Sweden at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Sweden competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

Sweden at the 1952 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Oslo
Competitors	65 (55 men, 9 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Erik Elmsäter (Nordic combined)
Medals Ranked 10th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 4 Total 4
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Bronze	Nils Täpp Sigurd Andersson Enar Josefsson Martin Lundström	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Bronze	Sweden men's national ice hockey team Göte Almqvist Hans Andersson Stig Andersson Åke Andersson Lasse Björn Göte Blomqvist Thord Flodqvist Erik Johansson Gösta Johansson Rune Johansson Sven "Tumba" Johansson Åke Lassas Holger Nurmela Lars Pettersson Lars Svensson Sven Thunman Hans Öberg	Ice hockey	Men's competition
Bronze	Karl Holmström	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
Bronze	Carl-Erik Asplund	Speed skating	Men's 10 000 m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stig Sollander	Downhill					DSQ	–
Sixten Isberg						2:53.4	34
Åke Nilsson						2:47.0	27
John Fredriksson						2:44.5	23
John Fredriksson	Giant Slalom					2:55.9	49
Sixten Isberg						2:42.3	30
Åke Nilsson						2:37.0	21
Stig Sollander						2:32.6	6
Åke Nilsson	Slalom	1:06.1	28 Q	1:03.4	12	2:09.5	18
John Fredriksson		1:06.0	27 Q	1:05.9	21	2:11.9	24
Olle Dalman		1:04.3	21 Q	1:04.5	16	2:08.8	15
Stig Sollander		1:00.4	4 Q	1:02.2	8	2:02.6	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ingrid Englund	Downhill					2:01.3	29
Margareta Jacobsson						1:58.2	25
Sarah Thomasson						1:55.5	18
Margareta Jacobsson	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Ingrid Englund						2:29.9	32
Kerstin Ahlqvist						2:21.4	26
Sarah Thomasson						2:18.4	21
Ingrid Englund	Slalom	1:14.8	27	1:13.9	29	2:28.7	27
Kerstin Ahlqvist		1:10.8	18	1:12.5	26	2:23.3	20
Margareta Jacobsson		1:10.4	17	1:10.2	20	2:20.6	16
Sarah Thomasson		1:09.9	15	1:08.4	13	2:18.3	12

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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 Jan Lapidoth	Two-man	1:24.30	11	1:23.92	7	1:23.46	8	1:24.09	9	5:35.77	8
SWE-2	Kjell Holmström Nils Landgren	Two-man	1:25.76	14	1:25.84	15	1:25.65	15	1:25.57	15	5:42.82	15

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SWE-1	Kjell Holmström Felix Fernström Nils Landgren Jan Lapidoth	Four-man	1:19.11	7	1:19.90	7	1:17.28	3	1:18.72	5	5:15.01	6
SWE-2	Gunnar Åhs Börje Ekedahl Lennart Sandin Gunnar Garpö	Four-man	1:18.84	5	1:19.93	9	1:18.66	7	1:20.43	9	5:17.86	7

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Lars-Erik Efverström	1'14:19	58
	Erik Elmsäter	1'13:46	56
	Enar Josefsson	1'05:10	13
	Gunnar Östberg	1'03:44	9
	Nils Täpp	1'03:35	7
	Nils Karlsson	1'02:56	5
50 km	Arthur Herrdin	3'57:46	13
	Gunnar Eriksson	3'55:45	12
	Anders Törnqvist	3'49:22	10
	Nils Karlsson	3'39:30	6

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Nils Täpp Sigurd Andersson Enar Josefsson Martin Lundström	2'24:13

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km	Sonja Ruthström-Edström	45:41	11
	Eivor Alm	45:20	9
	Margit Albrechtsson	45:05	8
	Märta Norberg	42:53	4

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Rank
Britta Lindmark Ulf Berendt	8.756	106	12

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Round robin								Tiebreaker	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Sweden men's	Men's tournament	Finland W 9–2	Poland W 17–1	Norway W 4–2	West Germany W 7–3	United States W 4–2	Canada L 2–3	Switzerland W 5–2	Czechoslovakia L 0–4	Czechoslovakia W 5–3

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	8	7	0	1	71	14	15
United States	8	6	1	1	43	21	13
Sweden	9	7	2	0	53	22	14
Czechoslovakia	9	6	3	0	50	23	12
Switzerland	8	4	4	0	40	40	8
Poland	8	2	5	1	21	56	5
Finland	8	2	6	0	21	60	4
West Germany	8	1	6	1	21	53	3
Norway	8	0	8	0	15	46	0

• Sweden 9–2 Finland
• Sweden 17–1 Poland
• Norway 2–4 Sweden
• Sweden 7–3 Germany FR
• Sweden 4–2 USA
• Canada 3–2 Sweden
• Sweden 5–2 Switzerland
• Czechoslovakia 4–0 Sweden
• Sweden 5–3 Czechoslovakia ¹

¹ Sweden and Czechoslovakia were tied with identical record and goal differentials, so a tie breaker game was played.

Bronze:

Sweden Göte Almqvist Hans Andersson Stig Andersson Åke Andersson Lasse Björn Göte Blomqvist Thord Flodqvist Erik Johansson Gösta Johansson Rune Johansson Sven "Tumba" Johansson Åke Lassas Holger Nurmela Lars Pettersson Lars Svensson Sven Thunman Hans Öberg

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Events:

• 18 km cross-country skiing
• normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below (athletes were allowed to perform three jumps, the best two jumps were counted and are shown here).

Athlete	Event	Cross-country		Ski jumping				Total
		Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lars-Erik Efverström	Individual	196.667	17	59.5	60.5	193.0	15	389.667	17
Erik Elmsäter		198.667	16	61.0	62.0	199.0	11	397.667	13

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Thure Lindgren	Normal hill	63.0 (fall)	72.0	40	62.5	103.5	10	175.5	40
Hans Nordin		63.5	104.5	12	61.5	102.0	13	206.5	11
Karl Holmström		67.0	110.0	5	65.5	109.5	2	219.5
Bror Östman		66.5	110.0	5	65.0 (fall)	77.0	43	187.0	32

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Bengt Malmsten	46.6	31
	Stig H Lindberg	45.9	25
	Gunnar Ström	45.6	23
	Mats Bolmstedt	44.8	12
1500 m	John Wickström	2:27.6	26
	Gunnar Ström	2:25.8	19
	Sigvard Ericsson	2:23.4	8
	Carl-Erik Asplund	2:22.6	4
5000 m	John Wickström	8:47.2	18
	Sigvard Ericsson	8:40.0	14
	Göthe Hedlund	8:39.2	11
	Carl-Erik Asplund	8:30.7	6
10,000 m	Gunnar Hallkvist	18:20.9	20
	Sigvard Ericsson	17:52.8	13
	Göthe Hedlund	17:39.2	9
	Carl-Erik Asplund	17:16.6

References

• Petersen, Rolf, ed. (1952). The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIth Winter Olympic Games 1952 at Oslo (PDF). Oslo. Retrieved 2008-01-31.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com