Lindwall Hans Lagerwall Göran Abrahamsson
Men's team épée Ivar Genesjö, Orvar Lindwall, Hans Lagerwall, Göran Abrahamsson, Carl-Wilhelm Engdahl
Women's foil Kerstin Palm Christina Wahlberg
Gymnastics
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathlete represented Sweden in 1964.
Individual Bo Jansson Rolf Junefelt Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall
Team Bo Jansson Rolf Junefelt Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall
Sailing
Shooting
Six shooters represented Sweden in 1964.
25 m pistol Stig Berntsson
50 m pistol Leif Larsson
300 m rifle, three positions John Sundberg Jan Poignant
50 m rifle, three positions Jan Poignant John Sundberg
50 m rifle, prone Jan Poignant John Sundberg
Trap Lennart Ahlin Rune Flodman
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLester Eriksson100 m freestyle 56.2 =28 Did not advancePer-Ola Lindberg 55.1 =5 Q 55.1 10 Did not advanceBengt Nordwall 55.6 =14 Q 56.4 =21 Did not advanceHans Rosendahl400 m freestyle 4:23.5 10 colspan=2 Did not advanceMats Svensson 4:24.6 12 colspan=2 Did not advanceOlle Ferm400 m individual medley 5:10.5 16 colspan=2 Did not advanceBengt NordwallIngvar ErikssonJan LundinPer-Ola Lindberg4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:41.3 4 Q colspan=2 3:40.7 5Mats SvenssonLester ErikssonHans RosendahlJan Lundin4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:10.3 3 Q colspan=2 8:08.0 5
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAnn-Christine Hagberg100 m freestyle 1:02.5 =6 Q 1:02.8 8 Q 1:02.5 7Ulla Jäfvert 1:03.8 =17 Q 1:04.6 16 Did not advanceAnn-Charlotte Lilja 1:03.7 =15 Q 1:03.9 =14 Did not advance400 m freestyle 4:52.3 6 Q colspan=2 4:53.0 8Elisabeth Ljunggren 4:57.0 12 colspan=2 Did not advanceMajvor Welander 5:07.7 24 colspan=2 Did not advanceAnn-Charlotte LiljaLotten AnderssonUlla JäfvertAnn-Christine Hagberg4 × 100 m freestyle relay 4:13.5 4 Q colspan=2 4:14.0 5
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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