Sweden at the 1920 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	SWE
Nocname:	Swedish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1920
Website:
Location:	Antwerp
Competitors:	260 (247 men and 13 women)
Sports:	18
Flagbearer:	Hans Granfelt^[1]
Rank:	2
Gold:	19
Silver:	20
Bronze:	25
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

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.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's Long jump
			Men's Individual Time Trial
			Plain high diving
			Individual dressage
			Individual three-day event
			Team three-day event
			Team jumping
			Men's singles
			Women's singles
	Swedish Men's Team		Men's team (Swedish system)
			Men's Individual
			Men's 30 m^2 class
	Tore Holm, Yngve Holm, Axel Rydin and Georg Tengwall		Men's 40 m^2 class
			Men's 600m free rifle
			Men's 200m breaststroke
			Men's 400m breaststroke
			Freestyle light heavyweight
			Greco-Roman middleweight
			Greco-Roman light heavyweight
			Men's Individual Cross country
			Men's Hammer throw
			Men's Triple jump
			Men's Team Time Trial
			Men's 10m Platform
			Plain high diving
			Individual eventing
			Individual dressage
			Women's singles
			Men's Individual
			Men's 40 m^2 class
			Men's 100m running deer, double shots
			Men's Team 100m running deer, double shots
			Men's 100m running deer, single shot
			Men's Team 50m army pistol
			Men's Team 50m small bore rifle
			600m free rifle
			Men's 200m breaststroke
			Men's 400m breaststroke
			Freestyle lightweight
			Men's 3000m Team
			Men's 400m
			Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
			Men's 5000m
			Men's 56 lb weight throw
			Men's Team Cross country
			Men's Decathlon
			Men's High jump
			Men's Long jump
			Men's Triple jump
			Women's 10m Platform
			Plain high diving
			Individual jumping
			Individual dressage
			Team vaulting
			Men's Individual
			Men's Team 300m army rifle, standing
			Men's Team 600m free rifle
			Men's Team clay pigeons
			Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
			Men's Team competition
			Middleweight
			Light heavyweight
			Freestyle heavyweight
			Greco-Roman featherweight

Aquatics

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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
		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	align=center colspan=3	did not advance
Gunnar Ekstrand	3 m springboard	15	560.85	3 Q	27	559.25	5
	10 m platform	20	402.80	4	align=center colspan=3	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
		Points	Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank
Märta Adlerz	10 m platform	29	136.5	7	align=center colspan=3	did not advance
Selma Andersson	10 m platform	25	143.0	6	align=center colspan=3	did not advance
Karin Leiditz	10 m platform	20	147.0	5	align=center colspan=3	did not advance
Eva Olliwier	10 m platform	6	152.0	1 Q	11	166.0

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Arne Borg	400 m free	Unknown	4	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
	1500 m free	23:54.4	3 q	Unknown	4	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Per Cederblom	200 m breast	3:12.2	2 Q	3:14.6	2 Q	align=center colspan=2	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	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
	400 m breast	7:12.0	1 Q	6:59.0	4	align=center colspan=2	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	align=center colspan=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	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Orvar Trolle	100 m free	1:07.8	3 q	Unknown	5	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Robert Andersson Arne Borg Frans Möller Orvar Trolle	4 × 200 m free relay	align=center colspan=2	N/A	10:54.4	3 q	10:50.2	4

Women

Swimmer	Event	Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Aina Berg	100 m free	Unknown	5	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
	300 m free	5:29.6	3	align=center colspan=2	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	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
	300 m free	5:07.0	3	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Aina Berg Jane Gylling Emily Machnow Carin Nilsson	4 × 100 m free relay	align=center colspan=2	N/A	5:43.6

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

64 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
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Erik Abrahamsson	Long jump	6.86	2 Q	align=center colspan=4	7.08
Knut Alm	Cross country	align=center colspan=6		30
Erik Almlöf	Triple jump	14.19	2 Q	align=center colspan=4	14.27
Eric Backman	5000 m	align=center colspan=4	15:34.0	2 Q	15:13.0
	10000 m	align=center colspan=4	32:48.5	2 Q	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
	Cross country	align=center colspan=6	27:17.6
Nils Bergström	5000 m	align=center colspan=4	15:39.2	4 Q	15:29.5	10
	10000 m	align=center colspan=4	33:38.0	6	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Gösta Bladin	400 m hurdles	align=center colspan=2	57.7	2 Q	56.5	4	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
	Long jump	6.57	9	align=center colspan=4	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Erik Blomqvist	Shot put	11.935	16	align=center colspan=4	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
	Javelin throw	58.18	7 Q	align=center colspan=4	58.18	8
Tolly Bolin	400 m	52.6	3	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
	800 m	align=center colspan=2	1:57.8	3 Q	1:57.5	5	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Carl-Axel Christiernsson	110 m hurdles	align=center colspan=2		2 Q	15.2	3 Q	15.3	6
	400 m hurdles	align=center colspan=2	56.4	1 Q	55.7	2 Q	55.4	5
Bo Ekelund	High jump	1.80	1 Q	align=center colspan=4	1.90
Hilding Ekman	Cross country	align=center colspan=6	28:17.0	11
Nils Engdahl	400 m	50.6	2 Q	50.4	1 Q	49.4	1 Q	50.2
	800 m	align=center colspan=2	2:00.0	5	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Allan Eriksson	Discus throw	39.41	6 Q	align=center colspan=4	39.41	6
Rudolf Falk	5000 m	align=center colspan=4	15:17.8	1 Q		11
Rolf Franksson	Long jump	6.73	4 Q	align=center colspan=4	6.73	6
William Grüner	Marathon	align=center colspan=6	3:01:48.0	28
Axel-Erik Gyllenstolpe	Pentathlon	align=center colspan=6	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
	Decathlon	align=center colspan=6	6331.435	8
Lars Hedwall	3000 m steeplechase	align=center colspan=4	10:43.5	2 Q	10:42.2	7
	Cross country	align=center colspan=6		24
Georg Högström	Pole vault	3.60	1 Q	align=center colspan=4	3.50	8
Gösta Holmér	110 m hurdles	align=center colspan=2		3	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
	Decathlon	align=center colspan=6	6532.150	4
Agne Holmström	100 m		3	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
	200 m	23.3	2 Q	22.5	5	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Josef Holsner	3000 m steeplechase	align=center colspan=4	align=center colspan=2	did not finish	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Göran Hultin	110 m hurdles	align=center colspan=2		2 Q		6	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Hans Jagenburg	High jump	1.80	1 Q	align=center colspan=4	1.75	9
Bertil Jansson	Shot put	13.27	9	align=center colspan=4	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Folke Jansson	Triple jump	14.16	3 Q	align=center colspan=4	14.48
Elis Johansson	800 m	align=center colspan=2		8	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Gustav Kinn	Marathon	align=center colspan=6	2:49:10.4	17
Fritz Kiölling	1500 m	align=center colspan=4	4:15.0	4	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Sven Krokström	200 m	23.8	1 Q	23.3	4	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
	400 m	51.6	3	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Hugo Lilliér	Javelin throw	56.77	10 Q	align=center colspan=4	56.77	10
Carl Johan Lind	Hammer throw	48.00	3 Q	align=center colspan=4	48.43
	56 lb weight throw	10.255	3 Q	align=center colspan=4	10.255
Nils Linde	Hammer throw	44.885	7	align=center colspan=4	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
	56 lb weight throw	8.635	11	align=center colspan=4	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Elof Lindström	Javelin throw	51.53	13	align=center colspan=4	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Georg Lindström	110 m hurdles	align=center colspan=2	15.9	3	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
	400 m hurdles	align=center colspan=2	59.1	3	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Gunnar Lindström	Javelin throw	60.52	4 Q	align=center colspan=4	60.52	6
Erik Lindvall	100 m		3	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Sven Lundgren	800 m	align=center colspan=2	2:00.6	1 Q	1:58.4	4	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
	1500 m	align=center colspan=4	4:07.0	1 Q	4:12.0	5
Emanuel Lundström	5000 m	align=center colspan=4	16:04.2	4 Q		13
Werner Magnusson	10000 m	align=center colspan=4	34:49.2	6	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
	Cross country	align=center colspan=6		13
Sven Malm	100 m		5	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
	200 m	23.3	3	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
John Mattsson	Pole vault	3.60	1 Q	align=center colspan=4	3.50	9
Gustaf Mattsson	3000 m steeplechase	align=center colspan=4	10:22.6	2 Q	10:32.1	4
	Cross country	align=center colspan=6	28:16.0	10
Einar Nilsson	Shot put	13.735	5 Q	align=center colspan=4	13.87	5
Evert Nilsson	Pentathlon	align=center colspan=6	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
	Decathlon	align=center colspan=6	6433.530	5
Bertil Ohlson	Pentathlon	align=center colspan=6	29	7
	Decathlon	align=center colspan=6	6580.030
Robert Olsson	Hammer throw	44.19	10	align=center colspan=4	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
	56 lb weight throw	8.555	12	align=center colspan=4	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
William Petersson	Long jump	6.94	1 Q	align=center colspan=4	7.15
Sven Runström	Triple jump	13.63	10	align=center colspan=4	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Ernfrid Rydberg	Pole vault	3.60	1 Q	align=center colspan=4	3.60	5
Ivar Sahlin	Triple jump	13.86	5 Q	align=center colspan=4	14.175	5
Nils Sandström	100 m		6	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
	200 m	23.6	2 Q	23.3	4	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Hans Schuster	Marathon	align=center colspan=6	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
Eric Sundblad	400 m	52.0	1 Q	51.2	3 Q	Did not finish
Thorvig Svahn	High jump	1.80	1 Q	align=center colspan=4	1.75	9
Carl-Enock Svensson	Pentathlon	align=center colspan=6	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
Malcolm Svensson	Hammer throw	47.29	4 Q	align=center colspan=4	47.29	4
	56 lb weight throw	9.45	5 Q	align=center colspan=4	9.455	5
Einar Thulin	High jump	1.80	1 Q	align=center colspan=4	1.80	7
Lars Erik Tirén	Pole vault	No mark	15	align=center colspan=4	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Rudolf Wåhlin	Marathon	align=center colspan=6	2:59:23.0	23
Edvin Wide	1500 m	align=center colspan=4	4:03.8	4	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Oscar Zallhagen	Discus throw	40.16	5 Q	align=center colspan=4	41.07	4
John Zander	1500 m	align=center colspan=4	4:08.1	1 Q	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
Eric Backman Hilding Ekman Gustaf Mattsson	Team cross country	align=center colspan=6	23
Eric Backman Sven Lundgren Edvin Wide John Zander	3000 m team race	align=center colspan=4	12	2 Q	24
Nils Engdahl Sven Krokström Sven Malm Eric Sundblad	4 × 400 m relay	align=center colspan=4	3:46.4	3 Q	3:24.3	5
Agne Holmström Sven Malm William Petersson Nils Sandström	4 × 100 m relay	align=center colspan=4	43.4	1 Q	42.8

Fausto Acke who participated in gymnastics was also registered to participate in men's discus throw, but did not start.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics. 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
		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

See main article: Equestrian at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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
			Result	Rank
Nils Åkerblom	Heikki	Jumping	19.50	23
Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern	Iron	Dressage	align=center colspan=2	Disqualified
Karl Dyrsch	Salamis	Eventing	align=center colspan=2	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	align=center colspan=2	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

See main article: Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Knut Enell	Épée	2–5	6	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
	Foil	align=center colspan=2	N/A	4–2	3 Q	1–4	5	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Carl Gripenstedt	Épée	4–5	5 Q	3–7	10	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Nils Hellsten	Épée	6–2	1 Q	8–2	1 Q	4–7	8	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
	Foil	align=center colspan=2	N/A	0–6	7	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Gustaf Lindblom	Épée	5–4	3 Q	7–3	2 Q	6–5	3 Q	4–7	9
	Foil	align=center colspan=2	N/A	2–6	7	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Einar Råberg	Épée	0–8	9	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Hans Törnblom	Épée	2–4	7	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
	Foil	align=center colspan=2	N/A	1–7	8	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Bertil Uggla	Épée	2–5	7	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
David Warholm	Épée	3–5	6	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Nils Hellsten Gustaf Lindblom Bertil Uggla David Warholm	Team épée^[3]	align=center colspan=4	N/A	0–4	6	align=center colspan=2	did not advance

Football

See main article: Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team	Event	Gold medal round				Silver/Bronze medal round			Rowspan=3	Rank
		First round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	First round	Second round	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Sweden men's	Men's tournament	W 9–0	L 4–5	Did not advance		L 1–2	Did not advance		5

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

Quarterfinals

Consolation first round

Final rank: 8th

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team	Event	Gold medal round			Silver medal round		Bronze medal round		Rowspan=3	Rank
		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Semifinal	Final	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Sweden men's	Men's tournament	W 8–0	W 4–0	L 1–12	L 0–7	Did not advance	W 4–0	L 0–1	4

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.

RosterCoach: Raoul Le Mat

Pos	Player	GP	G	Birthdate	Age	Club
R/D		3	2		22	IK Göta
F		5	4		22	IK Göta
G		5	0		27	IFK Uppsala
G		1	0		22	Järva IS
F		6	3		21	IK Göta
F		6	3		24	IFK Uppsala
R/D		5	0		26	IK Göta
F/D		1	0		30
R		4	2		30	Berliner Schlittschuhclub
F		1	1		23	Berliner Sport Club
R		5	2		25	IK Göta

Gold medal quarterfinals

Gold medal semifinals

Gold medal match

Silver medal semifinals

Bronze medal semifinals

Bronze medal match

Final rank: 4th

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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
	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

See main article: Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nils Ljunglöf	N/A	Single sculls	7:49.6	2	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
John Lager Nestor Östergren Axel Eriksson Gunnar Lager	Gösta Eriksson	Coxed four	align=center colspan=2	N/A	7:12.0	2	align=center colspan=2	did not advance

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Score	Rank
Gösta Bengtsson Gösta Lundqvist Rolf Steffenburg	30 m^2	align=center colspan=7	Unknown
Percy Almstedt Erik Mellbin Gustaf Svensson Ragnar Svensson	40 m^2	align=center colspan=7	Unknown
Tore Holm Yngve Holm Axel Rydin Georg Tengwall	40 m^2	align=center colspan=7	Unknown

Skating

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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
		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

See main article: Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics. 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.

Shooter	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Anders Andersson	50 m free pistol	467	6
Edward Benedicks	100 m deer, single shots	align=center colspan=2	Unknown
	100 m deer, double shots	align=center colspan=2	Unknown
Erik Blomqvist	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	924	Unknown
	300 m military rifle, prone	58	6
	600 m military rifle, prone	58	5
Olle Ericsson	300 m military rifle, standing	align=center colspan=2	Unknown
Mauritz Eriksson	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	974	7
	300 m military rifle, prone	58	6
	300 m military rifle, standing	53	7
	600 m military rifle, prone	59
Oscar Eriksson	50 m small-bore rifle	370	Unknown
Gunnar Gabrielsson	50 m free pistol	460	Unknown
Walfrid Hellman	300 m military rifle, standing	53	7
Ture Holmberg	300 m military rifle, prone	57	Unknown
Sigvard Hultcrantz	50 m free pistol	450	Unknown
	50 m small-bore rifle	382	Unknown
Werner Jernström	300 m military rifle, prone	57	Unknown
Hugo Johansson	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	961	Unknown
	300 m military rifle, prone	58	6
	300 m military rifle, standing	align=center colspan=2	Unknown
	600 m military rifle, prone	59
Anders Johnson	50 m free pistol	448	Unknown
Gustaf Adolf Jonsson	300 m military rifle, prone	57	Unknown
	600 m military rifle, prone	54	Unknown
Per Kinde	100 m deer, single shots	align=center colspan=2	Unknown
	Trap	align=center colspan=2	Unknown
Viktor Knutsson	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	896	Unknown
Bengt Lagercrantz	100 m deer, single shots	align=center colspan=2	Unknown
	100 m deer, double shots	align=center colspan=2	Unknown
Leon Lagerlöf	50 m small-bore rifle	375	Unknown
	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	836	Unknown
	300 m military rifle, standing	align=center colspan=2	Unknown
Fredric Landelius	100 m deer, single shots	39	6
	100 m deer, double shots	77
	Trap	align=center colspan=2	Unknown
Erik Lundquist	Trap	align=center colspan=2	Unknown
Erik Ohlsson	50 m small-bore rifle	381	Unknown
	300 m military rifle, prone	57	Unknown
	600 m military rifle, prone	57	8
Casimir Reuterskiöld	50 m free pistol	464	8
Karl Richter	Trap	align=center colspan=2	Unknown
Erik Sökjer-Petersén	Trap	align=center colspan=2	Unknown
Ragnar Stare	50 m small-bore rifle	365	Unknown
Alfred Swahn	100 m deer, single shots	41
	100 m deer, double shots	67	Unknown
	Trap	align=center colspan=2	Unknown
Oscar Swahn	100 m deer, single shots	37	8
Anders Andersson Gunnar Gabrielsson Sigvard Hultcrantz Anders Johnson Casimir Reuterskiöld	50 m team free pistol	2289
Bror Andreasson Erik Blomqvist Mauritz Eriksson Hugo Johansson Gustaf Adolf Jonsson	300 & 600 m team military rifle, prone	558	6
Edward Benedicks Bengt Lagercrantz Fredric Landelius Alfred Swahn Oscar Swahn	100 m team deer, double shots	336
Erik Blomqvist Mauritz Eriksson Ture Holmberg Werner Jernström Hugo Johansson	300 m team military rifle, prone	281	5
Erik Blomqvist Mauritz Eriksson Hugo Johansson Gustaf Adolf Jonsson Erik Ohlsson	600 m team military rifle, prone	287
Erik Blomqvist Mauritz Eriksson Hugo Johansson Viktor Knutsson Leon Lagerlöf	Team free rifle	4591	6
Olle Ericsson Mauritz Eriksson Walfrid Hellman Hugo Johansson Leon Lagerlöf	300 m team military rifle, standing	255
Oscar Eriksson Sigvard Hultcrantz Leon Lagerlöf Erik Ohlsson Ragnar Stare	50 m team small-bore rifle	1873
Per Kinde Bengt Lagercrantz Karl Larsson Alfred Swahn Oscar Swahn	100 m team deer, single shots	153	4
Per Kinde Fredric Landelius Erik Lundquist Karl Richter Erik Sökjer-Petersén Alfred Swahn	Team clay pigeons	500

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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
		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	L 6–2, 6–0	4
Margareta Lindberg	Women's singles	N/A	L 6–0	align=center colspan=4	did not advance	15
Fritz Lindqvist	Men's singles	L 0–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–2	align=center colspan=5	did not advance	32
Sune Malmström	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	align=center colspan=2	did not advance	5
Henning Müller	Men's singles	L 3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–3	align=center colspan=5	did not advance	32
Lily Strömberg	Women's singles	N/A	Bye	W 7–5, 6–3	L 6–0, 6–0	align=center colspan=2	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	align=center colspan=4	did not advance	17
Olle Andersson Henning Müller	Men's doubles	N/A	Bye	L 6–1, 6–8, 6–1, 6–4	align=center colspan=3	did not advance	9
Sigrid Fick Fritz Lindqvist	Mixed doubles	N/A	L 6–4, 6–2	align=center colspan=4	did not advance	14
Sigrid Fick Lily Strömberg	Women's doubles	N/A	N/A	Bye	L 6–4, 6–3	align=center colspan=2	did not advance	5
Jarl Malström Lily Strömberg	Mixed doubles	N/A	Bye	Bye	L 0–6, 6–1, 6–2	align=center colspan=2	did not advance	5
Jarl Malström Carl-Eric von Braun	Men's doubles	N/A	L 6–2, 6–4, 6–3	align=center colspan=4	did not advance	17

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
	1	2	.333
	1	0	1.000
	1	1	.500
	0	4	.000
	0	2	.000
	1	1	.500
	1	1	.500
	0	1	.000
	0	1	.000
	1	0	1.000
Total	6	13	.316

Round	Wins	Losses	Percent
Round of 64	1	2	.333
Round of 32	1	4	.200
Round of 16	3	1	.750
Quarterfinals	1	4	.200
Semifinals	0	1	.000
Final	0	0	–
Bronze match	0	1	.000
Total	6	13	.316

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team	Event	Gold medal round				Silver medal round		Bronze medal round			Rowspan=3	Rank
		First round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Semifinal	Final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Sweden men	Men's tournament	W 11–0	W 7–3	L 3–5	Did not advance				W 9–1	W 5–0

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

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal semifinals

Bronze medal match

Final rank: Bronze

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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
		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

See main article: Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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
Otto Borgström	Middleweight	Bye	(W)	(L)	align=center colspan=2	did not advance	5
Anders Larsson	Light heavyweight	N/A	(W)	(W)	(W)	(W)
Gottfrid Lindgren	Middleweight	Bye	(L)	align=center colspan=3	did not advance	9
Ernst Nilsson	Heavyweight	align=center colspan=2	N/A	(W)	(L)	(D)
Gottfrid Svensson	Lightweight	N/A	(W)	(W)	(W)	(L)

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
	1	1	.500
	1	0	1.000
	3	0	1.000
	1	0	1.000
	0	1	1.000
	1	0	1.000
	2.5	2.5	.500
Total	9.5	4.5	.679

Round	Wins	Losses	Percent
Round of 32	0	0	–
Round of 16	3	1	.750
Quarterfinals	3	1	.750
Semifinals	2	1	.667
Final	1	1	.500
Bronze match	0.5	0.5	.500
Total	9.5	4.5	.679

Greco-Roman

Wrestler	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
				Silver quarters	Silver semis	Silver match
				Bronze quarters	Bronze semis	Bronze match
Anders Ahlgren	Heavyweight	align=center rowspan=3	Bye	align=center rowspan=3	(W)	(W)	(W)	(L)	align=center rowspan=3	8
		Bye	(L)	Did not advance
		align=center colspan=3	did not advance
Carl Fältström	Middleweight	align=center rowspan=3	Bye	align=center rowspan=3	(W)	(L)	align=center colspan=2	did not advance	align=center rowspan=3	11
		align=center colspan=3	did not advance
		align=center colspan=3	did not advance
Claes Johansson	Light heavyweight	align=center rowspan=3	Bye	align=center rowspan=3	(W)	(W)	(W)	(W)	align=center rowspan=3
		N/A	align=center colspan=2	Won gold
		align=center colspan=3	N/A
Holger Lindberg	Lightweight	align=center rowspan=3	(W)	align=center rowspan=3	(L)	align=center colspan=3	did not advance	align=center rowspan=3	12
		align=center colspan=3	did not advance
		align=center colspan=3	did not advance
Ernst Nilsson	Heavyweight	align=center rowspan=3	Bye	align=center rowspan=3	(W)	(L)	align=center colspan=2	did not advance	align=center rowspan=3	10
		align=center colspan=3	did not advance
		align=center colspan=3	did not advance
Gustaf Nilsson	Lightweight	align=center rowspan=3	Bye	align=center rowspan=3	(L)	align=center colspan=3	did not advance	align=center rowspan=3	12
		align=center colspan=3	did not advance
		align=center colspan=3	did not advance
Sven Ohlsson	Light heavyweight	align=center rowspan=3	(W)	align=center rowspan=3	(L)	align=center colspan=3	did not advance	align=center rowspan=3	10
		N/A	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
		align=center colspan=3	N/A
Fritiof Svensson	Featherweight	align=center rowspan=3	Bye	align=center rowspan=3	(W)	(L)	align=center colspan=2	did not advance	align=center rowspan=3
		N/A	(L)	Did not advance
		Bye	(W)	(W)
Gottfrid Svensson	Featherweight	align=center rowspan=3	Bye	align=center rowspan=3	(L)	align=center colspan=3	did not advance	align=center rowspan=3	11
		N/A	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
		align=center colspan=3	did not advance
Calle Westergren	Middleweight	align=center rowspan=3	(W)	align=center rowspan=3	(W)	(W)	(W)	(W)	align=center rowspan=3
		align=center colspan=3	Won gold
		align=center colspan=3	Won gold

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
	3	0	1.000
	4	0	1.000
	3	4	.429
	1	0	1.000
	1	1	.500
	1	0	1.000
	5	1	.833
	1	2	.333
	0	2	.000
Total	19	10	.655

Round	Wins	Losses	Percent
Round of 32	3	0	1.000
Round of 16	6	4	.600
Quarterfinals	3	3	.500
Semifinals	3	0	1.000
Final	2	1	.667
Silver quarterfinals	0	0	–
Silver semifinals	0	2	.000
Silver match	0	0	–
Bronze quarterfinals	0	0	–
Bronze semifinals	1	0	1.000
Bronze match	1	0	1.000
Total	19	10	.655

External links

• Book: Belgium Olympic Committee . 1957 . Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report. fr.
• Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 16 August 2007. pl.
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hans Granfelt . olympedia.org . 8 January 2024.
2. Web site: Sweden at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041224/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SWE/summer/1920/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-06-23 . sports-reference.com.
3. Web site: Netherlands Fencing at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games . Sports-Reference . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417063815/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NED/summer/1920/FEN/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . Composition for teams.