# Sweden at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Sweden competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations. Instead, those events were held five months earlier in Stockholm, Sweden.
97 competitors, 83 men and 14 women, took part in 74 events in 14 sports in Australia and 6 events in 1 sport in Sweden. Swedish athletes won a total of 19 medals at the games, including 3 golds in the equestrian events held in their own country.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Gert Fredriksson | Canoeing | Men's K1 1000 m |
| Gold | Gert Fredriksson | Canoeing | Men's K1 10000 m |
| Gold | Petrus Kastenman | Equestrian | Three-Day Eventing Individual |
| Gold | Henri Saint Cyr | Equestrian | Dressage Individual |
| Gold | Adolf Boltenstern Jr. Gehnäll Persson Henri Saint Cyr | Equestrian | Dressage Team |
| Gold | Lars Hall | Modern pentathlon | Men's Individual |
| Gold | Hjalmar Karlsson Sture Stork Lars Thörn | Sailing | Men's 5½ m Class |
| Gold | Leif Wikström Folke Bohlin Bengt Palmquist | Sailing | Men's Dragon Class |
| Silver | Karin Lindberg Ann-Sofi Pettersson Eva Rönström Evy Berggren Doris Hedberg Maud Karlén | Gymnastics | Women's Team Exercise with portable Apparatus |
| Silver | Sven Gunnarsson Olle Larsson Ivar Aronsson Gösta Eriksson Bertil Göransson | Rowing | Men's Coxed Fours |
| Silver | Olof Sköldberg | Shooting | Men's Running Deer, Single & Double Shot |
| Silver | Edvin Vesterby | Wrestling (Greco-Roman) | Men's Bantamweight |
| Silver | William Thoresson | Gymnastics | Men's Floor |
| Bronze | John Ljunggren | Athletics | Men's 50 km Walk |
| Bronze | Ann-Sofi Pettersson | Gymnastics | Women's Side Horse Vault |
| Bronze | John Sundberg | Shooting | Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions |
| Bronze | Per Gunnar Berlin | Wrestling (Greco-Roman) | Men's Welterweight |
| Bronze | Rune Jansson | Wrestling (Greco-Roman) | Men's Middleweight |
| Bronze | Karl-Erik Nilsson | Wrestling (Greco-Roman) | Men's Light Heavyweight |

## Athletics

Men's Marathon
* Jvert Nyberg — 2:31:12 (→ 8th place)
* Thomas Nilsson — 2:33:33 (→ 9th place)
* Arnold Waide — 2:36:21 (→ 11th place)

## Cycling

Men's Team Time Trial
* Lars Nordwall Karl-Ivar Andersson Roland Ströhm — 47 points (→ 5th place)
Men's Individual Road Race
* Lars Nordwall — 5:23:40 (→ 10th place)
* Karl-Ivar Andersson — 5:23:50 (→ 17th place)
* Roland Ströhm — 5:24:44 (→ 20th place)
* Gunnar Göransson — 5:30:45 (→ 31st place)

## Diving

Women's 10m Platform
* Birte Christoffersen-Hanson
   * Preliminary Round — 50.48
   * Final — 75.21 (→ 8th place)

## Equestrian

Dressage
* Henri Saint Cyr
* Gehnäll Persson
* Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Jr.
Eventing
* Hans von Blixen-Finecke Jr.
* Petrus Kastenman
* Johan Asker
Jumping
* Anders Gernandt
* Tor Burman
* Douglas Wijkander

## Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Sweden in 1956.

### Men's épée

* Per Carleson
* Carl Forssell
* Berndt-Otto Rehbinder

### Men's team épée

* Berndt-Otto Rehbinder, Carl Forssell, Per Carleson, Bengt Ljungquist, John Sandwall

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented the Sweden in 1956. Lars Hall won gold in the individual event.

### Individual

* Lars Hall
* Bertil Haase
* Björn Thofelt

### Team

* Lars Hall
* Bertil Haase
* Björn Thofelt

## Rowing

Sweden had nine male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1956.

### Men's coxed four

* Olle Larsson
* Gösta Eriksson
* Ivar Aronsson
* Evert Gunnarsson
* Bertil Göransson

### Men's eight

* Olle Larsson
* Lennart Andersson
* Kjell Hansson
* Rune Andersson
* Lennart Hansson
* Gösta Eriksson
* Ivar Aronsson
* Evert Gunnarsson
* Bertil Göransson

## Shooting

Eight shooters represented Sweden in 1956. Olof Sköldberg won a silver in the 100m running deer and John Sundberg won a bronze in the 50 m rifle, three positions.

### 50 m pistol

* Torsten Ullman
* Åke Lindblom

### 300 m rifle, three positions

* John Sundberg
* Anders Kvissberg

### 50 m rifle, three positions

* John Sundberg
* Anders Kvissberg

### 50 m rifle, prone

* John Sundberg
* Anders Kvissberg

### 100m running deer

* Olof Sköldberg
* Benkt Austrin

### Trap

* Knut Holmqvist
* Hans Liljedahl