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Sweden at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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IOC code
  
SWE

Sweden at the 1956 Winter Olympics

NOC
  
Swedish Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.sok.se (Swedish) (English)

Competitors
  
58 (50 men, 8 women) in 8 sports

Flag bearer
  
Bror Östman, Ski Jumping

Medals Ranked 6th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 4 4 10

Sweden competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Contents

Alpine skiing

Men
Women

Cross-country skiing

Men
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Women
Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Figure skating

Women

Group C

Top two teams advanced to medal round.

  • USSR 5–1 Sweden
  • Sweden 6–5 Switzerland

    • Games for 1st-6th places

  • USSR 4–1 Sweden
  • Sweden 5–0 Czechoslovakia
  • USA 6–1 Sweden
  • Canada 6–2 Sweden
  • Germany (UTG) 1–1 Sweden

    • Nordic combined

    Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing

    • Speed skating

    Men

    References

    Sweden at the 1956 Winter Olympics Wikipedia
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