Sweden at the Olympics

Sweden at the 2018 Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se Template:Sv icon Template:En icon
Medals	Gold 1,000 Silver 216 Bronze 234 Total
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 2024
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 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 494 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, and another 144 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.

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

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

Medals by Summer Games

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	134	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	Future event
2024 Paris	Future event
2028 Los Angeles	Future event
Total		145	170	179	494	10

Medals overall

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Summer Olympics	145	170	179	494	10
Winter Olympics	57	46	55	158	7
Total	202	216	234	652	8

Medals by Winter Games

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
Total		57	46	55	158	7

Medals by summer sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Swimming	420	15	14	449
Diving	420	8	7	435
Modern pentathlon	420	7	5	432
Cycling	100	5	8	113
Boxing	100	5	6	111
Handball	100	4	0	104
Tennis	100	3	5	108
Fencing	100	3	2	105
Gymnastics	100	2	1	103
Archery	100	2	0	102
Rowing	100	2	0	102
Football	100	1	2	103
Water polo	100	1	2	103
Table tennis	100	1	1	102
Golf	100	1	0	101
Triathlon	100	1	0	101
Weightlifting	100	0	4	104
Tug of war	100	0	0	100
Shooting	69	24	18	111
Equestrian	69	12	14	95
Sailing	69	12	13	94
Canoeing	69	11	4	84
Wrestling	28	27	31	86
99 (99)	19	0	0	19
Athletics	0	21	41	62
Totals (25 entries)	3083	168	178	3429

*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 entries)	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
	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
	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
	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
	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	last 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, Italy

See also

• List of flag bearers for Sweden at the Olympics
• List of Swedish Olympic medalists
• Category:Olympic competitors for Sweden
• Sweden at the Paralympics

External links

• "Sweden". International Olympic Committee.
• Template:IOC medals
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Sweden". Sports-Reference.com.