Sweden competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 131 competitors, 104 men and 27 women, took part in 90 events in 18 sports.
Ulrika Knape — Diving, Women's 10m Platform
Ragnar Skanåker — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
Gunnar Larsson — Swimming, Men's 200m Individual Medley
Gunnar Larsson — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley
Gunnar Jervill — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
Ulrika Knape — Diving, Women's 3m Springboard
Rolf Peterson — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m
Jan Karlsson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight
Per Pettersson and Stellan Westerdahl — Sailing, Men's Star Class
Bo Knape, Stefan Krook, Lennart Roslund and Stig Wennerström — Sailing, Men's Soling Class
Rickard Bruch — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
Hasse Thomsén — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
Jan Jönsson — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual competition
Ulla Håkanson, Ninna Swaab and Maud von Rosen — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition
Hans Bettembourg — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
Jan Karlsson — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Sweden entered three men and two women. Gunnar Jervill won a silver medal in the men's competition.
Men's Individual Competition:
Gunnar Jervill – 2481 points (→ Silver Medal)
Rolf Svensson – 2386 points (→ 16th place)
Olov Bostroem – 2347 points (→ 27th place)
Women's Individual Competition:
Maj-Britt Johansson – 2283 points (→ 19th place)
Anna-Lisa Berglund – 2185 points (→ 34th place)
Men's 1500 metres
Gunnar Ekman
Heat — 3:40.4
Semifinals — 3:39.4 (→ did not advance)
Ulf Hogberg
Heat — 3:41.5
Semifinals — 3:43.6 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres
Anders Gärderud
Heat — 13:57.2 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
Jan Dahlgren
Qualifying Round — 2.15m
Final — 2.15m (→ 11th place)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
Hasse Thomsén → Bronze Medal
First Round — Defeated Jean Bassomben (CMR), 4:1
Quarterfinals — Defeated Carroll Morgan (CAN), KO-3
Semifinals — Lost to Ion Alexe (ROM), TKO-2
Five cyclists represented Sweden in 1972.
Individual road race
Lennart Fagerlund — 42nd place
Sven-Åke Nilsson — 44th place
Leif Hansson — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Bernt Johansson — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
Lennart Fagerlund
Tord Filipsson
Leif Hansson
Sven-Åke Nilsson
Women's 3m Springboard
Ulrika Knape — 434.19 points (→ Silver Medal)
Agneta Henriksson — 417.48 points (→ 6th place)
Women's 10m Platform
Ulrika Knape — 390.00 points (→ Gold Medal)
Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Sweden in 1972.
Men's foil
Per Sundberg
Men's épée
Rolf Edling
Orvar Jönsson
Carl von Essen
Men's team épée
Hans Wieselgren, Carl von Essen, Orvar Jönsson, Rolf Edling, Per Sundberg
Women's foil
Kerstin Palm
Handball
Men's Team Competition
In a very tight division for the first round, Sweden came out in first place after a tie-breaker with the Soviet Union. Both teams had tied twice (Sweden had tied Poland and the Soviet Union) and won once. Sweden's victory was over Denmark. Both teams advanced to the second round with a 0-0-1 record to start, already behind East Germany which had defeated Czechoslovakia to enter with a 1-0-0 record. Sweden lost its games to those two opponents while the Soviet Union split its pair, dropping the Swedes to fourth place in the division. They played against Hungary for seventh and eighth places, winning 19-18.
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Sweden – Poland 13-13 (5-7)
Sweden – Soviet Union 11-11 (4-3)
Sweden – Denmark 16-10 (8-4)
Second Round (Group A)
Sweden – Czechoslovakia 12-15 (6-7)
Sweden – East Germany 11-14 (6-8)
Classification Match
Sweden – Hungary 19-18 (11-8) → 7th place
Team Roster
Björn Andersson
Bo Andersson
Dan Eriksson
Lennart Eriksson
Johan Fischerström
Göran Hard Af Segerstad
Bengt Johansson
Benny Johansson
Jan Jönsson
Lars Karlsson
Michael Koch
Olle Olsson
Sten Olsson
Thomas Persson
Bertil Söderberg
Frank Ström
Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1972.
Men's Individual Competition:
Björn Ferm – 5283 points (→ 6th place)
Bo Jansson – 4739 points (→ 24th place)
Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall – 4704 points (→ 25th place)
Men's Team Competition:
Ferm, Jansson, and Liljenwall – 14708 points (→ 5th place)
Men's Single Sculls
Lennart Baiter
Heat — 8:12.92
Repechage — 8:11.07 (→ did not advance)
Ten male shooters represented Sweden in 1972. Ragnar Skanåker won gold in the 50 m pistol event.
25 m pistol
Curt Andersson
50 m pistol
Ragnar Skanåker
Kjell Jacobsson
300 m rifle, three positions
Sven Johansson
50 m rifle, three positions
Christer Jansson
Sven Johansson
50 m rifle, prone
Christer Jansson
Sven Johansson
50 m running target
Göte Gåård
Karl-Axel Karlsson
Trap
Johnny Påhlsson
Skeet
Lars-Erik Söderberg
Gert-Åke Bengtsson
Men's 100m Freestyle
Anders Bellbring
Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Bernt Zarnowiecki
Heat — 2:01.34 (→ did not advance)
Rolf Pettersson
Heat — 2:00.02 (→ did not advance)
Hans Ljungberg
Heat — 1:59.42 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Hans Ljungberg, Bengt Gingsjö, Anders Bellbring, and Gunnar Larsson
Heat — 7:57.54
Bengt Gingsjö, Hans Ljungberg, Anders Bellbring, and Gunnar Larsson
Final — 7:47.37 (→ 4th place)
