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Sweden at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
SWE

Flag bearer
  
Rolf Peterson

Sweden at the 1968 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Swedish Olympic Committee

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

Competitors
  
100 (86 men and 14 women) in 13 sports

Medals Ranked 20th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 1 1 4

Sweden competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 100 competitors, 86 men and 14 women, took part in 95 events in 13 sports.

Contents

Gold

  • Björn Ferm — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
  • Ulf Sundelin, Peter Sundelin, and Jörgen Sundelin — Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter Class
  • Silver

  • Tomas Pettersson, Erik Pettersson, Gösta Pettersson, and Sture Pettersson — Cycling, Men's Team Time Trial
  • Bronze

  • Gösta Pettersson — Cycling, Men's Road Race
  • Cycling

    Six cyclists represented Sweden in 1968.

    Individual road race
  • Gösta Pettersson
  • Tomas Pettersson
  • Erik Pettersson
  • Curt Söderlund
  • Team time trial
  • Erik Pettersson
  • Gösta Pettersson
  • Sture Pettersson
  • Tomas Pettersson
  • 1000m time trial
  • Jupp Ripfel
  • Individual pursuit
  • Gösta Pettersson
  • Team pursuit
  • Gösta Pettersson
  • Sture Pettersson
  • Erik Pettersson
  • Tomas Pettersson
  • Fencing

    Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Sweden in 1968.

    Men's épée
  • Orvar Lindwall
  • Lars-Erik Larsson
  • Dicki Sörensen
  • Men's team épée
  • Dicki Sörensen, Orvar Lindwall, Carl von Essen, Lars-Erik Larsson, Rolf Edling
  • Women's foil
  • Kerstin Palm
  • Modern pentathlon

    Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1968. Björn Ferm won gold in the individual event.

    Individual
  • Björn Ferm
  • Hans Jacobson
  • Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall
  • Team
  • Björn Ferm
  • Hans Jacobson
  • Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall
  • Shooting

    Nine shooters, all men, represented Sweden in 1968.

    25 m pistol
  • Waldemar Califf
  • Stig Berntsson
  • 50 m pistol
  • Leif Larsson
  • Börje Nilsson
  • 300 m rifle, three positions
  • Sven Johansson
  • Kurt Johansson
  • 50 m rifle, three positions
  • Sven Johansson
  • Kurt Johansson
  • 50 m rifle, prone
  • Sven Johansson
  • Kurt Johansson
  • Trap
  • Sten Karlsson
  • Skeet
  • Arne Karlsson
  • Arne Orrgård
  • References

    Sweden at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wikipedia


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