Sweden at the 1926 Women's World Games

**Sweden** competed at the 1926 Women's World Games in Gothenburg, Sweden from 27 to 29 August. It was the first appearance of the European nation at the Women's World Games. The Swedish team consisted of thirteen athletes.

With a total of 20 points, Sweden finished third.

## Medals

|Medal|width=150|Name|width=200|Event|width=150|Date|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|||javelin throw|||||
|||1000 metres|||||
|||shot put|||||
|||discus throw|||||
|||javelin throw|||||
|||high jump|||||

## Athletes

On 29 August 1926 an entry list 16 Swedish athletes was published. However, only 13 were present on the group image.
|#|Name|Event|
| --- | --- | --- |
|24|Anna-Lisa Adelsköld|javelin throw|
|29|Elsa Svensson|discus throw shot put|
|35|Inga Gentzel|1000 m|
|36|Asta Plathino|long jump|
|37|Elsa Haglund|javelin throw|
|42|Ann-Margret Ahlstrand|100 yd hurdles High jump|
|50|Emy Pettersson|1000 m|
|57|Maud Sundberg|60 m|
|68|Vera Jacobsson|100 yd 250 m 4×100 yd relay long jump standing long jump|
|78|Sylvia Stave|60 m 4×100 yd relay|
|80|Märta Johansson|100 yd 4×100 yd relay long jump standing long jump|
|97|Ruth Svedberg|discus throw shot put|
|98|Inga Greta Broman|high jump|

## Results

- Track events

|rowspan=2|Athlete|rowspan=2|Event|colspan=3|Heats|colspan=2|Final||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Sylvia Stave|style="text-align:left;"|60 m|3||3|colspan=2|Did not advance|
|align=left|Maud Sundberg|style="text-align:left;"|60 m|2||3|colspan=2|Did not advance|
|align=left|Vera Jacobsson|style="text-align:left;"|100 yd||||colspan=2|Did not advance|
|align=left|Märta Johansson|style="text-align:left;"|100 yd|1||2|12.6|7|
|align=left|Vera Jacobsson|style="text-align:left;"|250 m||||colspan=2|Did not advance|
|align=left|Inga Gentzel|style="text-align:left;"|1000 m||||3:09.4||
|align=left|Emy Pettersson|style="text-align:left;"|1000 m||||3:16.8|6|
|align=left|Ann-Margret Ahlstrand|style="text-align:left;"|100 yd hurdles|1||5|colspan=2|Did not advance|
|align=left|Sylvia Stave Vera Jacobsson Märta Johansson Asta Plathino|style="text-align:left;"|4×100 yd relay||||53.0|4|

- Field Events
|rowspan=2|Athlete|rowspan=2|Event|colspan=4|Final|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|**Inga Broman**|style="text-align:left;"|High jump|||1.40 m||
|align=left|Ann-Margret Ahlstrand|style="text-align:left;"|High jump|||1.40 m|4|
|align=left|Asta Plathino|style="text-align:left;"|Long jump|||5.16 m|4|
|align=left|Märtha Johansson|style="text-align:left;"|Long jump||||8|
|align=left|Märtha Johansson|style="text-align:left;"|Standing long jump|||2.29 m|4|
|align=left|Vera Jacobssen|style="text-align:left;"|Standing long jump|||2.28 m|6|
|align=left|Elsa Svensson|style="text-align:left;"|Shot put|10.68 m|8.76 m|19.42 m||
|align=left|Ruth Svedberg|style="text-align:left;"|Shot put|10.24 m|8.61 m|18.85 m|5|
|align=left|Elsa Svensson|style="text-align:left;"|Discus throw|||31.78 m||
|align=left|Ruth Svedberg|style="text-align:left;"|Discus throw|||31.39 m|4|
|align=left|Anna-Lisa Adelsköld|style="text-align:left;"|Javelin throw|||49.15 m||
|align=left|Elsa Haglund|style="text-align:left;"|Javelin throw|||45.06 m||
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## Infobox (country at games)

- **iaaf**: SWE
- **fedname**: Swedish Athletics Association
- **year**: 1926
- **date**: 27-29 August
- **games**: Women's World Games
- **location**: 1926 Women's World Games, Gothenburg
- **competitors**: 13
- **sports**: 2
- **gold**: 1
- **silver**: 2
- **bronze**: 3