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Sweden at the 1956 Winter Olympics
...| Sweden at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | SWE |
| NOC | Swedish Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Cortina d'Ampezzo | |
| Competitors | 58 (50 men, 8 women) in 8 sports |
| Flag bearers | Bror Östman, Ski Jumping |
| Medals Ranked 6th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Sweden competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold |
Sixten Jernberg | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
| Gold |
Sigvard Ericsson | Speed skating | Men's 10 000 m |
 Silver |
Sixten Jernberg | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 km |
| Silver |
Sixten Jernberg | Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 km |
| Silver |
Bengt Eriksson | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
| Silver |
Sigvard Ericsson | Speed skating | Men's 5000m |
 Bronze |
Stig Sollander | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom |
| Bronze |
Lennart Larsson Gunnar Samuelsson Per-Erik Larsson Sixten Jernberg |
Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay |
| Bronze |
Sonja Ruthström-Edström | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km |
| Bronze |
Irma Johansson Anna-Lisa Eriksson Sonja Ruthström-Edström |
Cross-country skiing | Women's 3 x 5 km relay |
Alpine skiing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Lars Mattsson | Downhill | 3:50.4 | 32 | ||||
| Stig Sollander | 3:05.4 | 10 | |||||
| Hans Olofsson | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | ||||
| Olle Dalman | 3:24.9 | 29 | |||||
| Åke Nilsson | 3:21.4 | 20 | |||||
| Stig Sollander | 3:17.1 | 16 | |||||
| Hans Olofsson | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Åke Nilsson | 1:39.8 | 29 | 1:57.5 | 11 | 3:37.3 | 14 | |
| Olle Dalman | 1:34.2 | 20 | 2:03.4 (+0:05) | 15 | 3:37.6 | 15 | |
| Stig Sollander | 1:29.2 | 5 | 1:51.0 | 3 | 3:20.2 |
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- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Vivi-Anne Wassdahl | Downhill | 2:08.0 | 42 | ||||
| Ingrid Englund | 1:51.8 | 18 | |||||
| Eivor Berglund | 1:51.6 | 15 | |||||
| Vivi-Anne Wassdahl | Giant Slalom | 2:06.4 | 31 | ||||
| Eivor Berglund | 2:04.9 | 26 | |||||
| Ingrid Englund | 2:04.5 | 25 | |||||
| Eivor Berglund | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Ingrid Englund | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – | |
| Vivi-Anne Wassdahl | 1:31.2 (+0:05) | 35 | 59.6 | 8 | 2:30.8 | 28 | |
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| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SWE-1 | Olle Axelsson Tryggve Sundström |
Two-man | 1:27.15 | 15 | 1:27.82 | 22 | 1:26.01 | 12 | 1:25.67 | 9 | 5:46.65 | 17 |
| SWE-2 | Sven Erbs Walter Aronson |
Two-man | 2:29.66 | 23 | 1:25.01 | 11 | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SWE-1 | Olle Axelsson Ebbe Wallén Sune Skagerling Gunnar Åhs |
Four-man | 1:18.95 | 8 | 1:19.98 | 12 | 1:22.75 | 20 | 1:21.86 | 18 | 5:23.54 | 16 |
| SWE-2 | Kjell Holmström Sven Erbs Walter Aronson Jan Lapidoth |
Four-man | 1:20.58 | 14 | 1:20.32 | 15 | 1:21.15 | 15 | 1:21.13 | 14 | 5:23.18 | 13 |
Cross-country skiing
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Gunnar Samuelsson | 52:39 | 15 |
| Per-Erik Larsson | 51:44 | 12 | |
| Lennart Larsson | 51:03 | 8 | |
| Sixten Jernberg | 50:14 |
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| 30 km | Gunnar Samuelsson | 1'48:23 | 11 |
| Lennart Larsson | 1'46:56 | 8 | |
| Per-Erik Larsson | 1'46:51 | 7 | |
| Sixten Jernberg | 1'44:30 |
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| 50 km | Inge Limberg | 3'10:19 | 12 |
| Arthur Olsson | 3'10:03 | 11 | |
| Sture Grahn | 3'06:32 | 10 | |
| Sixten Jernberg | 2'50:27 |
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- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Lennart Larsson Gunnar Samuelsson Per-Erik Larsson Sixten Jernberg |
2'17:42 |
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- Women
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 10 km | Barbro Martinsson | 41:04 | 14 |
| Anna-Lisa Eriksson | 40:56 | 13 | |
| Irma Johansson | 40:20 | 7 | |
| Sonja Ruthström-Edström | 38:23 |
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- Women's 3 x 5 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Irma Johansson Anna-Lisa Eriksson Sonja Ruthström-Edström |
1'09:48 |
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Figure skating
- Women