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. 181 competitors, 162 men and 19 women, took part in 100 events in 18 sports.

Medalists

Athletics

; Men's 110 metres hurdles * Håkan Lidman * Börje Rendin

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Four cyclists, all men, represented Sweden in 1948. ; Individual road race * Nils Johansson *

Harry Snell Henry Snell, 1st Baron Snell (1 April 1865 – 21 April 1944), was a British socialist politician and campaigner. He served in government under Ramsay MacDonald and Winston Churchill, and as the Labour Party's leader in the House of Lords ...

Åke Olivestedt Åke Olivestedt (4 June 1924 – 28 June 1998) was a Swedish cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also know ...

Olle Wänlund Olle Wänlund (12 September 1923 – 11 January 2009) was a Swedish cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and al ...

; Team road race * Nils Johansson *

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Eight fencers, all men, represented Sweden in 1948. ; Men's foil * Bo Eriksson *

Nils Rydström Nils Rydström (15 September 1921 – 20 September 2018) was a Swedish foil fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known ...

; Men's épée *

Bengt Ljungquist Bengt Helge Ljungquist (20 September 1912 – 15 July 1979) was a Swedish fencer, equestrian and military officer. Early life Ljungquist was born on 20 September 1912 in Umeå, Sweden, the son of Major Helge Ljungquist and his wife Edith Palan ...

Frank Cervell Colonel Frank Rutger Cervell (22 February 1907 – 3 September 1970) was an officer in the Swedish Air Force and a fencer. He won bronze medals in the team épée event at the 1948 Summer Olympics and 1937 World Championships, as well as a ...

Carl Forssell Carl Forssell (25 October 1917 – 28 November 2005) was a Swedish fencer. Competing in the team épée he won a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics, a silver at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympiala ...

; Men's team épée * Sven Thofelt,

Per Carleson Senior Colonel Per Hjalmar Ludvig Carleson (11 July 1917 – 8 June 2004) was a Swedish officer and épée fencer. Carleson was one of the founders of the Swedish Coastal Rangers. Early life Carleson was born on 11 July 1917 in Stockholm ...

Arne Tollbom Arne Tollbom (20 March 1911 – 16 November 1971) was a Swedish fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as Lon ...

; Men's sabre * Bo Eriksson

Football

;Summary

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1948. *

Willie Grut William Oscar Guernsey Grut (17 September 1914 – 20 November 2012) was a Swedish modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he won the gold medal in modern pentathlon.Gösta Gärdin Gösta Gärdin (28 May 1923 – 12 December 2015) was a Swedish Army officer and modern pentathlete who won a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Career Gärdin was born on 28 May 1923 in Linköping, Sweden, the son of colonel Georg ...

* Sune Wehlin

Rowing

Sweden had three male rowers participate in two out of seven

rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically atta ...

events in 1948. ; Men's single sculls * Curt Brunnqvist ; Men's coxless pair *

Evert Gunnarsson Sven Evert Gunnarsson (28 December 1929 – 30 November 2022) was a Swedish rower. In his early career he competed in the coxless pair A coxless pair is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two rowers, w ...

Bernt Torberntsson Bernt Sigurd Torberntsson (20 April 1929 – 30 May 2017) was a Swedish rower. Together with Evert Gunnarsson he won the 1949 European Championships in the coxless pair A coxless pair is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive ro ...

Sailing

Thirteen Swedish sailor participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Sweden had three reserves that did not participate in any events;

Carl-Erik Ohlson Carl-Erik Ohlson (23 September 1920 – 24 December 2015) was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games ...

, Charles Eriksson and

Sven Rinman Sven Rinman (23 June (N.S)/12 June (O.S) 1720 – 20 December 1792) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist who discovered the pigment A pigment is a colored material that is completely or nearly insoluble in water. In contrast, dyes are ty ...

Shooting

Eleven shooters represented Sweden in 1948. ;

25 metre pistol 25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber spo ...

* Sven Lundquist *

Torsten Ullman Torsten Ullman (27 July 1908 – 11 May 1993) was a Swedish pistol shooter and entrepreneur, most famous for his gold medal in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where the Germans were favourites in the free pistol competition but Ullman won by a mar ...

Claes Egnell Claes Robert Herman Vidarsson Egnell (29 January 1916 – 15 January 2012)50 metre pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to th ...

Sture Nordlund Sture Nordlund (22 November 1919 – 14 December 1973) was a Swedish sports shooter. He competed in the 50 m pistol event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as ...

Lars Berg Lars Kornelius Edvard Berg (16 May 1901 – 11 January 1969) was a Norwegian teacher, novelist, short story writer and playwright. He was born at Kvaløya as the son of fisherman and farmer Emil Larsen Berg and Olufine Johansen, and grew up at a ...

; 300 metre rifle *

Kurt Johansson Kurt Ivar Björn Johansson (25 February 1914 – 8 August 2011) was a Swedish shooter who competed at the 1948, 1960 and 1968 Olympics. In 1948 in London he placed fourth in the free rifle, three positions, 300 m event. In 1960 he finished 19t ...

* Holger Erbén *

Walther Fröstell Walther Fröstell (15 February 1913 – 11 February 2010) was a Swedish sport shooter who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, in the 1952 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici e ...

; 50 metre rifle * Jonas Jonsson * Uno Berg *

Erland Koch Erland Koch (3 January 1867 – 29 April 1945) was a German Empire, German shooting sports, sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal in the Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's team clay pigeo ...

Swimming

Water polo

;Summary

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

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