Sweden competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 206 competitors, 183 men and 23 women, took part in 124 events in 17 sports.
Road CompetitionMen's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
Yngve Lundh — 5:12:15.2 (→ 16th place)Stig Mårtensson — 5:13:00.0 (→ 18th place)Allan Carlsson — 5:16:19.1 (→ 21st place)Lars Nordwall — did not finish (→ no ranking)Men's 3m Springboard
Frank LandqvistPreliminary Round — 60.11 points (→ 23rd place)Gunnar JohanssonPreliminary Round — 59.11 points (→ 27th place)Ten fencers, all men, represented Sweden in 1952.
Men's foilBo ErikssonNils RydströmRolf MagnussonMen's team foilRolf Magnusson, Sven Fahlman, Nils Rydström, Bo ErikssonMen's épéePer CarlesonCarl ForssellSven FahlmanMen's team épéePer Carleson, Carl Forssell, Bengt Ljungquist, Berndt-Otto Rehbinder, Sven Fahlman, Lennart MagnussonMen's sabreHenry NordinBo ErikssonThree male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1952. Lars Hall won gold in the individual event and all three pentathletes won silver in the team event.
IndividualLars HallThorsten LindqvistClaes EgnellTeamLars HallThorsten LindqvistClaes EgnellMen's double sculls
Tore JohanssonCurt BrunnqvistMen's coxless pair
Bernt TorberntssonEvert GunnarssonMen's coxed pair
Ove NilssonIngemar SvenssonLars-Erik LarssonMen's eight
Lennart AnderssonFrank OlssonJohn NiklassonGösta AdamssonIvan SimonssonRagnar EkThore BörjessonRune Andersson|Sture BaatzTen shooters represented Sweden in 1952. Sweden won silver and bronze in the trap event and silver in the 100m running deer.
25 m pistolGösta PihlTorsten Ullman50 m pistolTorsten UllmanHugo Lundkvist300 m rifle, three positionsHolger ErbénWalther Fröstell50 m rifle, three positionsUno BergWalther Fröstell50 m rifle, proneWalther FröstellUno Berg100m running deerOlof SköldbergThorleif KockgårdTrapKnut HolmqvistHans Liljedahl