Sweden at the Olympics

Sweden at the Olympic Games
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Olympic history
Summer Games
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
Winter Games
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

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 only other nation having earned medals at every Olympic game since 1908 is 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 483 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, and another 129 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.

Swedish Summer Olympic Games Bids

Games	Location	Result
1912	Stockholm	Only application
1956	Stockholm	Shared games alongside Melbourne
2004	Stockholm	Eliminated against Athens and Cape Town

Swedish Winter Olympic Games Bids

Games	Location	Result
1984	Gothenburg	Eliminated against Sarajevo and Sapporo
1988	Falun	Eliminated against Calgary
1992	Falun	Eliminated against Albertville and Sofia
1994	Östersund	Eliminated against Lillehammer
1998	Östersund	Eliminated against Nagano and Salt Lake City
2002	Östersund	Eliminated against Salt Lake City

2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Games bids were declared non-finished applications by the Swedish Olympic Committee, due to lack of political support from the Swedish government. The explanation has been that the bidding is financially insecure for the Swedish society as a nation. 2018 Winter Olympic Games bids were promised support by the former government, but when the new government was elected, the bid was withdrawn. Östersund and Åre were the only applicant cities.

Medalists

Main article: List of Swedish Olympic medalists

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896 Athens	0	0	0	0	-
1900 Paris	0	0	1	1	20
1904 St. Louis	did not participate
1908 London	8	6	11	25	3
1912 Stockholm	24	24	17	65	2
1920 Antwerp	19	20	25	64	2
1924 Paris	4	13	12	29	8
1928 Amsterdam	7	6	12	25	4
1932 Los Angeles	9	5	9	23	4
1936 Berlin	6	5	9	20	7
1948 London	16	11	17	44	2
1952 Helsinki	12	13	10	35	4
1956 Melbourne/ Stockholm	8	5	6	19	6
1960 Rome	1	2	3	6	16
1964 Tokyo	2	2	4	8	17
1968 Mexico City	2	1	1	4	20
1972 Munich	4	6	6	16	11
1976 Montreal	4	1	0	5	12
1980 Moscow	3	3	6	12	11
1984 Los Angeles	2	11	6	19	16
1988 Seoul	0	4	7	11	32
1992 Barcelona	1	7	4	12	27
1996 Atlanta	2	4	2	8	29
2000 Sydney	4	5	3	12	18
2004 Athens	4	2	1	7	19
2008 Beijing	0	4	1	5	55
2012 London	1	4	3	8	37
Total*	143	164	176	483	10

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924 Chamonix	1	1	0	2	7
1928 St. Moritz	2	2	1	5	3
1932 Lake Placid	1	2	0	3	3
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	2	2	3	7	3
1948 St. Moritz	4	3	3	10	1
1952 Oslo	0	0	4	4	10
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	2	4	4	10	5
1960 Squaw Valley	3	2	2	7	5
1964 Innsbruck	3	3	1	7	7
1968 Grenoble	3	2	3	8	7
1972 Sapporo	1	1	2	4	10
1976 Innsbruck	0	0	2	2	14
1980 Lake Placid	3	0	1	4	5
1984 Sarajevo	4	2	2	8	5
1988 Calgary	4	0	2	6	5
1992 Albertville	1	0	3	4	13
1994 Lillehammer	2	1	0	3	10
1998 Nagano	0	2	1	3	17
2002 Salt Lake City	0	2	5	7	19
2006 Turin	7	2	5	14	6
2010 Vancouver	5	2	4	11	7
Total*	48	33	48	129	7

Medals by summer sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Wrestling	28	27	29	84	3
Athletics	19	21	41	81	11
Equestrian	17	11	14	42	2
Shooting	15	23	18	56	4
Canoeing	15	11	4	30	4
Sailing	10	12	13	35	7
Modern pentathlon	9	7	5	21	2
Swimming	8	14	13	35	11
Diving	6	8	7	21	3
Gymnastics	5	2	1	8	16
Cycling	3	4	8	15	16
Fencing	2	3	2	7	15
Table tennis	1	1	1	3	3
Football	1	0	2	3	14
Tug of war	1	0	0	1	3
Boxing	0	5	6	11	42
Handball	0	4	0	4	8
Tennis	0	3	5	8	18
Archery	0	2	0	2	15
Rowing	0	2	0	2	35
Water polo	0	1	2	3	12
Triathlon	0	1	0	1	8
Weightlifting	0	0	4	4	52
Total*	140	162	175	477	10

Medals by winter sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Cross-country skiing	27	17	19	63	2
Speed skating	7	4	5	16	9
Figure skating	5	3	2	10	6
Alpine skiing	5	2	9	16	8
Biathlon	3	1	6	10	7
Ice hockey	2	3	5	10	4
Curling	2	1	1	4	2
Ski jumping	0	1	1	2	12
Nordic combined	0	1	1	2	13
Freestyle skiing	0	1	0	1	14
Snowboarding	0	1	0	1	12
Total*	51	35	49	135

*Total medal counts include six medals – three gold, two silver, and one bronze – awarded in the 1908 and 1920 figure skating events. These medals are included in the summer games medal totals and the winter sport medal totals. This is why the totals for summer and winter games do not match the totals for summer and winter sports.

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Sweden
• Sweden at the Paralympics

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-10-10. 
• "Swedish Olympic Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-10-10.