Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	SWE
Nocname:	Swedish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1908
Website:
Location:	London
Competitors:	168
Sports:	14
Flagbearer:	Erik Granfelt
Rank:	3
Gold:	8
Silver:	6
Bronze:	11
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Sweden competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. It was the third appearance of the European nation, which had missed only the 1904 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's middleweight
			Men's team
			Men's 10 m platform
			Men's singles
			Men's single-shot running deer
			Men's team single-shot running deer
			Men's javelin throw
			Men's freestyle javelin
			Men's middleweight
			Men's 10 m platform
			Men's singles
			Men's 8 metre class
			Men's team free rifle
			Men's team small-bore rifle
			Men's competitionGD
			Women's indoor singles
			Men's indoor doubles
			Men's 100 m freestyle
			Men's 200 m breaststroke
			Men's 10 m platform
			Men's singles
			Men's double-shot running deer
			Men's freestyle javelin
			Men's pole vault
			Men's 5 miles

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Sweden was one of 5 nations to win at least one gold medal in athletics, and one of only three to earn more than one. Sweden's two gold medals placed the nation third in the standings behind the United States and Great Britain.

Running

Event	Place	Athlete	Heats	Semifinals	Final

	Heats		11.2 seconds 2nd, heat 8	Did not advance
		11.5 seconds 2nd, heat 7
		Unknown 3rd, heat 12

	Semi- finalist		23.8 seconds 1st, heat 6	Did not start —, semifinal 2	bgcolor=lightgray	Did not advance
Heats	Knut Stenborg	Unknown 4th, heat 2	Did not advance
Heats	Knut Lindberg	Unknown 4th, heat 11

	Heats	Sven Låftman	Unknown 3rd, heat 4	Did not advance
	Heats	Unknown 3rd, heat 14

	Semi- finalist		None held	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 8	Did not advance
	Semi- finalist	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1
—		Did not finish —, semifinal 5
—		Did not finish —, semifinal 6

	Semi- finalist	Edward Dahl	None held	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 8	Did not advance
		Unknown 6th, semifinal 8
Evert Björn		Did not finish —, semifinal 3

	—		Did not finish —, heat 6	Did not advance

	Semi- finalist	Sven Laftman Knut Lindberg Knut Stenborg Evert Björn	bgcolor=lightgray	None held	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	bgcolor=lightgray	Did not advance

	Semi- finalist		None held	14:57.0 6 points, team=21	Did not advance
		15:14.4 7 points, team=21
Edward Dahl		15:21.0 8 points, team=21
No place		15:33.0 No score, team=21
No place		15:46.4 No score, team=21

	3rd	John Svanberg	None held	25:46.2 1st, semifinal 1	25:37.2
9th	Seth Landqvist	27:00.2 1st, semifinal 3	Unknown
Heats	Georg Peterson	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 4	Did not advance
—	Edward Dahl	Did not finish —, semifinal 2

	8th	John Svanberg	None held	3:07:50.8
21st		3:30:20.8
—	Seth Landqvist	Did not finish
		Did not finish
		Did not start
		Did not start
	Georg Peterson	Did not start

	7th		bgcolor=lightgray	None held	17:40.2 3rd, semifinal 2	17:50.0

	—	Einar Rothman	bgcolor=lightgray	None held	Did not finish —, semifinal 2	bgcolor=lightgray	Did not advance

Jumping

Event	Place	Athlete	Height/ Distance

	8th		1.80 metres
16th	Folke Hellstedt	1.67 metres

	10th		6.66 metres
20th		6.34 metres
21-32	Arvid Ringstrand	Unknown
21-32		Unknown

	7th	Karl Fryksdal	13.65 metres

	3rd		3.58 metres
10th	Carl Silfverstrand	3.20 metres

	14th		1.40 metres
Karl Fryksdahl	14th	1.40 metres

	5th		3.19 metres

Throwing

Event	Place	Athlete	Distance

	9-25	Hugo Wieslander	Unknown

	12-42		Unknown
		Unknown
		Unknown
		Unknown
Hugo Wieslander		Unknown

	8th	Eric Lemming	43.06 metres
10-19		Unknown

	bgcolor=gold	1st	Eric Lemming	51.92 metres
3rd	Otto Nilsson	47.11 metres
8-16	Hugo Wieslander	Unknown

	11-23	Folke Fleetwood	Unknown
Eric Lemming	11-23	Unknown

	bgcolor=gold	1st	Eric Lemming	54.44 metres
5th	Hugo Wieslander	47.56 metres
10-33	Knut Lindberg	Unknown
10-33	Otto Nilsson	Unknown

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Event	Place	Cyclist	Heats	Semifinals	Final

	Heats		Unknown 3rd, heat 6	Did not advance

	5-9	Andrew Hansen	None held	34:53.6 1st, semifinal 5	Unknown
Semi- finalist		33:41.4 3rd, semifinal 6	bgcolor=lightgray	Did not advance

	9-17	Andrew Hansen	None held	2:50:21.4 1st, semifinal 1	Did not finish
Gustaf Westerberg	9-17	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2	Did not finish

	Heats	Andrew Hansen	Unknown 2nd, heat 3	Did not advance

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Sweden dominated the platform diving in 1908, taking the top four spots in the event. In addition to the men's competitions, Ebba Gisico participated in a women's diving exhibition along with Valborg Florström of Finland.

Event	Place	Diver	Preliminary groups	Semi- finals	Final

	bgcolor=gold	1st		78.40 points 1st, group 2	80.75 points 1st, semifinal 2	83.75 points
2nd		73.95 points 2nd, group 2	67.00 points 2nd, semifinal 1	78.73 points
3rd		79.20 points 1st, group 4	72.30 points 1st, semifinal 1	74.00 points
4th		73.55 points 1st, group 5	66.75 points 2nd, semifinal 2	68.30 points
8th		68.90 points 1st, group 3	59.18 points 4th, semifinal 1	Did not advance
9th		76.80 points 2nd, group 4	52.81 points 5th, semifinal 1
11th		74.10 points 3rd, group 1	Did not advance
15th		65.70 points 4th, group 4
17th		64.80 points 3rd, group 3
20th		57.60 points 4th, group 5

	14th	Karl Malmström	70.30 points 4th, group 3	Did not advance
20th	Sigfrid Larsson	64.50 points 5th, group 4

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Event	Place	Fencer	First round	Second round	Semi- final	Final

	Semi- finalist		5-3 (2nd in I)	3-1 (1st in 5)	4-5 (6th in 2)	bgcolor=lightgray	Did not advance
First round		3-3 (4th in A)	Did not advance
		3-3 (4th in F)
		1-4 (4th in L)
		3-4 (5th in A)
		0-4 (5th in K)
		1-5 (6th in L)

Event	Place	Fencers	Play-in match	First round	Semi- finals	Final	Repechage	Silver medal match

	6th	Eric Carlberg Gustaf Lindblom Henry Peyron Pontus von Rosen	Bye	Lost to Belgium 11-6 Out 6th place	Did not advance	Not relegated

Figure skating

See main article: article and Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

The Swedish men swept the medals, while the only female Swedish skater took 4th.

Event	Place	Skater	Score

	bgcolor=gold	1st		377.3
bgcolor=silver	2nd		365.2
3rd		357.4

	4th		170.3

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Event	Place	Gymnast	Score

	bgcolor=gold	1st		438

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Class	Place	Boat	Sailors

	5th	Freja	Karl-Einar Sjögren, Birger Gustafsson, Jonas Jonsson

	bgcolor=silver align=center	2nd	Vinga	Carl Hellström, Edmund Thormählen, Erik Wallerius, Eric Sandberg, Harald Wallin
	bgcolor=cc9966 align=center	5th	Saga	John Carlsson, Edvin Hagberg, Hjalmar Lönnroth, Karl Ljungberg, August Olsson

Shooting

Event	Place	Shooter	Score

	34th		77
	43rd		54
	44th		48
	46th		27

	4th		874
	5th		872
	7th		843
	12th		823
	15th		812
	23rd	Fredrik Mossberg	761
	28th	Erik Ohlsson	751
	50th	Ossian Jörgensen	420

	bgcolor=silver align=center	2nd	Gustaf Adolf Jonsson Per-Olof Arvidsson Axel Jansson Gustav-Adolf Sjöberg Claës Rundberg Janne Gustafsson	4711

	5th	Claës Rundberg Ossian Jörgensen Janne Gustafsson Per-Olof Arvidsson Axel Jansson Gustaf Adolf Jonsson	2213

	10th		370
	18th		349

	8th		18
	15th		9
	Vilhelm Carlberg	9
	Johan Hübner von Holst	9
	—		Did not finish

	7th	Vilhelm Carlberg	45
	9th	Eric Carlberg	42
	Otto von Rosen	42
	Frans-Albert Schartau	42
	15th	Johan Hübner von Holst	39

	bgcolor=silver align=center	2nd	Vilhelm Carlberg Frans-Albert Schartau Johan Hübner von Holst Eric Carlberg	737

	bgcolor=gold align=center	1st		25
	11th		17

	bgcolor=cc9966 align=center	3rd	Oscar Swahn	38
	8th	Ernst Rosell	27

	bgcolor=gold align=center	1st	Alfred Swahn G. Arvid Knöppel Oscar Swahn Ernst Rosell	86

	18th	Frans-Albert Schartau	436
	20th	Vilhelm Carlberg	432
	27th	Johan Hübner von Holst	408
	33rd	Eric Carlberg	396
	35th	Otto von Rosen	386

	5th	Vilhelm Carlberg Eric Carlberg Johan Hübner von Holst Frans-Albert Schartau	1732

	25th	Alfred Swahn	22
	27th		19

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Event	Place	Swimmer	Heats	Semifinals	Final

	3rd		1:12.0 1st, heat 4	1:10.2 2nd, semifinal 1	1:08.0
Heats		Unknown 3-5, heat 3	Did not advance

	Heats		6:28.0 2nd, heat 2	Did not advance
	Heats	Unknown 4th, heat 1

	Heats		27:15.4 2nd, heat 1	Did not advance
		28:40.8 3rd, heat 6
Vilhelm Andersson		27:34.4 4th, heat 2

	Heats	Gustaf Wretman	Unknown 3rd, heat 6	Did not advance

	3rd		3:15.0 2nd, heat 4	3:13.0 2nd, semifinal 2	3:14.6
Semi- finalist		3:17.6 1st, heat 2	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2	bgcolor=lightgray	Did not advance
Heats		3:21.2 2nd, heat 3	Did not advance
		3:31.4 2nd, heat 5
		3:24.6 2nd, heat 6
		Unknown 3rd, heat 1
		Unknown 3rd, heat 7

	Semi- finalist	Gustaf Wretman Gunnar Wennerström Harald Julin Adolf Andersson	bgcolor=lightgray	None held	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2	bgcolor=lightgray	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Sweden was Great Britain's only competitor in the indoor tennis events, taking two bronze medals.

Event	Place	Name	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final

	5th		Bye		Did not advance
	5th		Lost to Caridia

	3rd		None held	Bye		Did not advance
4th			Lost to Eastlake-Smith

	3rd	Wollmar Boström Gunnar Setterwall	bgcolor=lightgray	None held	Bye		bgcolor=lightgray	Did not advance

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
	3	5	.375

Total international	3	5	.375
Sweden	1	1	.500

Total	4	6	.400

Tug of war

See main article: article and Tug of war at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Sweden's tug of war team lost in the semifinals (their first match). They did not appear for the bronze medal match, thereby taking 4th place.

Event	Place	Athletes	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final

Tug of war	4th		Bye	Lost to Great Britain Liverpool Police	bgcolor=lightgray	Did not advance

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Team	Event	First round	Semifinal	Final	Rowspan=2	Rank
Sweden men	Men's tournament		L 4–8	Did not advance

Event	Place	Water poloists	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final

Men's water polo	3rd		Bye	Lost to Belgium 8-4	bgcolor=lightgray	Did not advance

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Event	Place	Wrestler	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final

	4th		Bye				bgcolor=pink	Lost to Lindén
5th					Did not advance
9th		Bye		Did not advance

	bgcolor=gold	1st						Defeated Andersson
bgcolor=silver	2nd						Lost to Mårtensson
5th		Bye			Did not advance
17th			Did not advance

	5th					Did not advance

Event	Place	Wrestler	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final

	4th		Bye			bgcolor=pink	Lost to Beck
9th	Harry Challstorp		Did not advance

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
	1	0	1.000
	5	1	.833
	0	2	.000
	5	4	.556
	1	0	1.000
	0	2	.000
	2	0	1.000
	1	1	.500
	1	0	1.000

Total international	16	10	.615
Sweden	1	1	.500

Total	17	11	.607

Sources

Book: Cook, Theodore Andrea . 1908 . The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report . British Olympic Association . London.
Web site: De Wael . Herman . 2001 . Top London 1908 Olympians . Herman's Full Olympians . 5 June 2006 . 12 July 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060712020925/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/toplon08.html . dead .
Web site: Reyes . Macario . 2001 . IV. Olympiad London 1908 Football Tournament . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 2 May 2006.