Sweden at the
1968 Winter Olympics
IOC codeSWE
NOCSwedish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Grenoble
Competitors68 (59 men, 9 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearerBarbro Martinsson (Cross-country skiing)
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
8
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Sweden competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldToini GustafssonCross-country skiingWomen's 5 km
 GoldToini GustafssonCross-country skiingWomen's 10 km
 GoldJohnny HöglinSpeed skatingMen's 10 000 m
 SilverJan Halvarsson
Bjarne Andersson
Gunnar Larsson
Assar Rönnlund
Cross-country skiingMen's 4 × 10 km relay
 SilverBritt Strandberg
Toini Gustafsson
Barbro Martinsson
Cross-country skiingWomen's 3 x 5 km relay
 BronzeLars-Göran Arwidson
Tore Eriksson
Olle Petrusson
Holmfrid Olsson
BiathlonMen's 4 x 7.5 km relay
 BronzeGunnar LarssonCross-country skiingMen's 15 km
 BronzeÖrjan SandlerSpeed skatingMen's 10 000 m

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Per-Olov Richardsson Downhill 2:09.83 43
Rune Lindström 2:05.69 29
Lars Olsson Giant Slalom 1:48.69 28 DSQ DSQ
Bengt-Erik Grahn 1:48.68 27 1:57.78 54 3:46.46 39
Olle Rolén 1:47.52 22 1:50.83 22 3:38.35 20
Rune Lindström 1:46.94 17 1:50.11 17 3:37.05 16
Men's slalom
Athlete Heat 1 Heat 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Per-Olov Richardsson 54.83 2 QF 52.46 28 DSQ DSQ
Bengt-Erik Grahn 54.28 1 QF 49.74 3 DSQ DSQ
Olle Rolén 54.15 1 QF 51.77 22 DSQ DSQ
Rune Lindström 53.85 2 QF 51.19 15 50.80 8 1:41.99 11
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ingrid Sundberg Giant Slalom 2:08.54 35
Ingrid Sundberg Slalom 46.91 27 52.65 23 1:39.56 21

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Nore Westin 1'21:09.4 7 1'28:09.4 30
Holmfrid Olsson 1'19:01.8 6 1'25:01.8 20
Olle Petrusson 1'18:31.2 6 1'24:31.2 19
Lars-Göran Arwidson 1'18:08.9 6 1'24:08.9 17
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 2 Time Rank
Lars-Göran Arwidson
Tore Eriksson
Olle Petrusson
Holmfrid Olsson
0 2'17:26.3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
SWE-1 Rolf Höglund
Börje Hedblom
Two-man 1:12.77 19 1:13.17 18 1:12.62 14 1:12.63 12 4:51.19 14
SWE-2 Carl-Erik Eriksson
Eric Wennerberg
Two-man 1:12.75 17 1:12.69 14 1:12.84 16 1:13.41 17 4:51.69 18
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
SWE-1 Rolf Höglund
Hans Hallén
Sven Martinsson
Börje Hedblom
Four-man 1:12.20 16 1:09.90 16 2:22.10 16

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Assar Rönnlund 49:25.3 11
Bjarne Andersson 48:41.1 6
Jan Halvarsson 48:39.1 5
Gunnar Larsson 48:33.7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
30 km Ingvar Sandström 1'39:47.5 21
Bruno Åvik 1'39:38.1 20
Jan Halvarsson 1'38:23.2 12
Gunnar Larsson 1'37:48.1 8
50 km Assar Rönnlund 2'31:19.3 10
Jan Halvarsson 2'30:05.9 7
Gunnar Larsson 2'29:37.2 6
Melcher Risberg 2'29:37.0 5
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Jan Halvarsson
Bjarne Andersson
Gunnar Larsson
Assar Rönnlund
2'10:13.2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Barbro Tano 17:35.8 18
Britt Strandberg 17:25.8 15
Barbro Martinsson 16:52.9 4
Toini Gustafsson 16:45.2 1st place, gold medalist(s)
10 km Britt Strandberg 39:25.7 15
Barbro Tano 39:09.6 10
Barbro Martinsson 38:07.1 4
Toini Gustafsson 36:46.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Britt Strandberg
Toini Gustafsson
Barbro Martinsson
57:51.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Figure skating

Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Thomas Callerud 27 27 1399.3 241 27

Ice hockey

Summary
Team Event First round Medal round / Consolation round
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Sweden men's Men's tournament BYE MR  United States
W 4–3
 West Germany
W 5–4
 East Germany
W 5–2
 Finland
W 5–1
 Soviet Union
L 2–3
 Canada
L 0–3
 Czechoslovakia
T 2–2
4

Medal Round

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Soviet Union 7610481012
2  Czechoslovakia 7511331711
3  Canada 7520281510
4  Sweden 742123189
5  Finland 733117237
6  United States 724123285
7  West Germany 716013392
8  East Germany 707013480

Sweden Sweden – United States USA 4:3 (0:0, 4:2, 0:1)
Goalscorers: Nilsson, Wickberg, Hedlund, Bengsston – Falkman, Lilyholm, Nanne.
Referees: McEvoy, Kubinec (CAN)

Sweden Sweden – Germany West Germany 5:4 (4:3, 0:0, 1:1)
Goalscorers: Svedberg, Lundström, Nordlander, Olsson, Öberg – Kuhn, Hanig, Reif, Kopf.
Referees: Kořínek, Bucala (TCH)

Sweden Sweden – East Germany East Germany 5:2 (1:0, 2:1, 2:1)
Goalscorers: Hedlund 2, Wickberg, Lundström, Henriksson – Plotka, Fuchs.
Referees: Seglin (URS), Wycisk (POL)

Sweden Sweden – Finland Finland 5:1 (1:0, 2:1, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Wickberg 2, Granholm, Nillsson, Bengsston – Oksanen.
Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Kořínek (TCH)

Soviet Union USSR – Sweden Sweden 3:2 (1:1, 0:0, 2:1)
Goalscorers: Firsov 2, Blinov – Öberg, Svedberg.
Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Kořínek (TCH)

Sweden Sweden – Canada Canada 0:3 (0:2, 0.0, 0:1)
Goalscorers: Johnston, G. Pinder, O‘Shea.
Referees: Sillankorva (FIN), Kořínek (TCH)

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia – Sweden Sweden 2:2 (1:1, 1:0, 0:1)
Goalscorers: Golonka, Hrbatý – Bengtsson, Henriksson.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)

Contestants

4. SWEDEN
Goaltenders: Leif Holmqvist, Hans Dahllöf.
Defence: Arne Carlsson, Nils Johansson, Bert-Olov Nordlander, Lars-Erik Sjöberg, Roland Stoltz, Lennart Svedberg.
Forwards: Folke Bengtsson, Svante Granholm, Henric Hedlund, Leif Henriksson, Tord Lundström, Lars-Göran Nilsson, Roger Olsson, Björn Palmqvist, Håkan Wickberg, Carl-Göran Öberg.
Coach: Arne Strömberg.

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ivar Bjare 1:00.73 34 1:01.44 36 1:00.63 33 3:02.80 32
Per-Ulf Helander 1:00.25 31 1:01.67 37 1:01.20 34 3:03.12 34
Hans Sahlin 59.12 24 59.36 22 59.98 28 2:58.46 25
Jan Nilsson 59.00 20 59.67 27 59.24 23 2:57.91 23

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ivar Bjare
Jan Nilsson
51.04 13 50.52 13 1:41.56 13
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Berit Salomonsson 50.89 14 51.35 17 51.31 13 2:33.55 13

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Ulf Norberg Normal hill 65.5 82.6 66.0 84.4 167.0 48
Thord Karlsson 67.5 85.8 69.5 90.0 175.8 43
Mats Östman 67.5 87.8 64.0 77.7 165.5 49
Kurt Elimä 71.0 95.4 69.5 90.5 185.9 37
Mats Östman Large hill 83.0 76.6 79.5 72.2 148.8 52
Kjell Sjöberg 85.5 86.1 73.0 59.1 145.2 53
Kurt Elimä 87.5 88.9 85.5 85.1 174.0 37
Thord Karlsson 91.0 92.3 87.5 86.9 179.2 32

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Manne Lavås 41.8 24
Heike Hedlund 41.2 15
Hasse Börjes 41.2 15
Håkan Holmgren 40.8 8
1500 m Göran Claeson 2:08.6 20
Manne Lavås 2:07.8 16
Örjan Sandler 2:07.0 10
Johnny Höglin 2:05.2 5
5000 m Jonny Nilsson 7:32.9 7
Örjan Sandler 7:32.8 6
Johnny Höglin 7:32.7 5
10,000 m Jonny Nilsson 15:39.6 6
Örjan Sandler 15:31.8 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Johnny Höglin 15:23.6 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Ylva Hedlund 49.9 26
Christina Lindblom-Scherling 47.7 15
1000 m Ylva Hedlund 1:37.5 19
Christina Lindblom-Scherling 1:36.9 15
1500 m Ylva Hedlund 2:31.5 20
Christina Karlsson 2:31.4 18
Christina Lindblom-Scherling 2:27.5 9
3000 m Christina Karlsson 5:17.2 13
Christina Lindblom-Scherling 5:09.8 7

References

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