Sweden at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Sweden at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  SWE
NOC Swedish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sok.se (Swedish) (English)
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors 131 (104 men and 27 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer Jan Jönsson
Medals
Rank: 11		 Gold
4		 Silver
6		 Bronze
6		 Total
16
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games
Intercalated Games
1906
Other related appearances
Youth Olympics • Paralympics • European Games

Sweden competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 131 competitors, 104 men and 27 women, took part in 90 events in 18 sports.[1]

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Sweden entered three men and two women. Gunnar Jervill won a silver medal in the men's competition.

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's 1500 metres

  • Heat — 3:40.4
  • Semifinals — 3:39.4 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 3:41.5
  • Semifinals — 3:43.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

  • Heat — 13:57.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualifying Round — 2.15m
  • Final — 2.15m (→ 11th place)

Boxing

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

  • First Round — Defeated Jean Bassomben (CMR), 4:1
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Carroll Morgan (CAN), KO-3
  • Semifinals — Lost to Ion Alexe (ROM), TKO-2

Canoeing

Cycling

Five cyclists represented Sweden in 1972.

Individual road race
Team time trial

Diving

Women's 3m Springboard

Women's 10m Platform

Equestrianism

Fencing

Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Sweden in 1972.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Women's foil

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's Team Competition

In a very tight division for the first round, Sweden came out in first place after a tie-breaker with the Soviet Union. Both teams had tied twice (Sweden had tied Poland and the Soviet Union) and won once. Sweden's victory was over Denmark. Both teams advanced to the second round with a 0-0-1 record to start, already behind East Germany which had defeated Czechoslovakia to enter with a 1-0-0 record. Sweden lost its games to those two opponents while the Soviet Union split its pair, dropping the Swedes to fourth place in the division. They played against Hungary for seventh and eighth places, winning 19-18.

  • Sweden – Poland 13-13 (5-7)
  • Sweden – Soviet Union 11-11 (4-3)
  • Sweden – Denmark 16-10 (8-4)
  • Sweden – Czechoslovakia 12-15 (6-7)
  • Sweden – East Germany 11-14 (6-8)
  • Sweden – Hungary 19-18 (11-8) → 7th place

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Rowing

Men's Single Sculls

  • Heat — 8:12.92
  • Repechage — 8:11.07 (→ did not advance)

Sailing

Shooting

Ten male shooters represented Sweden in 1972. Ragnar Skanåker won gold in the 50 m pistol event.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
50 m running target
Trap
Skeet

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:01.34 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 2:00.02 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 1:59.42 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 7:57.54
  • Final — 7:47.37 (→ 4th place)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. ↑ "Sweden at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
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