Sweden at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Sweden at the
1972 Winter Olympics
IOC codeSWE
NOCSwedish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Sapporo
Competitors58 (49 men, 9 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearerHasse Börjes (Speed skating)
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
4
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Sweden competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Sven-Åke Lundbäck Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km
 Silver Hasse Börjes Speed skating Men's 500 m
 Bronze Lars-Göran Arwidson Biathlon Men's 20 km
 Bronze Göran Claeson Speed skating Men's 1500 m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Olle Rolén Downhill 1:59.28 34
Manni Thofte 1:56.66 28
Manni Thofte Giant Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Olle Rolén DNF – – – DNF –
Sven Mikaelsson 1:37.88 29 1:43.77 27 3:21.65 28
Men's slalom
Athlete Classification Final
Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Olle Rolén 1:47.88 3 1:01.19 28 DNF – DNF –
Sven Mikaelsson 1:48.03 5 1:01.00 26 1:00.72 23 2:01.72 21
Manni Thofte DNF – 1:01.14 27 DNF – DNF –
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lotta Sollander Downhill 1:42.97 31
Lotta Sollander Giant Slalom DNF –
Lotta Sollander Slalom DNF – – – DNF –

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Torsten Wadman 1'17:17.56 13 1'30:17.56 49
Olle Petrusson 1'16:40.58 12 1'28:40.58 42
Holmfrid Olsson 1'19:28.78 3 1'22:28.78 21
Lars-Göran Arwidson 1'14:27.03 2 1'16:27.03 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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
Olle Petrusson
Torsten Wadman
Holmfrid Olsson 		6 1'56:57.40 5
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
SWE-1 Carl-Erik Eriksson
Jan Johansson 		Two-man 1:16.68 9 1:16.81 10 1:14.08 4 1:13.83 2 5:01.40 6
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
SWE-1 Carl-Erik Eriksson
Tom Mentzer
Thomas Gustafsson
Jan Johansson 		Four-man 1:12.14 12 1:12.42 8 1:11.43 13 1:11.41 9 4:47.40 11

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Tord Backman 47:22.97 20
Lars-Göran Åslund 46:56.23 18
Gunnar Larsson 46:23.29 8
Sven-Åke Lundbäck 45:28.24 1st place, gold medalist(s)
30 km Thomas Magnuson 1'43:26.02 28
Sven-Åke Lundbäck 1'39:54.35 13
Lars-Göran Åslund 1'39:45.29 11
Gunnar Larsson 1'37:33.72 4
50 km Gunnar Larsson 2'51:17.56 20
Tord Backman 2'48:53.51 13
Hans-Erik Larsson 2'47:59.37 11
Lars-Arne Bölling 2'45:06.80 7
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Thomas Magnuson
Lars-Göran Åslund
Gunnar Larsson
Sven-Åke Lundbäck 		2'07:03.60 4
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Meeri Bodelid 18:29.07 33
Birgitta Lindqvist 18:25.88 32
Barbro Tano 17:54.53 19
Eva Olsson 17:46.66 15
10 km Birgitta Lindqvist 37:24.76 28
Eva Olsson 36:46.50 23
Meeri Bodelid 36:41.52 19
Barbro Tano 36:29.34 13
Women's 3 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Meeri Bodelid
Eva Olsson
Birgitta Lindqvist 		51:51.84 8

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Anita Johansson 14 15 2349.3 131 15

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Summary
Team Event First round Final round / Consolation round
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sweden men's Men's tournament  Yugoslavia
W 8–1 		 United States
W 5–1 		 Soviet Union
T 3–3 		 Poland
W 5–3 		 Czechoslovakia
L 1–2 		 Finland
L 3–4 		4

First round

Winners (in bold) entered the medal round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Sweden 8–1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia

Medal round

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Soviet Union 5 4 0 1 33 13 9
2  United States 5 3 2 0 18 15 6
3  Czechoslovakia 5 3 2 0 26 13 6
4  Sweden 5 2 2 1 17 13 5
5  Finland 5 2 3 0 14 24 4
6  Poland 5 0 5 0 9 39 0
  • Sweden 5–1 USA
  • USSR 3–3 Sweden
  • Sweden 5–3 Poland
  • Czechoslovakia 2–1 Sweden
  • Finland 4–3 Sweden
Contestants
Leif Holmqvist
Christer Abrahamsson
Thommy Abrahamsson
Lars-Erik Sjöberg
Kjell-Rune Milton
Stig Östling
Bert-Ola Nordlander
Kenneth Ekman
Tord Lundström
Lars-Göran Nilsson
Håkan Pettersson
Håkan Wickberg
Mats Åhlberg
Björn Palmqvist
Hans Hansson
Inge Hammarström
Hans Lindberg
Thommie Bergman
Stig-Göran Johansson
Mats Lindh

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Sven-Olof Israelsson Individual 64.0 62.0 130.3 39 51:24.9 193.000 20 323.300 36

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Anders Lundqvist Normal hill 71.0 98.3 68.0 93.5 191.8 42
Rolf Nordgren 82.5 115.7 74.0 102.1 217.8 11
Anders Lundqvist Large hill 84.5 85.8 78.0 72.2 158.0 41
Rolf Nordgren 97.5 105.5 92.5 98.0 203.5 11

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Johan Granath 40.79 16
Mats Wallberg 40.41 9
Ove König 40.25 7
Hasse Börjes 39.69 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1500 m Johan Granath 2:10.21 16
Göran Johansson 2:09.66 15
Johnny Höglin 2:08.11 9
Göran Claeson 2:05.89 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
5000 m Örjan Sandler 7:47.92 14
Johnny Höglin 7:45.68 12
Göran Claeson 7:36.17 4
10,000 m Örjan Sandler 16:04.90 15
Göran Claeson 15:30.19 6
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Sylvia Filipsson 46.78 23
Ylva Hedlund 46.24 18
Ann-Sofie Järnström 45.83 15
1000 m Sylvia Filipsson 1:37.24 30
Ann-Sofie Järnström 1:35.21 19
Ylva Hedlund 1:33.82 14
1500 m Ann-Sofie Järnström 2:31.53 26
Ylva Hedlund 2:31.31 25
Sylvia Filipsson 2:29.38 20
3000 m Sylvia Filipsson 5:11.13 14

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