Sweden at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 260 (247 men and 13 women) in 18 sports | |||||||||||
Medals Rank: 2 |
Gold 19 |
Silver 20 |
Bronze 25 |
Total 64 |
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Sweden competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 260 competitors, 247 men and 13 women, took part in 100 events in 18 sports.[1]
Medalists
Gold
- William Petersson — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
- Harry Stenqvist — Cycling, Men's Individual Time Trial
- Arvid Wallman — Diving, Plain high diving
- Janne Lundblad — Equestrian, Individual dressage
- Helmer Morner — Equestrian, Individual three-day event
- Helmer Mörner, Åge Lundström, Georg von Braun and Gustaf Dyrsch — Equestrian, Team three-day event
- Hans von Rosen, Claës König, Daniel Norling and Frank Martin — Equestrian, Team jumping
- Gillis Grafström — Figure skating, Men's singles
- Magda Julin — Figure skating, Women's singles
- Men's Team (Swedish system) — Gymnastics
- Gustaf Dyrssen — Modern pentathlon, Men's Individual
- Gösta Lundqvist, Rolf Steffenburg, Gösta Bengtsson and Axel Calvert — Sailing, Men's 30 m² class
- Tore Holm, Yngve Holm, Axel Rydin and Georg Tengwall — Sailing, Men's 40 m² class
- Hugo Johansson — Shooting, Men's 600m free rifle
- Håkan Malmrot — Swimming, Men's 200m breaststroke
- Håkan Malmrot — Swimming, Men's 400m breaststroke
- Anders Larsson — Wrestling, Freestyle light heavyweight
- Carl Westergren — Wrestling, Greco-Roman middleweight
- Claes Johanson — Wrestling, Greco-Roman light heavyweight
Silver
- Erik Backman — Athletics, Men's Individual Cross country
- Carl Johan Lind — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
- Folke Jansson — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
- Harry Stenqvist, Ragnar Malm, Axel Persson and Sigfrid Lundberg — Cycling, Men's Team Time Trial
- Erik Adlerz — Diving, Men's 10m Platform
- Nils Skoglund — Diving, Plain high diving
- Age Lundstrom — Equestrian, Individual eventing
- Bertil Sandström — Equestrian, Individual dressage
- Svea Norén — Figure skating, Women's singles
- Erik de Laval — Modern pentathlon, Men's Individual
- Gustaf Svensson, Ragnar Svensson, Percy Almstedt and Erik Mellbin — Sailing, Men's 40 m² class
- Fredric Landelius — Shooting, Men's 100m running deer, double shots
- Alfred Swahn, Oscar Swahn, Fredric Landelius, Bengt Lagercrantz and Edward Benedicks — Shooting, Men's Team 100m running deer, double shots
- Alfred Swahn — Shooting, Men's 100m running deer, single shot
- Anders Andersson, Casimir Reuterskiöld, Gunnar Gabrielsson, Sigvard Hultcrantz and Anders Johnson — Shooting, Men's Team 50m army pistol
- Sigvard Hultcrantz, Erik Ohlsson, Leon Lagerlöf, Ragnar Stare and Olle Ericsson — Shooting, Men's Team 50m small bore rifle
- Mauritz Eriksson — Shooting, Men's 600m free rifle
- Thor Henning — Swimming, Men's 200m breaststroke
- Thor Henning — Swimming, Men's 400m breaststroke
- Gottfrid Svensson — Wrestling, Freestyle lightweight
Bronze
- Erik Backman, Sven Lundgren and Edvin Wide — Athletics, Men's 3000m Team
- Nils Engdahl — Athletics, Men's 400m
- Agne Holmström, William Petersson, Sven Malm and Nils Sandström — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Erik Backman — Athletics, Men's 5000m
- Carl Johan Lind — Athletics, Men's 56 lb weight throw
- Erik Backman, Gustaf Mattsson and Hilding Ekman — Athletics, Men's Team Cross country
- Bertil Ohlson — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
- Bo Ekelund — Athletics, Men's High Jump
- Erik Abrahamsson — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
- Erik Almlöf — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
- Eva Olliwier — Diving, Women's 10m Platform
- John Jansson — Diving, Plain high diving
- Carl Lewenhaupt — Equestrian, Individual jumping
- Hans von Rosen — Equestrian, Individual dressage
- Anders Mårtensson, Oskar Nilsson and Carl Green — Equestrian, Team vaulting
- Gösta Runö — Modern pentathlon, Men's Individual
- Olle Ericsson, Hugo Johansson, Leon Lagerlöf, Walfrid Hellman and Mauritz Eriksson — Shooting, Men's Team 300m army rifle, standing
- Mauritz Eriksson, Hugo Johansson, Gustaf Jonsson, Erik Blomqvist and Erik Ohlsson — Shooting, Men's Team 600m free rifle
- Erik Lundquist, Per Kinde, Fredric Landelius, Alfred Swahn, Karl Richter and Erik Sökjer-Petersén — Shooting, Men's Team clay pigeons
- Aina Berg, Emy Machnow, Carin Nilsson and Jane Gylling — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
- Harald Julin, Robert Andersson, Vilhelm Andersson, Erik Bergqvist, Max Gumpel, Pontus Hanson, Erik Andersson, Nils Backlund, Torsten Kumfeldt and Theodor Nauman — Water polo, Men's Team competition
- Albert Pettersson — Weightlifting, Middleweight
- Erik Pettersson — Weightlifting, Light heavyweight
- Ernst Nilsson — Wrestling, Freestyle heavyweight
- Fritiof Svensson — Wrestling, Greco-Roman featherweight
Aquatics
Diving
Twelve divers, eight men and four women, represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Four of the eight men took a medal each, and the group added three fourth-place finishes. Sweden's four plain high divers took the top four places in that event, with Adlerz (fourth in the plain high dive) adding a silver in the platform. On the women's side, Olliwier was the only diver to advance to the final; she finished with the bronze medal.
- Men
Ranks given are within the semifinal group.
Diver | Event | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Points | Score | Rank | Points | Score | Rank | ||
Erik Adlerz | 10 m platform | 9 | 468.50 | 1 Q | 10 | 495.40 | ![]() |
Plain high dive | 11 | 177.0 | 2 Q | 19 | 173.0 | 4 | |
Gustaf Blomgren | 3 m springboard | 7 | 614.00 | 1 Q | 19 | 587.05 | 4 |
10 m platform | 11 | 468.10 | 2 Q | 23 | 453.80 | 4 | |
Oscar Dose | 3 m springboard | 20 | 543.70 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
Gunnar Ekstrand | 3 m springboard | 15 | 560.85 | 3 Q | 27 | 559.25 | 5 |
10 m platform | 20 | 402.80 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
John Jansson | 3 m springboard | 16 | 549.70 | 3 Q | 34 | 544.75 | 6 |
Plain high dive | 8 | 171.5 | 1 Q | 16 | 175.0 | ![]() | |
Yngve Johnson | 10 m platform | 7 | 445.80 | 1 Q | 27 | 424.00 | 5 |
Nils Skoglund | Plain high dive | 10 | 153.0 | 1 Q | 8 | 183.0 | ![]() |
Arvid Wallman | Plain high dive | 8 | 175.5 | 1 Q | 7 | 183.5 | ![]() |
- Women
Ranks given are within the semifinal group.
Diver | Event | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Points | Score | Rank | Points | Score | Rank | ||
Märta Adlerz | 10 m platform | 29 | 136.5 | 7 | Did not advance | ||
Selma Andersson | 10 m platform | 25 | 143.0 | 6 | Did not advance | ||
Karin Leiditz | 10 m platform | 20 | 147.0 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
Eva Olliwier | 10 m platform | 6 | 152.0 | 1 Q | 11 | 166.0 | ![]() |
Swimming
Thirteen swimmers, nine men and four women, represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport.
The breaststroke was Sweden's strength, with all five men's individual finals appearances made by three swimmers in those two events. Malmrot and Henning finished first and second, respectively, in both events. Malmrot also posted a new Olympic record in the 200 metre event. The men's relay also advanced to the finals, placing fourth.
The women's relay team added a fifth medal just by showing up—only three teams competed. The Swedish women took bronze. Gylling also advanced to each of the women's individual event finals, placing sixth in both.
Ranks given are within the heat.
- Men
Swimmer | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Arne Borg | 400 m free | Unknown | 4 | Did not advance | |||
1500 m free | 23:54.4 | 3 q | Unknown | 4 | Did not advance | ||
Per Cederblom | 200 m breast | 3:12.2 | 2 Q | 3:14.6 | 2 Q | Did not finish | |
400 m breast | 7:14.0 | 2 Q | 7:05.6 | 2 Q | Unknown | 5 | |
Olle Dickson | 200 m breast | 3:16.0 | 1 Q | Unknown | 4 | Did not advance | |
400 m breast | 7:12.0 | 1 Q | 6:59.0 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
Thor Henning | 200 m breast | 3:12.8 | 1 Q | 3:16.0 | 3 q | 3:09.2 | ![]() |
400 m breast | 6:46.2 | 1 Q | 6:45.0 | 2 Q | 6:45.2 | ![]() | |
Per Holmström | 100 m back | 1:26.0 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
Håkan Malmrot | 200 m breast | 3:04.0 OR | 1 Q | 3:09.0 | 1 Q | 3:04.4 | ![]() |
400 m breast | 6:49.0 | 1 Q | 6:44.8 | 1 Q | 6:31.8 | ![]() | |
Frans Möller | 1500 m free | 27:42.0 | 3 | Did not advance | |||
Orvar Trolle | 100 m free | 1:07.8 | 3 q | Unknown | 5 | Did not advance | |
Robert Andersson Arne Borg Frans Möller Orvar Trolle |
4 × 200 m free relay | N/A | 10:54.4 | 3 q | 10:50.2 | 4 |
- Women
Swimmer | Event | Semifinals | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Aina Berg | 100 m free | Unknown | 5 | Did not advance | |
300 m free | 5:29.6 | 3 | Did not advance | ||
Jane Gylling | 100 m free | 1:25.6 | 2 Q | Unknown | 6 |
300 m free | 5:04.8 | 3 q | Unknown | 6 | |
Carin Nilsson | 100 m free | Unknown | 6 | Did not advance | |
300 m free | 5:07.0 | 3 | Did not advance | ||
Aina Berg Jane Gylling Emily Machnow Carin Nilsson |
4 × 100 m free relay | N/A | 5:43.6 | ![]() |
Water polo
Sweden competed in the Olympic water polo tournament for the third time in 1920, having won a bronze and a silver medal previously. A modified version of the Bergvall System was in use at the time. Sweden had little trouble with its first two matches, against Czechoslovakia and Brazil, but fell to Belgium in the semifinals. Belgium's eventual taking of the silver medal let Sweden contest the bronze medal. In the third-place tournament, they defeated first the Netherlands and then the United States to take the bronze medal.
- Round of 16
Sweden ![]() |
11–0 | ![]() |
Antwerp |
- Quarterfinals
Sweden ![]() |
7–3 | ![]() |
Antwerp |
- Semifinals
Belgium ![]() |
5–3 | ![]() |
Antwerp |
- Bronze medal semifinals
Sweden ![]() |
9–1 | ![]() |
Antwerp |
- Bronze medal match
Sweden ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
Antwerp |
- Final rank
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Bronze
Athletics
63 athletes represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's fifth appearance in athletics, a sport in which Sweden had competed each time the nation appeared at the Olympics. Sweden had success in a variety of events, but its best performances came in the field events. Petersson took the country's only gold medal of the Games in the long jump. The team also finished with three silver and ten bronze medals, enough to put Sweden in fifth place on the athletics medals leader board despite gathering the fewest gold medals since 1900.
Ranks given are within the heat.
Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Erik Abrahamsson | Long jump | 6.86 | 2 Q | N/A | 7.08 | ![]() | |||
Knut Alm | Cross country | N/A | Unknown | 30 | |||||
Erik Almlöf | Triple jump | 14.19 | 2 Q | N/A | 14.27 | ![]() | |||
Eric Backman | 5000 m | N/A | 15:34.0 | 2 Q | 15:13.0 | ![]() | |||
10000 m | N/A | 32:48.5 | 2 Q | Did not finish | |||||
Cross country | N/A | 27:17.6 | ![]() | ||||||
Nils Bergström | 5000 m | N/A | 15:39.4 | 4 Q | Unknown | 10 | |||
10000 m | N/A | 33:38.0 | 6 | Did not advance | |||||
Gösta Bladin | 400 m hurdles | N/A | 57.7 | 2 Q | 56.5 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
Long jump | 6.57 | 9 | N/A | Did not advance | |||||
Erik Blomqvist | Shot put | 11.935 | 16 | N/A | Did not advance | ||||
Javelin throw | 58.18 | 7 Q | N/A | 58.18 | 8 | ||||
Tolly Bolin | 400 m | 52.6 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
800 m | N/A | 1:57.8 | 3 Q | 1:57.5 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
Carl-Axel Christiernsson | 110 m hurdles | N/A | Unknown | 2 Q | 15.2 | 3 Q | 15.3 | 6 | |
400 m hurdles | N/A | 56.4 | 1 Q | 55.7 | 2 Q | 55.4 | 5 | ||
Bo Ekelund | High jump | 1.80 | 1 Q | N/A | 1.90 | ![]() | |||
Hilding Ekman | Cross country | N/A | 28:17.0 | 11 | |||||
Nils Engdahl | 400 m | 50.6 | 2 Q | 50.4 | 1 Q | 49.6 | 1 Q | 49.9 | ![]() |
800 m | N/A | Unknown | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
Allan Eriksson | Discus throw | 39.41 | 6 Q | N/A | 39.41 | 6 | |||
Rudolf Falk | 5000 m | N/A | 15:17.8 | 1 Q | Unknown | 11 | |||
Rolf Franksson | Long jump | 6.73 | 4 Q | N/A | 6.73 | 6 | |||
William Grüner | Marathon | N/A | 3:01:48.0 | 28 | |||||
Axel-Erik Gyllenstolpe | Pentathlon | N/A | Did not finish | ||||||
Decathlon | N/A | 6331.435 | 8 | ||||||
Lars Hedwall | 3000 m steeplechase | N/A | 10:43.5 | 2 Q | 10:42.2 | 7 | |||
Cross country | N/A | Unknown | 24 | ||||||
Georg Högström | Pole vault | 3.60 | 1 Q | N/A | 3.50 | 8 | |||
Gösta Holmér | 110 m hurdles | N/A | Unknown | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
Decathlon | N/A | 6532.150 | 4 | ||||||
Agne Holmström | 100 m | Unknown | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
200 m | 23.3 | 2 Q | 22.5 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
Josef Holsner | 3000 m steeplechase | N/A | Did not finish | Did not advance | |||||
Göran Hultin | 110 m hurdles | N/A | Unknown | 2 Q | Unknown | 6 | Did not advance | ||
Hans Jagenburg | High jump | 1.80 | 1 Q | N/A | 1.75 | 9 | |||
Bertil Jansson | Shot put | 13.27 | 9 | N/A | Did not advance | ||||
Folke Jansson | Triple jump | 14.16 | 3 Q | N/A | 14.48 | ![]() | |||
Elis Johansson | 800 m | N/A | Unknown | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
Gustav Kinn | Marathon | N/A | 2:49:10.4 | 17 | |||||
Fritz Kiölling | 1500 m | N/A | 4:14.8 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
Sven Krokström | 200 m | 23.8 | 1 Q | 23.6 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
400 m | 51.6 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||||
Hugo Lilliér | Javelin throw | 56.77 | 10 Q | N/A | 56.77 | 10 | |||
Carl Johan Lind | Hammer throw | 48.00 | 3 Q | N/A | 48.43 | ![]() | |||
56 lb weight throw | 10.255 | 3 Q | N/A | 10.255 | ![]() | ||||
Nils Linde | Hammer throw | 44.885 | 7 | N/A | Did not advance | ||||
56 lb weight throw | 8.635 | 11 | N/A | Did not advance | |||||
Elof Lindström | Javelin throw | 51.53 | 13 | N/A | Did not advance | ||||
Georg Lindström | 110 m hurdles | N/A | 15.9 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
400 m hurdles | N/A | 59.1 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
Gunnar Lindström | Javelin throw | 60.52 | 4 Q | N/A | 60.52 | 6 | |||
Erik Lindvall | 100 m | Unknown | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
Sven Lundgren | 800 m | N/A | 2:00.6 | 1 Q | 1:58.1 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
1500 m | N/A | 4:07.0 | 1 Q | 4:06.3 | 5 | ||||
Emanuel Lundström | 5000 m | N/A | 16:04.2 | 4 Q | Unknown | 13 | |||
Werner Magnusson | 10000 m | N/A | 34:49.2 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
Cross country | N/A | Unknown | 13 | ||||||
Sven Malm | 100 m | Unknown | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
200 m | 23.3 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||||
John Mattsson | Pole vault | 3.60 | 1 Q | N/A | 3.50 | 9 | |||
Gustaf Mattsson | 3000 m steeplechase | N/A | 10:22.6 | 2 Q | 10:32.1 | 4 | |||
Cross country | N/A | 28:16.0 | 10 | ||||||
Einar Nilsson | Shot put | 13.735 | 5 Q | N/A | 13.87 | 5 | |||
Evert Nilsson | Pentathlon | N/A | Did not finish | ||||||
Decathlon | N/A | 6433.530 | 5 | ||||||
Bertil Ohlson | Pentathlon | N/A | 29 | 7 | |||||
Decathlon | N/A | 6580.030 | ![]() | ||||||
Robert Olsson | Hammer throw | 44.19 | 10 | N/A | Did not advance | ||||
56 lb weight throw | 8.555 | 12 | N/A | Did not advance | |||||
William Petersson | Long jump | 6.94 | 1 Q | N/A | 7.15 | ![]() | |||
Sven Runström | Triple jump | 13.63 | 10 | N/A | Did not advance | ||||
Ernfrid Rydberg | Pole vault | 3.60 | 1 Q | N/A | 3.60 | 5 | |||
Ivar Sahlin | Triple jump | 13.86 | 5 Q | N/A | 14.175 | 5 | |||
Nils Sandström | 100 m | Unknown | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
200 m | 23.6 | 2 Q | 23.3 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
Hans Schuster | Marathon | N/A | Did not finish | ||||||
Eric Sundblad | 400 m | 52.0 | 1 Q | 51.4 | 3 Q | 52.0 | 6 | Did not advance | |
Thorvig Svahn | High jump | 1.80 | 1 Q | N/A | 1.75 | 9 | |||
Carl-Enock Svensson | Pentathlon | N/A | Did not finish | ||||||
Malcolm Svensson | Hammer throw | 47.29 | 4 Q | N/A | 47.29 | 4 | |||
56 lb weight throw | 9.45 | 5 Q | N/A | 9.455 | 5 | ||||
Einar Thulin | High jump | 1.80 | 1 Q | N/A | 1.80 | 7 | |||
Lars Erik Tirén | Pole vault | No mark | 15 | N/A | Did not advance | ||||
Rudolf Wåhlin | Marathon | N/A | 2:59:23.0 | 23 | |||||
Edvin Wide | 1500 m | N/A | 4:03.8 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
Oscar Zallhagen | Discus throw | 40.16 | 5 Q | N/A | 41.07 | 4 | |||
John Zander | 1500 m | N/A | 4:08.1 | 1 Q | Did not finish | ||||
Eric Backman Hilding Ekman Gustaf Mattsson |
Team cross country | N/A | 23 | ![]() | |||||
Eric Backman Sven Lundgren Edvin Wide John Zander |
3000 m team race | N/A | 12 | 2 Q | 24 | ![]() | |||
Nils Engdahl Sven Krokström Sven Malm Eric Sundblad |
4 × 400 m relay | N/A | 3:46.4 | 3 Q | 3:24.3 | 5 | |||
Agne Holmström Sven Malm William Petersson Nils Sandström |
4 × 100 m relay | N/A | 43.4 | 1 Q | 42.8 | ![]() |
Cycling

Four cyclists represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. The Swedes competed only in the road time trial events, with Stenqvist posting the best time of all cyclists to take the gold medal. The combined team of the four Swedish cyclists was good for a silver medal.
Road cycling
Cyclist | Event | Final | |
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Result | Rank | ||
Sigfrig Lundberg | Time trial | 5:03:02.6 | 22 |
Karl Malm | Time trial | 4:46:22.0 | 7 |
Axel Persson | Time trial | 4:53:43.6 | 12 |
Harry Stenqvist | Time trial | 4:40:01.8 | ![]() |
Sigfrig Lundberg Karl Malm Axel Persson Harry Stenqvist |
Team time trial | 19:23:10.0 | ![]() |
Equestrian
Twenty-two equestrians represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. Sweden took four of the seven gold medals, and finished with a total of nine medals.
The five dressage competitors initially took the top five places in the individual competition, though Boltenstern was disqualified and thus the Swedes eventually held only the top four places (no team dressage event was held in 1920). It was the second straight time that Sweden had swept the dressage medals. The eventers took the top two individual places, as well as the gold medal in the team event. The individual jumpers' best result was a bronze medal, while a separate group of riders took the gold in the team event. The vaulters had the most difficulty, coming in at the bottom four spots if finishing at all, though still receiving the bronze in the team event because only three nations entered.
Equestrian | Horse | Event | Final | |
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Result | Rank | |||
Nils Åkerblöm | Heikki | Jumping | 19.50 | 23 |
Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern | Iron | Dressage | Disqualified | |
Karl Dyrsch | Salamis | Eventing | Did not finish | |
Allan Ekman | Tagore | Jumping | 21.50 | 24 |
Carl Green | Vaulting | 20.500 | 13 | |
Gustaf Kilman | Irving | Jumping | 10.00 | 15 |
Herman Kristoffersson | Vaulting | Did not finish | ||
Carl Gustaf Lewenhaupt | Mon Coeur | Jumping | 4.00 | ![]() |
Janne Lundblad | Uno | Dressage | 27.9375 | ![]() |
Åge Lundström | Ysra | Eventing | 1738.75 | ![]() |
Eros | Jumping | 9.75 | 14 | |
Anders Mårtensson | Vaulting | 20.250 | 15 | |
Helmer Mörner | Germania | Eventing | 1775.00 | ![]() |
Fredrik Nilsson | Vaulting | 14.916 | 17 | |
Oskar Nilsson | Vaulting | 18.666 | 16 | |
Bertil Sandström | Sabel | Dressage | 26.3125 | ![]() |
Georg von Braun | Diana | Eventing | 1543.75 | 8 |
Wilhelm von Essen | Nomeg | Dressage | 24.8750 | 4 |
Hans von Rosen | Running Sister | Dressage | 25.1250 | ![]() |
Lars von Stockenström | Reward | Jumping | 6.00 | 5 |
Carl Green Anders Mårtensson Oskar Nilsson |
Team vaulting | 59.416 | ![]() | |
Gustaf Dyrsch Åge Lundström Helmer Mörner Georg von Braun |
Salamis Ysra Germania Diana |
Team eventing | 5057.50 | ![]() |
Claës König Frank Martin Daniel Norling Hans von Rosen |
Tresor Kohort Eros II Poor Boy |
Team jumping | 14.00 | ![]() |
Fencing
Eight fencers represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. Lindblom was the only individual fencer to advance to a final, placing ninth in the épée. The épée was the only team event Sweden entered; the team went winless in its four matches in its semifinal pool.
Ranks given are within the group.
Fencer | Event | First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Knut Enell | Épée | 2–5 | 6 | Did not advance | |||||
Foil | N/A | 4–2 | 3 Q | 1–4 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
Carl Gripenstedt | Épée | 4–5 | 5 Q | 3–7 | 10 | Did not advance | |||
Nils Hellsten | Épée | 6–2 | 1 Q | 8–2 | 1 Q | 4–7 | 8 | Did not advance | |
Foil | N/A | 0–6 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
Gustaf Lindblom | Épée | 5–4 | 3 Q | 7–3 | 2 Q | 6–5 | 3 Q | 4–7 | 9 |
Foil | N/A | 2–6 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
Einar Råberg | Épée | 0–8 | 9 | Did not advance | |||||
Hans Törnblom | Épée | 2–4 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
Foil | N/A | 1–7 | 8 | Did not advance | |||||
Bertil Uggla | Épée | 2–5 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
David Warholm | Épée | 3–5 | 6 | Did not advance | |||||
Nils Hellsten Gustaf Lindblom Bertil Uggla David Warholm |
Team épée[2] | N/A | 0–4 | 6 | Did not advance |
Football
Sweden competed in the Olympic football tournament for the third time. Its first match was an easy 9–0 win over Greece. The second match also featured nine goals, but Sweden scored only four of them to lose in extra time. Sweden also lost in the first round of the consolation tournament.
- First round
August 28, 1920 |
Sweden ![]() |
9–0 | ![]() |
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Olsson ![]() ![]() Karlsson ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Wicksell ![]() Dahl ![]() |
Report |
- Quarterfinals
August 29, 1920 |
Netherlands ![]() |
5–4 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Groosjohan ![]() ![]() J. Bulder ![]() ![]() de Natris ![]() |
Report | Karlsson ![]() ![]() Olsson ![]() Dahl ![]() |
- Consolation first round
- Final rank
- 8th
Gymnastics
Twenty-four gymnasts represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. Sweden entered a team in the Swedish system competition, defeating Denmark and Belgium to win the gold medal. No Swedish gymnasts competed in the individual event, nor did Sweden enter teams in the other two team events.
Artistic gymnastics
Ice hockey
Sweden competed in the inaugural Olympic ice hockey tournament. The team was unfortunate in the use of the Bergvall System, which caused the Swedes to have to play six games in seven days and resulted in a fourth-place finish for a team which would have taken the silver medal in a straight single-elimination tournament.
Sweden started well, beating Belgium and France by a combined score of 12–0. In the final, however, the team faced a dominant Canadian side and fell 12–1. In the silver medal semifinals, Sweden was again defeated, this time by the United States who went on to win the silver medal and give Sweden a chance at the bronze. The Swedes finally got their third win in the bronze medal semifinals, beating Switzerland. The bronze medal match pitted Sweden against the only team the Swedes had not yet played in the 1920 Olympic tournament; Czechoslovakia's only goal of the tournament was enough to defeat Sweden, 1–0.
- Quarterfinals
23 April 1920 |
Sweden ![]() |
8–0 (5-0, 3-0) |
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Palais de Glace d'Anvers, Antwerp |
Burman Johansson Burman Lindqvist Burman Johansson Molander Lindqvist |
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- Semifinals
25 April 1920 |
Sweden ![]() |
4–0 (2-0, 2-0) |
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Palais de Glace d'Anvers, Antwerp |
Burman Svensson Molander Lindqvist |
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- Final
26 April 1920 |
Canada ![]() |
12–1 (5-1, 7-0) |
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Palais de Glace d'Anvers, Antwerp |
Halderson (1:15) Fridfinnson (1:55) Fredrickson (5:20) Fredrickson (16:00) Fredrickson (17:35) Goodman (23:47) Benson (28:09) Fredrickson (29:15) Fredrickson (29:30) Fredrickson (34:55) Halderson (36:20) Fredrickson (39:02) |
Svensson (15:58) | |||
- Silver medal semifinals
27 April 1920 |
United States ![]() |
7–0 (5-0, 2-0) |
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Palais de Glace d'Anvers, Antwerp |
Geran (3) ? |
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- Bronze medal semifinals
28 April 1920 |
Sweden ![]() |
4–0 (2-0, 2-0) |
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Palais de Glace d'Anvers, Antwerp |
Säfwenberg Johansson Arwe Arwe |
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- Bronze medal match
29 April 1920 |
Czechoslovakia ![]() |
1–0 (1-0, 0-0) |
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Palais de Glace d'Anvers, Antwerp |
Šroubek | ||||
- Final rank
- 4th
Modern pentathlon
Four pentathletes represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport, having competed at both instances of the Olympic modern pentathlon. The Swedes continued their domination of the sport, sweeping the medals for the second time in two attempts and finishing with the four top spots in the competition.
A point-for-place system was used, with the lowest total score winning.
Pentathlete | Final | ||||||
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Riding | Fencing | Shooting | Swimming | Running | Total | Rank | |
Erik de Laval | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23 | ![]() |
Gustaf Dyrssen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 18 | ![]() |
Gösta Runö | 4 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 27 | ![]() |
Bengt Uggla | 13 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 46 | 4 |
Rowing
Six rowers represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. Both boats were eliminated in their first race.
Ranks given are within the heat.
Rower | Cox | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
Nils Ljunglöf | N/A | Single sculls | 7:49.6 | 2 | Did not advance | |||
John Lager Nestor Östergren Axel Eriksson Gunnar Lager |
Gösta Eriksson | Coxed fours | N/A | 7:12.0 | 2 | Did not advance |
Sailing
Eleven sailors represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. There were three Swedish boats, competing in two classes, but no boats from any other nation competed against Sweden. In the 30 m² class, there was only one boat. The 40 m² was a competition between two Swedish crews. Unsurprisingly, Sweden took two gold medals and a silver.
Sailors | Class | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Total | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
Gösta Bengtsson Gösta Lundqvist Rolf Steffenburg |
30 m² | Unknown | ![]() | ||||||
Percy Almstedt Erik Mellbin Gustaf Svensson Ragnar Svensson |
40 m² | Unknown | ![]() | ||||||
Tore Holm Yngve Holm Axel Rydin Georg Tengwall |
40 m² | Unknown | ![]() |
Skating
Figure skating
Four figure skaters represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport; Sweden was one of three countries to compete in both Summer Olympics figure skating competitions. The top Swedish skaters took both of the singles gold medals, with their second skaters in those two events taking a silver medal and a fourth place. Sweden entered no pairs.
Skater | Event | Final | |
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Result | Rank | ||
Gillis Grafström | Men's singles | 7.0 | ![]() |
Magda Julin | Men's singles | 12.0 | ![]() |
Svea Norén | Men's singles | 12.5 | ![]() |
Ulrich Salchow | Men's singles | 25.5 | 4 |
Shooting

Twenty-nine shooters represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Johansson won the nation's only gold medal of the year, in the 600 metre prone military rifle, as well as being on two of the medal-winning teams. In all, Sweden gathered ten medals, third-most of any nation in 1920. The six silver medals were the most of any country.
Tennis
Eight tennis players, five men and three women, competed for Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Fick was the most successful individual, reaching the semifinals before losing that match and the bronze medal match to take fourth place. All five of the doubles pairs lost their first match.
Player | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Rank |
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score | |||
Sigrid Fick | Women's singles | N/A | Bye | ![]() W 7–5, 6–2 |
![]() W 6–4, 8–6 |
![]() L 6–0, 6–1 |
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Margareta Lindberg | Women's singles | N/A | ![]() L 6–0 |
Did not advance | 15 | |||
Fritz Lindqvist | Men's singles | ![]() L 0–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 |
Did not advance | 32 | ||||
Jarl Malström | Men's singles | Bye | ![]() W 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5 |
![]() W 6–2, 6–2, 6–0 |
![]() L 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 |
Did not advance | 5 | |
Henning Müller | Men's singles | ![]() L 3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–3 |
Did not advance | 32 | ||||
Lily Strömberg | Women's singles | N/A | Bye | ![]() W 7–5, 6–3 |
![]() L 6–0, 6–0 |
Did not advance | 5 | |
Carl-Eric von Braun | Men's singles | ![]() W 4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–2 |
![]() L 6–2, 6–1, 6–1 |
Did not advance | 17 | |||
Olle Andersson Henning Müller |
Men's doubles | N/A | Bye | ![]() L 6–1, 6–8, 6–1, 6–4 |
Did not advance | 9 | ||
Sigrid Fick Fritz Lindqvist |
Mixed doubles | N/A | ![]() L 6–4, 6–2 |
Did not advance | 14 | |||
Sigrid Fick Lily Strömberg |
Women's doubles | N/A | N/A | Bye | ![]() L 6–4, 6–3 |
Did not advance | 5 | |
Jarl Malström Lily Strömberg |
Mixed doubles | N/A | Bye | Bye | ![]() L 0–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Did not advance | 5 | |
Jarl Malström Carl-Eric von Braun |
Men's doubles | N/A | ![]() L 6–2, 6–4, 6–3 |
Did not advance | 17 |
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Weightlifting
Six weightlifters represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's debut appearance in the sport. The Swedes took a pair of bronze medals, and no Swedish wrestler finished lower than sixth place.
Weightlifter | Event | Final | |
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Result | Rank | ||
Erik Carlsson | 82.5 kg | 262.5 | 4 |
Otto Brunn | +82.5 kg | 250.0 | 5 |
Gustav Eriksson | 60 kg | 192.5 | 6 |
Carl Olofsson | 67.5 kg | 220.0 | 5 |
Albert Pettersson | 75 kg | 235.0 | ![]() |
Erik Pettersson | 82.5 kg | 267.5 | ![]() |
Wrestling
Thirteen wrestlers competed for Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Sweden was the second-most successful nation in 1920, behind only Finland. Sweden took three gold medals, as well as a silver and two bronzes.
Freestyle
Wrestler | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals / Bronze match | Rank |
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Otto Borgström | Middleweight | Bye | ![]() |
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Did not advance | 5 | |
Anders Larsson | Light heavyweight | N/A | ![]() |
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Gottfrid Lindgren | Middleweight | Bye | ![]() |
Did not advance | 9 | ||
Ernst Nilsson | Heavyweight | N/A | ![]() |
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Gottfrid Svensson | Lightweight | N/A | ![]() |
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Greco-Roman
Wrestler | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Rank |
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Silver quarters | Silver semis | Silver match | |||||
Bronze quarters | Bronze semis | Bronze match | |||||
Anders Ahlgren | Heavyweight | Bye | ![]() |
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Bye | ![]() |
Did not advance | |||||
Did not advance | |||||||
Carl Fältström | Middleweight | Bye | ![]() |
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Did not advance | 11 | |
Did not advance | |||||||
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Claes Johansson | Light heavyweight | Bye | ![]() |
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N/A | Won gold | ||||||
N/A | |||||||
Holger Lindberg | Lightweight | ![]() |
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Did not advance | 12 | ||
Did not advance | |||||||
Did not advance | |||||||
Ernst Nilsson | Heavyweight | Bye | ![]() |
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Did not advance | 10 | |
Did not advance | |||||||
Did not advance | |||||||
Gustaf Nilsson | Lightweight | Bye | ![]() |
Did not advance | 12 | ||
Did not advance | |||||||
Did not advance | |||||||
Sven Ohlsson | Light heavyweight | ![]() |
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Did not advance | 10 | ||
N/A | Did not advance | ||||||
N/A | |||||||
Fritiof Svensson | Featherweight | Bye | ![]() |
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Did not advance | ![]() | |
N/A | ![]() |
Did not advance | |||||
Bye | ![]() |
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Gottfrid Svensson | Featherweight | Bye | ![]() |
Did not advance | 11 | ||
N/A | Did not advance | ||||||
Did not advance | |||||||
Calle Westergren | Middleweight | ![]() |
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Won gold | |||||||
Won gold |
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References
- ↑ "Sweden at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
- ↑ "Netherlands Fencing at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games". Sports-Reference. Composition for teams.
External links
- Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (PDF) (in French).
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 16 August 2007.
- International Olympic Committee results database