Sweden at the Olympics

Sweden at the
Olympics
Sweden at the; Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 205 Silver 222 Bronze 234 Total 661
Summer appearances
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;
Winter appearances
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Sweden first participated at the Olympic Games at the inaugural 1896 Games, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then with one exception, the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics. Sweden has earned medals at all Olympic games except for two, the 1896 Games and the 1904 Games (the latter of which Sweden did not compete at). The only other nation having earned medals at every Olympic game since 1908 is Sweden's neighboring country Finland.

Sweden hosted the Games on one occasion, the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. The equestrian events of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne were held in Stockholm, due to quarantine reasons.

Swedish athletes have won a total of 503 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, and another 158 at the Winter Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee had Swedish officer and sports instructor Viktor Balck as one of its original members. The Swedish Olympic Committee was created and recognized in 1913.

Medal tables

Sweden hosted the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. Sweden also hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics Equestrian events in Stockholm.

*Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil. (1912)

Medals by Summer Games

Total		148	176	179	503	13
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896 Athens	1	0	0	0	0	–
1900 Paris	10	0	0	1	1	20
1904 St. Louis	Did not participate
1908 London	168	8	6	11	25	3
1912 Stockholm	444	24	24	17	65	2
1920 Antwerp	260	19	20	25	64	2
1924 Paris	159	4	13	12	29	8
1928 Amsterdam	100	7	6	12	25	4
1932 Los Angeles	81	9	5	9	23	4
1936 Berlin	171	6	5	9	20	7
1948 London	181	16	11	17	44	2
1952 Helsinki	206	12	13	10	35	4
1956 Melbourne	88	8	5	6	19	6
1960 Rome	134	1	2	3	6	16
1964 Tokyo	94	2	2	4	8	17
1968 Mexico City	100	2	1	1	4	20
1972 Munich	131	4	6	6	16	11
1976 Montreal	116	4	1	0	5	12
1980 Moscow	145	3	3	6	12	11
1984 Los Angeles	174	2	11	6	19	16
1988 Seoul	185	0	4	7	11	32
1992 Barcelona	187	1	7	4	12	27
1996 Atlanta	177	2	4	2	8	29
2000 Sydney	150	4	5	3	12	18
2004 Athens	115	4	2	1	7	19
2008 Beijing	124	0	4	1	5	55
2012 London	134	1	4	3	8	37
2016 Rio de Janeiro	152	2	6	3	11	29
2020 Tokyo	136	3	6	0	9	23
2024 Paris	Future Event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane

Medals Overall

Total	205	222	234	661	8
Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Summer Olympics	148	176	179	503	13
Winter Olympics	57	46	55	158	7

Medals by Winter Games

Total		57	46	55	158	7
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924 Chamonix	31	1	1	0	2	7
1928 St. Moritz	24	2	2	1	5	3
1932 Lake Placid	12	1	2	0	3	3
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	32	2	2	3	7	3
1948 St. Moritz	43	4	3	3	10	1
1952 Oslo	65	0	0	4	4	10
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	58	2	4	4	10	5
1960 Squaw Valley	47	3	2	2	7	5
1964 Innsbruck	57	3	3	1	7	7
1968 Grenoble	68	3	2	3	8	7
1972 Sapporo	58	1	1	2	4	10
1976 Innsbruck	39	0	0	2	2	14
1980 Lake Placid	61	3	0	1	4	5
1984 Sarajevo	60	4	2	2	8	5
1988 Calgary	67	4	0	2	6	5
1992 Albertville	73	1	0	3	4	13
1994 Lillehammer	84	2	1	0	3	10
1998 Nagano	99	0	2	1	3	17
2002 Salt Lake City	102	0	2	5	7	19
2006 Turin	106	7	2	5	14	6
2010 Vancouver	106	5	2	4	11	7
2014 Sochi	106	2	7	6	15	14
2018 Pyeongchang	116	7	6	1	14	6
2022 Beijing	Future Event
2026 Milan–Cortina	Future Event

Medals by Summer Sport


Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Wrestling	28	27	31	86
Athletics	21	22	41	84
Equestrian	18	13	14	45
Shooting	15	24	18	57
Canoeing	15	11	4	30
Sailing	10	14	13	37
Swimming	9	16	14	39
Modern pentathlon	9	7	5	21
Diving	6	8	7	21
Gymnastics	5	2	1	8
Cycling	4	5	8	17
Fencing	2	3	2	7
Football	1	2	2	5
Table tennis	1	1	1	3
Tug of war	1	0	0	1
Boxing	0	5	6	11
Handball	0	4	0	4
Tennis	0	3	5	8
Archery	0	2	0	2
Rowing	0	2	0	2
Water polo	0	1	2	3
Golf	0	1	0	1
Triathlon	0	1	0	1
Weightlifting	0	0	4	4
Totals (24 sports)	145	174	178	497

*This table does not include six medals – three gold, two silver, and one bronze – awarded in the 1908 and 1920 figure skating events.

Medals by Winter Sport


Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Cross country skiing	31	25	24	80
Speed skating	7	4	5	16
Alpine skiing	7	2	9	18
Biathlon	5	3	6	14
Figure skating	5	3	2	10
Curling	3	3	2	8
Ice hockey	2	4	5	11
Freestyle skiing	0	1	1	2
Nordic combined	0	1	1	2
Ski jumping	0	1	1	2
Snowboarding	0	1	0	1
Totals (11 sports)	60	48	56	164

*This table includes six medals – three gold, two silver, and one bronze – awarded in the 1908 and 1920 figure skating events.

Individual statistics

Most medals

According to official data of the Swedish Olympic Committee. This is a list of people who have won three or more Olympic gold medals for Sweden. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were awarded for top-three placings.

Athlete	Sport	Years	Games	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Gert Fredriksson	Canoeing	1948–1960	Summer	M	6	1	1	8
Sixten Jernberg	Cross-country skiing	1956–1964	Winter	M	4	3	2	9
Gunde Svan	Cross-country skiing	1984–1988	Winter	M	4	1	1	6
Henri Saint Cyr	Equestrian	1936–1960	Summer	M	4	0	0	4
Thomas Wassberg	Cross-country skiing	1976–1988	Winter	M	4	0	0	4
Wilhelm Carlberg	Shooting	1908–1924	Summer	M	4	3	0	7
Charlotte Kalla	Cross-country skiing	2010–2018	Winter	W	3	6	0	9
Alfred Swahn	Shooting	1908–1924	Summer	M	3	3	3	9
Agneta Andersson	Canoeing	1980–1996	Summer	W	3	2	2	7
Oscar Swahn	Shooting	1908–1920	Summer	M	3	1	2	6
Gillis Grafström	Figure skating	1920–1932	Winter	M	3	1	0	4
Tomas Gustafson	Speed skating	1980–1992	Winter	M	3	1	0	4
Marcus Hellner	Cross-country skiing	2010–2014	Winter	M	3	1	0	4
Ivar Johansson	Wrestling	1928–1936	Summer	M	3	0	0	3
Eric Lemming	Athletics	1900–1912	Summer	M	3	0	0	3
Daniel Norling	Equestrian / Gymnastics	1908–1920	Summer	M	3	0	0	3
Carl Westergren	Wrestling	1920–1932	Summer	M	3	0	0	3

Most appearances

Athlete	Sport	Years	Games	Gender	No. of part.
Kerstin Palm	Fencing	1964–1988	Summer	W	7
Ragnar Skanåker	Shooting	1972–1996	Summer	M	7
Jörgen Persson	Table tennis	1988–2012	Summer	M	7
Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén	Equestrian	1992–2016	Summer	W	7
Carl-Erik Eriksson	Bobsleigh	1964–1984	Winter	M	6
Fredrik Lööf	Sailing	1992–2012	Summer	M	6
Lars Frölander	Swimming	1992–2012	Summer	M	6
Therese Alshammar	Swimming	1996–2016	Summer	W	6

Age records

Record	Athlete	Age	Games	Sport	Event
Oldest medalist	Oscar Swahn	72 years, 279 days	1920 Summer Olympics	Shooting	Men's 100 metre team running deer, double shots
Oldest medalist	Carl August Kronlund	58 years, 157 days	1924 Winter Olympics	Curling	Men's tournament
Youngest medalist	Nils Skoglund	14 years, 11 days	1920 Summer Olympics	Diving	Men's plain high diving
Youngest medalist	Kim Martin Hasson	15 years, 348 days	2002 Winter Olympics	Ice hockey	Women's tournament
Oldest participant	Oscar Swahn	72 years, 281 days	1920 Summer Olympics	Shooting	Men's 100 metre running deer, single shots
Oldest participant	Carl August Kronlund	58 years, 157 days	1924 Winter Olympics	Curling	Men's tournament
Youngest participant	Greta Carlsson	14 years, 2 days	1912 Summer Olympics	Swimming	Women's 100 metre freestyle
Youngest participant	Jennie-Lee Burmansson	15 years, 220 days	2018 Winter Olympics	Freestyle skiing	Women's slopestyle

Hosted Games

Sweden has hosted the Games on one occasion. In 1956, the equestrian competitions were held in Stockholm.

Games	Host city	Dates	Nations	Participants	Events	Note
1912 Summer Olympics	Stockholm	6–22 July	28	2,406	102
1956 Summer Olympics (equestrian)	Stockholm	11–17 June	29	159	6	Shared with Melbourne, Australia

Unsuccessful bids

Games	Proposed host city	Result	Games awarded to
1984 Winter Olympics	Gothenburg	Third place in IOC voting	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
1988 Winter Olympics	Falun	Runner-up in IOC voting	Calgary, Canada
1992 Winter Olympics	Falun	Third place in IOC voting	Albertville, France
1994 Winter Olympics	Östersund	Runner-up in IOC voting	Lillehammer, Norway
1998 Winter Olympics	Östersund	Third place in IOC voting	Nagano, Japan
2002 Winter Olympics	Östersund (bid)	Runner-up in IOC voting	Salt Lake City, United States
2004 Summer Olympics	Stockholm	Fourth place in IOC voting	Athens, Greece
2022 Winter Olympics	Stockholm (bid)	Cancelled bid	Beijing, China
2026 Winter Olympics	Stockholm (bid)	Runner-up in IOC voting	Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

Summary by sport

Diving

Games	Divers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2012 London	2	2/8	0	0	0	0
2020 Tokyo	1	1/8	0	0	0	0
Total			6	8	7	21

Swimming

Sweden first competed in swimming in 1900, with one swimmer in three events winning no medals.

Games	Swimmers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1900 Paris	1	3/7	0	0	0	0
2012 London	11	15/34	0	0	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	11	14/34	1	1	1	3
2020 Tokyo	10	14/35	0	1	0	1
Total			9	16	14	39

Archery

Games	Archers	Events	Silver	Total
2012 London	1	1/4	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	1	1/4	0	0
2020 Tokyo	1	1/5	0	0
Total			2	2

Athletics

Sweden first competed in track and field athletics in 1896, sending 1 athlete (Henrik Sjöberg) who competed in four events. Sweden's first medal in the sport was a bronze in the 1900 marathon by Ernst Fast.

Sweden has earned 21 gold and 84 total medals in athletics, its second most successful sport after wrestling (28 gold and 86 total). Sweden is tied with Australia for 11th-most golds in the sport (with Australia ranked higher in most sources due to having more silver medals), while its total medal count would place it 8th.

Games	Athletes	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896 Athens	1	4/12	0	0	0	0
1900 Paris	8	11/23	0	0	1	1
2012 London	9	8/47	0	0	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	16	13/47	0	0	0	0
2020 Tokyo	21	15/48	2	1	0	3
Total			21	22	41	84

Swedish athletes also won 2 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze medals in athletics at the 1906 Intercalated Games. IOC has retroactively decided to no longer recognize those games as official Olympic games.

Badminton

Games	Players	Events
2012 London	1	1/5
2016 Rio de Janeiro	1	1/5
2020 Tokyo	1	1/5
Total

Boxing

Games	Boxers	Events	Silver	Bronze	Total
2012 London	3	3/13	0	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	1	1/13	0	0	0
2020 Tokyo	2	2/13	0	0	0
Total			5	6	11

Slalom

Games	Canoeists	Events
2016 Rio de Janeiro	1	1/4
2020 Tokyo	1	1/4
Total

Sprint

Games	Canoeists	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2012 London	6	5/12	0	0	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	4	4/12	0	0	0	0
2020 Tokyo	2	3/12	0	0	0	0
Total			15	11	4	30

Mountain biking

Games	Cyclists	Events	Gold	Total
2012 London	1	1/2	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	1	1/2	1	1
2020 Tokyo	1	1/2	0	0
Total			1	1

Road

Games	Cyclists	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2012 London	4	4/4	0	0	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	3	1/4	0	1	0	1
Total			3	5	8	16

Dressage

Games	Riders	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2012 London	3	2/2	0	0	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	4	2/2	0	0	0	0
2020 Tokyo	4	2/2	0	0	0	0
Total			7	5	7	19

Eventing

Games	Riders	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2012 London	5	2/2	0	1	0	1
2016 Rio de Janeiro	4	2/2	0	0	0	0
2020 Tokyo	4	2/2	0	0	0	0
Total			7	4	3	14

Jumping

Games	Riders	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2012 London	4	2/2	0	0	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	4	2/2	0	1	0	1
2020 Tokyo	4	2/2	1	1	0	2
Total			4	4	3	11

Discontinued disciplines

Equestrian events outside the still ongoing disciplines were conducted during the 1900 and the 1920 Summer Olympics. Sweden didn't participate in any of the four events in 1900, but did participate in both events in 1920, winning bronze in team vaulting.

Games	Riders	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1920 Antwerp	5	2/2	0	0	1	1
Total			0	0	1	1

Fencing

Sweden first competed in fencing at the 1900 Games, with 1 fencer who did not advance past the first round in the men's foil.

Games	Fencers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1900 Paris	1	1/7	0	0	0	0
Total			2	3	2	7

Football

Games	Footballers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2012 London	18	1/2	0	0	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	36	2/2	0	1	0	1
2020 Tokyo	22	1/2	0	1	0	1
Total			1	2	2	5

Golf

Games	Golfers	Events	Silver	Total
2016 Rio de Janeiro	4	2/2	1	1
2020 Tokyo	4	2/2	0	0
Total			1	1

Artistic gymnastics

Sweden sent one gymnast to the first Games in 1896; he did not medal.

Games	Gymnasts	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896 Athens	1	1/8	0	0	0	0
2012 London	1	5/14	0	0	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	1	5/14	0	0	0	0
2020 Tokyo	2	8/14	0	0	0	0
Total			5	2	1	8

Handball

Games	Handballers	Events	Silver	Total
2012 London	28	2/2	1	1
2016 Rio de Janeiro	28	2/2	0	0
2020 Tokyo	30	2/2	0	0
Total			4	4

Judo

Games	Judoka	Events
2012 London	1	1/14
2016 Rio de Janeiro	4	4/14
2020 Tokyo	4	4/15
Total

Modern pentathlon

Games	Pentathletes	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Total			9	7	5	21

Rowing

Games	Rowers	Events	Silver	Total
2012 London	2	2/14	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	1	1/14	0	0
2020 Tokyo	1	1/14	0	0
Total			2	2

Sailing

Games	Sailors	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2012 London	14	8/10	1	0	1	2
2016 Rio de Janeiro	7	5/10	0	0	0	0
2020 Tokyo	9	6/10	0	2	0	2
Total			10	14	13	37

Shooting

Games	Shooters	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2012 London	4	3/15	0	1	0	1
2016 Rio de Janeiro	3	2/15	0	1	0	1
2020 Tokyo	1	1/15	0	0	0	0
Total			15	24	18	57

Swedish athletes also won one silver and one bronze medal in shooting at the 1906 Intercalated Games. IOC has retroactively decided to no longer recognize those games as official Olympic games.

Skateboarding

Games	Skateboarders	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2020 Tokyo	1	1/4	0	0	0	0
Total			0	0	0	0

Table tennis

Games	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2012 London	3	2/4	0	0	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	5	3/4	0	0	0	0
2020 Tokyo	5	3/5	0	0	0	0
Total			1	1	1	3

Taekwondo

Games	Athletes	Events
2012 London	2	2/8
2016 Rio de Janeiro	2	2/8
Total

Tennis

Games	Players	Events	Silver	Bronze	Total
2012 London	3	3/5	0	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	1	1/5	0	0	0
2020 Tokyo	1	1/5	0	0	0
Total			3	5	8

Triathlon

Games	Triathletes	Events	Silver	Total
2012 London	1	1/2	1	1
2016 Rio de Janeiro	1	1/2	0	0
Total			1	1

Tug of War

Tug of War was contested five times, from the 1900 Olympic games in Paris until the 1920 Olympic games in Antwerp. Sweden participated twice as its own team. The first time was in 1908. The second time was at home in Stockholm in 1912, where Sweden won the gold medal.

At the 1900 Games, three Swedish athletes were part of a mixed team that won the gold medal in tug of war. Sweden also won the bronze medal in tug of war at the 1906 Intercalated Games. IOC has retroactively decided to no longer recognize those games as official Olympic games.

Games	Competitors	Events	Gold	Total
1908 London	8	1/1	0	0
1912 Stockholm	8	1/1	1	1
Total			1	1

Water polo

Games	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Total			0	1	2	3

Weightlifting

Games	Weightlifters	Events	Bronze	Total
2016 Rio de Janeiro	1	1/15	0	0
2020 Tokyo	1	1/14	0	0
Total			4	4

Freestyle

Games	Wrestlers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2012 London	3	3/11	0	0	0	0
2016 Rio de Janeiro	4	4/12	0	0	2	2
2020 Tokyo	2	2/12	0	0	0	0
Total			8	10	10	28

Greco-Roman

Games	Wrestlers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2012 London	3	3/7	0	0	2	2
2016 Rio de Janeiro	3	3/6	0	0	0	0
2020 Tokyo	1	1/6	0	0	0	0
Total			20	17	21	58

External links

"Sweden". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
"Sweden". Olympedia.com.
"Olympic Analytics/SWE". olympanalyt.com.

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